Mirror neuron activity associated with social impairments but not age in autism spectrum disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 427-433

  Enticott, Peter G ^a   Kennedy, Hayley A ^a   Rinehart, Nicole J ^a   Tonge, Bruce J ^a   Bradshaw, John L ^a   Taffe, John R ^a   Daskalakis, Zafiris J ^b   Fitzgerald, Paul B ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asperger's disorder; autism; electromyography; mirror neuron system; primary motor cortex; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CELL ACTIVITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL GYRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIRROR NEURON; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SOCIOPATHY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GESTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIRROR NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84858751063     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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