Fractionation of social brain circuits in autism spectrum disorders

Brain

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2711-2725

  Gotts, Stephen J ^a   Simmons, W Kyle ^b   Milbury, Lydia A ^a   Wallace, Gregory L ^a   Cox, Robert W ^a   Martin, Alex ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b LAUREATE INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorders; cluster analysis; functional connectivity; limbic system; resting state functional MRI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; FRONTAL GYRUS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BRAIN CIRCUIT; TEMPORAL GYRUS; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84866396847     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/aws160     Document Type: Article

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