Early behavioral intervention is associated with normalized brain activity in young children with autism

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1150-1159

  Dawson, Geraldine ^a   Jones, Emily J H ^b   Merkle, Kristen ^c   Venema, Kaitlin ^b   Lowy, Rachel ^b   Faja, Susan ^b   Kamara, Dana ^b   Murias, Michael ^b   Greenson, Jessica ^b   Winter, Jamie ^b   Smith, Milani ^b   Rogers, Sally J ^d   Webb, Sara J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Center on Human Development and Disability (CHDD) at UW   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; brain activity; early behavioral intervention; Early Start Denver Model; event related potentials

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY INTERVENTION; EARLY START DENVER MODEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; LANGUAGE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867891791     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2012.08.018     Document Type: Article

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