Atypical activation during the Embedded Figures Task as a functional magnetic resonance imaging endophenotype of autism

Brain

Volumn 135, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3469-3480

  Spencer, Michael D ^a   Holt, Rosemary J ^a   Chura, Lindsay R ^a   Calder, Andrew J ^b   Suckling, John ^c   Bullmore, Edward T ^c   Baron Cohen, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

autism; Embedded Figures Task; endophenotype; functional MRI; siblings

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATYPICAL ACTIVATION; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMBEDDED FIGURES TASK; ENDOPHENOTYPE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84870199446     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/aws229     Document Type: Article

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