A custom magnetoencephalography device reveals brain connectivity and high reading/decoding ability in children with autism

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kikuchi, Mitsuru ^a,b   Yoshimura, Yuko ^a,b   Shitamichi, Kiyomi ^a   Ueno, Sanae ^a   Hirosawa, Tetsu ^a   Munesue, Toshio ^a,b   Ono, Yasuki ^a   Tsubokawa, Tsunehisa ^a   Haruta, Yasuhiro ^d   Oi, Manabu ^a,b   Niida, Yo ^a   Remijn, Gerard B ^c   Takahashi, Tsutomu ^e   Suzuki, Michio ^e   Higashida, Haruhiro ^a,b   Minabe, Yoshio ^a,b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fukui University   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873348365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01139     Document Type: Article

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