GABAergic activity in autism spectrum disorders: An investigation of cortical inhibition via transcranial magnetic stimulation

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 68, Issue , 2013, Pages 202-209

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

^a Australia   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asperger's disorder; Autistic disorder; Electromyography; GABA; Primary motor cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR;

ACTIVE MOTOR THRESHOLD; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX INHIBITION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SILENT PERIOD; EARLY LANGUAGE DELAY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING MOTOR THRESHOLD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84875225236     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: 18737064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2012.06.017     Document Type: Article

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