A Model of Functional Brain Connectivity and Background Noise as a Biomarker for Cognitive Phenotypes: Application to Autism

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Domínguez, Luis García ^a   Velázquez, José Luis Pérez ^b   Galán, Roberto Fernández ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NOISE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHENOTYPE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84876245128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061493     Document Type: Article

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