Functional Assays of Local Connectivity in the Somatosensory Cortex of Individuals with Autism

Autism Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 190-200

  Coskun, Mehmet Akif ^a   Loveland, Katherine A ^b   Pearson, Deborah A ^b   Papanicolaou, Andrew C ^b   Sheth, Bhavin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Cortical inhibition; Homeostasis; Local excitation; MEG; Somatotopy; Tactile; Touch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPOLE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STRENGTH; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH;

EID: 84877893677     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1276     Document Type: Article

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