Saccade Adaptation Abnormalities Implicate Dysfunction of Cerebellar-Dependent Learning Mechanisms in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Mosconi, Matthew W ^a   Luna, Beatriz ^b   Kay Stacey, Margaret ^c   Nowinski, Caralynn V ^d   Rubin, Leah H ^e   Scudder, Charles ^b   Minshew, Nancy ^b   Sweeney, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SACCADES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877963187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063709     Document Type: Article

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