Neural connectivity abnormalities in autism: Insights from the Tuberous Sclerosis model

BMC Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tye, Charlotte ^a   Bolton, Patrick ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ASD; comorbidity; connectivity; electroencephalography (EEG); graph theory; Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC)

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN;

AGE; AUTISM; BRAIN REGION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CONDUCTION DISORDER; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84880822950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-11-55     Document Type: Note

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