Reduced functional connectivity within and between 'social' resting state networks in autism spectrum conditions

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 694-701

  von dem Hagen, Elisabeth A H ^a   Stoyanova, Raliza S ^a   Baron Cohen, Simon ^b   Calder, Andrew J ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; FMRI; Resting state

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REST; RESTING STATE; STATISTICS; VASCULARIZATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

AUTISM; FMRI; RESTING STATE;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REST; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84882589751     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss053     Document Type: Article

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