Aberrant neural mediation of verbal fluency in autism spectrum disorders

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 218-226

  Kenworthy, Lauren ^a,b   Wallace, Gregory L ^a   Birn, Rasmus ^a   Milleville, Shawn C ^a   Case, Laura K ^a   Bandettini, Peter A ^a   Martin, Alex ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Executive function; FMRI; Left inferior frontal gyrus; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTRIATAL CIRCUIT; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL FLUENCY;

AUTISM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FMRI; LEFT INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; VERBAL FLUENCY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884325627     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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