Dysfunction of orbitofrontal and dorsolateral prefrontal cortices in children and adolescents with high-functioning pervasive developmental disorders

Annals of General Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Sawa, Tetsuji ^a   Kodaira, Masaki ^b   Oiji, Arata ^a   Sasayama, Daimei ^c   Iwadare, Yoshitaka ^d   Ushijima, Hirokage ^d   Usami, Masahide ^d   Watanabe, Kyota ^d   Saito, Kazuhiko ^b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Aiiku Hospital   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d 1 7 1 Kohnodai   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Childhood; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Iowa gambling task; Orbitofrontal cortex; Pervasive developmental disorders; Wisconsin card sorting test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; IOWA GAMBLING TASK; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUTISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORBITAL CORTEX; PHOBIA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCHOOL CHILD; TRICHOTILLOMANIA; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

EID: 84885014365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1744859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-859X-12-31     Document Type: Article

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