Overreactive brain responses to sensory stimuli in youth with autism spectrum disorders

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1158-1172

  Green, Shulamite A ^a   Rudie, Jeffrey D ^b   Colich, Natalie L ^c   Wood, Jeffrey J ^a   Shirinyan, David ^d   Hernandez, Leanna ^e   Tottenham, Nim ^a   Dapretto, Mirella ^e   Bookheimer, Susan Y ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Santa Monica College   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

amygdala; anxiety; autism spectrum disorders; functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); sensory over responsivity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY OVER RESPONSIVITY; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AMYGDALA; ANXIETY; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (FMRI); SENSORY OVER-RESPONSIVITY;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SENSATION DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84886400211     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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