Brain Hyperconnectivity in Children with Autism and its Links to Social Deficits

Cell Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 738-747

  Supekar, Kaustubh ^a   Uddin, Lucina Q ^a   Khouzam, Amirah ^a   Phillips, Jennifer ^a   Gaillard, William D ^b   Kenworthy, Lauren E ^b   Yerys, Benjamin E ^b,c   Vaidya, Chandan J ^b,d   Menon, Vinod ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SUBCORTEX; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; WAVELET ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COHORT ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 84887559106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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