Arousal and attention re-orienting in autism spectrum disorders: Evidence from auditory event-related potentials

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 1 FEB, 2014, Pages

  Orekhova, Elena V ^a,b   Stroganova, Tatiana A ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY OF PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION   (Russian Federation)

^b MedTech West at Sahlgrenska University Hospital Campus   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arousal; Attention re orienting; Auditory event related potentials; Autism spectrum disorders (ASD); Cholinergic pathways; Nicotine; Sensory modulation

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; AUTISM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REM SLEEP; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY GATING; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84893580377     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00034     Document Type: Article

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