Altered functional connectivity of the language network in ASD: Role of classical language areas and cerebellum

NeuroImage: Clinical

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages 374-382

  Verly, Marjolein ^a,b   Verhoeven, Judith ^b,c   Zink, Inge ^a   Mantini, Dante ^a,d,e   Peeters, Ronald ^b   Deprez, Sabine ^b   Emsell, Louise ^b   Boets, Bart ^b,c   Noens, Ilse ^c,f   Steyaert, Jean ^b,c,g   Lagae, Lieven ^b   De Cock, Paul ^b,c   Rommel, Nathalie ^a   Sunaert, Stefan ^b,c  

^a KU LEUVEN UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Cerebellum; Language function; Resting state fMRI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AUTISM; CEREBELLUM; CONNECTOME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEAD MOVEMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LANGUAGE TEST; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CEREBELLUM; CONNECTOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84894049091     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22131582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2014.01.008     Document Type: Article

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