Organization of brain networks governed by long-range connections index autistic traits in the general population

Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Barttfeld, Pablo ^a,b   Amoruso, Lucía ^c   Ais, Joaquín ^a   Cukier, Sebastián ^a,d   Bavassi, Luz ^a   Tomio, Ailin ^c   Manes, Facundo ^c   Ibanez, Agustín ^c,e   Sigman, Mariano ^a,f  

^a Ciudad Universitaria   (Argentina)

^b Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ^*  (France)

^c FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

^d PANAACEA (Prog Argentino para Ninos Adolescentes y Adultos con Condiciones del Espectro Autista)   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

^f UNIVERSIDAD TORCUATO DI TELLA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Autistic traits; Electroencephalography; Long range connections; Small world; Synchronization likelihood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BETA RHYTHM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING STATE NETWORK; SLEEP SPINDLE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 84899150451     PISSN: 18661947     EISSN: 18661955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1866-1955-5-16     Document Type: Article

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