Impaired tactile processing in children with autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1803-1811

  Puts, Nicolaas A J ^a,b   Wodka, Ericka L ^a,b   Tommerdahl, Mark ^c   Mostofsky, Stewart H ^a,b   Edden, Richard A E ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Inhibition; Psychophysics; Somatosensory; Tactile

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE TIME; SENSORY GATING; SENSORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; TACTILE STIMULATION; TEMPORAL ORDER JUDGMENT; TOUCH; TYPICALLY DEVELOPING CHILDREN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84900803529     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00890.2013     Document Type: Article

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