Electroencephalogram coherence in children with and without autism spectrum disorders: Decreased interhemispheric connectivity in autism

Autism Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 334-343

  Carson, Audrey M ^c   Salowitz, Nicole M G ^b   Scheidt, Robert A ^b   Dolan, Bridget K ^a   Van Hecke, Amy V ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

^b Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University   (United States)

^c TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG coherence; Electroencephaolography; School age

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRONTAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84902837067     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1367     Document Type: Article

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