Low-contrast response deficits and increased neural noise in children with autism spectrum disorder

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-18

  Weinger, Paige M ^a   Zemon, Vance ^c   Soorya, Latha ^b   Gordon, James ^d  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Early stage visual processing; Neural noise; ON and OFF pathways; Visual evoked potential

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NEURAL NOISE; RESPONSE TIME; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STEADY STATE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM; BRAIN FUNCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84906701763     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.07.031     Document Type: Article

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