Revisiting mu suppression in autism spectrum disorder

Brain Research

Volumn 1585, Issue , 2014, Pages 108-119

  Dumas, Guillaume ^a,b,c,d,e   Soussignan, Robert ^f   Hugueville, Laurent ^a,b,c,d,e   Martinerie, Jacques ^a,b,c,d   Nadel, Jacqueline ^a,c,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c INSTITUT DU CERVEAU ET DE LA MOELLE ÉPINIÈRE   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e INRIA ROCQUENCOURT   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Action observation; Autism spectrum disorder; EEG; Mu suppression; Top down inhibitory control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL DISSOCIATION; GESTURE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MU RHYTHM; NEUROMODULATION; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SELF MONITORING; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN WAVES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907695543     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.08.035     Document Type: Article

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