Attenuated Auditory Event-Related Potentials and Associations with Atypical Sensory Response Patterns in Children with Autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 506-523

  Donkers, Franc C L ^a,b   Schipul, Sarah E ^a   Baranek, Grace T ^a   Cleary, Katherine M ^a   Willoughby, Michael T ^c   Evans, Anna M ^a   Bulluck, John C ^a   Lovmo, Jeanne E ^a   Belger, Aysenil ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Duke University School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Event related potentials; N2; P1; P3a; Sensory processing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATYPICAL SENSORY RESPONSE PATTERN; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HEARING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84908411011     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-013-1948-y     Document Type: Article

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