Linking neocortical, cognitive, and genetic variability in autism with alterations of brain plasticity: The Trigger-Threshold-Target model

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 47, Issue , 2014, Pages 735-752

  Mottron, Laurent ^a,b   Belleville, Sylvie ^a,c   Rouleau, Guy A ^d   Collignon, Olivier ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Perceptual Neuroscience Lab for Autism and Development PNLab Rivière des Prairies Hospital   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asperger; Autism; Cortical reallocation; Cross modal plasticity; Double hit mechanism; Enhanced perceptual functioning; Intellectual disability; Language; Perception; Speech; Synaptic plasticity; Syndromic autism; Veridical mapping

Indexed keywords

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN REGION; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; REVIEW; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COGNITION; GENETICS; NEOCORTEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; COGNITION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEOCORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 84913552342     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.07.012     Document Type: Review

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