Convergence of circuit dysfunction in ASD: A common bridge between diverse genetic and environmental risk factors and common clinical electrophysiology

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Port, Russell G ^a   Gandal, Michael J ^b   Roberts, Timothy P L ^c   Siegel, Steven J ^a   Carlson, Gregory C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ASD; Circuit; EEG; Gamma; MEG; Neurophysiology; Translational; VSDi

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 5 METHOXYTRYPTAMINE; ACETYLCHOLINE; CYTOKINE; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OXYTOCIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN SIZE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPILEPSY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHENOTYPE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VOLTAGE SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

EID: 84917670550     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00414     Document Type: Review

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