Improving emotional face perception in autism with diuretic bumetanide: A proof-of-concept behavioral and functional brain imaging pilot study

Autism

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 149-157

  Hadjikhani, Nouchine ^a,b   Zürcher, Nicole R ^a   Rogier, Ophelie ^c   Ruest, Torsten ^c   Hippolyte, Loyse ^c   Ben Ari, Yehezkel ^d   Lemonnier, Eric ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Gillberg Neuropsychiatric Center   (Sweden)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d Laboratoire Commun de Métrologie   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; bumetanide; emotion; face perception; fMRI; GABA; treatment

Indexed keywords

BUMETANIDE; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW REVISED; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OPEN STUDY; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; BUMETANIDE; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; SODIUM POTASSIUM CHLORIDE SYMPORTER INHIBITORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921870334     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361313514141     Document Type: Article

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