The idiosyncratic brain: Distortion of spontaneous connectivity patterns in autism spectrum disorder

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 302-309

  Hahamy, Avital ^a   Behrmann, Marlene ^b   Malach, Rafael ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOSYNCRATIC BRAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN CORTEX; CONNECTOME; INDIVIDUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CONNECTOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923174333     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3919     Document Type: Article

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