Functional connectivity in the first year of life in infants at risk for autism spectrum disorder: An EEG study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Righi, Giulia ^a   Tierney, Adrienne L ^b   Tager Flusberg, Helen ^c   Nelson, Charles A ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b HARVARD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW RISK POPULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEURAL FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; AUTISTIC DISORDER; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BIOMARKERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; RISK;

EID: 84923225496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105176     Document Type: Article

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