Reduced long-range functional connectivity in young children with autism spectrum disorder

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 248-254

  Kikuchi, Mitsuru ^a   Yoshimura, Yuko ^a   Hiraishi, Hirotoshi ^a   Munesue, Toshio ^a   Hashimoto, Takanori ^a   Tsubokawa, Tsunehisa ^a   Takahashi, Tsutomu ^b   Suzuki, Michio ^b   Higashida, Haruhiro ^a   Minabe, Yoshio ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD); Coherence; Long range connectivity; Magnetoencephalography (MEG); Theta oscillation; Young children

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; AUTISM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THETA RHYTHM;

ALPHA RHYTHM; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 84928678208     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsu049     Document Type: Article

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