Potential neural mechanisms underlying the effectiveness of early intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2921-2932

  Sullivan, Katherine ^a,c   Stone, Wendy L ^a   Dawson, Geraldine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Early intervention; Neural mechanisms

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EARLY START DENVER MODEL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIENCE EXPECTANT LEARNING; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SOCIAL SKILLS;

EID: 84930683043     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.07.027     Document Type: Review

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