Functional connectivity in the first year of life in infants at-risk for autism: A preliminary near-infrared spectroscopy study

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Keehn, Brandon ^a,b   Wagner, Jennifer ^c   Tager Flusberg, Helen ^d   Nelson, Charles A ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Endophenotype; Functional connectivity; Infancy; Near infrared spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDOPHENOTYPE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULLEN SCALES OF EARLY LEARNING SCORE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX;

EID: 84933671617     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00444     Document Type: Article

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