Resting state fMRI reveals a default mode dissociation between retrosplenial and medial prefrontal subnetworks in ASD despite motion scrubbing

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Starck, Tuomo ^a,b   Nikkinen, Juha ^a   Rahko, Jukka ^a   Remes, Jukka ^a,b   Hurtig, Tuula ^a   Haapsamo, Helena ^a   Jussila, Katja ^a   Kuusikko Gauffin, Sanna ^a   Mattila, Marja Leena ^a   Jansson Verkasalo, Eira ^c   Pauls, David L ^d   Ebeling, Hanna ^a   Moilanen, Irma ^a   Tervonen, Osmo ^a,b   Kiviniemi, Vesa J ^a,b  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Default mode; fMRI; ICA; Motion; Resting state

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL DISSOCIATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; MOTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTING STATE NETWORK; RETROSPLENIAL CORTEX; SCRUBBING; STEADY STATE;

EID: 84933672222     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00802     Document Type: Article

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