On the application of Quantitative EEG for characterizing autistic brain: A systematic review

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Billeci, Lucia ^a   Sicca, Federico ^b   Maharatna, Koushik ^c   Apicella, Fabio ^b   Narzisi, Antonio ^b,d   Campatelli, Giulia ^b   Calderoni, Sara ^b   Pioggia, Giovanni ^b   Muratori, Filippo ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD); Coherence; Nonlinear techniques; Quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG)

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; AUTISM; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MATURATION; COGNITION; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MIRROR NEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MU RHYTHM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 84933679875     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00442     Document Type: Review

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