Stronger neural modulation by visual motion intensity in autism spectrum disorders

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Peiker, Ina ^a   Schneider, Till R ^a   Milne, Elizabeth ^b   Schöttle, Daniel ^a   Vogeley, Kai ^c,d   Münchau, Alexander ^e   Schunke, Odette ^a,e   Siegel, Markus ^f   Engel, Andreas K ^a   David, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; PARAMETRIC TEST; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84940377600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132531     Document Type: Article

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