Neural Mechanisms of Emotion Regulation in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3409-3423

  Richey, J Anthony ^a,d   Damiano, Cara R ^a,c   Sabatino, Antoinette ^c,g   Rittenberg, Alison ^a   Petty, Chris ^b   Bizzell, Josh ^a,b   Voyvodic, James ^b   Heller, Aaron S ^e   Coffman, Marika C ^d   Smoski, Moria ^b   Davidson, Richard J ^f   Dichter, Gabriel S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g Geisinger Bucknell Autism and Developmental Medicine Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Autism spectrum disorder; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Emotion regulation; Eyetracking; Nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE REAPPRAISAL; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AMYGDALA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGY; PUPIL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PUPIL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944512065     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2359-z     Document Type: Article

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