Altered Dynamics of the fMRI Response to Faces in Individuals with Autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 232-241

  Kleinhans, Natalia M ^a,b   Richards, Todd ^a,b   Greenson, Jessica ^b   Dawson, Geraldine ^b,c   Aylward, Elizabeth ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Amygdala; Faces; Fusiform; Habituation; Houses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-IV; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; KERNEL METHOD; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL DISABILITY; ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EMOTION; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HABITUATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953837447     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2565-8     Document Type: Article

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