Reduced GABAergic Action in the Autistic Brain

Current Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 80-85

  Robertson, Caroline E ^a,b   Ratai, Eva Maria ^c   Kanwisher, Nancy ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISM; BINOCULAR VISION; BRAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BIOMARKERS; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84959539365     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.11.019     Document Type: Article

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