Measuring neural excitation and inhibition in autism: Different approaches, different findings and different interpretations

Brain Research

Volumn 1648, Issue , 2016, Pages 277-289

  Dickinson, Abigail ^a   Jones, Myles ^a   Milne, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Excitation inhibition; GABA; Glutamate

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE;

AUTISM; BINOCULAR VISION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN CORTEX; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OSCILLATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ADULT; ANIMAL; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GAMMA RHYTHM; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GAMMA RHYTHM; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEURAL INHIBITION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84982908797     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2016.07.011     Document Type: Review

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