Pivotal response treatment prompts a functional rewiring of the brain among individuals with autism spectrum disorder

NeuroReport

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 1081-1085

  Venkataraman, Archana ^a,b   Yang, Daniel Y J ^b   Dvornek, Nicha ^b   Staib, Lawrence H ^b   Duncan, James S ^b,c   Pelphrey, Kevin A ^d   Ventola, Pamela ^b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Yale University   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorders; Bayesian analysis; functional MRI; pivotal response training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BAYES THEOREM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTOME; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; ORBITAL CORTEX; PIVOTAL RESPONSE TREATMENT; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX; BLOOD; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

OXYGEN;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BAYES THEOREM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN;

EID: 84983064841     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0000000000000662     Document Type: Article

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