Basal ganglia impairments in autism spectrum disorder are related to abnormal signal gating to prefrontal cortex

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 91, Issue , 2016, Pages 268-281

  Prat, Chantel S ^a   Stocco, Andrea ^a   Neuhaus, Emily ^a,b   Kleinhans, Natalia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Basal ganglia; Cortical synchronization; Dynamic causal modeling; Executive functioning; fMRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DYNAMIC CAUSAL MODELING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION TEST; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GO NO GO TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; YOUNG ADULT;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84989828431     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.08.007     Document Type: Article

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