Patterns of Atypical Functional Connectivity and Behavioral Links in Autism Differ between Default, Salience, and Executive Networks

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 4034-4045

  Abbott, Angela E ^a   Nair, Aarti ^a,b   Keown, Christopher L ^a,c   Datko, Michael ^a,c   Jahedi, Afrooz ^a,b   Fishman, Inna ^a   Müller, Ralph Axel ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorder; default mode network; executive control network; functional connectivity; salience network

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; COGNITION; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING STATE NETWORK; SALIENCE NETWORK; SCORING SYSTEM; BRAIN; CONNECTOME; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REST;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; CONNECTOME; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REST;

EID: 84991383698     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhv191     Document Type: Article

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