Brain oscillations and connectivity in autism spectrum disorders (ASD): new approaches to methodology, measurement and modelling

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 71, Issue , 2016, Pages 601-620

  Kessler, K ^a   Seymour, R A ^a   Rippon, G ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Brain connectivity; Brain oscillations; Gamma; Predictive coding

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALA; AUDITORY EVOKED POTENTIAL; AUTISM; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CORPUS STRIATUM; CROSS FREQUENCY COUPLING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXCITATION INHIBITION BALANCE; FRONTAL LOBE; GAMMA BAND ACTIVITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OSCILLATION; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTION; PHASE AMPLITUDE COUPLING; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECONDARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS;

EID: 84992151571     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.10.002     Document Type: Review

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