Current practice and future avenues in autism therapy

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 30, Issue , 2016, Pages 357-378

  Poustka, L ^a   Kamp Becker, I ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

ASD; Behavioral intervention; Neurobiological based intervention; Neurodevelopmental disorders

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COMMUNICATION SKILL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NEUROFEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECOGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRAINING; NEUROLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; HUMANS; NEUROLOGY;

EID: 85013860127     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2016_442     Document Type: Chapter

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