Decreased leftward bias of prefrontal activity in autism spectrum disorder revealed by functional near-infrared spectroscopy.
Psychiatry Res
; 203(2-3): 237-40, 2012.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22947311
Hemodynamic responses in rostral prefrontal cortex (RoPFC) were measured by functional near-infrared spectroscopy. Although performance level was equal, autistic patients showed a decrease in leftward bias of the balance between right and left RoPFC activity when compared with typically developing children when anatomical imitation was contrasted with mirror-image imitation.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Oxyhemoglobins
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Child Development Disorders, Pervasive
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Prefrontal Cortex
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Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared
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Dominance, Cerebral
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Functional Neuroimaging
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Psychiatry Res
Year:
2012
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Article
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