Altered serotonin synthesis in the dentatothalamocortical pathway in autistic boys

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 666-669

  Chugani, Diane C ^a   Muzik, Otto ^a   Rothermel, Robert ^a   Behen, Michael ^a   Chakraborty, Pulak ^a   Mangner, Thomas ^a   Da Silva, Ednéa A ^a   Chugani, Harry T ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 11; N METHYLTRYPTOPHAN; SEROTONIN;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SEROTONIN; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0030824236     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410420420     Document Type: Article

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