MRI volumes of amygdala and hippocampus in non-mentally retarded autistic adolescents and adults

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2145-2150

  Aylward, E H ^a,b   Minshew, N J ^c   Goldstein, G ^c,d   Honeycutt, N A ^b   Augustine, A M ^b   Yates, K O ^b   Barta, P E ^b   Pearlson, G D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Autism; Brain volume; Hippocampus; Limbic; MRI; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NEUROPIL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0032787063     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.9.2145     Document Type: Article

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