An MRI study of the basal ganglia in autism

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 613-624

  Sears, Lonnie L ^a   Vest, Cortney ^a   Mohamed, Somaia ^a   Bailey, James ^a   Ranson, Bonnie J ^a   Piven, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Caudate; Motor stereotypy; Obsessive compulsive behavior; Striatum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUTISM; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0033136484     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5846(99)00020-2     Document Type: Article

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