The neuroanatomy of autism: A voxel-based whole brain analysis of structural scans

NeuroReport

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1647-1651

  Abell, Frances ^a   Krams, Michael ^a,b   Ashburner, John ^a,b   Passingham, Richard ^a,c   Friston, Karl ^a,b   Frackowiak, Richard ^a,b   Happé, Francesca ^a,d   Frith, Chris ^a,b   Frith, Uta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anterior cingulate; Autism; Social cognition; Structural MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0033519549     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-199906030-00005     Document Type: Article

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