The amygdala and related structures in the pathophysiology of autism

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 449-455

  Sweeten, Thayne L ^a   Posey, David J ^a   Shekhar, Anantha ^a   McDougle, Christopher J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Autism; Neurodevelopment; Social behaviors

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOPSY; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; HUMANS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0036159725     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(01)00697-9     Document Type: Article

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