Dissociations of cerebral cortex, subcortical and cerebral white matter volumes in autistic boys

Brain

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1182-1192

  Herbert, Martha ^a   Ziegler, D A ^a   Deutsch, C K ^b,d   O'Brien, L M ^c   Lange, N ^d   Bakardjiev, A ^e   Hodgson, J ^f   Adrien, K T ^g   Steele, S ^h   Makris, N ^a   Kennedy, D ^a   Harris, G J ^a   Caviness Jr , V S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^f Pennington School   (United States)

^g TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Autistic disorder; Brain growth and development; Cerebral white matter; Morphometry; MRI

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIENCEPHALON; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEURORADIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SCHOOL CHILD; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 0037408267     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awg110     Document Type: Article

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