Localized enlargement of the frontal cortex in early autism

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 126-133

  Carper, Ruth A ^a,b   Courchesne, Eric ^a  

^a University of Californias   (United States)

^b CA 92037 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

dorsolateral; Gray matter; motor; MRI; orbital cortex; white matter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 11844251366     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2004.11.005     Document Type: Article

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