Brain asymmetries in autism and developmental language disorder: A nested whole-brain analysis

Brain

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 213-226

  Herbert, Martha R ^a,e   Ziegler, D A ^a,f   Deutsch, C K ^b,d,e   O'Brien, L M ^g   Kennedy, D N ^a   Filipek, P A ^h   Bakardjiev, A I ⁱ   Hodgson, J ^j   Takeoka, M ^c   Makris, N ^a   Caviness Jr , V S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^j MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Association cortex; Connectivity; Lateralization; Neural systems development; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; AUTISM; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN SIZE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX;

EID: 19944429546     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh330     Document Type: Article

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