Brain anatomy in non-affected parents of autistic probands: A MRI study

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1411-1420

  Palmen, Saskia J M C ^a   Hulshoff Pol, Hilleke E ^b   Kemner, Chantal ^a   Schnack, Hugo G ^b   Sitskoorn, Margriet M ^b   Appels, Melanie C M ^b   Kahn, René S ^b   Van Engeland, Herman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC REGULATION; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARENT; PARIETAL LOBE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; WHITE MATTER;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 26444518232     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291705005015     Document Type: Article

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