Review on structural neuroimaging findings in autism

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 903-929

  Palmen, S J M C ^a   Van Engeland, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autism; MRI; Neuroimaging; Review

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AUTISM; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS;

EID: 3142759555     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-003-0068-9     Document Type: Review

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