Monozygotic twins with Asperger syndrome: Differences in behaviour reflect variations in brain structure and function

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 110-121

  Belmonte, Matthew K ^a   Carper, Ruth A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; fMRI; Genetics; Monozygotic twins; Morphometry; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CASE REPORT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; BRAIN; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33646501460     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2005.12.010     Document Type: Article

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