The developmental neurobiology of autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 6897-6906

  DiCicco Bloom, Emanuel ^a   Lord, Catherine ^b   Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie ^c   Courchesne, Eric ^d,e   Dager, Stephen R ^f   Schmitz, Christoph ^g   Schultz, Robert T ^h   Crawley, Jacqueline ⁱ   Young, Larry J ^j  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^j EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Autism; Behavior; Brain development; Cerebellum; Cerebral cortex; Cognitive; fMRI; Genetics; Human forebrain development; Imaging; Mice; Purkinje neurons

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DISEASE COURSE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; NEUROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 33745964945     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1712-06.2006     Document Type: Short Survey

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