A voxel-based morphometry study of gray matter in parents of children with autism

NeuroReport

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1289-1292

  Peterson, Eric ^a   Schmidt, Gwen L ^c   Tregellas, Jason R ^a   Winterrowd, Erin ^a   Kopelioff, Lila ^b   Hepburn, Susan ^a   Reite, Martin ^a   Rojas, Donald C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medial frontal gyrus; Motor cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GRAY MATTER; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS;

EID: 33748336706     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000233087.15710.87     Document Type: Article

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