Diffusion tensor imaging of the corpus callosum in Autism

NeuroImage

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-73

  Alexander, Andrew L ^a,b   Lee, Jee Eun ^a,b   Lazar, Mariana ^b   Boudos, Rebecca ^b   DuBray, Molly B ^c   Oakes, Terrence R ^b   Miller, Judith N ^c   Lu, Jeffrey ^c   Jeong, Eun Kee ^c,e   McMahon, William M ^c,d   Bigler, Erin D ^c,d,f   Lainhart, Janet E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Corpus callosum; Diffusion tensor imaging; Performance IQ; Radial diffusivity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 33751103709     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.08.032     Document Type: Article

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