Autism post-mortem neuroinformatic resource: The Autism Tissue Program (ATP) informatics portal

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 574-579

  Brimacombe, Michael B ^a   Pickett, Richard ^b   Pickett, Jane ^c  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR)   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Brain imagery; Neuroinformatics; Neurology; Autism Tissue Program (ATP)

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CADAVER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNET; TISSUE BANKS;

EID: 33847608818     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0188-9     Document Type: Article

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