Cerebral cortical gray matter overgrowth and functional variation of the serotonin transporter gene in autism

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 709-717

  Wassink, Thomas H ^a   Hazlett, Heather C ^c   Epping, Eric A ^a   Arndt, Stephan ^a,b   Dager, Stephen R ^d,e   Schellenberg, Gerard D ^d,e,f   Dawson, Geraldine ^d,e   Piven, Joseph ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; WHITE MATTER;

AGE FACTORS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEX FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34249935820     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.64.6.709     Document Type: Article

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