The new neurobiology of autism: Cortex, connectivity, and neuronal organization

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 945-950

  Minshew, Nancy J ^a,c   Williams, Diane L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Webster Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION CORTEX; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EPIGENETICS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTEGRATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WHITE MATTER;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS;

EID: 34447281251     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.64.7.945     Document Type: Review

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