Diffusion tensor imaging of white matter in the superior temporal gyrus and temporal stem in autism

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 424, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-132

  Lee, Jee Eun ^a   Bigler, Erin D ^c,d,f   Alexander, Andrew L ^a,b   Lazar, Mariana ^a   DuBray, Molly B ^d   Chung, Moo K ^a,b   Johnson, Michael ^d   Morgan, Jubel ^d   Miller, Judith N ^d   McMahon, William M ^d,f   Lu, Jeffrey ^d   Jeong, Eun Kee ^d,e   Lainhart, Janet E ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^e Utah Center of Advanced Imaging Research   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Autism; Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusivity; Magnetic resonance imaging; Superior temporal gyrus; Temporal stem; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 34548025124     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.07.042     Document Type: Article

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