Brief report: Abnormal association between the thalamus and brain size in Asperger's disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 390-394

  Hardan, Antonio Y ^a,b   Girgis, Ragy R ^a,c   Adams, Jason ^a   Gilbert, Andrew R ^a   Melhem, Nadine M ^a   Keshavan, Matcheri S ^a,d   Minshew, Nancy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperger's disorder; Autism; Brain size; MRI; Thalamus; Volume

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THALAMUS; VOLUMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; THALAMUS;

EID: 38549129365     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-007-0385-1     Document Type: Article

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