Superior temporal sulcus anatomical abnormalities in childhood autism: A voxel-based morphometry MRI study

NeuroImage

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 364-369

  Boddaert, N ^a,b   Chabane, N ^c   Gervais, H ^a   Good, C D ^d   Bourgeois, M ^b   Plumet, M H ^c   Barthelemy C ^e   Mouren, M C ^c   Artiges, E ^a   Samson, Y ^f   Brunelle, F ^a,b   Frackowiak, R S J ^d   Zilbovicius, M ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^f PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Autism; Morphometry; Superior temporal sulcus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ATROPHY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOFTWARE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 4344626928     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.06.016     Document Type: Article

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