Altered cerebellar feedback projections in Asperger syndrome

NeuroImage

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1184-1191

  Catani, Marco ^a   Jones, Derek K ^b   Daly, Eileen ^a   Embiricos, Nitzia ^a   Deeley, Quinton ^a   Pugliese, Luca ^a   Curran, Sarah ^a   Robertson, Dene ^a   Murphy, Declan G M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger; Autism; Cerebellum; Diffusion tensor; Tractography; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ASPERGER SYNDROME; BEHAVIOR; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 44649118574     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.03.041     Document Type: Article

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