An MRI and proton spectroscopy study of the thalamus in children with autism

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 97-105

  Hardan, Antonio Y ^a   Minshew, Nancy J ^b   Melhem, Nadine M ^b   Srihari, Sumana ^b   Jo, Booil ^a   Bansal, Rahul ^c   Keshavan, Matcheri S ^c   Stanley, Jeffrey A ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

N Acetylaspartate (NAA); Sensory abnormalities; Sensory profile questionnaire (SPQ)

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METABOLITE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPECTROSCOPY; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ADOLESCENT; ASPARTIC ACID; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHOLINE; CREATINE; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOSPHOCREATINE; REFERENCE VALUES; THALAMUS;

EID: 44649200420     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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