Structural neuroimaging in autism

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 281-286

  Hrdlicka, Michal ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Autism; Brain volume; Caudate nucleus; Cerebellum; Corpus callosum; Hippocampus; MRI; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AUTISM; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; THALAMUS;

EID: 48049120152     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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