Diffusion tensor imaging of frontal lobe in autism spectrum disorder

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2659-2665

  Sundaram, Senthil K ^a,b   Kumar, Ajay ^a   Makki, Malek I ^a   Behen, Michael E ^a   Chugani, Harry T ^a   Chugani, Diane C ^a  

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

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Fractional anisotropy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Short range connectivity; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FIBER; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ANISOTROPY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 54149097175     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhn031     Document Type: Article

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