Neuronal fiber pathway abnormalities in autism: An initial MRI diffusion tensor tracking study of hippocampo-fusiform and amygdalo-fusiform pathways

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 933-946

  Conturo, Thomas E ^a   Williams, Diane L ^b   Smith, Charles D ^c   Gultepe, Eren ^a   Akbudak, Erbil ^a   Minshew, Nancy J ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Autism; Diffusion tensor MRI; DTT; Face recognition; Fusiform face area; Hippocampus; White matter fiber tracking; White matter pathways

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AUTISM; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPINDLE CELL; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55349141444     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617708081381     Document Type: Conference Paper

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