Neuroimaging studies of normal brain development and their relevance for understanding childhood neuropsychiatric disorders

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1233-1251

  Marsh, Rachel ^a,b   Gerber, Andrew J ^a   Peterson, Bradley S ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Functional neuroimaging; Neuroimaging; Normal brain development

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; PROTON;

ADOLESCENCE; ANATOMY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTOPSY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DYSLEXIA; FRONTAL CORTEX; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MYELINATION; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOGENESIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 55849113008     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e318185e703     Document Type: Review

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