The anatomy of extended limbic pathways in Asperger syndrome: A preliminary diffusion tensor imaging tractography study

NeuroImage

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 427-434

  Pugliese, Luca ^a   Catani, Marco ^a   Ameis, Stephanie ^a   Dell'Acqua, Flavio ^a   de Schotten, Michel Thiebaut ^a   Murphy, Clodagh ^a   Robertson, Dene ^a   Deeley, Quinton ^a   Daly, Eileen ^a   Murphy, Declan G M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger; Diffusion tensor; Limbic system; Tractography; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CHILD; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PILOT PROJECTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349248696     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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