Gyrification patterns in monozygotic twin pairs varying in discordance for autism

Autism Research

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 267-278

  Kates, Wendy R ^a,b   Ikuta, Ichiro ^a   Burnette, Courtney P ^c  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Brain; Cortical gyrification; MRI; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTELLIGENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 71649112251     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.98     Document Type: Article

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