Age-related changes in the anatomy of language regions in autism spectrum disorder

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-63

  Knaus, Tracey A ^a   Silver, Andrew M ^a   Dominick, Kelli C ^a   Schuring, Melanee D ^a   Shaffer, Nancy ^a   Lindgren, Kristen A ^a   Joseph, Robert M ^a   Tager Flusberg, Helen ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Autism; Development; Language; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARS OPERCULARIS; PARS TRIANGULARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 75549089312     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-008-9048-x     Document Type: Article

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