A topographic study of minicolumnar core width by lamina comparison between autistic subjects and controls: Possible minicolumnar disruption due to an anatomical element in-common to multiple laminae

Brain Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 451-458

  Casanova, Manuel F ^a   El Baz, Ayman ^b   Vanbogaert, Eric ^b   Narahari, Praveen ^a   Switala, Andrew ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b University of Louisville   (United States)

Author keywords

Autistic disorder; Cerebral cortex; Neuroanatomy

Indexed keywords

DYE; GALLOCYANIN; PYROXYLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; NISSL STAINING; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75949087803     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: 17503639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2009.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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