Atypical development of white matter microstructure in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders

NeuroImage

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 873-882

  Cheng, Yawei ^a   Chou, Kun Hsien ^a   Chen, I Yun ^a   Fan, Yang Teng ^a   Decety, Jean ^b   Lin, Ching Po ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Autism spectrum disorders; Development; Diffusion tensor imaging; Frontal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CAPSULA INTERNA; CHILD; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INSULA; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHINA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 77549085141     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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