Longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging study of cortical development through early childhood in autism

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4419-4427

  Schumann, Cynthia M ^a,e   Bloss, Cinnamon S ^f   Barnes, Cynthia Carter ^a   Wideman, Graham M ^a   Carper, Ruth A ^b   Akshoomoff, Natacha ^b,c   Pierce, Karen ^a   Hagler, Donald ^d   Schork, Nicholas ^f,g   Lord, Catherine ^h   Courchesne, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f SCRIPPS TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN GROWTH; CHILD; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TODDLER; WHITE MATTER;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77949826586     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5714-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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