Amygdala and Hippocampus Enlargement During Adolescence in Autism

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 552-560

  Groen, Wouter ^a,b   Teluij, Michelle ^a   Buitelaar, Jan ^a,b   Tendolkar, Indira ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Karakter

Author keywords

amygdala; autism; emotion; hippocampus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 77952302999     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-201006000-00004     Document Type: Article

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