Basal Ganglia Shapes Predict Social, Communication, and Motor Dysfunctions in Boys With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Qiu, Anqi ^a   Adler, Marcy ^b   Crocetti, Deana ^b   Miller, Michael I ^c   Mostofsky, Stewart H ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

frontal; large deformation diffeomorphic metric mapping (LDDMM); magnetic resonance imaging; praxis; striatal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPRAXIA; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR SHAPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77952313292     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-201006000-00003     Document Type: Article

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