Microstructural connectivity of the arcuate fasciculus in adolescents with high-functioning autism

NeuroImage

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1117-1125

  Fletcher, P Thomas ^a,b,c   Whitaker, Ross T ^a,b,c   Tao, Ran ^a,b   DuBray, Molly B ^d   Froehlich, Alyson ^d   Ravichandran, Caitlin ^h,i   Alexander, Andrew L ^e,f   Bigler, Erin D ^c,d,g   Lange, Nicholas ^h,i   Lainhart, Janet E ^c,d  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c The Brain Institute at the University of Utah   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcuate fasciculus; Autism; Diffusion tensor imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARCUATE FASCICULUS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN STEM; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 77952421729     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.01.083     Document Type: Article

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