Metabolite alterations in the hippocampus of high-functioning adult subjects with autism

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 529-534

  Suzuki, Katsuaki ^a   Nishimura, Katsuhiko ^a   Sugihara, Genichi ^a   Nakamura, Kazuhiko ^a   Tsuchiya, Kenji J ^a   Matsumoto, Kaori ^a   Takebayashi, Kiyokazu ^a   Isoda, Haruo ^a   Sakahara, Harumi ^a   Sugiyama, Toshiro ^b   Tsujii, Masatsugu ^c   Takei, Nori ^a   Mori, Norio ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AICHI CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c CHUKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggression; Autism; Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BUSS PERRY AGGRESSION QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ASPARTIC ACID; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CEREBELLUM; CHOLINE; CREATINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; PHOSPHOCREATINE;

EID: 77953540967     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145709990952     Document Type: Article

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