Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex magnetic resonance imaging measurements and cognitive performance in autism

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 856-863

  Griebling, Jessica ^a   Minshew, Nancy J ^a   Bodner, Kimberly ^b   Libove, Robin ^c   Bansal, Rahul ^d   Konasale, Prasad ^a   Keshavan, Matcheri S ^e   Hardan, Antonio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; executive function; frontal lobe; magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUMETRY; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; BRAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954417387     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073809351313     Document Type: Article

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