Changes in prefrontal axons may disrupt the network in autism

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 44, 2010, Pages 14595-14609

  Zikopoulos, Basilis ^a   Barbas, Helen ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; AUTOPSY; BRAIN TISSUE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FIBER; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; AXONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; GAP-43 PROTEIN; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 78049488635     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2257-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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