Altered white matter fractional anisotropy and social impairment in children with autism spectrum disorder

Brain Research

Volumn 1362, Issue , 2010, Pages 141-149

  Noriuchi, Madoka ^a   Kikuchi, Yoshiaki ^b   Yoshiura, Takashi ^c   Kira, Ryutaro ^c,d   Shigeto, Hiroshi ^c   Hara, Toshiro ^c   Tobimatsu, Shozo ^c   Kamio, Yoko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FUKUOKA HIGASHI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Childhood; Diffusion tensor imaging; Social impairment; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CHILD; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

EID: 78149360411     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.09.051     Document Type: Article

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