Reduced gray matter volume of pars opercularis is associated with impaired social communication in high-functioning autism spectrum disorders

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1141-1147

  Yamasaki, Syudo ^a   Yamasue, Hidenori ^a,b   Abe, Osamu ^a   Suga, Motomu ^a   Yamada, Haruyasu ^a   Inoue, Hideyuki ^a   Kuwabara, Hitoshi ^a   Kawakubo, Yuki ^a,b   Yahata, Noriaki ^a   Aoki, Shigeki ^a   Kano, Yukiko ^a   Kato, Nobumasa ^b   Kasai, Kiyoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asperger disorder; Autism; human mirror neuron system; MRI; social dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARS OPERCULARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATROPHY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

EID: 78649825923     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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