Diffusion tensor imaging in autism spectrum disorders: Preliminary evidence of abnormal neural connectivity

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-162

  Jou, Roger J ^a   Jackowski, Andrea P ^b   Papademetris, Xenophon ^a   Rajeevan, Nallakkandi ^a   Staib, Lawrence H ^a   Volkmar, Fred R ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; connectivity; diffusion tensor imaging; social brain; white matter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ETHNICITY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCESSING; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRACTOGRAPHY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; ANISOTROPY; ATROPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 79951754861     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048674.2010.534069     Document Type: Article

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