Structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging of autism spectrum disorders

Brain Research

Volumn 1380, Issue , 2011, Pages 146-161

  Stigler, Kimberly A ^a,b   McDonald, Brenna C ^b   Anand, Amit ^b   Saykin, Andrew J ^b   McDougle, Christopher J ^a,b  

^a RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Autism spectrum disorder; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurobiology; Review

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN STEM; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GRAY MATTER; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INSULA; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

EID: 79952317258     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.11.076     Document Type: Article

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