The loss of asymmetry and reduced interhemispheric connectivity in adolescents with autism: A study using diffusion spectrum imaging tractography

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-66

  Lo, Yu Chun ^a   Soong, Wei Tsuen ^b,c,d   Gau, Susan Shur Fen ^b,c   Wu, Yu Yu ^e   Lai, Meng Chuan ^b,f   Yeh, Fang Cheng ^c   Chiang, Wen Yang ^c,g   Kuo, Li Wei ^g   Jaw, Fu Shan ^a   Tseng, Wen Yih Isaac ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d St Joseph's Hospital   (Taiwan)

^e CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcuate fasciculus; Callosal fiber tracts; Cingulum; Uncinate fasciculus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL COGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; TAIWAN;

EID: 79952898933     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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