Decreased interhemispheric functional connectivity in autism

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1134-1146

  Anderson, Jeffrey S ^a,b   Druzgal, T Jason ^a   Froehlich, Alyson ^a   Dubray, Molly B ^a   Lange, Nicholas ^c,d,e   Alexander, Andrew L ^f,g   Abildskov, Tracy ^h   Nielsen, Jared A ^a   Cariello, Annahir N ^a   Cooperrider, Jason R ^a   Bigler, Erin D ^b,h   Lainhart, Janet E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorders; brain development; fcMRI; fMRI; resting state fMRI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HEMISPHERE; INSULA; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; AXONS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 79954599764     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhq190     Document Type: Article

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