The anatomy of the callosal and visual-association pathways in high-functioning autism: A DTI tractography study

Cortex

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 863-873

  Thomas, Cibu ^a   Humphreys, Kate ^a   Jung, Kwan Jin ^b   Minshew, Nancy ^c   Behrmann, Marlene ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Diffusion tensor tractography; Inferior fronto occipito fasciculus; Inferior longitudinal fasciculus; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; STEREOTYPY; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE NET; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 79956091202     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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