Altered posterior cingulate cortical cyctoarchitecture, but normal density of neurons and interneurons in the posterior cingulate cortex and fusiform gyrus in autism

Autism Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 200-211

  Oblak, Adrian L ^a   Rosene, Douglas L ^a   Kemper, Thomas L ^a   Bauman, Margaret L ^a   Blatt, Gene J ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma aminobutyric acid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOPSY; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; MALE; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; REFERENCE VALUES; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958113062     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.188     Document Type: Article

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