Diminished gray matter within the hypothalamus in autism disorder: A potential link to hormonal effects?

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 278-282

  Kurth, Florian ^a   Narr, Katherine L ^a   Woods, Roger P ^a   O'Neill, Joseph ^a   Alger, Jeffry R ^a   Caplan, Rochelle ^a   McCracken, James T ^a   Toga, Arthur W ^a   Levitt, Jennifer G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; ASD; children; morphometry; oxytocin; voxel based morphometry (VBM)

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; OXYTOCIN;

AGE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TISSUE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY HORMONES, POSTERIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960237644     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.03.026     Document Type: Article

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