Functional differentiation of posterior superior temporal sulcus in autism: A functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging study

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 270-277

  Shih, Patricia ^a   Keehn, Brandon ^a,b   Oram, Jessica K ^a   Leyden, Kelly M ^a   Keown, Christopher L ^b   Müller, Ralph Axel ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical thickness; development; functional segregation; intrinsic connectivity; low frequency blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) fluctuations; white matter volume

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960256720     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.03.040     Document Type: Article

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