Developmental cortical thinning in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

NeuroImage

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-25

  Zhou, Dongming ^a   Lebel, Catherine ^a   Lepage, Claude ^b   Rasmussen, Carmen ^a   Evans, Alan ^b   Wyper, Katy ^a   Pei, Jacqueline ^a   Andrew, Gail ^c   Massey, Ashleigh ^a   Massey, Donald ^a   Beaulieu, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GLENROSE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortical thickness; FAS; FASD; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; MRI; Neurodevelopment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS; CORTICAL THINNING; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEMORY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; PRECUNEUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960647268     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.06.026     Document Type: Article

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