Brain enlargement is associated with regression in preschool-age boys with autism spectrum disorders

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 50, 2011, Pages 20195-20200

  Nordahl, Christine Wu ^a,b   Lange, Nicholas ^c   Li, Deana D ^a,b   Barnett, Lou Ann ^a,b   Lee, Aaron ^a,b   Buonocore, Michael H ^b   Simon, Tony J ^a,b   Rogers, Sally ^a,b   Ozonoff, Sally ^a,b   Amaral, David G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Macrocephaly; MRI; Neurodevelopment; Trajectory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN ENLARGEMENT; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

BRAIN; CEPHALOMETRY; CEREBRUM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REGRESSION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84055224143     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1107560108     Document Type: Article

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