Increased rate of amygdala growth in children aged 2 to 4 years with autism spectrum disorders: A longitudinal study

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-61

  Nordahl, Christine Wu ^a,b   Scholz, Robert ^a,b   Yang, Xiaowei ^b   Buonocore, Michael H ^b   Simon, Tony ^a,b   Rogers, Sally ^a,b   Amaral, David G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN GROWTH; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMYGDALA; BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855300384     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.145     Document Type: Article

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