Recent developments in neuropathology of autism spectrum disorders

Translational Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 256-264

  Polšek, Dora ^a   Jagatic, Tomislav ^a   Cepanec, Maja ^b   Hof, Patrick R ^c   Šimić, Goran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Autism spectrum disorder

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; NEUROPEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN; PHENYLALANINE; SEROTONIN; VASOPRESSIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTEN GENE; RELN GENE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SYNAPTOGENESIS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84856280755     PISSN: 20813856     EISSN: 20816936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13380-011-0024-3     Document Type: Article

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