Regional differences in grey and white matter in children and adults with autism spectrum disorders: An activation likelihood estimate (ALE) meta-analysis

Autism Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-66

  Duerden, Emma G ^a   Mak Fan, Kathleen M ^a,c   Taylor, Margot J ^a,c   Roberts, S Wendy ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pediatrics; Structural MRI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; DISEASE COURSE; EMOTION; FRONTAL LOBE; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSULA; LIMBIC CORTEX; META ANALYSIS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL COGNITION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 84857573958     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.235     Document Type: Article

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