Brief report: Alterations in cerebral blood flow as assessed by PET/CT in adults with autism spectrum disorder with normal IQ

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 313-318

  Pagani, Marco ^a,b   Manouilenko, Irina ^c   Stone Elander, Sharon ^c   Odh, Richard ^a   Salmaso, Dario ^b   Hatherly, Robert ^a   Brolin, Fredrik ^a   Jacobsson, Hans ^a   Larsson, Stig A ^a   Bejerot, Susanne ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

1 11C butanol; Cerebral blood flow; High functioning autism; PET CT

Indexed keywords

BUTANOL; CARBON 11;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84858862959     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-011-1240-y     Document Type: Article

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