Abnormal cortical thickness alterations in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and their relationships with facial dysmorphology

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1170-1179

  Yang, Yaling ^a   Roussotte, Florence ^b   Kan, Eric ^b   Sulik, Kathleen K ^c   Mattson, Sarah N ^d   Riley, Edward P ^d   Jones, Kenneth L ^e   Adnams, Colleen M ^f   May, Philip A ^g,h   O'Connor, Mary J ^a   Narr, Katherine L ^a   Sowell, Elizabeth R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cortical thickness; developmental; fetal alcohol exposure; MRI

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; FACE; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84860109221     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhr193     Document Type: Article

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