Fronto-temporal disconnectivity and symptom severity in children with autism spectrum disorder

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 269-280

  Poustka, Luise ^a   Jennen Steinmetz, Christine ^a   Henze, Romy ^b,c   Vomstein, Kilian ^a,b   Haffner, Johann ^c   Sieltjes, Bram ^b  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autism; Connectivity; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; White matter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FORNIX; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL CORTEX; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ANISOTROPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FORNIX, BRAIN; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84860456668     PISSN: 15622975     EISSN: 18141412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15622975.2011.591824     Document Type: Article

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