A magnetization transfer imaging study of corpus callosum myelination in young children with autism

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 215-220

  Gozzi, Marta ^a   Nielson, Dylan M ^a,b   Lenroot, Rhoshel K ^a,c   Ostuni, John L ^d   Luckenbaugh, David A ^a   Thurm, Audrey E ^a   Giedd, Jay N ^a   Swedo, Susan E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; corpus callosum; magnetization transfer imaging; magnetization transfer ratio; myelin; white matter development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84863723236     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.01.026     Document Type: Article

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