Allelic variation within the putative autism spectrum disorder risk gene homeobox A1 and cerebellar maturation in typically developing children and adolescents

Autism Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 93-100

  Raznahan, Armin ^a,b   Lee, Yohan ^a   Vaituzis, Catherine ^a   Tran, Lan ^a   Mackie, Susan ^a   Tiemeier, Henning ^a   Clasen, Liv ^a   Lalonde, Francois ^a   Greenstein, Dede ^a   Pierson, Ron ^a,c   Giedd, Jay N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Brain Image Analysis LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Brain; Cerebellum; Gene; HOXA1; MRI

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HOMEOBOX A1 PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; CEREBELLUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMEOBOX; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865338870     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.238     Document Type: Article

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