Is there a common neuroanatomical substrate of language deficit between autism spectrum disorder and specific language impairment?

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2263-2271

  Verhoeven, Judith S ^a   Rommel, Nathalie ^b   Prodi, Elena ^a,c   Leemans, Alexander ^d   Zink, Inge ^b   Vandewalle, Ellen ^b   Noens, Ilse ^a,e   Wagemans, Johan ^a   Steyaert, Jean ^a,f   Boets, Bart ^a   Van De Winckel, Ann ^a   De Cock, Paul ^a   Lagae, Lieven ^a   Sunaert, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b KU LEUVEN UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorder; diffusion tensor imaging; specific language impairment; superior longitudinal fascicle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT; SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84866099138     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhr292     Document Type: Article

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