Age-related abnormalities in white matter microstructure in autism spectrum disorders

Brain Research

Volumn 1479, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-16

  Kleinhans, Natalia M ^a,b   Pauley, Gregory ^a,b   Richards, Todd ^a,b   Neuhaus, Emily ^b   Martin, Nathalie ^a,b   Corrigan, Neva M ^a   Shaw, Dennis W ^a,b   Estes, Annette ^b   Dager, Stephen R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Autism; DTI; Interaction; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MEAN DIFFUSIVITY; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETERS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL DIFFUSIVITY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867088786     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.07.056     Document Type: Article

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