Diffusion tensor imaging in young children with autism: Biological effects and potential confounds

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1043-1051

  Walker, Lindsay ^a,c   Gozzi, Marta ^b   Lenroot, Rhoshel ^d   Thurm, Audrey ^b   Behseta, Babak ^b   Swedo, Susan ^b   Pierpaoli, Carlo ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autism; diffusion tensor imaging; fractional anisotropy; mean diffusivity; MRI; white matter

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUTISM; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEAN DIFFUSIVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDATION; SLEEP; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTIFACTS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SLEEP;

EID: 84869093751     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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