Altered white matter structure of the dentatorubrothalamic pathway in children with autistic spectrum disorders

Cerebellum

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 957-971

  Jeong, Jeong Won ^a,b   Chugani, Diane C ^a,b   Behen, Michael E ^a,b   Tiwari, Vijay N ^a,b   Chugani, Harry T ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Dentate nucleus; Dentatorubrothalamic tract; Q ball imaging; Tract based morphometry analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DENTATE GYRUS; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DENTATORUBROTHALAMIC PATHWAY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED NUCLEUS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; THALAMUS; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; AXONS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870417550     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12311-012-0369-3     Document Type: Article

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