Frontolimbic neural circuitry at 6 months predicts individual differences in joint attention at 9 months

Developmental Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 186-197

  Elison, Jed T ^a,c   Wolff, Jason J ^a   Heimer, Debra C ^a   Paterson, Sarah J ^d   Gu, Hongbin ^a   Hazlett, Heather C ^a   Styner, Martin ^a,b   Gerig, Guido ^e   Piven, Joseph ^a   Piven, J ^f   Hazlett, H C ^f   Chappell, C ^f   Dager, S ^g   Estes, A ^g   Shaw, D ^g   Botteron, K ^g   McKinstry, R ^g   Constantino, J ^g   Pruett, J ^g   Schultz, R ^h   Paterson, S ^h   Zwaigenbaum, L ⁱ   Evans, A C ^j   Collins, D L ^j   Pike, G B ^j   Kostopolous, P ^j   Das, S ^j   Gerig, G ^e   Styner, M ^f   Gu, H ^f   Sullivan, P ^f   Wright, F ^f   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^j MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE TRACT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

AMYGDALA; ANISOTROPY; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84874198626     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12015     Document Type: Article

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