Microglia in the cerebral cortex in autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2569-2584

  Tetreault, Nicole A ^a   Hakeem, Atiya Y ^a   Jiang, Sue ^a   Williams, Brian A ^a   Allman, Elizabeth ^b   Wold, Barbara J ^a   Allman, John M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Comprehensive Autism Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Fronto insular cortex; Microglia; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL DENSITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INSULA; MALE; MICROGLIA; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STEREOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX; CELL COUNT; FRONTAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROGLIA; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876487228     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1513-0     Document Type: Article

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