Altered Modular Organization of Structural Cortical Networks in Children with Autism

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Shi, Feng ^a   Wang, Li ^a   Peng, Ziwen ^a,b   Wee, Chong Yaw ^a   Shen, Dinggang ^a,c  

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

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY MEMORY; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PARIETAL GYRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

ALGORITHMS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET;

EID: 84877631590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063131     Document Type: Article

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