Increased gyrification, but comparable surface area in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders

Brain

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1956-1967

  Wallace, Gregory L ^a   Robustelli, Briana ^a   Dankner, Nathan ^a   Kenworthy, Lauren ^a   Giedd, Jay N ^a   Martin, Alex ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; cortical folding; gyrification; MRI; surface area

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BODY SURFACE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL DISSOCIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84878872023     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awt106     Document Type: Article

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