Callosal fiber length and interhemispheric connectivity in adults with autism: Brain overgrowth and underconnectivity

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1685-1695

  Lewis, John D ^a   Theilmann, Rebecca J ^b   Fonov, Vladimir ^a   Bellec, Pierre ^a   Lincoln, Alan ^c,d   Evans, Alan C ^a   Townsend, Jeanne ^b,e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Evaluation and Service   (United States)

^d ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain size; Corpus callosum; Lateralization; Optimal wiring; Underconnectivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACTOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879223322     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22018     Document Type: Article

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