A two-year longitudinal pilot MRI study of the brainstem in autism

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 251, Issue , 2013, Pages 163-167

  Jou, Roger J ^a   Frazier, Thomas W ^b   Keshavan, Matcheri S ^c   Minshew, Nancy J ^d   Hardan, Antonio Y ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Brainstem; Development; Gray matter; Longitudinal and

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAY MATTER; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VOLUMETRY;

AUTISM; BRAINSTEM; DEVELOPMENT; GRAY MATTER; LONGITUDINAL AND MRI;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84880331948     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.04.021     Document Type: Article

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