Altered orbitofrontal sulcogyral patterns in adult males with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 520-528

  Watanabe, Hiromi ^a   Nakamura, Motoaki ^a,b,c   Ohno, Taisei ^a   Itahashi, Takashi ^a   Tanaka, Eizaburo ^a,d   Ohta, Haruhisa ^a   Yamada, Takashi ^a   Kanai, Chieko ^a,c   Iwanami, Akira ^a   Kato, Nobumasa ^a,c   Hashimoto, Ryuichiro ^a,c,e  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kinkou Hospital   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Autistic trait; Brain sulcus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Orbitofrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTISM; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880714856     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst016     Document Type: Article

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