White matter microstructure correlates of narrative production in typically developing children and children with high functioning autism

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1933-1941

  Mills, Brian D ^a   Lai, Janie ^b   Brown, Timothy T ^c,d   Erhart, Matthew ^d   Halgren, Eric ^d   Reilly, Judy ^a,b   Dale, Anders ^c,d   Appelbaum, Mark ^e   Moses, Pamela ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex syntax; Development; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Morphology

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MICROSTRUCTURE; NARRATIVE; NERVE TRACT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STORYTELLING; SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; WHITE MATTER;

COMPLEX SYNTAX; DEVELOPMENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; MORPHOLOGY;

ANISOTROPY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; NARRATION; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84880941515     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.06.012     Document Type: Article

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