Intrinsic gray-matter connectivity of the brain in adults with autism spectrum disorder

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 32, 2013, Pages 13222-13227

  Ecker, Christine ^a   Ronan, Lisa ^b   Feng, Yue ^a   Daly, Eileen ^a   Murphy, Clodagh ^a   Ginestet, Cedric E ^a   Brammer, Michael ^a   Fletcher, Paul C ^b   Bullmore, Edward T ^b   Suckling, John ^b   Baron Cohen, Simon ^c   Williams, Steve ^a   Loth, Eva ^a   Murphy, Declan G M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain structure; Gyrification; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PERIMETER; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN STRUCTURE; GYRIFICATION; MORPHOMETRY;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881421090     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1221880110     Document Type: Article

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