Altered cingulum bundle microstructure in autism spectrum disorder

Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 275-282

  Ameis, Stephanie H ^a   Fan, Jin ^b,c   Rockel, Conrad ^a   Soorya, Latha ^c   Wang, A Ting ^c   Anagnostou, Evdoki ^c,d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of Toronto   (Canada)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorder; diffusion tensor imaging; limbic system

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CINGULUM BUNDLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84884749283     PISSN: 09242708     EISSN: 16015215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/neu.2013.2     Document Type: Article

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