Neuropsychological investigation of motor impairments in autism

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 867-881

  Duffield, Tyler C ^a   Trontel, Haley G ^b   Bigler, Erin D ^a,c,d   Froehlich, Alyson ^c   Prigge, Molly B ^c   Travers, Brittany ^e   Green, Ryan R ^a   Cariello, Annahir N ^c   Cooperrider, Jason ^c   Nielsen, Jared ^c   Alexander, Andrew ^e,f   Anderson, Jeffrey ^c   Fletcher, P Thomas ^d,g   Lange, Nicholas ^h,i   Zielinski, Brandon ^c,e   Lainhart, Janet ^e,f  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g University of Utah   (United States)

^h HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Brain volume differences; Motor cortex volume; Motor impairment; Network disruption

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84885641241     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2013.827156     Document Type: Article

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