A preliminary longitudinal volumetric MRI study of amygdala and hippocampal volumes in autism

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue , 2014, Pages 124-128

  Barnea Goraly, Naama ^a   Frazier, Thomas W ^b   Piacenza, Lucia ^a   Minshew, Nancy J ^c   Keshavan, Matcheri S ^c   Reiss, Allan L ^a,d   Hardan, Antonio Y ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Autism; Hippocampus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE CONTACT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PILOT STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; VISION;

AMYGDALA; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW (ADI); AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE (ADOS); AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS (ASD); FULL-SCALE IQ (FSIQ); HIPPOCAMPUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS (SES); TOTAL BRAIN VOLUME (TBV);

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 84886259835     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: 18784216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2013.09.010     Document Type: Article

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