Heterogeneity within autism spectrum disorders: What have we learned from neuroimaging studies?

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Lenroot, Rhoshel K ^a,b   Yeung, Pui Ka ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autism; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Intellectual disability; Psychiatry and developmental disabilities; Structural magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR;

AGE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; AUTISM; BRAIN SIZE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DOWN SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC RISK; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; NEUROIMAGING; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RETT SYNDROME; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL COGNITION; VELOCARDIOFACIAL SYNDROME; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

EID: 84887882471     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00733     Document Type: Review

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