Longitudinal processing speed impairments in males with autism and the effects of white matter microstructure

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 137-145

  Travers, Brittany G ^a   Bigler, Erin D ^b,c,d   Tromp, Do P M ^a   Adluru, Nagesh ^a   Froehlich, Alyson L ^d   Ennis, Chad ^a   Lange, Nicholas ^e,f   Nielsen, Jared A ^d   Prigge, Molly B D ^d   Alexander, Andrew L ^a,g   Lainhart, Janet E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Autism; Diffusion tensor imaging; Executive function; Processing speed; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCESSING SPEED; PROCESSING SPEED IMPAIRMENT; PROECSSING SPEED INDEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER MICROSTRUCTURE;

AUTISM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; PROCESSING SPEED; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; THINKING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889674548     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.11.008     Document Type: Article

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