Increased coherence of white matter fiber tract organization in adults with asperger syndrome: A diffusion tensor imaging study

Autism Research

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 642-650

  Roine, Ulrika ^a   Roine, Timo ^b   Salmi, Juha ^a   Nieminen Von Wendt, Taina ^c   Leppämäki, Sami ^d,e   Rintahaka, Pertti ^d   Tani, Pekka ^d   Leemans, Alexander ^f   Sams, Mikko ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c Neuropsychiatric Rehabilitation and Medical Centre NeuroMental   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Clinical psychiatry; Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING (DTI); NEUROIMAGING;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ASPERGER SYNDROME; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84890786921     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1332     Document Type: Article

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