GABA estimation in the brains of children on the autism spectrum: Measurement precision and regional cortical variation

NeuroImage

Volumn 86, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-9

  Gaetz, W ^a   Bloy, L ^a   Wang, D J ^a   Port, R G ^a   Blaskey, L ^a   Levy, S E ^a   Roberts, T P L ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ASD; Autism spectrum disorder; GABA; MEGA PRESS; MRS; Spectroscopy; Aminobutyric acid

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUTISM; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; METABOLITE; MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL CORTEX; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; GENDER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ASD; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; GABA; MEGA-PRESS; MRS; SPECTROSCOPY; Γ-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84891628916     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.05.068     Document Type: Review

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