Decreased left perisylvian GABA concentration in children with autism and unaffected siblings

NeuroImage

Volumn 86, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-34

  Rojas, Donald C ^a,b   Singel, Debra ^a,b   Steinmetz, Sarah ^a   Hepburn, Susan ^a,b   Brown, Mark S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Creatine; GABA; J editing; MEGA PRESS; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CREATINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; CREATININE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AUTISM; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENDER; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SUPRASYLVIAN GYRUS; WHITE MATTER; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID BRAIN LEVEL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CREATININE RATIO; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; EXCITATION AND STIMULATION; HERITABILITY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POINT RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY;

AUDITORY CORTEX; CREATINE; GABA; J-EDITING; MEGA-PRESS; SPECTROSCOPY;

AUDITORY CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; SIBLINGS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84891631547     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.01.045     Document Type: Review

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