Altered microstructural connectivity of the superior cerebellar peduncle is related to motor dysfunction in children with autistic spectrum disorders

Cerebellum

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 645-656

  Hanaie, Ryuzo ^a   Mohri, Ikuko ^a,b   Kagitani Shimono, Kuriko ^a   Tachibana, Masaya ^a,b   Azuma, Junji ^a   Matsuzaki, Junko ^b   Watanabe, Yoshiyuki ^a   Fujita, Norihiko ^a   Taniike, Masako ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autistic spectrum disorders; Cerebellum; Diffusion tensor imaging; Motor; Tractography; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AXIAL DIFFUSIVITY; BRAIN ALTERED MICROSTRUCTURAL CONNECTIVITY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GENDER; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; INFERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT ASSESSMENT BATTERY FOR CHILDREN; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL DIFFUSIVITY; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84892369882     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12311-013-0475-x     Document Type: Article

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