Autism as a disconnection syndrome: A qualitative and quantitative review of diffusion tensor imaging studies

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 387-412

  Hoppenbrouwers, Margot ^a   Vandermosten, Maaike ^a   Boets, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Brain connectivity; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fibre tracking; Review

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN CORTEX; CAPSULA INTERNA; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXTERNAL CAPSULE; HUMAN; NERVE FIBER; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84893286656     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: 18780237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2013.12.018     Document Type: Review

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