Cortical morphology in children with alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder

Brain and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-50

  Rajaprakash, Meghna ^a,b   Chakravarty, M Mallar ^c,d,e   Lerch, Jason P ^a,b   Rovet, Joanne ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

ARND; Cortical thickness; MRI; Surface area

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ALCOHOL RELATED NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENDER; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; THICKNESS; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84893501323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21623279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.191     Document Type: Article

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