Differences in the right inferior longitudinal fasciculus but no general disruption of white matter tracts in children with autism spectrum disorder

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1981-1986

  Koldewyn, Kami ^a,b   Yendiki, Anastasia ^c   Weigelt, Sarah ^a,d   Gweon, Hyowon ^a   Julian, Joshua ^a   Richardson, Hilary ^a   Malloy, Caitlin ^a   Saxe, Rebecca ^a   Fischl, Bruce ^c,e   Kanwisher, Nancy ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Diffusion weighted imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; INFERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE FIBER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

CONNECTIVITY; DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED IMAGING;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIFFUSION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 84893511614     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1324037111     Document Type: Article

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