Structural asymmetries of language-related gray and white matter and their relationship to language function in young children with ASD

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 60-72

  Joseph, Robert M ^a   Fricker, Zachary ^a   Fenoglio, Angela ^a   Lindgren, Kristen A ^a   Knaus, Tracey A ^a   Tager Flusberg, Helen ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Brain; Children; Language; Magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ARCUATE FASCICULUS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARS OPERCULARIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SCHOOL CHILD; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 84894273796     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-013-9245-0     Document Type: Article

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