Axonal deficits in young adults with High Functioning Autism and their impact on processing speed

NeuroImage: Clinical

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages 417-425

  Lazar, Mariana ^a   Miles, Laura M ^a   Babb, James S ^a   Donaldson, Jeffrey B ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism Spectrum Disorders; Axonal integrity; Diffusional Kurtosis Imaging; Information processing capacity; Processing speed; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER DEFICIT; YOUNG ADULT; ACCURACY; AUTISM; AXONAL INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NERVE TRACT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; ADOLESCENT; AXON; BRAIN; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; AXONS; BRAIN; COGNITION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896809805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22131582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2014.01.014     Document Type: Article

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