Patches of disorganization in the neocortex of children with autism

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 1209-1219

  Stoner, Rich ^a   Chow, Maggie L ^a   Boyle, Maureen P ^a,b   Sunkin, Susan M ^b   Mouton, Peter R ^c   Roy, Subhojit ^a   Wynshaw Boris, Anthony ^d   Colamarino, Sophia A ^e   Lein, Ed S ^b   Courchesne, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOPSY; CELL DESTRUCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MACROGLIA; MALE; MICROGLIA; NEOCORTEX; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROANATOMY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PHENOTYPE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALBINDIN 1; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYOULTRAMICROTOMY; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASES, TYPE 1; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 1, GROUP F, MEMBER 2; RNA;

EID: 84896918827     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1307491     Document Type: Article

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