Regional alterations in Purkinje cell density in patients with autism

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Skefos, Jerry ^a   Cummings, Christopher ^a   Enzer, Katelyn ^a   Holiday, Jarrod ^a   Weed, Katrina ^a   Levy, Ezra ^a   Yuce, Tarik ^a   Kemper, Thomas ^a   Bauman, Margaret ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOPSY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CELL DENSITY; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PURKINJE CELL; SAMPLING; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PURKINJE CELLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897851142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081255     Document Type: Article

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