Network inefficiencies in autism spectrum disorder at 24 months

Translational Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lewis, J D ^a   Evans, A C ^a   Pruett, J R ^b   Botteron, K ^b   Zwaigenbaum, L ^c   Estes, A ^d   Gerig, G ^e   Collins, L ^a   Kostopoulos, P ^a   McKinstry, R ^b   Dager, S ^f   Paterson, S ^g   Schultz, R T ^g   Styner, M ^h,i   Hazlett, H ⁱ   Piven, J ⁱ  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h Brooks Computer Science Building   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ONSET AGE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRACTOGRAPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; BRAIN CONNECTIVITY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NETWORK INEFFICIENCY; INFANT; LOW RISK POPULATION; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARS TRIANGULARIS;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE NET; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84901194315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21583188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/tp.2014.24     Document Type: Article

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