Self-injurious behaviours are associated with alterations in the somatosensory system in children with autism spectrum disorder

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 219, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1251-1261

  Duerden, Emma G ^a   Card, Dallas ^a   Roberts, S Wendy ^a   Mak Fan, Kathleen M ^a,b   Chakravarty, M Mallar ^c,d   Lerch, Jason P ^a,e   Taylor, Margot J ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism; Grey matter; Injury; Pain; Spectrum disorder; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOMUTILATION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GRAY MATTER; HANDEDNESS; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PAIN; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THICKNESS; COMPLICATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

RADIATA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PARIETAL LOBE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 84904367471     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-013-0562-2     Document Type: Article

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