Longitudinal MRI reveals impaired cortical thinning in children and adolescents prenatally exposed to alcohol

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 4892-4903

  Treit, Sarah ^a   Zhou, Dongming ^a   Lebel, Catherine ^b   Rasmussen, Carmen ^a   Andrew, Gail ^a,c   Beaulieu, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c GLENROSE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Brain development; Cortical thickness; FASD; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder; Longitudinal MRI; Prenatal alcohol exposure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 84904465173     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22520     Document Type: Article

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