Basal ganglia and restricted and repetitive behaviours in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Current status and future perspectives

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 235-238

  Calderoni, S ^a   Bellani, M ^b   Hardan, A Y ^c   Muratori, F ^a,d   Brambilla, P ^e,f  

^a DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^f SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD); basal ganglia; structural magnetic resonance imaging (sMRI); volumes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BASAL GANGLION; BEHAVIOR; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COMPULSION; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PUTAMEN; SYMPTOM;

EID: 84904856221     PISSN: 20457960     EISSN: 20457979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S2045796014000171     Document Type: Article

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