Increased laterality of the thalamus in children and adolescents with asperger's disorder: An MRI and proton spectroscopy study

Psychiatry Investigation

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 237-242

  Say, Gökçe Nur ^a   Şahin, Bünyamin ^a   Aslan, Kerim ^a   Akbaş, Seher ^a   Incesu, Lütfi ^a   Ceyhan, Meltem ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asperger; Autism; Children; Language; Laterality; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; METABOLITE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; THALAMUS;

EID: 84905487460     PISSN: 17383684     EISSN: 19763026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4306/pi.2014.11.3.237     Document Type: Article

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