Increased left hemisphere impairment in high-functioning autism: A tract based spatial statistics study

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 224, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 119-123

  Perkins, Thomas John ^a   Stokes, Mark Andrew ^a   McGillivray, Jane Anne ^a   Mussap, Alexander Julien ^a   Cox, Ivanna Anne ^a   Maller, Jerome Joseph ^b   Bittar, Richard Garth ^a,c,d  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australia   (Australia)

^c Precision Brain Spine and Pain Centre   (Australia)

^d ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Diffusion Tensor Imaging; Fractional Anisotropy; Radial Diffusivity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PARIETAL CORTEX; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER INJURY; ANISOTROPY; AUTISM; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; PATHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907974459     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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