White Matter Microstructure Predicts Autistic Traits in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2742-2754

  Cooper, Miriam ^a,b   Thapar, Anita ^a,c   Jones, Derek K ^b,c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADHD; ASD; Diffusion MRI; RESTORE; Tract based spatial statistics; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CAPSULA INTERNA; CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROBIOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; WHITE MATTER; ANISOTROPY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84910131232     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2131-9     Document Type: Article

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