Brain-region-specific alterations of the trajectories of neuronal volume growth throughout the lifespan in autism

Acta Neuropathologica Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wegiel, Jerzy ^a   Flory, Michael ^a   Kuchna, Izabela ^a   Nowicki, Krzysztof ^a   Ma, Shuang Yong ^a   Imaki, Humi ^a   Wegiel, Jarek ^a   Cohen, Ira L ^a   London, Eric ^a   Brown, W Ted ^a   Wisniewski, Thomas ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Brain; Cerebellum; Neuronal growth; Neuropathology; Nucleator; Subcortical structures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AUTISM; BRAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84918779822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20515960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2051-5960-2-28     Document Type: Review

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