Constrained spherical deconvolution-based tractography and tract-based spatial statistics show abnormal microstructural organization in Asperger syndrome

Molecular Autism

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Roine, Ulrika ^a   Salmi, Juha ^a   Roine, Timo ^b   Wendt, Taina Nieminen Von ^c   Leppämäki, Sami ^d,e   Rintahaka, Pertti ^d   Tani, Pekka ^d   Leemans, Alexander ^f   Sams, Mikko ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c Neuropsychiatric Rehabilitation and Medical Centre NeuroMental   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorder; diffusion magnetic resonance imaging; fractional anisotropy; inferior longitudinal fasciculus; white matter tract

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARCUATE FASCICULUS; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPULSION; CONSTRAINED SPHERICAL DECONVOLUTION BASED TRACTOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTO OCCIPITAL FASCICULUS; INFERIOR LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; TRACTOGRAPHY; UNCINATE FASCICULUS;

EID: 84927730928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20402392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2040-2392-6-4     Document Type: Article

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