The autism puzzle: Diffuse but not pervasive neuroanatomical abnormalities in children with ASD

NeuroImage: Clinical

Volumn 8, Issue , 2015, Pages 170-179

  Sussman, D ^a   Leung, R C ^a   Vogan, V M ^a   Lee, W ^a   Trelle, S ^a   Lin, S ^a   Cassel, D B ^a   Chakravarty, M M ^b,c   Lerch, J P ^a,d   Anagnostou, E ^e   Taylor, M J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e University of Toronto   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD); Cerebellar hippocampal and basal ganglia; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Pediatric neuroanatomical development; volumeCortical anatomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBICULUM; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN CORTEX; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; THALAMUS;

EID: 84928482653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22131582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2015.04.008     Document Type: Article

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