Longitudinal cortical development during adolescence and young adulthood in autism spectrum disorder: Increased cortical thinning but comparable surface area changes

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 464-469

  Wallace, Gregory L ^a,b   Eisenberg, Ian W ^a   Robustelli, Briana ^a   Dankner, Nathan ^a   Kenworthy, Lauren ^a   Giedd, Jay N ^a   Martin, Alex ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; cortical thickness; executive function; longitudinal; surface area

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THINNING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SURFACE AREA; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THICKNESS; BRAIN MAPPING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930179650     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2015.03.007     Document Type: Article

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