Regional brain volume differences between males with and without autism spectrum disorder are highly age-dependent

Molecular Autism

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Lin, Hsiang Yuan ^a   Ni, Hsing Chang ^b,c   Lai, Meng Chuan ^a,d,e   Tseng, Wen Yih Isaac ^b   Gau, Susan Shur Fen ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Autism spectrum disorder; Development; Regional brain volume; Structural MRI; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); CORPUS CALLOSUM; CUNEUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; THALAMUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

RADIATA;

EID: 84930613715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20402392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13229-015-0022-3     Document Type: Article

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