Neuroanatomical Diversity of Corpus Callosum and Brain Volume in Autism: Meta-analysis, Analysis of the Autism Brain Imaging Data Exchange Project, and Simulation

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 126-134

  Lefebvre, Aline ^a,c   Beggiato, Anita ^a,c   Bourgeron, Thomas ^a,b,d   Toro, Roberto ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^d Foundation Fondamentale   (France)

Author keywords

Autism; Brain volume; Computational neuroanatomy; Corpus callosum; Meta analysis; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN SIZE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; META ANALYSIS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936757363     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.02.010     Document Type: Article

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