Wider minicolumns in autism: A neural basis for altered processing?

Brain

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2034-2045

  McKavanagh, Rebecca ^a,b   Buckley, Eleanor ^a   Chance, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

autism; brain development; enhanced discrimination; minicolumns; primary sensory cortex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE FIBER; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936805989     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awv110     Document Type: Article

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