Diffusion tensor imaging reveals no white matter impairments among adults with autism spectrum disorder

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 64-72

  Kirkovski, Melissa ^a,b   Enticott, Peter G ^a,b   Maller, Jerome J ^a   Rossell, Susan L ^a,c   Fitzgerald, Paul B ^a  

^a Australia   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Diffusion tensor imaging; Gender; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tract based spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AXIAL DIFFUSIVITY; BRAIN SIZE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MALE; MEAN DIFFUSIVITY; MENTAL PATIENT; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL DIFFUSIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER IMPAIRMENT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941175959     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2015.05.003     Document Type: Article

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