Sex differences in structural organization of motor systems and their dissociable links with repetitive/restricted behaviors in children with autism

Molecular Autism

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Supekar, Kaustubh ^a   Menon, Vinod ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain structure; Children; Motor; Repetitive and restricted behavior; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; SYMPTOM; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

EID: 84941179779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20402392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13229-015-0042-z     Document Type: Article

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