Reduced cortical thickness and its association with social reactivity in children with autism spectrum disorder

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 15-24

  Richter, Julia ^a,b   Henze, Romy ^a,b   Vomstein, Kilian ^a,b   Stieltjes, Bram ^a   Parzer, Peter ^b   Haffner, Johann ^b   Brandeis, Daniel ^b   Poustka, Luise ^b,c  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Brain; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Neuroanatomy; Social impairment; Surface analysis; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; AUTISM; BRAIN ANALYSIS; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); FEMALE; FRONTAL GYRUS; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; PARIETAL GYRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL DISABILITY; TEMPORAL GYRUS; THEORY OF MIND; BRAIN CORTEX; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84948715753     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2015.06.011     Document Type: Article

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