Increased Surface Area, but not Cortical Thickness, in a Subset of Young Boys With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autism Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 232-248

  Ohta, Haruhisa ^a,b   Nordahl, Christine Wu ^a   Iosif, Ana Maria ^a   Lee, Aaron ^a   Rogers, Sally ^a   Amaral, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Cortical thickness; FreeSurfer; Gray matter volume; Megalencephaly; Surface area

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BODY HEIGHT; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBRAL CORTICAL GREY MATTER VOLUME; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISPROPORTIONATE MEGALENCEPHALY; EARLY CORTICAL OVERGROWTH; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE AREA; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 84958645507     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1520     Document Type: Article

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