Widespread White Matter Differences in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2138-2147

  Vogan, V M ^a,b   Morgan, B R ^a   Leung, R C ^a,b   Anagnostou, E ^c   Doyle Thomas, K ^c   Taylor, M J ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c University of Toronto   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism; Development; Diffusion tensor imaging; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; WHITE MATTER; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84959153093     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-016-2744-2     Document Type: Article

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