Anatomical Abnormalities in Autism?

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1440-1452

  Haar, Shlomi ^a   Berman, Sigal ^a   Behrmann, Marlene ^b   Dinstein, Ilan ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anatomy; autism; MRI; thickness; volume

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALA; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER; ABNORMALITIES; BRAIN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84963799168     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhu242     Document Type: Article

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