Neuroanatomical variation in autism spectrum disorder: A comprehensive review

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 454-465

  Jumah, Fareed ^a   Ghannam, Malik ^a   Jaber, Mohammad ^a   Adeeb, Nimer ^b   Tubbs, R Shane ^c,d  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^d SEATTLE SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

anatomical; autism; brain; neuroanatomy; variations

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; AUTISM; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); GRAY MATTER; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; PATHOLOGY;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BRAIN; HUMANS; NEUROANATOMY;

EID: 84963877139     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.22717     Document Type: Review

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