Functional Connectivity of the Amygdala Is Disrupted in Preschool-Aged Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 817-824

  Shen, Mark D ^a   Li, Deana D ^a   Keown, Christopher L ^b,c   Lee, Aaron ^a   Johnson, Ryan T ^a   Angkustsiri, Kathleen ^a   Rogers, Sally J ^a   Müller, Ralph Axel ^b   Amaral, David G ^a   Nordahl, Christine Wu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

amygdala; autism; development; functional magnetic resonance imaging; neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALA; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPULSION; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION;

AMYGDALA; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNECTOME; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84979747699     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2016.05.020     Document Type: Article

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