White matter structure in the uncinate fasciculus: Implications for socio-affective deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 255, Issue , 2016, Pages 66-74

  Samson, Andrea C ^a,b   Dougherty, Robert F ^b   Lee, Ihno A ^b   Phillips, Jennifer M ^c   Gross, James J ^b   Hardan, Antonio Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism Spectrum Disorder; Diffusion Tensor Imaging; Emotion regulation; Social deficits; Uncinate fasciculus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIO AFFECTIVE DEFICIT; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER; AFFECT; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE NET; SOCIAL SKILLS; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84982262164     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2016.08.004     Document Type: Article

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