Cortical thickness abnormalities in autism spectrum disorders through late childhood, adolescence, and adulthood: A large-scale mri study

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 1721-1731

  Khundrakpam, Budhachandra S ^a   Lewis, John D ^a   Kostopoulos, Penelope ^a   Carbonell, Felix ^a   Evans, Alan C ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Cortical development; Cortical thickness; Delayed maturation; Symptom severity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85021858250     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhx038     Document Type: Article

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