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Developmental white matter microstructure in autism phenotype and corresponding endophenotype during adolescence.
Translational psychiatry - 17 Mar 2015
Lisiecka D M, Holt R, Tait R, Ford M, Lai M-C, Chura L R, Baron-Cohen S, Spencer M D, Suckling J
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During adolescence, white matter microstructure undergoes an important stage of development. It is hypothesized that the alterations of brain connectivity that have a key role in autism spectrum conditions (ASCs) may interact with the development of white matter microstructure. This interaction may be present beyond the phenotype of autism in siblings of individuals with ASC, who are 10 to 20 times more likely to...
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