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SUBMITTER: Travers BG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3474893 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Travers Brittany G BG Adluru Nagesh N Ennis Chad C Tromp Do P M do PM Destiche Dan D Doran Sam S Bigler Erin D ED Lange Nicholas N Lainhart Janet E JE Alexander Andrew L AL
Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research 20120711 5
White matter tracts of the brain allow neurons and neuronal networks to communicate and function with high efficiency. The aim of this review is to briefly introduce diffusion tensor imaging methods that examine white matter tracts and then to give an overview of the studies that have investigated white matter integrity in the brains of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). From the 48 studies we reviewed, persons with ASD tended to have decreased fractional anisotropy and increased m ...[more]