Opening a window to the autistic brain

PLoS Biol. 2004 Aug;2(8):E267. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020267. Epub 2004 Aug 17.

Abstract

Research focuses have shifted from "curing" autism to finding better diagnostics for early intervention, improving behavioral therapies, and gaining insight into the autistic brain

MeSH terms

  • Autistic Disorder / diagnosis*
  • Autistic Disorder / genetics*
  • Autistic Disorder / pathology
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Brain Mapping
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Male
  • Mutation
  • Neuroanatomy / methods*