WHITE MATTER STRUCTURAL DEFICITS IN HIGH FUNCTIONING CHILDREN WITH AUTISM

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中的一个 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目和 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金， 因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为 研究中心，而研究中心不一定是研究者所在的机构。 拟议的研究的目标是在42名高功能自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童（年龄7至17岁）和42名人口统计学匹配的健康志愿者中使用扩散张量成像（DTI）和定量结构磁共振成像来表征扣带回束的白色物质纤维的结构组织。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The goal of the proposed research is to characterize the structural organization of white matter fibers of the cingulum bundle in vivo using both diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and quantitative structural magnetic resonance imaging in 42 high functioning children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) (ages 7 to 17 years) and 42 demographically-matched healthy volunteers.