Open AccessChildhood autism in India: A case-control study using tract-based spatial statistics analysis
Author(s) -
Zarina Assis,
Bhavani Shankara Bagepally,
Jitender Saini,
Shoba Srinath,
Rose Dawn Bharath,
Purushotham R Naidu,
Arun Kumar Gupta
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.166622
Subject(s) - fractional anisotropy , autism , diffusion mri , white matter , corpus callosum , psychology , childhood autism rating scale , voxel , audiology , medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , autism spectrum disorder , neuroscience , developmental psychology , radiology
Autism is a serious behavioral disorder among young children that now occurs at epidemic rates in developing countries like India. We have used tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) measures to investigate the microstructure of primary neurocircuitry involved in autistic spectral disorders as compared to the typically developed children.