Tag Archives: Autistic Disorder/complications/pathology

Amygdala enlargement in toddlers with autism related to severity of social and communication impairments

Schumann CM, Barnes CC, Lord C, Courchesne E. Amygdala enlargement in toddlers with autism related to severity of social and communication impairments. Biol Psychiatry. November 2009;66(10):942-949. Full Text – Open Access Publication Date November 2009 How Analyze was Used “To measure amygdala volume, each raw MPRAGE sequence was imported into the program Analyze 8.1 [Robb…

The amygdala is enlarged in children but not adolescents with autism; the hippocampus is enlarged at all ages

Schumann CM, Hamstra J, Goodlin-Jones BL, Lotspeich LJ, Kwon H, Buonocore MH, Lammers CR, Reiss AL, Amaral DG. The amygdala is enlarged in children but not adolescents with autism; the hippocampus is enlarged at all ages. J Neurosci. July 2004;24(28):6392-6401. Full Text – Open Access Publication Date July 2004 How Analyze was Used “Each coronal…