Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4931468 | Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry | 2016 | 30 Pages |
Abstract
These findings indicate that preschool-age children with ASD have disrupted functional connectivity between the amygdala and regions of the brain important for social communication and language, which might be clinically relevant because weaker connectivity was associated with increased autism severity. Moreover, although amygdala connectivity was associated with behavioral domains that are diagnostic of ASD, altered connectivity of primary visual cortex was related to sensory hypersensitivity.
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Authors
Mark D. PhD, Deana D. MPH, Christopher L. MS, Aaron BS, Ryan T. PhD, Kathleen MD, Sally J. PhD, Ralph-Axel PhD, David G. PhD, Christine Wu PhD,