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Probing the Brain in Autism Using fMRI and Diffusion Tensor Imaging
Published on: September 12, 2011
Reduced thalamic volume observed across different subgroups of autism spectrum disorders
Ryu Tamura1, Hideaki Kitamura, Taro Endo
1Department of Psychiatry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan.
Psychiatry Research
|September 21, 2010
Abstract:
We measured the thalamic volumes of 38 subjects with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), including autism, Asperger's disorder, and pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified, and 16 matched healthy controls. Thalamic volume in all ASD subgroups was significantly smaller compared with volume in the control subjects.

