Alterations in volumes and MRI features of amygdala in Chinese autistic preschoolers associated with social and behavioral deficits

Brain Imaging and Behavior
Zongming ZhuQuansheng Gao

Abstract

To examine the amygdala volume in 2-5-year-old preschool children with autism and explore the relationship between amygdala volumes based on MRI findings and clinical features. A total of 39 cases with clinically diagnosed autism were collected. The oblique coronal T1 weighted image (T1WI) sequence was used to measure the volume of amygdala and the MRI signals were measured and analyzed. The data were compared to that of 24 age-matched healthy children and correlated to the clinical manifestations. The autism and the control groups were subject to brain scanning in 1 week after Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) review. The 39 cases, diagnosed with autism, were associated with social and behavioral deficits through clinical observation, physical and neurological examination, and assessments according to DSM IV, and the range of ABC scores in the autism group was 47-124, with an average score of 84.7 ± 24.1. Abnormal MRI signals were found in 19/78 (24.4%) amygdala in the autism group, the amygdala lesions showed punctuate or flaky low signal, slightly low signal, low to iso-signal, slightly high signal, or iso to high-signal intensity on T1 weighted three-dimendional fast low angle sh...Continue Reading

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