Brain development occurs rapidly during the first few years of life involving region-specific
changes in both gray matter and white matter. Due to the inherent difficulties in acquiring …

We describe a protocol with which we achieved a 93% success rate in acquiring high
quality MRI scans without the use of sedation in 2.5–4.5 year old children with autism, …

Autism is clearly a disorder of neural development, but when, where, and how brain
pathology occurs remain elusive. Typical brain development is comprised of several stages, …

Autism spectrum disorder is a heterogeneous, behaviorally defined, neurodevelopmental
disorder that occurs in 1 in 150 children. Individuals with autism have deficits in social …

Children with autism vary widely in their language abilities, yet the neural correlates of this
language variability remain unclear, especially early in development. Diffusion tensor …

To advance what is known about how emotions affect memory in autism spectrum disorder (ASD),
we examined emotional false memory for negative, positive, and neutrally valenced …

We tested for cortical shape abnormalities using surface-based morphometry across a range
of autism spectrum disorders (7.5–18 years of age). We generated sulcal depth maps from …

Autism is a heterogeneous disorder with multiple behavioral and biological phenotypes.
Accelerated brain growth during early childhood is a well-established biological feature of …

Abstract Changes in memory function in elderly individuals are often attributed to dysfunction
of the prefrontal cortex (PFC). One mechanism for this dysfunction may be disruption of …

Context Precocious amygdala enlargement is commonly observed in young children with
autism. However, the age at which abnormal amygdala enlargement begins and the relative …