Neuroanatomy of autism

DG Amaral, CM Schumann, CW Nordahl - Trends in neurosciences, 2008 - cell.com
Autism spectrum disorder is a heterogeneous, behaviorally defined, neurodevelopmental
disorder that occurs in 1 in 150 children. Individuals with autism have deficits in social …

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

CM Schumann, J Hamstra… - Journal of …, 2004 - Soc Neuroscience
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impairments in reciprocal social
interaction, deficits in verbal and nonverbal communication, and a restricted repertoire of …

Stereological analysis of amygdala neuron number in autism

CM Schumann, DG Amaral - Journal of Neuroscience, 2006 - Soc Neuroscience
The amygdala is one of several brain regions suspected to be pathological in autism.
Previously, we found that young children with autism have a larger amygdala than typically …

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

CM Schumann, CC Barnes, C Lord, E Courchesne - Biological psychiatry, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Autism is a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental disorder of unknown etiology.
The amygdala has long been a site of intense interest in the search for neuropathology …

A comprehensive volumetric analysis of the cerebellum in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder

JA Scott, CM Schumann, BL Goodlin‐Jones… - Autism …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and postmortem neuropathological studies have
implicated the cerebellum in the pathophysiology of autism. Controversy remains, however, …

Bridging the gap between MRI and postmortem research in autism

CM Schumann, CW Nordahl - Brain research, 2011 - Elsevier
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, …

Stereological estimation of the number of neurons in the human amygdaloid complex

CM Schumann, DG Amaral - Journal of Comparative …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Pathological changes in neuronal density in the amygdaloid complex have been associated
with various neurological disorders. However, due to variable shrinkage during tissue …

[HTML][HTML] Longitudinal analysis of the developing rhesus monkey brain using magnetic resonance imaging: birth to adulthood

…, E Fletcher, A Lee, MD Bauman, CM Schumann… - Brain Structure and …, 2016 - Springer
We have longitudinally assessed normative brain growth patterns in naturalistically reared
Macaca mulatta monkeys. Postnatal to early adulthood brain development in two cohorts of …

Quantitative description of the workload associated with airway management procedures

MB Weinger, AG Vredenburgh, CM Schumann… - Journal of clinical …, 2000 - Elsevier
Study Objectives: To measure the workload associated with specific airway management
tasks. Setting and Intervention: Written survey instrument. Patients: 166 Stanford University and …

Hippocampal size positively correlates with verbal IQ in male children

CM Schumann, J Hamstra, BL Goodlin‐Jones… - …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Historically, there have been numerous proposals that the size of the brain correlates with its
capacity to process information. Little is known, however, about which specific brain regions …