Striatal volume on magnetic resonance imaging and repetitive behaviors in autism
E Hollander, E Anagnostou, W Chaplin, K Esposito… - Biological …, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The repetitive behaviors seen in autism phenotypically resemble those
seen in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette Syndrome (TS), disorders in
which structural and functional abnormalities of the basal ganglia (BG) are present and
correspond to the severity of repetitive behaviors. METHODS: Seventeen subjects with
autism by DSM-IV and Autism Diagnostic Interview (ADI) and 17 matched controls
completed a 1.5 T magnetic resonance image (MRI) of the brain. Two blinded researchers …
seen in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette Syndrome (TS), disorders in
which structural and functional abnormalities of the basal ganglia (BG) are present and
correspond to the severity of repetitive behaviors. METHODS: Seventeen subjects with
autism by DSM-IV and Autism Diagnostic Interview (ADI) and 17 matched controls
completed a 1.5 T magnetic resonance image (MRI) of the brain. Two blinded researchers …