Quantitative temporal lobe differences: Autism distinguished from controls using classification and regression tree analysis

• Published in: Brain & development Vol. 29; no. 7; pp. 389 - 399
• Main Authors: Shannon Neeley, E., Bigler, Erin D., Krasny, Lori, Ozonoff, Sally, McMahon, William, Lainhart, Janet E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.08.2007
• Subjects: Adolescent; Autism; Autistic Disorder - pathology; CART analysis; Dyslexia - pathology; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; MRI; Regression Analysis; Temporal lobe; Temporal Lobe - pathology; Autism; Temporal lobe; CART analysis; MRI

The temporal lobe is thought to be abnormal in autism, yet standard volumetric analyses are often unrevealing when age, sex, IQ, and head size are controlled. Quantification of temporal lobe structures were obtained in male subjects with autism and controls, where subjects with head circumference (H...