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JOURNAL OF CHILD NEUROLOGY
卷 25, 期 12, 页码 1462-1467出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0883073810368311
关键词
cortical folding; pervasive developmental disorders; gyrification index; Asperger; autism
资金
- National Institute of Mental Health [MH 64027]
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke [NS 33355]
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [HD 35469]
The validity of Asperger disorder as a distinct syndrome from autism is unclear partly because of the paucity of differentiating neurobiological evidence. Frontal lobe cortical folding between these disorders was compared using the gyrification index. Twenty-three boys underwent structural magnetic resonance imaging: 6 with high-functioning autism, 9 with Asperger disorder, and 8 controls. Using the first coronal slice anterior to the corpus callosum, total and outer cortical contours were traced to calculate the gyrification index. This index was also calculated for superior and inferior regions to examine dorsolateral prefrontal and orbitofrontal cortices, respectively. Analysis of variance revealed differences in the left inferior gyrification index, which was higher in the autism group compared with Asperger and control groups. There were no differences in age, intelligence quotient, and brain volume. These preliminary findings suggest that cortical folding may be abnormally high in the frontal lobe in autism but not Asperger disorder, suggesting distinct frontal lobe neuropathology.
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