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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Apr 9.
Published in final edited form as: Neuropsychologia. 2007 Jan 16;45(8):1672–1684. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.01.008

Table 4.

Significant clusters of within-group and between-group effects.

Control Group
Autism Group
Group Differences
Talairach coordinates Talairach coordinates Talairach coordinates
Volume (μl) Peak t x y z Peak Localization (Brodmann area) Volume (μl) Peak t x y z Peak Localization (Brodmann area) Volume (μl) Peak t x y z Peak Localization (Brodmann area)
Activations Activations Autism > Control
Frontal
 2786 13.5 −45 25 12 L Inferior Frontal (44/45) 208 6.4 −45 20 −4 L Inferior Frontal (47)
152 6.6 −50 21 19 L Inferior Frontal (45)
80 6.1 −46 19 10 L Inferior Frontal (45)
48 5.9 −46 40 4 L Inferior Frontal Sulcus (45/46)
80 5.5 −40 24 22 L Middle Frontal (46)
 224 9.7 −6 24 54 L Superior Frontal (6) 176 7.3 −5 10 52 L Superior Frontal (6)
 64 8.9 −20 5 −18 L Superior Frontal (6)
 40 6.3 −11 36 46 L Superior Frontal (8)
 216 10.3 −4 19 44 L Medial Frontal (8) 200 6.8 −1 −10 58 L Medial Frontal (6) 48 7.5 −18 2 53 L Medial Frontal (6)
 152 12.3 −8 44 35 L Medial Frontal (8)
 160 7.4 −44 −2 34 L Precentral (6)
 64 7.3 33 33 1 R Inferior Frontal (47)
 48 6.5 1 27 45 R Medial Frontal (8)
 144 8.2 57 −9 26 R Precentral (4)
Temporal
48 10.7 −56 1 −18 L Middle Temporal (21)
72 9.5 51 9 −3 R Superior Temporal (22)
Occipital
280* 8.5 −10 −94 1 L Lingual (17)
288* 9.1 −15 −84 −8 L Lingual (18) 48 6.6 −17 −80 −10 L Lingual (18)
144* 7.1 −20 −93 15 L Middle Occipital (18) 56 5.8 −24 −79 13 L Cuneus (18)
2448* 12.5 7 −88 12 B Cuneus (18/19) 192 9.5 −1 −78 35 B Cuneus (19)
 64 12.5 11 −90 18 R Cuneus (18) 336 7.5 20 −72 −9 R Lingual (18)
120 7.0 27 −85 3 R Middle Occipital (18)
Parietal
72 6.6 49 −20 45 R Postcentral (2)
72 5.9 2 −51 11 R Post. Cingulate (23)
48 6.0 7 −79 40 R Precuneus (7/19)
Subcortical
88 5.7 −21 −11 −9 L Amygdala
 376 8.9 −12 −1 11 L Thalamus
 96 9.5 −9 9 10 L Caudate
 72 6.4 29 −8 17 R Insula
Cerebellar
48 5.5 10 −72 −13 R Declive



Inverse effects Inverse effects Control > Autism
Frontal No significant effects No significant effects
 136 −9.2 −25 41 33 L Superior Frontal (9)
 72 −6.4 −1 24 20 L Anterior Cingulate (24)
 896 −10.0 28 30 30 R Middle Frontal (9)
 128 −6.9 25 45 35 R Superior Frontal (9)
 104 −8.0 9 47 12 R Medial Frontal (10)
 88 −8.1 6 51 6 R Medial Frontal (10)
Temporal
 136 −9.2 −59 −30 −5 L Middle Temporal (21)
 104 −7.7 −27 −64 −7 L Fusiform (19)
 56 −7.5 49 −62 −1 R Inferior Temporal (19)
Occipital
 1592 −10.1 −31 −81 17 L Middle Occipital (19)
 216 −7.3 −39 −73 −6 L Inferior Occipital (19)
 88 −9.8 −38 −67 10 L Middle Occipital (19)
 56 −6.5 −49 −68 5 L Middle Occipital (37)
 696 −8.3 33 −76 15 R Middle Occipital (19)
Parietal
 4856 −24.0 −6 −48 40 L Precuneus (7)
 120 −6.9 −51 −44 31 L Supramarginal (40)
 720 −8.9 42 −46 36 R Supramarginal (40)
 440 −10.8 54 −35 36 R Inferior Parietal (40)
*

Clusters combined to region of interest in post hoc analyses (see Results)