N. accumbens
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−42%*
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−32%
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−34%*
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Thalamus
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−42%*
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−24%
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−27%*
| |
Claustrum
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−41%*
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−27%
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−29%*
| |
Purkinje cells
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−31%*
|
−31%
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−31%*
|
24% Purkinje cell area deficit [45]
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Amygdala
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−29%*
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−23%
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−24%*
|
Reduced neuron soma size in some amygdala nuclei [47]
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Magnocellular basal complex
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−27%*
|
−21%
|
−22%*
| |
Putamen
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−27%*
|
−15%
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−17% ns
| |
Entorhinal cortex
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−27%*
|
−23%
|
−24%*
|
Reduced neuron soma size [47]
|
Globus pallidus
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−19%*
|
−20%
|
−20%*
| |
Parvocellular LGN
|
−19%*
|
−4%
|
−5%*
| |
Ammon’s horn
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−18%*
|
−10%
|
−12%*
|
27% neuron volume deficit in CA4 of 9 y old [48]
|
Inferior olive
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−17%*
|
−14%
|
−14% ns
|
Enlarged neurons in less than 12 years old and smaller in over the age of 22 years [50]
|
Substantia nigra
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−7%*
|
−4%
|
−5%*
| |
Magnocellular LGN
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−16% ns
|
−11%
|
−12%*
| |
Caudate nucleus
|
−29% ns
|
−20%
|
−22%*
| |
Dentate nucleus
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−40% ns
|
−23%
|
−25%*
|
Enlarged neurons in less than 12 years old and smaller in over the age of 22 years [50]
|
Superior olive
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* Significant neuron volume deficit in medial superior olive [46]
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Superior and middle frontal gyrus
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*Significantly smaller neurons in six autistic subjects 4 to 24 years of age [42]
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Inferior frontal cortex (BA 44 and 45)
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*Significant neuron volume deficit by 18% in layer III and V, and by 22% in layer VI [32]
|
Fusiform gyrus
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*Significant neuron volume deficit by 21% in layer V and by 13.4% in layer VI [34]
|
Anterior midcingulate cortex
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*Significant pyramidal neurons volume deficit in young children [43]
|
Posteroinferior occipitotemporal gyrus
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*No significant difference in pyramidal neurons volume [53]
|
Prefrontal cortex
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*Unchanged size of neurons [54]
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Anterior cingulate cortex
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Significant neuron volume deficit in layers I-III and V-VI [44]
|
Mammillary body
|
Smaller neurons [47]
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Medial septal nucleus
|
Smaller neurons [49]
|
Fastigial, globose, emboliform nucleus
|
Enlarged neurons in less than 12 years old and smaller in over the age of 22 years [50]
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