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History
- Received November 17, 2009
- Revision received January 4, 2010
- Accepted February 8, 2010
- First published March 24, 2010.
- Version of record published March 24, 2010.
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- Cynthia M. Schumann1,5,
- Cinnamon S. Bloss6,
- Cynthia Carter Barnes1,
- Graham M. Wideman1,
- Ruth A. Carper2,
- Natacha Akshoomoff2,3,
- Karen Pierce1,
- Donald Hagler4,
- Nicholas Schork6,7,
- Catherine Lord8, and
- Eric Courchesne1
- 1Autism Center of Excellence, Department of Neurosciences,
- 2Center for Human Development, and
- 3Departments of Psychiatry and
- 4Radiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093,
- 5M.I.N.D. Institute, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California 95817,
- 6The Scripps Translational Science Institute, Scripps Health, and
- 7Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, and
- 8Department of Psychology, Autism and Communication Disorders Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
- Correspondence should be addressed to either of the following: Dr. Cynthia Schumann, The M.I.N.D. Institute, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis School of Medicine, 2805 50th Street, Sacramento, CA 95817, cmschumann{at}ucdavis.edu; or Dr. Eric Courchesne, Autism Center of Excellence, Department of Neuroscience, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA 92093, ecourchesne1949{at}gmail.com
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Disclosures
- Received November 17, 2009.
- Revision received January 4, 2010.
- Accepted February 8, 2010.
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This research program was primarily supported by funds from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (Grant 2-ROI-NS19855) and the Autism Center of Excellence (National Institutes of Health Grant 1-P50-MH081755). We are grateful to the children and their families for years of dedication to this research program. In addition, we appreciate the assistance of Clare Roepke, Trudy Kao, and Ari Dubin in image collection and processing. We also thank Drs. Jody Buckwalter and John Morgan for helpful comments on the anatomical analyses and manuscript, respectively. We appreciate the contribution of Dr. Richard Haas in performing patient neurological assessment at Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, California.
- Correspondence should be addressed to either of the following: Dr. Cynthia Schumann, The M.I.N.D. Institute, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis School of Medicine, 2805 50th Street, Sacramento, CA 95817, cmschumann{at}ucdavis.edu; or Dr. Eric Courchesne, Autism Center of Excellence, Department of Neuroscience, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA 92093, ecourchesne1949{at}gmail.com
