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. 2016 Jan 27;139(2):616–630. doi: 10.1093/brain/awv351

Figure 2.

Figure 2

The anatomy of the arcuate fasciculus in relation to childhood ASD symptoms. (A) Tractography dissections of the three segments of the arcuate fasciculus. (B) Negative correlation between the number of streamlines of the left anterior segment and the B3 score (stereotyped, repetitive and idiosyncratic speech) of the ADI-R (r = −0.340; P = 0.005) in the ASD group. (C) In the ASD group, participants with a significant history of stereotyped utterance and delayed echolalia in childhood had a significantly lower number of streamlines in the anterior segment of the arcuate fasciculus. (D) Similarly, ASD subjects with severely impaired reciprocal conversation in childhood had a significantly lower number of streamlines in the anterior segment of the arcuate fasciculus compared to ASD subjects with moderate symptoms.