Research Article

Atypical Functional Connectivity of the Amygdala in Childhood Autism Spectrum Disorders during Spontaneous Attention to Eye-Gaze

Table 4

Regions showing group differences in left and right amygdala connectivity between control (CON) and ASD children during facilitation (Congruent > Neutral) and interference (Incongruent > Congruent) from eye-gaze ( Monte Carlo corrected).

ConditionHemisphereContrastRegionBA value

FacilitationLeft AmygCON > ASDNone
ASD > CONMC 24−9−7373.08
Right AmygCON > ASDNone
ASD > CONPosterior cingulate23−3−34283.22
Posterior cingulate5, 24−15−40523.59
Dorsal ACC24, 32−320373.13
Motor cingulate240−7463.54

InterferenceLeft AmygCON > ASDSubgenual ACC 32635−83.09
ASD > CON R Insula 133314102.96
L Insula 13−428−22.88
L STS22−60−143.10
R STS2269−2513.45
L IFG44, 45−571772.68
L Thalamus−6−1072.87
R Thalamus3−19103.09
Right AmygCON > ASDNone
ASD > CONPregenual ACC24, 32−64172.90
L IFG45, 47−482643.43
L Insula13−45512.77