Infantile autism is a behaviorally defined disorder associated with characteristic cognitive,
language and behavioral features. Several postmortem studies have highlighted areas of
anatomic abnormality in the autistic brain. Consistent findings have been observed in the
limbic system, cerebellum and related inferior olive. In the limbic system, the hippocampus,
amygdala and entorhinal cortex have shown small cell size and increased cell packing
density at all ages, suggesting a pattern consistent with development curtailment. Findings�…