David Amaral, Ph.D.

Director of Research, The MIND Institute, University of California, Davis
Director, Autism BrainNet

SFARI Investigator Website

Neuron numbers increase in the human amygdala from birth to adulthood, but not in autism. Avino T.A., Barger N., Vargas M.V., Carlson E.L., Amaral D., Bauman M.D., Schumann C.M.

Autism BrainNet: A network of postmortem brain banks established to facilitate autism research. Amaral D., Anderson M.P., Ansorge O., Chance S., Hare C., Hof P.R., Nagakura I., Pickett J., Schumann C., Tamminga C.

Increased extra-axial cerebrospinal fluid in high-risk infants who later develop autism. Shen M.D., Kim S.H., McKinstry R.C., Gu H., Hazlett H.C., Nordahl C.W., Emerson R.W., Shaw D., Elison J.T., Swanson M.R., Fonov V.S., Gerig G., Dager S.R., Botteron K.N., Paterson S., Schultz R., Evans A.C., Estes A.M., Zwaigenbaum L., Styner M.A., Amaral D., Piven J., Infant Brain Imaging Study Network.