期刊
MOLECULAR AUTISM
卷 5, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/2040-2392-5-8
关键词
brain lateralization; brain asymmetry; autism; autism spectrum disorder; language; functional magnetic; resonance imaging; functional connectivity
资金
- NIH [K08MH092697, R01MH084795, R01MH080826, T32DC008553]
- Morrell Family Foundation (JSA)
Background: Lateralization of brain structure and function occurs in typical development, and abnormal lateralization is present in various neuropsychiatric disorders. Autism is characterized by a lack of left lateralization in structure and function of regions involved in language, such as Broca and Wernicke areas. Methods: Using functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging from a large publicly available sample (n = 964), we tested whether abnormal functional lateralization in autism exists preferentially in language regions or in a more diffuse pattern across networks of lateralized brain regions. Results: The autism group exhibited significantly reduced left lateralization in a few connections involving language regions and regions from the default mode network, but results were not significant throughout left-and right-lateralized networks. There is a trend that suggests the lack of left lateralization in a connection involving Wernicke area and the posterior cingulate cortex associates with more severe autism. Conclusions: Abnormal language lateralization in autism may be due to abnormal language development rather than to a deficit in hemispheric specialization of the entire brain.
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