期刊
PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
卷 66, 期 -, 页码 48-53出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2015.11.005
关键词
In vivo 1HMRS; N-acetylaspartate (NAA); Phosphocreatine plus creatine; Connectivity
资金
- NIMH [MH 64027, MH 083972]
White matter abnormalities have been described in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with mounting evidence implicating these alterations in the pathophysiology of the aberrant connectivity reported in this disorder. The goal of this investigation is to further examine white matter structure in ASD using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (H-1 MRS). Multi-voxel, short echo-time in vivo H-1 MRS data were collected from 17 male children with ASD and 17 healthy age-and gender-matched controls. Key H-1 MRS metabolite ratios relative to phosphocreatine plus creatine were obtained from four different right and left white matter regions. Significantly lower N-acetylaspartate/creatine ratios were found in the anterior white matter regions of the ASD group when compared to controls. These findings reflect impairment in neuroaxonal white matter tissue and shed light on the neurobiologic underpinnings of white matter abnormalities in ASD by implicating an alteration in myelin and/or axonal development in this disorder. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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