Alterations in the white matter fiber tracts of preschool-aged children with autism spectrum disorder: an automated fiber quantification study
Longlun Wang, Shuang Ding, Weixuan Qin, Yun Zhang, Bin Qin, Kaiping Huang, Helin Zheng, Jinhua Cai · 2024
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Longlun Wang and co-authors scan the brain wiring of preschoolers with autism in a 2024 study. White matter tracts carry signals between brain regions, and their precise pattern of change in young autistic children was unclear. The team used diffusion imaging with an automated method that samples sixteen major tracts at a hundred points each.
They compared forty-three autistic children with forty-two typically developing peers of the same age and sex. Across the tracts, the autism group showed lower directional coherence of water movement and higher overall diffusion, signs of less mature or less organized fibers. The team also checked whether the size of these differences tracked the severity of each child's symptoms on a standard rating scale. Early wiring maps could one day help spot autism sooner and follow how therapies change the brain.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Longlun Wang, Shuang Ding, Weixuan Qin, Yun Zhang, Bin Qin, Kaiping Huang, Helin Zheng, Jinhua Cai |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |