New research pinpoints three brain regions with signature connections in autistic individuals. USC scientists identify patterns of white matter connectivity exclusive to core autistic symptoms, pointing out a potential flaw in previous autism neuroscience research. Scientists have identified a
Researchers have discovered a distinctive pattern of white matter connectivity in autistic individuals’ brains that is different from that of those with developmental coordination disorder. This points out a potential flaw in previous autism neuroscience research.scientists identify patterns of white matter connectivity exclusive to core autistic symptoms, pointing out a potential flaw in previous autism neuroscience research.
It is also known as developmental motor coordination disorder, developmental dyspraxia or dyspraxia. Around 2-6% of people have DCD, with around four times as many males than females suffering from the disorder. “As the scientific community has learned more and more about DCD, we’ve realized that white matter differences previously identified in the autism literature could actually be attributed to this underlying motor comorbidity,” said Lisa Aziz-Zadeh, the study’s senior author. “In fact, that’s exactly what our team found — that many prior research findings are probably not actually reflecting autism’s core symptoms, but are more likely a reflection of co-occurring DCD.
The researchers found that many structural brain connectivity patterns previously believed to be related to autism also overlap with DCD.
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