Revealing new treatment directions for children with autism

According to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States on June 17, in children with autism, the connection between brain regions related to the ability to express language and emotions is very limited.

This new discovery is hoped by scientists to open up a new direction of treatment for autistic children, a disease that is becoming increasingly common in today's modern society.

Illustration photo. (Source: autismchildren.net)

Experts conducted brain scans of 20 severely autistic children, but with average IQ and able to speak and read but having difficulty communicating and expressing emotions. Comparing the brain scan results of 19 normal children, researchers found that in the children with the disease, the ability to connect between brain regions was very poor.

According to Stanford University psychiatry professor Vinod Menon, head of the research team, poor brain connectivity in autistic children is the cause of limiting their ability to speak and express emotions.

Autism is a complex disorder of human development. It involves abnormal brain development and behavior that manifests before the age of 3 years and has an unabated course. The characteristic features of this disease are impaired communication and social reflexes, as well as restricted and repetitive behaviors; the characteristic is the independence of any neurological deficits below the normal level.

Many causes have been proposed for the disease but the cause is not yet fully understood. Genetic mechanisms contribute to approximately 90% of the likelihood of autism developing in children but the inheritance of autism is complex and is usually traced to the respective genes.

In rare cases, autism is linked to birth defects. In addition, many cases suggest that autism is caused by harmful effects of vaccination./.

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