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Probing the Brain in Autism Using fMRI and Diffusion Tensor Imaging

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Self responses along cingulate cortex reveal quantitative neural phenotype for high-functioning autism.

Pearl H Chiu¹, M Amin Kayali, Kenneth T Kishida

¹Computational Psychiatry Unit, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

|February 8, 2008

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High-functioning males with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show a reduced neural response when attributing actions to themselves during social interactions. This finding may offer a new objective biomarker for assessing autism spectrum disorder symptoms.

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Social Cognition
Autism Spectrum Disorder Research

Background:

Accurate attribution of behavioral outcomes to self versus others is crucial for social interaction.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is characterized by social interaction deficits.
Understanding the neural basis of self-attribution in ASD is essential.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate self-attribution mechanisms in high-functioning males with ASD using fMRI.
To identify neural correlates of self-specific responses in the cingulate cortex.
To assess the relationship between neural self-response and ASD symptom severity.

Main Methods:

Utilized two fMRI paradigms: a visual imagery task and an iterated trust game.
Extracted agent-specific eigenvectors (self eigenmodes) from cingulate cortex activity in control subjects.
Examined the 'self eigenmode' during self-decisions in the trust game for ASD males and controls.

Main Results:

A distinct 'self eigenmode' in the cingulate cortex was identified in controls during self-imagined actions and self-decisions.
ASD males exhibited a significantly diminished cingulate 'self response' during interpersonal exchanges.
The reduction in self response correlated parametrically with ASD symptom severity.

Conclusions:

The cingulate 'self eigenmode' represents a neural marker for self-attribution.
Diminished self response in ASD males during social interaction may underlie social deficits.
This neural marker could serve as an objective endophenotype and quantitative assessment tool for high-functioning ASD.