患有自闭症谱系障碍高风险的婴儿的早期大脑发育
Heather Cody Hazlett1,2, Hongbin Gu1, Brent C Munsell3
1Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
Nature
|February 17, 2017
概括
在高风险的婴儿中,早期的大脑变化,包括皮质表面的扩张, 这些发现表明自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 的早期发现和干预潜力.
科学领域:
- 神经科学
- 发展心理学
- 儿童神经学
背景情况:
- 在患有自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 的儿童中注意到大脑膨胀,但其早期时间和与行为症状的关系尚不清楚.
- 研究表明,大脑容量增加可能在早期出现,而自闭症的社会缺陷则在生命的第二年出现.
- 婴儿研究提供了早期自闭症发展的见解, 突出了未来神经成像的需要.
研究的目的:
- 调查患有自闭症家族风险较高的婴儿早期的出生后大脑变化.
- 确定早期大脑体积变化是否与自闭症诊断和行为症状相关.
- 使用婴儿大脑成像开发自闭症诊断的预测模型.
主要方法:
- 对106名高风险和42名低风险婴儿进行前性神经成像研究.
- 磁共振成像 (MRI) 评估大脑体积和皮质表面积在6-12个月和12-24个月.
- 用于MRI数据进行自闭症预测的深度学习算法.
主要成果:
- 在被诊断为自闭症的高风险婴儿中,皮层表面积 (6-12个月) 的过度扩张是大脑体积过度增长的先兆.
- 大脑体积过度增长与自闭症社会缺陷的出现和严重程度相关.
- 使用6-12个月表面积数据的深度学习算法预测了24个月的自闭症诊断,81%的PPV和88%的灵敏度.
结论:
- 在自闭症诊断和自闭症行为出现之前,
- 这些发现突出了早期发现自闭症谱系障碍的关键窗口.
- 婴儿期神经影像可以预测自闭症并指导早期干预.
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