Benedikt P Langenbach1,2, Dominik Grotegerd3, Peter C R Mulders4,5

  • 1Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, LVR-University-Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Virchowstr. 174, 45147, Essen, Germany. Benedikt.Langenbach@lvr.de.

Molecular autism
|January 10, 2024
PubMed
概括

自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 中的大脑差异可能不涉及在情绪识别过程中桃体的激活. 这项研究发现,自闭症和非自闭症个体处理情绪面部之间的杏仁体反应没有显著差异.

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