在自闭症的词典语义任务期间,功能连接的异质性增加和与任务相关的重构
Apeksha Sridhar1, R Joanne Jao Keehn1, Molly Wilkinson1
1Brain Development Imaging Laboratories, Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, CA, United States.
NeuroImage. Clinical
|November 7, 2024
概括
自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 涉及改变的大脑网络连接. 这项研究发现,自闭症患者在语言任务中表现出更大的功能连接性重新配置,这表明网络组织效率低下.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 认知科学 认知科学
背景情况:
- 自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 在原因和症状方面呈现出显著的异质性.
- 以前对自闭症功能连接 (FC) 的研究已经产生了不一致的结果,观察到过度和不足的连接.
- 在休息状态和任务状态 (重新配置) 之间检查FC的变化提供了一种新的方法来理解ASD中的网络低效率.
研究的目的:
- 研究与典型发展 (TD) 个体相比,在ASD青少年的词典语义决策任务期间的功能连接性 (FC) 重构.
- 探索FC重新配置,任务执行和ASD语言技能之间的关系.
- 了解ASD内部网络动态中个体间的变化.
主要方法:
- 功能磁共振成像 (fMRI) 用于测量30名ASD青少年和23名TD参与者的大脑活动.
- 参与者在接受fMRI扫描时完成了一项词汇语义决策任务.
- 在选定的感兴趣区域分析了休息和任务状态之间的功能连接 (FC) 和FC重新配置.
主要成果:
- 与TD组相比,ASD组表现出更大的个人间变异性和整体更高的FC重新配置.
- 一个具有典型性能准确性的ASD子组在任务中显示了CF的相似性和典型性.
- 在这个高表现的ASD小组中,增加的FC重新配置与增强的语言技能相关.
结论:
- 在ASD中,内在的大脑网络可能在词汇语义处理方面组织得不高效,因此在任务中需要更大的重新配置.
- 在一些患有自闭症的个体中,高性能可能通过独特或特异性的网络机制实现.
- FC重新配置是理解ASD网络动态和行为功能的一个有价值的指标.
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