基于扩散张力成像 (DTI) 的自闭症儿童语言大脑区域网络的拓性质研究
Lili Zhang1, Miaoyan Wang2, Yunshu Jiang3
1Department of Child Health Care, Affiliated Children's Hospital of Jiangnan University (Wuxi Children's Hospital), Wuxi, 214000, Jiangsu Province, China. zlljxf@126.com.
Journal of autism and developmental disorders
|February 14, 2026
概括
患有自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 和全球发育迟缓 (GDD) 的儿童表现出不同的大脑网络结构. 特定大脑区域的连接性增加与ASD中较差的语言技能有关,这表明了独特的组织差异.
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
- 计算精神病学是一种计算精神病学.
背景情况:
- 自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 和全球发育迟缓 (GDD) 是影响语言的神经发育的疾病.
- 在这些条件下理解语言的神经支对于有针对性的干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较ASD与GDD儿童的语言网络拓.
- 在这些群体中调查网络属性与语言功能之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 扩散张力成像 (DTI) 用于在65名ASD儿童和51名GDD儿童中绘制结构性大脑网络.
- 图形理论分析量化了语言相关网络中的节点指标.
- 层次回归模型检查了结构-功能关系的群组调节.
主要成果:
- 患有自闭症儿童的理解能力较低,但表达性语言得分与GDD儿童相比较.
- 自闭症组在右侧中旋 (MTG-R) 中表现出更高程度的中心性.
- 在ASD中,MTG-R和直角旋 (ANG-R) 连接/效率与语言表现负相关,根据诊断进行调节.
结论:
- 在语言网络中,ASD和GDD具有不同的局部拓特性.
- 结构组织中的疾病特异性差异,特别是MTG-R和ANG-R中增加的节点连接性,与ASD中较差的语言结果有关.
- 这项研究提供了网络层面的证据,证明在ASD和GDD之间的语言障碍中,大脑组织存在差异.
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