Impaired coordination of brain activity in autism involves local, as well as long-range, signaling
Monday, January 14, 2013 - 16:30
in Psychology & Sociology
A new autism study has found that local functional connectivity of the brain -- the extent to which activity within a small region is coordinated -- is reduced in individuals with autism spectrum disorders. Although it has been recognized functional connectivity between separate areas of the brain was reduced in autistic individuals, it was assumed that local functional connectivity was actually increased.