{"id":3548,"date":"2015-07-15T06:58:13","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T13:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?p=3548"},"modified":"2026-02-25T11:11:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T18:11:33","slug":"a-lead-to-reveal-causes-of-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?p=3548","title":{"rendered":"A Lead To Reveal Causes Of Autism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/thinker.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nThere are so many ways to define autism, but a simple one would be : &#8220;atypical brain wiring&#8221;. For more definitions of autism read chapter one <a href=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?page_id=1223\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CIaOKIVZU6E?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>From the Harvard Review of Psychiatry:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Some studies using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) techniques, started to uncover what might be a cause for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The MRI shows different connectivity between brain parts compared to typically developed individuals. In other words: the way brain parts of individuals on the autism spectrum communicate is atypical.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the research studied the structural connectivity (neuron to neuron), other part of the research used fMRI, functional MRI, to study functional connections between brain circuits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finding: &#8220;some amount of either reduction or loss of local or long-distance connectivity&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What does that mean? It means reduced functional connectivity- like attention, self control- and other &#8220;executive functions&#8221;, which means poor connectivity between prefrontal cortex and other parts of the brain.<\/p>\n<p>It is challenging to assign a certain circuitry to be responsible for a certain behavior, given the fact of the multitude of circuitry combinations that would produce the same behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Studies on structural connectivity show more consistent results than functional connectivity.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers found reduced long-range connections between different neural networks within and between the two hemispheres. On the other hand, an increased connectivity in deeper white matter was found.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Researchers are hoping to produce enough results to be able to establish the relationship between circuitry connectivity of the brain and signs of autism.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2015\/07\/150714101048.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a>: Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams and Wikkins<\/p>\n<p>nadia shanab<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are so many ways to define autism, but a simple one would be : &#8220;atypical brain wiring&#8221;. For more definitions of autism read chapter one here. From the Harvard Review of Psychiatry: Some studies using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) techniques, started to uncover what might be a cause for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). 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