Study: Autism alters brain more broadly than previously thought – By Judy Packer-Tursman (UPI) / Nov 2, 2022
Nov. 2 (UPI) — Brain changes in people with autism are more far-reaching than previously thought, occurring throughout the cerebral cortex rather than being confined to certain areas thought to affect social behavior and language.
That’s according to a new study — lasting more than a decade and led by the University of California-Los Angeles — that explored how autism spectrum disorder affects the brain at the molecular level.
The researchers found changes in “virtually all” of the 11 cortical regions of the brain that they analyzed, including “higher critical association regions” involved in functions such as reasoning, language, social cognition and mental flexibility, as well as primary sensory regions, a news release said.
The findings were published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
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