Autism

Researchers observe abnormalities in brains of patients

Published in Pain and Central Nervous System Week, March 11th, 2002

Withdrawing from social interaction and communication is a hallmark of autism. Now, researchers have identified structural differences in the brains of autism patients that might explain the behavior.

Using computerized imaging, researchers have observed minicolumnar abnormalities in the frontal and temporal lobes of autistic patients. The study by scientists at the Medical College of Georgia, the University of South Carolina, and the Downtown VA Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia, is reported in Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Autism is a severe and pervasive developmental disturbance of childhood. ...

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