Uratani M, Ota T, Iida J, Okazaki K, Yamamuro K, Nakanishi Y, Kishimoto N, Kishimoto T. Reduced prefrontal hemodynamic response in
pediatric autism spectrum disorder measured with near-infrared spectroscopy.
Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health 2019;
13:29. [PMID:
31297147 PMCID:
PMC6599245 DOI:
10.1186/s13034-019-0289-9]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Functional neuroimaging studies suggest that prefrontal cortex dysfunction is present in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Near-infrared spectroscopy is a noninvasive optical tool for examining oxygenation and hemodynamic changes in the cerebral cortex by measuring changes in oxygenated hemoglobin.
METHODS
Twelve drug-naïve male participants, aged 7-15 years and diagnosed with ASD according to DSM-5 criteria, and 12 age- and intelligence quotient (IQ)-matched healthy control males participated in the present study after giving informed consent. Relative concentrations of oxyhemoglobin were measured with frontal probes every 0.1 s during the Stroop color-word task, using 24-channel near-infrared spectroscopy.
RESULTS
Oxyhemoglobin changes during the Stroop color-word task in the ASD group were significantly smaller than those in the control group at channels 12 and 13, located over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (FDR-corrected P: 0.0021-0.0063).
CONCLUSION
The results suggest that male children with ASD have reduced prefrontal hemodynamic responses, measured with near-infrared spectroscopy.
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