2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

The relationship of hemodynamic response in imitation and social skills of children with Asperger disorder : A near-infrared spectroscopy study.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20790842
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Psychiatric science
Research Institution	Hiroshima University
Principal Investigator	YAMASAKI Aiko Hiroshima University, 病院, 病院助教 (00448250)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2009
Keywords	児童 / 思春期精神医学
Research Abstract	The aim of this study was to conduct an NIRS study to verify mirror neuron system dysfunction in asperger disorder. The task was observation and imitation of an action. The subjects were 4 children with asperger disorder and 4 age- and gender-matched healthy subjects. For oxy-Hb, the t-test at each channel revealed a significant difference between groups, but the ANOVA revealed no significant main effect of "diagnosis", because subjects were so little. The present results may suggest that NIRS is useful for clinical scene of diagnosis the developmental disorders.

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