2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A research of aberrant brain volume and function and biological marker in patients with autism spectrum disorders.
Project/Area Number |
21791120
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Research Field |
Psychiatric science
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Research Institution | University of Fukui |
Principal Investigator |
KOSAKA Hirotaka 福井大学, 子どものこころの発達研究センター, 特命准教授 (70401966)
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Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2012
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Keywords | 児童・思春期精神医学 / 自閉症スペクトラム障害 / voxel based morphometry (VBM) / functional MRI (fMRI) / オキシトシン / 社会性の障害 / 右島 / 右下前頭回 |
Research Abstract |
Much evidence indicates that patients with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) demonstrate marked social dysfunction. However,the etiology is still unknown. We have studied social dysfunctions in youth with high-functioning ASD compared with typically developing participants using voxel-based morphometry and functional MRI. These aberrant neuroimaging findings could be social brain marker in ASD. Next, I reported oxytocin effect to a patient with ASD
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