Brain scans of sleeping toddlers show differences in response to bedtime stories
By Amanda Gardner
HealthDay Reporter
HealthDay News
May 19, 2010
Researchers hope that a simple brain scan performed in infants and toddlers can presage the development of autism, leading to early detection and early intervention.
The test involved using functional MRI to measure brain responses to spoken words in sleeping children.
"We're focusing on this earliest time period, when the brain is still developing and still changing," explained study author Lisa Eyler, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego. "If we could use this with other markers, we could probably identify people early on and, if we could do that, we'd have a much better chance of helping to make sure that their language development is normal."
The finding is slated to be presented Wednesday at the International Meeting for Autism Research in Philadelphia.
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