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Diffusion MRI shows that autistic children have increased brain gray matter

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The inability to relate to people and life situations in an ordinary way, a characteristic of autistic children, may be the result of an abnormally functioning mirror neuron system, according to a recent study led by Manzar Ashtari of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Results of the study were presented at the 93rd annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America on Nov. 28. The researchers found that children with autism have increased gray matter in regions of the brain linked to the mirror neuron system, which facilitates learning by seeing as well as doing, by...Read full article

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    Published: December 2007
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