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Autism First: Brain Patterns May Predict Treatment Response (Medscape): “It’s possible to predict whether a young child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) will respond to an evidence-based behavioral intervention by analyzing brain activity patterns with functional MRI (fMRI) prior to treatment, new research suggests… “We [currently] have no way to predict a child’s outcome and to match a child to a particular intervention or determine which children have the best chance to respond to a particular treatment”… The researchers investigated the accuracy of fMRI neurobiomarkers in predicting response to PRT in seven girls and 13 boys with ASD (mean age, 5.9 years). “This discovery might lead to further development of precision medicine in ASD,” lead author Daniel Y. J. Yang, PhD, previously of Yale University, now with the Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Institute, the George Washington University and Children’s National Health System, in Washington, DC, told Medscape Medical News. For example, pretreatment fMRI or electroencephalography “may be used to facilitate the fitting process when families want to identify appropriate and effective treatments for their children,” he explained. Study: Brain responses to biological motion predict treatment outcome in young children with autism (Translational Psychiatry) Abstract: Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are common yet complex neurodevelopmental disorders, characterized by social, communication and ...
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