Difference in brain connectivity may explain autism spectrum disorder

(University of Alabama at Birmingham) Researchers have identified a possible mechanism of human cognition that underlies autism spectrum disorders, or ASD. They found there was brain overconnectivity in the unimodal-subcortical connections and brain underconnectivity in the supramodal-subcortical connections for ASD individuals, as compared to the typically developing control group, suggesting a relationship between connectivity and the expression of ASD.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news