Reduced prefrontal hemodynamic response in pediatric autism spectrum disorder measured with near-infrared spectroscopy

• Main Authors: Mitsuhiro Uratani (Author), Toyosaku Ota (Author), Junzo Iida (Author), Kosuke Okazaki (Author), Kazuhiko Yamamuro (Author), Yoko Nakanishi (Author), Naoko Kishimoto (Author), Toshifumi Kishimoto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Functional neuroimaging studies suggest that prefrontal cortex dysfunction is present in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Near-infrared spectroscopy is a noninvasive optical tool for examining oxygenation and hemodynamic changes in the cerebral cortex by measuring chan...