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Autistic toddlers' brains out of sync
自闭症幼儿大脑不同步

Researchers studying autistic toddlers have discovered their brain activity appears to be out of sync at a very early stage.

Researchers studying autistic toddlers have discovered their brain activity appears to be out of sync at a very early stage, Reuters reports. The finding sheds light on the biology of the condition and might help in earlier diagnosis.

据路透社报道，研究自闭症婴幼儿的人员发现，这些儿童的的大脑活动在年纪非常小的时候就显现出不同步的现象。该发现为这种病症的生理特征提供解释，并有助于对该症进行更早期的诊断。

In research published in the journal Neuron, scientists in Israel used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to look at the brains of sleeping toddlers and found that certain types of neural activity are disrupted in autistic children, but not in typical children or in others with delayed language development.

这项研究发表于《神经元》杂志上，以色列的科学家利用功能性磁共振成像技术研究熟睡中的婴幼儿，发现自闭症儿童的某些神经活动有所紊乱，而典型儿童和其他语言发展滞后的儿童身上没有这种现象。

"What we looked at is how the activity is synchronized," said Ilan Dinstein of Weizmann Institute of Science, who led the study. "And we found that the synchronization was different – specifically in toddlers with autism and across the hemispheres (of the brain) in areas related to language and communication."

(China.org.cn June 24, 2011)

以色列魏茨曼科学研究所的伊兰•丁斯坦领导该研究，表示：“我们研究是大脑活动如何同步。我们发现同步是不同的，特别是在患有自闭症的婴幼儿身上，以及大脑半球中与语言沟通相关的区域之间。”