title: Decreased leftward bias of prefrontal activity in autism spectrum disorder revealed by functional near-infrared spectroscopy.
abstract: Hemodynamic responses in rostral prefrontal cortex (RoPFC) were measured by functional near-infrared spectroscopy. Although performance level was equal, autistic patients showed a decrease in leftward bias of the balance between right and left RoPFC activity when compared with typically developing children when anatomical imitation was contrasted with mirror-image imitation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.forename: Taro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Someya
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002648:Child; D002659:Child Development Disorders, Pervasive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D059907:Functional Neuroimaging; D006179:Gyrus Cinguli / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007100:Imitative Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D033182:Intention; D008297:Male; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000503:physiopathology; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology; D010108:Oxyhemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D019265:Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D010108:Oxyhemoglobins