Underconnectivity Between Visual and Salience Networks and Links With Sensory Abnormalities in Autism Spectrum Disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The anterior insular cortex (AI), which is a part of the salience network, is critically involved in visual awareness, multisensory perception, and social and emotional processing, among other functions. In children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), evidence has suggested aberrant functional connectivity (FC) of AI compared with typically developing peers. While recent studies have primarily focused on the functional connections between salience and social networks, much less is known about connectivity between AI and primary sensory regions, including visual areas, and how these patterns may be linked to autism symptomatology.

Method

The current investigation implemented functional magnetic resonance imaging to examine resting-state FC pattern

SUBMITTER: Jao Keehn RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7483217 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature