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Abstract #1293

Altered functional and structural connectivities within defalut mode network in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder

Hsiang-Yun Sherry Chien 1 , Susan Shur-Fen Gau 2 , Yu-Jen Chen 1 , Yu-Chun Lo 1 , Hsiang-Yuan Lin 2 , Yung-Chin Hsu 1 , and Wen-Yih Isaac Tseng 1,3

1 Center for Optoelectronic Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan, 2 Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan, 3 Molecular Imaging Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan

In the present study, we investigated the functional connectivity (FC) and structural connectivity (SC) within default mode network (DMN) simultaneously in normal adolescents and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We found that all the indices tended to be lower in adolescents with ASD compared to TD, especially in the SC of the right cingulum. Furthermore, the FC-SC correlation patterns showed opposite directions on both sides and were significantly different on the right side between the two groups. This might imply the abnormal DMN development in individuals with ASD during their adolescence.

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