NIH R01 · 2025
The Role of Autonomic Regulation of Attention in the Emergence of ASD
PROJECT SUMMARY Disrupted attention is among the earliest-emerging, lifelong features of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and research suggests a critical point in the neonatal and early infant period at which disrupted attention may be detectable. The timing of this disruption aligns with key maturational shifts in neurodevelopment, but the neurobiological mechanisms associated with disrupted attention in ASD remain elusive. One neurobiological system that regulates attention from early infancy is the autonomic nervous system (ANS). Broad ANS dysfunction is observed in older children already diagnosed with ASD, but whether and when ANS dysfunction contributes to attention abnormalities in…
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