Yoshimura Yuko, Kikuchi Mitsuru, Hiraishi Hirotoshi, Hasegawa Chiaki, Takahashi Tetsuya, Remijn Gerard B, Oi Manabu, Munesue Toshio, Higashida Haruhiro, Minabe Yoshio
Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan.
International Education Center, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
Neuroimage Clin. 2016 Jul 22;12:300-5. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2016.07.009. eCollection 2016.
The auditory-evoked P1m, recorded by magnetoencephalography, reflects a central auditory processing ability in human children. One recent study revealed that asynchrony of P1m between the right and left hemispheres reflected a central auditory processing disorder (i.e., attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD) in children. However, to date, the relationship between auditory P1m right-left hemispheric synchronization and the comorbidity of hyperactivity in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is unknown. In this study, based on a previous report of an asynchrony of P1m in children with ADHD, to clarify whether the P1m right-left hemispheric synchronization is related to the symptom of hyperactivity in children with ASD, we investigated the relationship between voice-evoked P1m right-left hemispheric synchronization and hyperactivity in children with ASD. In addition to synchronization, we investigated the right-left hemispheric lateralization. Our findings failed to demonstrate significant differences in these values between ASD children with and without the symptom of hyperactivity, which was evaluated using the Autism Diagnostic Observational Schedule, Generic (ADOS-G) subscale. However, there was a significant correlation between the degrees of hemispheric synchronization and the ability to keep still during 12-minute MEG recording periods. Our results also suggested that asynchrony in the bilateral brain auditory processing system is associated with ADHD-like symptoms in children with ASD.
通过脑磁图记录的听觉诱发P1m反映了人类儿童的中枢听觉处理能力。最近的一项研究表明,左右半球之间P1m的不同步反映了儿童的中枢听觉处理障碍(即注意力缺陷多动障碍,ADHD)。然而,迄今为止,自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)儿童的听觉P1m左右半球同步与多动共病之间的关系尚不清楚。在本研究中,基于先前关于ADHD儿童P1m不同步的报告,为了阐明P1m左右半球同步是否与ASD儿童的多动症状相关,我们研究了ASD儿童语音诱发的P1m左右半球同步与多动之间的关系。除了同步,我们还研究了左右半球的偏侧化。我们的研究结果未能显示出使用自闭症诊断观察量表通用版(ADOS-G)子量表评估的有无多动症状的ASD儿童在这些值上存在显著差异。然而,在12分钟的脑磁图记录期间,半球同步程度与保持静止的能力之间存在显著相关性。我们的结果还表明,双侧脑听觉处理系统的不同步与ASD儿童的ADHD样症状有关。