The relationship of hemodynamic response in imitation and social skills of children with Asperger disorder : A near-infrared spectroscopy study.

本研究的目的是进行近红外光谱研究，以验证阿斯伯格障碍的镜像神经元系统功能障碍。任务是观察和模仿一个动作。受试者为4名阿斯伯格症儿童和4名年龄和性别匹配的健康受试者。对于氧合血红蛋白，每个通道的t检验显示组间存在显著差异，但方差分析显示“诊断”的主效应不显著，因为受试者太小。本研究结果提示近红外光谱技术在发育障碍的临床诊断中有一定的应用价值。

The aim of this study was to conduct an NIRS study to verify mirror neuron system dysfunction in asperger disorder. The task was observation and imitation of an action. The subjects were 4 children with asperger disorder and 4 age- and gender-matched healthy subjects. For oxy-Hb, the t-test at each channel revealed a significant difference between groups, but the ANOVA revealed no significant main effect of "diagnosis", because subjects were so little. The present results may suggest that NIRS is useful for clinical scene of diagnosis the developmental disorders.