CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MIRROR NEURON SYSTEM IN 3-9 MONTH OLD INFANTS USING THE

使用 3-9 个月大的婴儿的镜像神经元系统的特征

• 批准号: 8166630
• 负责人: ROBERT D ANNETT
• 金额: $ 0.55万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-12-01 至 2010-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8166630
• 关键词: Autistic Disorder; Brain; Brain Part; Child; Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects Database; Data; Diagnosis; Disease; Funding; Gestures; Grant; Hand; Head; Infant; Institution; Magnetoencephalography; Motion; Performance; Research; Research Personnel; Resources; Rest; Series; Source; System; United States National Institutes of Health; developmental disease; mirror neuron system; motor impairment; neuroimaging; social

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. This study is being done to evaluate children as they observe and imitate a series of hand gestures as they rest their head on the headrest of a neuroimaging system called BabySQUID. We are using magnetoencephalography [MEG] to collect brain function data from normally developing children, as well as from children with such developmental disorders as autism, to determine if there are developing parts of the brain that are associated with motion. We would like to find out whether or not abnormal brain function attributes to a childs inability to mimic observed gestures, or whether this may have any influence upon social or motor impairments that occur in children diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorders [ASDs]. The results can help provide important information about how observation and performance of an action is generated in the brain.

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中的一个 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目和 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金， 因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为 研究中心，而研究中心不一定是研究者所在的机构。 这项研究是为了评估儿童在将头靠在一个名为BabySQUID的神经成像系统的头枕上时观察和模仿一系列手势。我们正在使用脑磁图（MEG）来收集正常发育儿童的大脑功能数据，以及患有自闭症等发育障碍的儿童的大脑功能数据，以确定大脑中是否有与运动相关的发育部位。我们想知道异常的脑功能是否归因于查尔兹无法模仿观察到的手势，或者这是否可能对自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童的社交或运动障碍有任何影响。这些结果可以帮助提供有关观察和行为在大脑中产生的重要信息。