Brain Connections in Autism

Brain connections in autism

This image illustrates connectivity between 19 different brain regions, based on EEG data from healthy neurotypical children and children with autism and/or tuberous sclerosis (TSC). Both groups of children with TSC show fewer brain connections overall, while both groups with autism have more connections between adjacent areas of the brain and fewer connections across distant areas. Children with both TSC and autism have a “double hit.”