Breakthrough discovery on Autism uncovered by scientists in Trinity College

Breakthrough research on Autims has been uncovered by scientists at Trinity College.

 A team of scientists have  discovered that a particular region of the brain is affected in those with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). They believe that finding the brain region which causes social deficits in those with the condition could point towards new types of therapies.

They ran MRI brain scans on people with ASD, and on healthy volunteers, in an attempt to track down the brain region linked to some of the behaviours seen in those with ASD and find differences between the two groups.

Dr Joshua Henk Balsters, the team leader, is based at ETH Zürich but performed much of the research at Trinity while working as a postdoctoral research fellow. He described how ASD can disturb normal personal exchanges.