Brain's 'Spaces' Hold Clues to Origins of Autism
Enlarged Spaces in Infant Brains Linked to Higher Risk of Autism, Sleep Problems.
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Enlarged Spaces in Infant Brains Linked to Higher Risk of Autism, Sleep Problems.
The fluid-filled spaces around the brain's blood vessels need proper waste "clearance" every few hours. When that fails to happen, a baby's risk for autism appears to rise, new research shows.
Infants with an abnormally large part of their brain had a 2.2 times greater chance of developing autism compared to infants who had normal sized brains.
Researchers in the UNC School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry have found that enlarged perivascular spaces in the brains of babies, caused by an accumu
Throughout the day and night, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pulses through small fluid-filled channels surrounding blood vessels in the brain, called perivascular spaces, to flush out neuroinflammation and other neurological waste.