2007
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.07.016
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Rate of Head Growth Decelerates and Symptoms Worsen in the Second Year of Life in Autism

Abstract: Background-Longitudinal studies of head circumference growth in infants later diagnosed with autism are needed to understand the accelerated head growth in this disorder.

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“…The rate of regression in our sample of children with autism was 54%, which is similar to that of recent large-scale population-based studies (21,22). Our head circumference findings are consistent with the notion that acceleration of head growth precedes onset of behavioral symptoms (10). We observed an increase in rate of head growth in children with regressive autism as early as 4-6 mo of age.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
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“…The rate of regression in our sample of children with autism was 54%, which is similar to that of recent large-scale population-based studies (21,22). Our head circumference findings are consistent with the notion that acceleration of head growth precedes onset of behavioral symptoms (10). We observed an increase in rate of head growth in children with regressive autism as early as 4-6 mo of age.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…Studies using retrospective head circumference measurements as a proxy for brain size suggest that whereas children with autism are born with normal or slightly smaller brain size, the trajectory of growth accelerates during the first year of life (8)(9)(10). Several MRI studies of very young children with autism report a 5-10% abnormal enlargement in total brain volume that persists into early childhood (11)(12)(13).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Results of recent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and postmortem neuropathological and stereological studies of autism brain suggest a dynamic model of sequential subdivision of age-and brain-specifi c structural and functional changes. Acceleration of brain growth in the fi rst year of life and deceleration in the second and third years appear to play a pivotal role in the onset of clinical signs of autism (Courchesne et al, , 2003Courchesne and Pierce, 2005b;Dawson et al, 2007;Dementieva et al, 2005;Gillberg and de Souza, 2002;. The range of deviation from the normal trajectory of brain growth may be a factor determining the severity of the disease (Courchesne et al, 2003).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Los resultados sugirieron que en el nacimiento no existían diferencias en cuanto al perímetro craneal y que el inicio del crecimiento se produce alrededor de los 12 meses de edad, después continua hasta los 3 o 4 años de edad y, finalmente en la infancia, dicho crecimiento se reducía de forma gradual para no ser significativo en la adolescencia y en la edad adulta, al comparar los datos con controles con desarrollo típico Sparks et al, 2001;Bartholomeusz et al, 2002;Courchesne et al 2004;Courchesne & Pierce, 2005;Courchesne et al, 2011;Yorbik et al 2001;Lainhart et al 1997;Bolton et al 2001;Hazlett et al, 2005;Hazlett et al, 2011 Courchesne et al, (2003), por Dawson et al, (2007), por Dementieva et al, (2005) o por Hazlett et al, (2005).…”
Section: Desarrollo Cerebral En Los Primeros Años De Vidaunclassified
“…Desde el campo de las neurociencias, más concretamente desde la neuroimagen estructural y funcional, se han aportado interesantes conocimientos sobre las bases neurobiológicas del autismo. Las evidencias aportadas en la literatura publicada sobre el tema indican que las personas con autismo presentan una trayectoria de crecimiento cerebral atípica relacionada con la edad, que se puede apreciar prácticamente desde edades muy tempranas a partir del crecimiento acelerado del cerebro que se inicia a partir del primer año de vida, seguido de un período de crecimiento acelerado que continúa durante la primera infancia hasta la adolescencia para después lograr un tamaño cerebral cercano al del adulto más pronto que el grupo con desarrollo típico (Courchesne et al, , 2003Dementieva et al 2005;Hazlett et al, 2005;Dawson et al, 2007;Amaral, Schumann & Nordahl, 2008). Posiblemente este aumento se debe a varios mecanismos como la neurogénesis, retraso en la poda sináptica y la muerte celular programada, o la migración inapropiada de las neuronas Bauman & Kemper, 2005;Kelly et al, 2009).…”
Section: Iii-planteamiento Experimental Y Objetivosunclassified