The recovery cycle of the averaged auditory evoked response during sleep in autistic children

Ornitz, Edward M.; Forsythe, Alan B.; Tanguay, Peter E.; Ritvo, Edward; Peña, Augustin de la; Ghahremani, James

doi:10.1016/0013-4694(74)90009-1

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“…Studies of the auditory AER during sleep in 23 autistic children aged from 22 months to 8 years suggested that the normal phasic inhibition of the auditory AER to clicks synchronous with bursts of eye movements during REM sleep is overridden in autistic children ). Other studies of the recovery cycle of the AER during sleep have demonstrated normal responses in a group of 28 autistic children aged from 30 months to 5.6 years (mean age 4.2 years) suggesting that the disordered modulation of sensory input in autis-tic children is either not reflected in the recovery process or is not apparent during sleep (Ornitz et al 1974(Ornitz et al , 1972. However, there is suggestive evidence that autistics may be more sensitive to differences in interstimulus intervals than are normals (Ornitz et al 1972).…”

Section: Cortical Activitymentioning

confidence: 92%

A Review of Psychophysiology in Early Onset Psychosis

James

Barry

1980

Schizophrenia Bulletin

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Research on psychophysiological functioning in early onset psychosis is reviewed within the context of etiological formulations stressing perceptual and selective attention abnormalities. Electroencephalographic (EEG) measures, including resting EEG level, alpha blocking, average evoked response, and contingent negative variation, have received most attention in the literature; cardiovascular and electrodermal indices have not been so extensively explored in this group of children. While the nature of differential reactivity in early onset psychosis has not been thoroughly investigated, limited evidence suggests that the central behavioral anomalies associated with the condition may result from abnormal neurophysiological reactivity to sensory stimulation. Further studies of the psychophysiological functioning of these children should yield data useful in the clarification of etiology.

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Section: Cortical Activitymentioning

confidence: 92%