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Autism Brain SPECT scan Part I (pls watch in higher quality)

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 02:56:06 +0000

This video presents the use of Brain SPECT imaging to analyze the blood flow (ie related to metabolism) of the cerebral cortex in autism. The video is in two parts. Part I is about the experience of doing a SPECT brain imaging with a child with autism and one of his parents. Part II will explain a little more about what is known regarding the functions of cerebral cortex, and the results obtained from this analysis. A little hint to this story In accordance with B Degirmenci et 2008, there were evidence of hypoperfusion in some brain areas, in the left temporal, and parietal cortex in both the autistic child and first-degree relative. This analysis was conducted with the generous support of Cem KINACI MD, Nuclear Medicine Physician, at the Deutsches Krankenhaus-Universal Hospitals Group, in Istanbul – TURKEY. Oh yes, I must apologize to start this video with images and music again- it seems that I cannot stop thinking in such way preferably over other forms of communication. A note regarding the music- this is a piece from Schoenberg: Leith, Zart from Six Little Pieces for Piano Op.19- Played by Glenn Gould- who is thought to have had Asperger. If you listen carefully, you can hear his (famous) chair (-which he always took around with him to play) cracking at 42 sec. A most personal additional signature to his wonderful playing. High Definition Brain SPECT (Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography) is a non invasive procedure which can detect functional changes by …

AutIsm Brain SPECT Scan Part II

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 03:51:02 +0000

This video describes the use of various brain imaging techniques in autism- it gives an overview of what has been published in the field. The last video will present the outcomes of the imaging done on my son and I. Please tune your ears to the French accent. I am sorry if I make grammatical mistakes, especially with plurals, I did not type what I said, and I actually dislike to speak to a camera, I am better at talking to people, at least, Id like to think this is the case.

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