Down Syndrome: Brain Mapping Research Could Lead to Better Treatments for People with Down Syndrome

Brain imaging has revealed that people with Down syndrome have "over connected" brains according to a study done at the University of Utah .

According to study author Dr. Jeff Anderson: "We set out to do a project where we recorded the brain function of people with Down syndrome. What we found were some pretty striking abnormalities. It looks like there is massive overconnectivity in the brains of individuals with Down syndrome These are larger differences by an order of magnitude than we’re seeing in autism or in other disorders. In addition, we’re also seeing that there are some places in the brain that are underconnected —areas that are far apart and are part of networks in the brain where regions in a healthy brain work together to perform tasks.”

Researchers are hopeful that these results will help advance treatments for people with Down syndrome.

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