Contribution of autism genetic risk on central control of coordinated behavioral and autonomic responses to diverse sensory stimuli
Diana Balazsfi, Crystal Y Pan, Thomas Vaissiere, Sheldon D Michaelson, Randall Golovin, Thomas K Creson, Gavin Rumbaugh · FENS Forum 2024
Patients with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), are thought to experience less pain, which is largely based on subjective caregiver or clinician reports of blunted behavioral expression in response to painful stimuli. But recent studies suggest that physiological responses (heart rate, cortisol levels, etc.) to noxious stimuli are heightened compared to neurotypical individuals. The neural valence system is a network of interconnected brain regions that integrates downward sensory stimuli with upward signals reflecting the current physiological state
ePoster · Neuroscience