Can a CT scan reveal autism or Asperger's Syndrome?

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Spacedoubt
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26 Jul 2008, 6:27 pm

CMaximus wrote:

I've heard an EEG can show which areas of the brain are activated when you do something, and so they compare the activity relative to normal functioning. Sometimes with ASDs, the activity will be more disparate or in another area(s) altogether depending on what you're asked to do.

By the way, are EEGs stills or real-time?

It's real time. I didn't know that could find anythinig but a seizure activity.

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26 Jul 2008, 7:01 pm

Spacedoubt wrote:

CMaximus wrote:

It's real time. I didn't know that could find anythinig but a seizure activity.

It can find a lot of different abnormalities, some of which they know the meaning of and some of which they don't.

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27 Jul 2008, 5:13 am

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I'm not so sure about that.

I know a guy diagnosed with AS who went and got a SPECT scan and they told him he had to be a drug addict because of his scan results. He had never done illegal drugs, or even mild legal drugs or strong prescription psych drugs, he was one of those completely straitlaced guys and he'd never been in treatment for ADD or anything. So basically, he kept insisting he'd never done drugs, and they kept insisting he did.

They know some tendencies for what the SPECT scan will show, but no absolutes. A few people trying to make money have exaggerated their certainty as to what it shows. And made a ton of money.

Here's what's said here:

Actually; whilst the SPECT scan can detect Aspergers - it all depends on what the doctor\technician, etc., decides they see.

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27 Aug 2008, 11:05 pm

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27 Aug 2008, 11:06 pm

You will need to log in with your raisingkids username and password.

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27 Aug 2008, 11:07 pm

its good and to have to add in this community

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27 Aug 2008, 11:07 pm

Really nice and good experience in this field