Publications by authors named "Ashkan Alvand"
Auditory processing disorder (APD) is a listening impairment that some school-aged children may experience despite having normal peripheral hearing. Recent resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has revealed an alteration in regional functional brain topology in children with APD. However, little is known about the structural organization in APD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Neuroimaging evidence has shown the relationship of intelligence with several structural brain properties in normal individuals. However, this relationship with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) needs to be investigated.
Methods: We estimated grey matter (GM) density of the brain using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan on 56 ADHD individuals, including 30 combined individuals (Mean±SD age: 10.
Article Synopsis
- Children with auditory processing disorder (APD) struggle with hearing in noisy environments even though their hearing tests are normal; there’s ongoing debate about whether these issues stem from sensory processing or cognitive factors.
- A study using MRI on 57 children (28 with APD and 29 healthy controls) found that while overall brain network properties were similar, children with APD had distinct brain hub architecture in certain functional modules.
- Specifically, reduced connectivity was noted in auditory-related brain regions, indicating altered brain network organization in APD children, which is linked to their ability to process spatialized auditory information.