Autism is a disorder due to which a person feels disconnected from society. It is quite possible that such patients will be treated in the future.

Autism: A team of Israeli researchers has uncovered the brain mechanism involved in recognizing the emotional states of others, which could have potential implications for the treatment of social disorders such as autism. Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder in which a person suffering from it finds himself socially isolated. People with this condition often have restricted interests and repetitive behavior.

Research done on mice

The study, published in Current Biology by Xinhua news agency, focused on the role of the medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) of the brain, which is associated with emotional recognition and behavior. This ability is often impaired in people with autism spectrum, making social interaction difficult. To understand the nervous system behind this, researchers from Israel's University of Haifa used mice.

Using advanced techniques, the team traced how neurons in the pre-limbic part of the mPFC respond to the emotional states of other mice and found that these neurons behave differently towards stressed and calm mice.

The results of the research

showed that the mice tended to stay near the stressed mouse, indicating that their response was linked to emotions. But when the neural activity of the MPFC was disrupted, the mice lost the ability to recognize their emotional state.

This suggests that neural activity in the MPFC has the potential to influence emotion recognition and social behavior. The researchers believe that disorders of neural activity in this area may help explain difficulties with emotional recognition and social behavior that are seen in autism.

According to the researchers, the next step is to study mice with autism-related gene mutations to find out how changes in neural activity affect their behavior.

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