Thanks for adding. Yes, I've seen that one but didn't much like the (lack of) detail there. This one crossed my feeds a day or two ago, and it goes into much more detail about the 4 groups.
"Those advances allowed the team to identify four clinically distinct groups of people with autism. Two of the groups had above-average verbal intelligence. One group also had severe deficits in social communication but less repetitive behaviors, while the other had more repetitive behaviors and less social impairment. The connections between the parts of the brain that process visual information and help the brain identify the most salient incoming information were hyperactive in the subgroup with more social impairment. These same connections were weak in the group with more repetitive behaviors... The other two groups had severe social impairments and repetitive behaviors but had verbal abilities at the opposite ends of the spectrum. Despite some behavioral similarities, the investigators discovered completely distinct brain connection patterns in these two subgroups. https://neurosciencenews.com/asd-subtypes-machine-learning-22968/
They go on to talk about the possibility of pairing specific therapies with specific subtypes. They mention oxytocin in particular being associated with only some of the 4 groups, meaning it might be helpful for some but irrelevant to others.
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Date: 2023-Apr-10, Monday 08:10 pm (UTC)They go on to talk about the possibility of pairing specific therapies with specific subtypes. They mention oxytocin in particular being associated with only some of the 4 groups, meaning it might be helpful for some but irrelevant to others.