Who: Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Where: Melbourne
A sub-section of the PANDA study was developed by Dr Lauren Taylor, Barney NF Fellow, who is using functional MRI’s to observe the differences in the Default Mode Network and how that relates to Autism in children with NF1.
The aim of this study is to establish whether children with NF1 demonstrate abnormal function within the social brain network, and the relationship between structural and functional brain abnormalities and ASD/social dysfunction in children with NF1.