Baby in Scanner (IMAGE)

WashU Medicine

Baby in Scanner

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A mother watches as her sleeping baby undergoes an MRI brain scan. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are leading a multicenter team conducting research to evaluate whether brain imaging might help reveal risk for autism spectrum disorder in early infancy. Previous research suggests such imaging in high-risk children can predict problems in kids as young as 6 months old.

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Infant Brain Imaging Study network

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