Atypical Pupillary Light Reflex and Heart Rate Variability in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Daluwatte, Chathuri; Miles, Judith H.; Christ, Shawn E.; Beversdorf, David Q.; Takahashi, T. Nicole; Yao, Gang

doi:10.1007/s10803-012-1741-3

Atypical Pupillary Light Reflex and Heart Rate Variability in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

We investigated pupillary light reflex (PLR) in 152 children with ASD, 116 typically developing (TD) children, and 36 children with non-ASD neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs). Heart rate variability (HRV) was measured simultaneously to study potential impairments in the autonomic nervous system …