The extent of autoimmune damage to various brain compartments remains a significant challenge in neurology, especially in pediatrics. An immunological method for determining damage to children’s certain brain compartments has been developed. It has been shown that the blood leukocytes’ sensitization degree to the hippocampus, substantia nigra, anterior temporal lobe, insula and substantia alba tissue antigens in vitro determination   allows one to assess the functional activity of these compartments. The developed technique allows to identify the cause of a child's developmental delay. For example, in children with autism, the circulating leukocytes sensitization degree is more pronounced in relation to the white matter.

Svetlana Pleskanovskaya received her Doctor of Medical Sciences degree from the Gamaleya Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology (Moscow) at the age of 43. She heads the research center at the M. Garryev State Medical University of Turkmenistan (Turkmenistan). She has over 500 scientific publications and 17 patents. She holds the title of professor and is a full member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RANS) and the International General Academy of Sciences (IGAS).