Genetic and environmental influences on corticostriatal circuits in twins with autism

JP Hegarty, LC Lazzeroni, MM Raman… - Journal of Psychiatry and …, 2020 - jpn.ca
Background: Corticostriatal circuits (CSC) have been implicated in the presentation of some
restricted and repetitive behaviours (RRBs) in children with autism-spectrum disorder (ASD) …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic and environmental influences on structural brain measures in twins with autism spectrum disorder

JP Hegarty, LFL Pegoraro, LC Lazzeroni… - Molecular …, 2020 - nature.com
Atypical growth patterns of the brain have been previously reported in autism spectrum
disorder (ASD) but these alterations are heterogeneous across individuals, which may be …

Repetitive behaviors in autism are linked to imbalance of corticostriatal connectivity: a functional connectivity MRI study

AE Abbott, AC Linke, A Nair, A Jahedi… - Social cognitive and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The neural underpinnings of repetitive behaviors (RBs) in autism spectrum disorders
(ASDs), ranging from cognitive to motor characteristics, remain unknown. We assessed RB …

Genetic and environmental influences on lobar brain structures in twins with autism

JP Hegarty, LC Lazzeroni, MM Raman… - Cerebral …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
This investigation examined whether the variation of cerebral structure is associated with
genetic or environmental factors in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) compared …

Cortical surface architecture endophenotype and correlates of clinical diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder

B Yamagata, T Itahashi, J Fujino, H Ohta… - Psychiatry and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Prior structural magnetic resonance imaging studies demonstrated atypical gray matter
characteristics in siblings of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, they …

[HTML][HTML] Cortico-basal ganglia white matter microstructure is linked to restricted repetitive behavior in autism spectrum disorder

BJ Wilkes, DB Archer, AL Farmer, C Bass, H Korah… - Molecular Autism, 2024 - Springer
Background Restricted repetitive behavior (RRB) is one of two behavioral domains required
for the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Neuroimaging is widely used to study …

Aberrant striatal functional connectivity in children with autism

A Di Martino, C Kelly, R Grzadzinski, XN Zuo… - Biological …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND:: Models of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) as neural disconnection
syndromes have been predominantly supported by examinations of abnormalities in …

[HTML][HTML] Abnormal cortico-cerebellar functional connectivity in autism spectrum disorder

TC Ramos, JB Balardin, JR Sato… - Frontiers in systems …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The cerebral cortex and the cerebellum are spatially remote areas that are connected by
complex circuits that link both primary and associative areas. Previous studies have …

Structural gray matter differences during childhood development in autism spectrum disorder: a multimetric approach

NEV Foster, KAR Doyle-Thomas, A Tryfon, T Ouimet… - Pediatric …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Autism spectrum disorder is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder
characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, repetitive behaviors, and …

Regional specificity of aberrant thalamocortical connectivity in autism

A Nair, RA Carper, AE Abbott, CP Chen… - Human brain …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Preliminary evidence suggests aberrant (mostly reduced) thalamocortical (TC) connectivity
in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but despite the crucial role of thalamus in sensorimotor …