Age-related changes in neural responses to sensory stimulation in autism: a cross-sectional studyMolecular Autism -
Melis E. Cakar, Kaitlin K. Cummings, Susan Y. Bookheimer, Mirella Dapretto, Shulamite A. Green
Abstract
Background
Sensory over-responsivity (SOR) is an impairing sensory processing challenge in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) which shows heterogenous developmental trajectories and appears to improve into adulthood in some but not all autistic individuals. However, the neural mechanisms underl...... hiện toàn bộ
Gray matter covariations in autism: out-of-sample replication using the ENIGMA autism cohortMolecular Autism - Tập 15 - Trang 1-10 - 2024
Ting Mei, Alberto Llera, Natalie J. Forde, Daan van Rooij, Dorothea L. Floris, Christian F. Beckmann, Jan K. Buitelaar
Autism spectrum disorder (henceforth autism) is a complex neurodevelopmental condition associated with differences in gray matter (GM) volume covariations, as reported in our previous study of the Longitudinal European Autism Project (LEAP) data. To make progress on the identification of potential neural markers and to validate the robustness of our previous findings, we aimed to replicate our res...... hiện toàn bộ
Neuroligin-2 shapes individual slow waves during slow-wave sleep and the response to sleep deprivation in miceMolecular Autism - - 2024
Tanya Leduc, Hiba El Alami, Khadija Bougadir, Erika Bélanger-Nelson, Valérie Mongrain
Sleep disturbances are a common comorbidity to most neurodevelopmental disorders and tend to worsen disease symptomatology. It is thus crucial to understand mechanisms underlying sleep disturbances to improve patients’ quality of life. Neuroligin-2 (NLGN2) is a synaptic adhesion protein regulating GABAergic transmission. It has been linked to autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia in humans, ...... hiện toàn bộ
The effect of age on vertex-based measures of the grey-white matter tissue contrast in autism spectrum disorderMolecular Autism - Tập 9 - Trang 1-13 - 2018
Caroline Mann, Anke Bletsch, Derek Andrews, Eileen Daly, Clodagh Murphy, Declan Murphy, Christine Ecker
Histological evidence suggests that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is accompanied by a reduced integrity of the grey-white matter boundary. This has also recently been confirmed by a structural neuroimaging study in vivo reporting significantly reduced grey-white matter tissue contrast (GWC) in adult individuals (18–42 years of age) with ASD relative to typically developing (TD) controls. However,...... hiện toàn bộ
Autism in DSM-5: progress and challengesMolecular Autism - Tập 4 - Trang 1-6 - 2013
Fred R Volkmar, Brian Reichow
Since Kanner’s first description of autism there have been a number of changes in approaches to diagnosis with certain key continuities . Since the Fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV) appeared in 1994 there has been an explosion in research publications. The advent of changes in DSM-5 presents some important moves forward as well as some potential challenges. The vario...... hiện toàn bộ
Savant syndrome has a distinct psychological profile in autismMolecular Autism - Tập 9 - Trang 1-18 - 2018
James E A Hughes, Jamie Ward, Elin Gruffydd, Simon Baron-Cohen, Paula Smith, Carrie Allison, Julia Simner
Savant syndrome is a condition where prodigious talent can co-occur with developmental conditions such as autism spectrum conditions (autism). It is not yet clear why some autistic people develop savant skills while others do not. We tested three groups of adults: autistic individuals who have savant skills, autistic individuals without savant skills, and typical controls without autism or savant ...... hiện toàn bộ
Prenatal exposure to valproic acid increases miR-132 levels in the mouse embryonic brainMolecular Autism - Tập 8 - Trang 1-9 - 2017
Yuta Hara, Yukio Ago, Erika Takano, Shigeru Hasebe, Takanobu Nakazawa, Hitoshi Hashimoto, Toshio Matsuda, Kazuhiro Takuma
MicroRNAs, small non-coding RNAs, are highly expressed in the mammalian brain, and the dysregulation of microRNA levels may be involved in neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In the present study, we examined whether prenatal valproic acid (VPA) exposure affects levels of microRNAs, especially the brain specific and enriched microRNAs, in the mouse embryonic brain....... hiện toàn bộ