In search of biomarkers for autism: scientific, social and ethical challenges

P Walsh, M Elsabbagh, P Bolton, I Singh - Nature Reviews …, 2011 - nature.com
There is widespread hope that the discovery of valid biomarkers for autism will both reveal
the causes of autism and enable earlier and more targeted methods for diagnosis and …

Mirror neuron forum

V Gallese, MA Gernsbacher, C Heyes… - Perspectives on …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Vittorio Gallese (VG). To answer this question, we should first clarify how motor acts and
actions are mapped within the cortical motor system and what the notion ofaction …

Diagnostic model generated by MRI‐derived brain features in toddlers with autism spectrum disorder

X Xiao, H Fang, J Wu, CY Xiao, T Xiao, L Qian… - Autism …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder mainly showed
atypical social interaction, communication, and restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior …

[HTML][HTML] Disrupted action perception in autism: behavioral evidence, neuroendophenotypes, and diagnostic utility

MD Kaiser, KA Pelphrey - Developmental cognitive neuroscience, 2012 - Elsevier
Disruptions in the visual perception of biological motion are emerging as a hallmark of
autism spectrum disorder (ASD), consistent with the pathognomonic social deficits of this …

Differences in atypical resting-state effective connectivity distinguish autism from schizophrenia

D Mastrovito, C Hanson, SJ Hanson - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2018 - Elsevier
Autism and schizophrenia share overlapping genetic etiology, common changes in brain
structure and common cognitive deficits. A number of studies using resting state fMRI have …

Diagnosing autism in neurobiological research studies

RM Jones, C Lord - Behavioural brain research, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is by definition a complex and heterogeneous
disorder. Variation in factors such as developmental level, language ability and IQ further …

Shank3 Transgenic and Prenatal Zinc-Deficient Autism Mouse Models Show Convergent and Individual Alterations of Brain Structures in MRI

M Schoen, H Asoglu, HF Bauer, HP Müller… - Frontiers in Neural …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Research efforts over the past decades have unraveled both genetic and environmental
factors, which contribute to the development of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). It is, to …

Extracting multiscale pattern information of fMRI based functional brain connectivity with application on classification of autism spectrum disorders

H Wang, C Chen, H Fushing - 2012 - journals.plos.org
We employed a multi-scale clustering methodology known as “data cloud geometry” to
extract functional connectivity patterns derived from functional magnetic resonance imaging …

The implications of brain MRI in autism spectrum disorder

AS Cooper, E Friedlaender, SE Levy… - Journal of Child …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Our objective was to describe the types of providers who refer children with autism spectrum
disorder (ASD) for brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the referral reason, and MRI …

Neural synchrony examined with magnetoencephalography (MEG) during eye gaze processing in autism spectrum disorders: preliminary findings

R Lajiness-O'Neill, AE Richard, JE Moran… - Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Background Gaze processing deficits are a seminal, early, and enduring behavioral deficit in
autism spectrum disorder (ASD); however, a comprehensive characterization of the neural …