The neuropathology of autism: A systematic review of post-mortem studies of autism and related disorders

R Fetit, RF Hillary, DJ Price, SM Lawrie - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2021 - Elsevier
Post-mortem studies allow for the direct investigation of brain tissue in those with autism and
related disorders. Several review articles have focused on aspects of post-mortem …

Role of oligodendrocytes and myelin in the pathophysiology of autism spectrum disorder

AY Galvez-Contreras, D Zarate-Lopez… - Brain sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is an early neurodevelopmental disorder that involves
deficits in interpersonal communication, social interaction, and repetitive behaviors …

White matter tract myelin maturation and its association with general psychopathology in adolescence and early adulthood

LD Vanes, M Moutoussis, G Ziegler… - Human brain …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Adolescence is a time period associated with marked brain maturation that coincides with an
enhanced risk for onset of psychiatric disorder. White matter tract myelination, a process that …

Serum neurofilament light chain and glial fibrillary acidic protein as potential diagnostic biomarkers in autism spectrum disorders: A preliminary study

M Simone, A De Giacomo, R Palumbi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is one of the most common neurodevelopment disorders,
characterized by a multifactorial etiology based on the interaction of genetic and …

The role of diffusion tensor MR imaging (DTI) of the brain in diagnosing autism spectrum disorder: promising results

Y ElNakieb, MT Ali, A Elnakib, A Shalaby, A Soliman… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a combination of developmental anomalies that causes
social and behavioral impairments, affecting around 2% of US children. Common symptoms …

Altered white matter connectivity of ventral language networks in autism spectrum disorder: An automated fiber quantification analysis with multi-site datasets

M Li, M Izumoto, Y Wang, Y Kato, Y Iwatani, I Hirata… - Neuroimage, 2024 - Elsevier
Comprehension and pragmatic deficits are prevalent in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and
are potentially linked to altered connectivity in the ventral language networks. However …

The protracted maturation of associative layer IIIC pyramidal neurons in the human prefrontal cortex during childhood: a major role in cognitive development and …

Z Petanjek, D Sedmak, D Džaja, A Hladnik… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The human specific cognitive shift starts around the age of 2 years with the onset of self-
awareness, and continues with extraordinary increase in cognitive capacities during early …

The human cingulum: from the limbic tract to the connectionist paradigm

IL Maldonado, VP de Matos, TAC Cuesta, G Herbet… - Neuropsychologia, 2020 - Elsevier
The cingulum is a core component of the limbic lobe and part of the circuit that was
described by Papez where environmental experiences become endowed with emotional …

Age differences and brain maturation provide insight into heterogeneous results in autism spectrum disorder

K O'Hearn, A Lynn - Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Studies comparing individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to typically developing
(TD) individuals have yielded inconsistent results. These inconsistencies reflect, in part …

Atypicalities in sleep and semantic consolidation in autism

FE Fletcher, V Knowland, S Walker… - Developmental …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Sleep is known to support the neocortical consolidation of declarative memory, including the
acquisition of new language. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is often characterized by both …