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Dufour, Brett D.; McBride, Erin; Bartley, Trevor; Juarez, Pablo; Martínez-Cerdeño, Verónica – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by deficits in social communication and repetitive behaviors. How specific anatomical alterations contribute to the clinical profile of autism spectrum disorder remains largely uncharacterized. We have previously shown that parvalbumin-positive Chandelier cells, a specific…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Behavior Problems, Intellectual Disability
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Ma, Zeng-Hui; Lu, Bin; Li, Xue; Mei, Ting; Guo, Yan-Qing; Yang, Liu; Wang, Hui; Tang, Xin-Zhou; Ji, Zhao-Zheng; Liu, Jing-Ran; Xu, Ling-Zi; Yang, Yu-Lu; Cao, Qing-Jiu; Yan, Chao-Gan; Liu, Jing – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
The last decades of neuroimaging research has revealed atypical development of intrinsic functional connectivity within and between large-scale cortical networks in autism spectrum disorder, but much remains unknown about cortico-subcortical developmental connectivity atypicalities. This study examined cortico-striatal developmental intrinsic…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Age Differences, Children
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Han, Yvonne M.Y.; Chan, Melody M.Y.; Shea, Caroline K.S.; Mo, Flora Y.M.; Yiu, Klaire W.K.; Chung, Raymond C.K.; Cheung, Mei-Chun; Chan, Agnes S. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
This triple-arm, double-blind, randomized clinical trial investigated the effect of multisession prefrontal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on social functioning in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A total of 105 individuals (age 14-21 years) diagnosed with ASD were randomized into the active-tDCS, sham-tDCS, and…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Stimulation, Stimuli
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Ridley, Nicole J.; Homewood, Judi; Walters, Jenny – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2011
Cerebellar dysfunction and impaired cognitive flexibility are key features of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). However, despite the increasing interest in subclinical autism, no research has yet examined the relationship between these signs and autistic traits in the wider population. This study used the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ) questionnaire…
Descriptors: Autism, Cognitive Ability, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Neurological Impairments