Prediction of autism in infants: progress and challenges

G Dawson, AD Rieder, MH Johnson - The Lancet Neurology, 2023 - thelancet.com
Autism spectrum disorder (henceforth autism) is a neurodevelopmental condition that can be
reliably diagnosed in children by age 18–24 months. Prospective longitudinal studies of …

Early-life differences in the gut microbiota composition and functionality of infants at elevated likelihood of developing autism spectrum disorder

S Zuffa, P Schimmel, A Gonzalez-Santana… - Translational …, 2023 - nature.com
Evidence from cross-sectional human studies, and preliminary microbial-based intervention
studies, have implicated the microbiota-gut-brain axis in the neurobiology of autism …

[HTML][HTML] Pre-autism: What a paediatrician should know about early diagnosis of autism‎

M Al-Beltagi - World journal of clinical pediatrics, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Autism, also known as an autism spectrum disorder, is a complex neurodevelopmental
disorder usually diagnosed in the first three years of a child's life. A range of symptoms …

Sleep onset problems and subcortical development in infants later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder

KE MacDuffie, MD Shen, SR Dager… - American Journal of …, 2020 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Sleep patterns in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) appear to diverge
from typical development in the second or third year of life. Little is known, however, about …

The bidirectional social-cognitive mechanisms of the social-attention symptoms of autism

P Mundy, J Bullen - Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Differences in social attention development begin to be apparent in the 6th to 12th month of
development in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and theoretically reflect …

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 …

Neuroimaging techniques as descriptive and diagnostic tools for infants at risk for autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review

MJ Ayoub, L Keegan, H Tager-Flusberg, SV Gill - Brain Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has traditionally been evaluated and diagnosed via
behavioral assessments. However, increasing research suggests that neuroimaging as …

Positron emission tomography in the neuroimaging of autism spectrum disorder: a review

Z Tan, H Wei, X Song, W Mai, J Yan, W Ye… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a basket term for neurodevelopmental disorders
characterized by marked impairments in social interactions, repetitive and stereotypical …

Associations between thalamocortical functional connectivity and sensory over-responsivity in infants at high likelihood for ASD

L Wagner, M Banchik, NJ Okada, N McDonald… - Cerebral …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Despite growing evidence implicating thalamic functional connectivity atypicalities in autism
spectrum disorder (ASD), it remains unclear how such alterations emerge early in human …

Why do children with autism spectrum disorder have abnormal visual perception?

R Zhou, X Xie, J Wang, B Ma, X Hao - Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with severe impairment in social functioning.
Visual information processing provides nonverbal cues that support social interactions. ASD …