Hypoconnectivity between anterior insula and amygdala associates with future vulnerabilities in social development in a neurodiverse sample of neonates

D Scheinost, J Chang, C Lacadie, E Brennan-Wydra… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Altered resting state functional connectivity (FC) involving the anterior insula (aINS), a key
node in the salience network, has been reported consistently in autism. Here we examined …

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 …

Altered thalamocortical connectivity in 6-week-old infants at high familial risk for autism spectrum disorder

A Nair, R Jalal, J Liu, T Tsang, NM McDonald… - Cerebral …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Converging evidence from neuroimaging studies has revealed altered connectivity in
cortical–subcortical networks in youth and adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) …

Impact of autism genetic risk on brain connectivity: a mechanism for the female protective effect

KE Lawrence, LM Hernandez, E Fuster… - Brain, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The biological mechanisms underlying the greater prevalence of autism spectrum disorder
in males than females remain poorly understood. One hypothesis posits that this female …

Hypoconnectivity between anterior insula and amygdala in neonates with familial history of autism

D Scheinost, J Chang, C Lacadie, E Brennan-Wydra… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Background Altered resting state functional connectivity (FC) involving the anterior insula
(aINS), a key node in the salience network, has been reported consistently in autism …