Browsing by Author "Lai,Meng-Chuan"

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      Autism 

      Lai,Meng-Chuan; Lombardo,Michael V.; Baron-Cohen,Simon (2014)
      Autism is a set of heterogeneous neurodevelopmental conditions, characterised by early-onset difficulties in social communication and unusually restricted, repetitive behaviour and interests. The worldwide population ...
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      A behavioral comparison of male and female adults with high functioning autism spectrum conditions 

      Lai,Meng-Chuan; Lombardo,Michael V.; Pasco, Greg; Ruigrok,Amber N. V.; Wheelwright,Sally J.; Sadek,Susan A.; Chakrabarti,B.; Baron-Cohen,Simon (2011)
      Autism spectrum conditions (ASC) affect more males than females in the general population. However, within ASC it is unclear if there are phenotypic sex differences. Testing for similarities and differences between the ...
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      Biological sex affects the neurobiology of autism 

      Lai,Meng-Chuan; Lombardo,Michael V.; Suckling,John; Ruigrok,Amber N. V.; Chakrabarti,B.; Ecker,C.; Deoni,Sean C. L.; Craig, Michael C.; Murphy,Declan G. M.; Bullmore,Edward T.; Baron-Cohen,Simon (2013)
      In autism, heterogeneity is the rule rather than the exception. One obvious source of heterogeneity is biological sex. Since autism was first recognized, males with autism have disproportionately skewed research. Females ...
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      Brain surface anatomy in adults with autism: The relationship between surface area, cortical thickness, and autistic symptoms 

      Ecker,C.; Ginestet, Cedric E.; Feng, Yue; Johnston,Patrick; Lombardo,Michael V.; Lai,Meng-Chuan; Suckling,John; Palaniyappan, Lena; Daly,Eileen M.; Murphy,Clodagh M.; Williams,Steven C. R.; Bullmore,Edward T.; Baron-Cohen,Simon; Brammer, Michael; Murphy,Declan G. M. (2013)
      Context: Neuroimaging studies of brain anatomy in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have mostly been based on measures of cortical volume (CV). However, CV is a product of 2 distinct parameters, cortical thickness (CT) and ...
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      Cognition in Males and Females with Autism: Similarities and Differences 

      Lai,Meng-Chuan; Lombardo,Michael V.; Ruigrok,Amber N. V.; Chakrabarti,B.; Wheelwright,Sally J.; Auyeung, Bonnie; Allison, Carrie; Bailey, Anthony J.; Baron-Cohen,Simon; Bolton, P. F.; Bullmore,Edward T.; Carrington, S.; Catani, Marco; Craig, Michael C.; Daly,Eileen M.; Deoni,Sean C. L.; Ecker,C.; Happé,Francesca; Henty, Julian; Jezzard, Peter; Johnston,Patrick; Jones, D. K.; Madden, A.; Mullins, D.; Murphy,Clodagh M.; Murphy,Declan G. M.; Pasco, Greg; Sadek,Susan A.; Spain,D.; Stewart, R.; Suckling,John; Williams,Steven C. R.; Baron-Cohen,Simon (2012)
      The male bias in autism spectrum conditions (ASC) has led to females with ASC being under-researched. This lack of attention to females could hide variability due to sex that may explain some of the heterogeneity within ...
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      The EU-AIMS Longitudinal European Autism Project (LEAP): Clinical characterisation 

      Charman, T.; Loth, Eva; Tillmann, Julian; Crawley, Daisy; Wooldridge, C.; Goyard, David; Ahmad, Jumana; Auyeung, Bonnie; Ambrosino, Sara; Banaschewski, Tobias; Baron-Cohen,Simon; Baumeister, Sarah; Beckmann, Christian; Bölte, Sven; Bourgeron, Thomas; Bours, Carsten; Brammer, Michael; Brandeis, Daniel; Brogna, Claudia; De Bruijn, Y.; Chakrabarti,B.; Cornelissen, Ineke; Acqua, Flavio Dell; Dumas, G.; Durston, Sarah; Ecker,C.; Faulkner, J.; Frouin, Vincent; Garces, Pilar; Ham, Lindsay M.; Hayward, Hannah; Hipp, Joerg; Holt, R. J.; Isaksson, Johan; Johnson, Mark H.; Jones, Emily J. H.; Kundu, Prantik; Lai,Meng-Chuan; D'Ardhuy, X. L.; Lombardo,Michael V.; Lythgoe, David J.; Mandl, Rene; Mason, Luke; Meyer-Lindenberg, Andreas; Moessnang, Carolin; Mueller, Nico; O'Dwyer, Laurence; Oldehinkel, Marianne; Oranje, Bob; Pandina, Gahan J.; Persico, Antonio M.; Ruggeri, B.; Ruigrok,Amber N. V.; Sabet, Jessica; Sacco, Roberto; Caceres, Antonia San Jose; Simonoff, Emily; Toro, Roberto; Tost, Heike; Waldman, Jack; Williams,Steven C. R.; Zwiers, Marcel P.; Spooren, Will; Murphy,Declan G. M.; Buitelaar, Jan K. (2017)
      Background: The EU-AIMS Longitudinal European Autism Project (LEAP) is to date the largest multi-centre, multi-disciplinary observational study on biomarkers for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The current paper describes ...
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      Fetal programming effects of testosterone on the reward system and behavioral approach tendencies in humans 

      Lombardo,Michael V.; Ashwin, Emma; Auyeung, Bonnie; Chakrabarti,B.; Lai,Meng-Chuan; Taylor, Kevin; Hackett, Gerald; Bullmore,Edward T.; Baron-Cohen,Simon (2012)
      Background: Sex differences are present in many neuropsychiatric conditions that affect emotion and approach-avoidance behavior. One potential mechanism underlying such observations is testosterone in early development. ...
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      Frontal networks in adults with autism spectrum disorder 

      Catani, Marco; Dell’Acqua, Flavio; Budisavljevic, Sanja; Howells, Henrietta; Schotten, Thiebaut De; Froudist-Walsh, Sean; D'Anna, Lucio; Thompson, A.; Sandrone, Stefano; Bullmore,Edward T.; Suckling,John; Baron-Cohen,Simon; Lombardo,Michael V.; Wheelwright,Sally J.; Chakrabarti,B.; Lai,Meng-Chuan; Ruigrok,Amber N. V.; Leemans, Alexander; Ecker,C.; Craig, Michael C.; Murphy,Declan G. M.; Bailey, Anthony J.; Bolton, P. F.; Carrington, S.; Daly,Eileen M.; Deoni,Sean C. L.; Happé,Francesca; Henty, Julian; Jezzard, Peter; Johnston,Patrick; Jones, D. K.; Madden, A.; Mullins, D.; Murphy,Clodagh M.; Murphy,Declan G. M.; Pasco, Greg; Ruigrok,Amber N. V.; Sadek,Susan A.; Spain,D.; Stewart, R.; Williams,Steven C. R. (2016)
      It has been postulated that autism spectrum disorder is underpinned by an 'atypical connectivity' involving higher-order association brain regions. To test this hypothesis in a large cohort of adults with autism spectrum ...
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      Imaging sex/gender and autism in the brain: Etiological implications 

      Lai,Meng-Chuan; Lerch, Jason P.; Floris, Dorothea L.; Ruigrok,Amber N. V.; Pohl, A.; Lombardo,Michael V.; Baron-Cohen,Simon (2017)
      The male preponderance in autism prevalence has brought together the disparate topics of sex/gender and autism research. Two directions of neuroimaging studies on the relationships between sex/gender and autism may inform ...
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      Impaired Communication Between the Motor and Somatosensory Homunculus Is Associated With Poor Manual Dexterity in Autism Spectrum Disorder 

      Thompson, A.; Murphy,Clodagh M.; Dell’Acqua, Flavio; Ecker,C.; McAlonan, Grainne; Howells, Henrietta; Baron-Cohen,Simon; Lai,Meng-Chuan; Lombardo,Michael V. (2017)
      Background Fine motor skill impairments are common in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), significantly affecting quality of life. Sensory inputs reaching the primary motor cortex (M1) from the somatosensory cortex (S1) are ...
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      Individual differences in brain structure underpin empathizing-systemizing cognitive styles in male adults 

      Lai,Meng-Chuan; Lombardo,Michael V.; Chakrabarti,B.; Ecker,C.; Sadek,Susan A.; Wheelwright,Sally J.; Murphy,Declan G. M.; Suckling,John; Bullmore,Edward T.; Baron-Cohen,Simon; Bailey, Anthony J.; Bolton, P. F.; Carrington, S.; Daly,Eileen M.; Deoni,Sean C. L.; Happé,Francesca; Henty, Julian; Jezzard, Peter; Johnston,Patrick; Jones, D. K.; Madden, A.; Mullins, D.; Murphy,Clodagh M.; Pasco, Greg; Ruigrok,Amber N. V.; Spain,D.; Stewart, R.; Williams,Steven C. R. (2012)
      Individual differences in cognitive style can be characterized along two dimensions: 'systemizing' (S, the drive to analyze or build 'rule-based' systems) and 'empathizing' (E, the drive to identify another's mental state ...
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      Neuroanatomy of individual differences in language in adult males with autism 

      Lai,Meng-Chuan; Lombardo,Michael V.; Ecker,C.; Chakrabarti,B.; Suckling,John; Bullmore,Edward T.; Happé,Francesca; Murphy,Declan G. M.; Baron-Cohen,Simon (2015)
      One potential source of heterogeneity within autism spectrum conditions (ASC) is language development and ability. In 80 high-functioning male adults with ASC, we tested if variations in developmental and current structural ...
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      The neuropsychology of male adults with high-functioning autism or asperger syndrome 

      Wilson, C. E.; Happé,Francesca; Wheelwright,Sally J.; Ecker,C.; Lombardo,Michael V.; Johnston,Patrick; Daly,Eileen M.; Murphy,Clodagh M.; Spain,D.; Lai,Meng-Chuan; Chakrabarti,B.; Sauter, Disa A.; Baron-Cohen,Simon; Murphy,Declan G. M. (2014)
      Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is diagnosed on the basis of behavioral symptoms, but cognitive abilities may also be useful in characterizing individuals with ASD. One hundred seventy-eight high-functioning male adults, ...
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      On the brain structure heterogeneity of autism: Parsing out acquisition site effects with significance-weighted principal component analysis 

      Martinez-Murcia, Francisco; Lai,Meng-Chuan; Górriz, Juan Manuel; Ramirez, Javier; Young, Adam M. H.; Deoni,Sean C. L.; Ecker,C.; Lombardo,Michael V.; MRC AIMS Consortium; Baron-Cohen,Simon; Murphy,Declan G. M.; Bullmore,Edward T.; Suckling,John; Bailey, Anthony J.; Baron-Cohen,Simon; Bolton, P. F.; Bullmore,Edward T.; Carrington, S.; Catani, Marco; Chakrabarti,B.; Craig, Michael C.; Daly,Eileen M.; Deoni,Sean C. L.; Ecker,C.; Happé,Francesca; Henty, Julian; Jezzard, Peter; Johnston,Patrick; Jones, D. K.; Lai,Meng-Chuan; Lombardo,Michael V.; Madden, A.; Mullins, D.; Murphy,Clodagh M.; Murphy,Declan G. M.; Pasco, Greg; Ruigrok,Amber N. V.; Sadek,Susan A.; Spain,D.; Stewart, R.; Suckling,John; Wheelwright,Sally J.; Williams,Steven C. R. (2017)
      Neuroimaging studies have reported structural and physiological differences that could help understand the causes and development of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Many of them rely on multisite designs, with the recruitment ...
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      Relationship between cortical gyrification, white matter connectivity, and autism spectrum disorder 

      Ecker,C.; Andrews, Derek Sayre; Dell’Acqua, Flavio; Daly,Eileen M.; Murphy,Clodagh M.; Catani, Marco; Schotten, Thiebaut De; Baron-Cohen,Simon; Lai,Meng-Chuan; Lombardo,Michael V.; Bullmore,Edward T.; Suckling,John; Williams,Steven C. R.; Jones, D. K.; Chiocchetti, A.; Murphy,Declan G. M. (2016)
      Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental condition, which is accompanied by differences in gray matter neuroanatomy and white matter connectivity. However, it is unknown whether these differences are ...
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      Relationship between surface-based brain morphometric measures and intelligence in autism spectrum disorders: Influence of history of language delay 

      Balardin, J. B.; Sato, J. R.; Vieira, G.; Feng, Yue; Daly,Eileen M.; Murphy,Clodagh M.; Bailey, Anthony J.; Carrington, S.; Jezzard, Peter; Stewart, R.; Baron-Cohen,Simon; Bullmore,Edward T.; Chakrabarti,B.; Henty, Julian; Lai,Meng-Chuan; Lombardo,Michael V.; Pasco, Greg; Ruigrok,Amber N. V.; Sadek,Susan A.; Suckling,John; Wheelwright,Sally J.; Bolton, P. F.; Catani, Marco; Craig, Michael C.; Daly,Eileen M.; Deoni,Sean C. L.; Ecker,C.; Happé,Francesca; Johnston,Patrick; Jones, D. K.; Madden, A.; Mullins, D.; Murphy,Clodagh M.; Murphy,Declan G. M.; Spain,D.; Williams,Steven C. R.; Wilson, C. E.; Murphy,Clodagh M. (2015)
      Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a group of conditions that show abnormalities in the neuroanatomy of multiple brain regions. The variability in the development of intelligence and language among individuals on the ...
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      Self-referential and social cognition in a case of autism and agenesis of the corpus callosum 

      Lombardo,Michael V.; Chakrabarti,B.; Lai,Meng-Chuan; Baron-Cohen,Simon (2012)
      Background: While models of autism spectrum conditions (ASC) are emerging at the genetic level of analysis, clear models at higher levels of analysis, such as neuroanatomy, are lacking. Here we examine agenesis of the ...
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      Sex differences in frontal lobe connectivity in adults with autism spectrum conditions 

      Zeestraten, E. A.; Gudbrandsen, Maria; Daly,Eileen M.; de Schotten, Michel Thiebaut; Catani, Marco; Dell’Acqua, Flavio; Lai,Meng-Chuan; Ruigrok,Amber N. V.; Lombardo,Michael V.; Chakrabarti,B.; Baron-Cohen,Simon; Ecker,C.; Murphy,Declan G. M.; Craig, Michael C. (2017)
      Autism spectrum conditions (ASC) are more prevalent in males than females. The biological basis of this difference remains unclear. It has been postulated that one of the primary causes of ASC is a partial disconnection ...
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      Sex/Gender Differences and Autism: Setting the Scene for Future Research 

      Lai,Meng-Chuan; Lombardo,Michael V.; Auyeung, Bonnie; Chakrabarti,B.; Baron-Cohen,Simon (2015)
      Objective The relationship between sex/gender differences and autism has attracted a variety of research ranging from clinical and neurobiological to etiological, stimulated by the male bias in autism prevalence. Findings ...
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      A shift to randomness of brain oscillations in people with autism 

      Lai,Meng-Chuan; Lombardo,Michael V.; Chakrabarti,B.; Sadek,Susan A.; Pasco, Greg; Wheelwright,Sally J.; Bullmore,Edward T.; Baron-Cohen,Simon; Suckling,John (2010)
      Background Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) enables investigation of the intrinsic functional organization of the brain. Fractal parameters such as the Hurst exponent, H, describe the complexity ...