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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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      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 ...