Pierce, Karen

Prevalence and Characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Children Aged 8 Years — Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 11 Sites, United States, 2020

Maenner, M. J., Warren, Z., Williams, A. R., Amoakohene, E., Bakian, A. V., Bilder, D. A., Durkin, M. S., Fitzgerald, R. T., Furnier, S. M., Hughes, M. M., et al. (2023) · MMWR. Surveillance Summaries

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Prevalence and characteristics of autism spectrum disorder among children aged 8 years—Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 11 sites, United States, 2018.

Maenner, M. J., Shaw, K. A., Bakian, A. V., Bilder, D. A., Durkin, M. S., Esler, A., Furnier, S. M., Hallas, L., Hall-Lande, J., Hudson, A., et al. (2021) · MMWR. Surveillance Summaries

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Brain charts for the human lifespan

Bethlehem, R. A. I., Seidlitz, J., White, S. R., Vogel, J. W., Anderson, K. M., Adamson, C., Adler, S., Alexopoulos, G. S., Anagnostou, E., Areces-Gonzalez, A., et al. (2022) · Nature

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Unusual brain growth patterns in early life in patients with autistic disorder: An MRI study

Courchesne, E., Karns, C. M., Davis, H. R., Ziccardi, R., Carper, R. A., Tigue, Z. D., Chisum, H. J., Moses, P., Pierce, K., Lord, C., et al. (2001) · Neurology

Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchGenetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

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Why the frontal cortex in autism might be talking only to itself: local over-connectivity but long-distance disconnection

Courchesne, E., & Pierce, K. (2005) · Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchGenetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

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Face processing occurs outside the fusiform ‘face area’ in autism: evidence from functional MRI

Pierce, K. (2001) · Brain

Face Recognition and PerceptionAutism Spectrum Disorder Research

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Prevalence and Early Identification of Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Children Aged 4 and 8 Years — Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 16 Sites, United States, 2022

Shaw, K. A., Williams, S., Patrick, M. E., Valencia-Prado, M., Durkin, M. S., Howerton, E. M., Ladd-Acosta, C. M., Pas, E. T., Bakian, A. V., Bartholomew, P., et al. (2025) · MMWR. Surveillance Summaries

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Mapping early brain development in autism

Courchesne, E., Pierce, K., Schumann, C. M., Redcay, E., Buckwalter, J. A., Kennedy, D. P., & Morgan, J. (2007) · Neuron

Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchGenetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

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Early Intervention for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Under 3 Years of Age: Recommendations for Practice and Research

Zwaigenbaum, L., Bauman, M. L., Choueiri, R., Kasari, C., Carter, A., Granpeesheh, D., Mailloux, Z., Smith Roley, S., Wagner, S., Fein, D., et al. (2015) · Pediatrics

Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchBehavioral and Psychological Studies

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Neuron Number and Size in Prefrontal Cortex of Children With Autism

Courchesne, E., Mouton, P. R., Calhoun, M. E., Semendeferi, K., Ahrens-Barbeau, C., Hallet, M. J., Barnes, C. C., & Pierce, K. (2011) · JAMA

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Targeted sequencing identifies 91 neurodevelopmental-disorder risk genes with autism and developmental-disability biases

Stessman, H. A. F., Xiong, B., Coe, B. P., Wang, T., Hoekzema, K., Fenckova, M., Kvarnung, M., Gerdts, J., Trinh, S., Cosemans, N., et al. (2017) · Nature Genetics

Genetics and Neurodevelopmental DisordersAutism Spectrum Disorder Research

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Longitudinal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Cortical Development through Early Childhood in Autism

Schumann, C. M., Bloss, C. S., Barnes, C. C., Wideman, G. M., Carper, R. A., Akshoomoff, N., Pierce, K., Hagler, D., Schork, N., Lord, C., et al. (2010) · The Journal of Neuroscience

Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchGenetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

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Preference for geometric patterns early in life as a risk factor for autism

Pierce, K., Conant, D., Hazin, R., Stoner, R., & Desmond, J. (2011) · Archives of General Psychiatry

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The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule—Toddler Module: A New Module of a Standardized Diagnostic Measure for Autism Spectrum Disorders

Luyster, R., Gotham, K., Guthrie, W., Coffing, M., Petrak, R., Pierce, K., Bishop, S., Esler, A., Hus, V., Oti, R., et al. (2009) · Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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Altered proliferation and networks in neural cells derived from idiopathic autistic individuals

Marchetto, M. C., Belinson, H., Tian, Y., Freitas, B. C., Fu, C., Vadodaria, K. C., Beltrao-Braga, P. C., Trujillo, C. A., Mendes, A. P. D., Padmanabhan, K., et al. (2017) · Molecular Psychiatry

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Evidence for a cerebellar role in reduced exploration and stereotyped behavior in autism

Pierce, K., & Courchesne, E. (2001) · Biological Psychiatry

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Integrating de novo and inherited variants in 42,607 autism cases identifies mutations in new moderate-risk genes

Zhou, X., Feliciano, P., Shu, C., Wang, T., Astrovskaya, I., Hall, J. B., Obiajulu, J. U., Wright, J. R., Murali, S. C., Xu, S. X., et al. (2022) · Nature Genetics

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The brain response to personally familiar faces in autism: Findings of fusiform activity and beyond

Pierce, K. (2004) · Brain

Face Recognition and PerceptionAutism Spectrum Disorder Research

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Disrupted neural synchronization in toddlers with autism

Dinstein, I., Pierce, K., Eyler, L., Solso, S., Malach, R., Behrmann, M., & Courchesne, E. (2011) · Neuron

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Evaluation of the Diagnostic Stability of the Early Autism Spectrum Disorder Phenotype in the General Population Starting at 12 Months

Pierce, K., Gazestani, V. H., Bacon, E., Barnes, C. C., Cha, D., Nalabolu, S., Lopez, L., Moore, A., Pence-Stophaeros, S., & Courchesne, E. (2019) · JAMA Pediatrics

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The ASD Living Biology: from cell proliferation to clinical phenotype

Courchesne, E., Pramparo, T., Gazestani, V. H., Lombardo, M. V., Pierce, K., & Lewis, N. E. (2019) · Molecular Psychiatry

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Detecting, Studying, and Treating Autism Early: The One-Year Well-Baby Check-Up Approach

Pierce, K., Carter, C., Weinfeld, M., Desmond, J., Hazin, R., Bjork, R., & Gallagher, N. (2011) · The Journal of Pediatrics

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Exome sequencing of 457 autism families recruited online provides evidence for autism risk genes

Feliciano, P., Zhou, X., Astrovskaya, I., Turner, T. N., Wang, T., Brueggeman, L., Barnard, R., Hsieh, A., Snyder, L. G., Muzny, D. M., et al. (2019) · npj Genomic Medicine

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Early Identification of Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Children Aged 4 Years — Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 11 Sites, United States, 2020

Shaw, K. A., Bilder, D. A., McArthur, D., Williams, A. R., Amoakohene, E., Bakian, A. V., Durkin, M. S., Fitzgerald, R. T., Furnier, S. M., Hughes, M. M., et al. (2023) · MMWR. Surveillance Summaries

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