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Shared and distinct intrinsic functional network centrality in autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

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Di Martino, Adriana, Zuo, Xi-Nian, Kelly, Clare, Grzadzinski, Rebecca, Mennes, Maarten, Schvarcz, Ariel, Rodman, Jennifer, Lord, Catherine +2 more·2013·Biological Psychiatry

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Background Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) often exhibit symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Across both disorders, observations of distributed functional abnormalities suggest aberrant large-scale brain network connectivity. Yet, common and distinct network correlates of ASD and ADHD remain unidentified. Here, we aimed to examine patterns of dysconnection in school-age children with ASD and ADHD and typically developing children who completed a resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging scan.Methods We measured voxelwise network centrality, functional connectivity metrics indexing local (degree centrality [DC]) and global (eigenvector centrality) functional relationships across the entire brain connectome, in resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging data from 56 children with ASD, 45 children with ADHD, and 50 typically developing children. A one-way analysis of covariance, with group as fixed factor (whole-brain corrected), was followed by post hoc pairwise comparisons.Results Cortical and subcortical areas exhibited centrality abnormalities, some common to both ADHD and ASD, such as in precuneus. Others were disorder-specific and included ADHD-related increases in DC in right striatum/pallidum, in contrast with ASD-related increases in bilateral temporolimbic areas. Secondary analyses differentiating children with ASD into those with or without ADHD-like comorbidity (ASD(+) and ASD(-), respectively) revealed that the ASD(+) group shared ADHD-specific abnormalities in basal ganglia. By contrast, centrality increases in temporolimbic areas characterized children with ASD regardless of ADHD-like comorbidity. At the cluster level, eigenvector centrality group patterns were similar to DC.Conclusions ADHD and ASD are neurodevelopmental disorders with distinct and overlapping clinical presentations. This work provides evidence for both shared and distinct underlying mechanisms at the large-scale network level.

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Di Martino, A., Zuo, X.-N., Kelly, C., Grzadzinski, R., Mennes, M., Schvarcz, A., Rodman, J., Lord, C., Castellanos, F. X., & Milham, M. P.
Affiliations
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
  • NYU Langone Health (US)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
  • Weill Cornell Medical Center (US)
  • Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research (US)
  • Child Mind Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Milham, Michael P.
Venue
Biological Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-10
Volume
74
Issue
8
Pages
623-632
ISSN
0006-3223 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2085081755
Cited by
345
References
104
Citations by year
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FWCI
17.12
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Biological Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Institutional Repository of Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) (submittedVersion)
  • Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • ADM and National Institute of Mental Health (K23MH087770, R01MH081218)
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD065282)
  • Natural Science Foundation of China (81171409, 81220108014)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (KSZD-EW-TZ-002, Y0CX492S03, Y2CX112006)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Keywords
autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, resting-state functional connectivity, brain connectome, degree centrality, eigenvector centrality, basal ganglia, precuneus
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Autistic Disorder, Brain, Child, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Connectome

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