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Functional connectivity of the inferior frontal cortex changes with age in children with autism spectrum disorders: a fcMRI study of response inhibition

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Lee, Philip S., Yerys, Benjamin E., Della Rosa, Anne, Foss-Feig, Jennifer, Barnes, Kelly Anne, James, Joette D., VanMeter, John, Vaidya, Chandan J. +2 more·2009·Cerebral Cortex

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Unmasking the neural basis of neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism spectrum disorders (ASD), requires studying functional connectivity during childhood when cognitive skills develop. A functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging (fcMRI) analysis was performed on data collected during Go/NoGo task performance from 24 children ages 8-12 years (12 with ASD; 12 controls matched on age and intellectual functioning). We investigated the connectivity of the left and right inferior frontal cortex (IFC; BA 47), key regions for response inhibition, with other active regions in frontal, striatal, and parietal cortex. Groups did not differ on behavioral measures or functional connectivity of either IFC region. A trend for reduced connectivity in the right IFC for the ASD group was revealed when controlling for age. In the ASD group, there was a significant negative correlation between age and 2 right IFC correlation pairs: right IFC-bilateral presupplementary motor area (BA 6) and right IFC-right caudate. Compared with typical controls, children with ASD may not have gross differences in IFC functional connectivity during response inhibition, which contrasts with an adult study of ASD that reported reduced functional connectivity. This discrepancy suggests an atypical developmental trajectory in ASD for right IFC connectivity with other neural regions supporting response inhibition.

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  • Reductions in functional connectivity in ASD may depend on age.

    “although these reductions in functional connectivity may be age-dependent (Lee et al., 2009)”

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  • Our finding of no differences in frontostriatal brain activation is consistent with a growing body of literature using cognitive control paradigms and showing no differences in brain activation in children with ASD.

    “Yet, our finding of no differences in frontostriatal brain activation is consistent with a growing body of literature using cognitive control paradigms and showing no differences in brain activation in children with ASD (Ambrosino et al., 2014; Lee et al., 2009; extensively reviewed in Yerys et al., 2015).”

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Lee, P. S., Yerys, B. E., Della Rosa, A., Foss-Feig, J., Barnes, K. A., James, J. D., VanMeter, J., Vaidya, C. J., Gaillard, W. D., & Kenworthy, L. E.
Affiliations
  • Georgetown University (US)
  • Children's National (US)
Venue
Cerebral Cortex
Published
2008-12-09
Volume
19
Issue
8
Pages
1787-1794
ISSN
  • 1047-3211 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2199
OpenAlex
W2152161119
Cited by
123
References
68
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FWCI
3.96
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Cerebral Cortex (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Frederick and Elizabeth Singer Foundation (P30HD40677)
  • Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum
  • Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Research Institute
  • Children's National Hospital
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (NIH T32HD046388, NIH IDDRC P30HD40677)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (U54MH066417)
  • National Center for Research Resources (M01 RR-13297, M01RR013297)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (P30HD40677, T32HD046388)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Keywords
autism spectrum disorder, inferior frontal cortex, functional connectivity, response inhibition, go/no-go task, age differences, children, pre-supplementary motor area, caudate nucleus, brain development, developmental trajectories
MeSH terms
Age Factors, Analysis of Variance, Autistic Disorder, Cerebral Cortex, Child, Cognition Disorders, Female, Frontal Lobe, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Language Tests, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Nerve Net, Neuropsychological Tests

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