Why do we need sex-balanced studies of autism?
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IQ trajectories in autistic children through preadolescence
The study team developed techniques to collect MRI scans on individuals with all levels of intellectual ability. We found a brain network that is different between children whose IQ changed over time and those whose IQ stayed the same over time.
Sex differences in areas of the brain connected to the amygdala
This study found sex differences between the network of regions that are monosynaptically connected to the amygdala.
Differences in brain networks in 3-year-old autistic children
This study found differences between 3 year old autistic males and females in three networks that have been widely implicated in autism.