Sex differences in early brain development and motor skills
Our study looked at how a motor-related brain region called the striatum and its connections with other parts of the brain help coordinate movement in autistic and non-autistic boys and …
Sex differences in trajectories of cortical development in autistic children from 2–13 years of age
Learn more about the article here: https://health.ucdavis.edu/mind-institute/news/headlines/researchers-find-key-differences-in-brain-development-between-autistic-boys-and-girls/2024/05 The full article can be found here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-024-02592-8
Why do we need sex-balanced studies of autism?
The purpose of this commentary is to Read the full article here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aur.2971
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.