Annual Research Review: Understudied populations within the autism spectrum - current trends and future directions in neuroimaging research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are a heterogeneous group of neurodevelopmental conditions that vary in both etiology and phenotypic expression. Expressions of ASD characterized by a more severe phenotype, including autism with intellectual disability (ASD + ID), autism with a history of developmental regression (ASD + R), and minimally verbal autism (ASD + MV) are understudied generally, and especially in the domain of neuroimaging. However, neuroimaging methods are a potentially powerful tool for understanding the etiology of these ASD subtypes.

Scope and methodology

This review evaluates existing neuroimaging research on ASD + MV, ASD + ID, and ASD + R, identified by a search of the literature using the PubMed database, and discusses methodological, theoretica

SUBMITTER: Jack A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5367938 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature