Individual-based morphological brain network organization and its association with autistic symptoms in young children with autism spectrum disorder.

ABSTRACT: Individual-based morphological brain networks built from T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reflect synchronous maturation intensities between anatomical regions at the individual level. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a socio-cognitive and neurodevelopmental disorder with high neuroanatomical heterogeneity, but the specific patterns of morphological networks in ASD remain largely unexplored at the individual level. In this study, individual-based morphological networks were constructed by using high-resolution structural MRI data from 40 young children with ASD (age range: 2-8 years) and 38 age-, gender-, and handedness-matched typically developing children (TDC). Measurements were recorded as threefold. Results showed that compared with TDC, young children with ASD exhibited

SUBMITTER: He C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8193534 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature