Evolution of the human nervous system function, structure, and development

AMM Sousa, KA Meyer, G Santpere, FO Gulden… - Cell, 2017‏ - cell.com
The nervous system—in particular, the brain and its cognitive abilities—is among humans'
most distinctive and impressive attributes. How the nervous system has changed in the …

Neuroimaging in autism spectrum disorder: brain structure and function across the lifespan

C Ecker, SY Bookheimer, DGM Murphy - The Lancet Neurology, 2015‏ - thelancet.com
Over the past decade, in-vivo MRI studies have provided many invaluable insights into the
neural substrates underlying autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which is now known to be …

Imaging structural co-variance between human brain regions

A Alexander-Bloch, JN Giedd, E Bullmore - Nature Reviews …, 2013‏ - nature.com
Brain structure varies between people in a markedly organized fashion. Communities of
brain regions co-vary in their morphological properties. For example, cortical thickness in …

A revised limbic system model for memory, emotion and behaviour

M Catani, F Dell'Acqua, MT De Schotten - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Emotion, memories and behaviour emerge from the coordinated activities of regions
connected by the limbic system. Here, we propose an update of the limbic model based on …

Resting state EEG abnormalities in autism spectrum disorders

J Wang, J Barstein, LE Ethridge, MW Mosconi… - Journal of …, 2013‏ - Springer
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a group of complex and heterogeneous
developmental disorders involving multiple neural system dysfunctions. In an effort to …

Brain growth across the life span in autism: age-specific changes in anatomical pathology

E Courchesne, K Campbell, S Solso - Brain research, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Autism is marked by overgrowth of the brain at the earliest ages but not at older ages when
decreases in structural volumes and neuron numbers are observed instead. This has led to …

Neural synchrony in brain disorders: relevance for cognitive dysfunctions and pathophysiology

PJ Uhlhaas, W Singer - neuron, 2006‏ - cell.com
Following the discovery of context-dependent synchronization of oscillatory neuronal
responses in the visual system, novel methods of time series analysis have been developed …

Increased dendritic spine densities on cortical projection neurons in autism spectrum disorders

JJ Hutsler, H Zhang - Brain research, 2010‏ - Elsevier
Multiple types of indirect evidence have been used to support theories of altered cortical
connectivity in autism spectrum disorders (ASD). In other developmental disorders reduced …

Longitudinal changes in cortical thickness in autism and typical development

BA Zielinski, MBD Prigge, JA Nielsen, AL Froehlich… - Brain, 2014‏ - academic.oup.com
The natural history of brain growth in autism spectrum disorders remains unclear. Cross-
sectional studies have identified regional abnormalities in brain volume and cortical …

Neuroanatomy of autism

DG Amaral, CM Schumann, CW Nordahl - Trends in neurosciences, 2008‏ - cell.com
Autism spectrum disorder is a heterogeneous, behaviorally defined, neurodevelopmental
disorder that occurs in 1 in 150 children. Individuals with autism have deficits in social …