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ArticleJournal of neuropathology and experimental neurology2012

Differences between the pattern of developmental abnormalities in autism associated with duplications 15q11.2-q13 and idiopathic autism.

Jerzy Wegiel, N Carolyn Schanen, Edwin H Cook, Marian Sigman, W Ted Brown, Izabela Kuchna, Krzysztof Nowicki, Jarek Wegiel, Humi Imaki, Shuang Yong Ma and 9 more

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Article in Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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31citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Jerzy WegielDepartment of Developmental Neurobiology, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York 10314, USA. Jerzy.Wegiel@opwdd.ny.gov
N Carolyn Schanen
Edwin H Cook
Marian Sigman
W Ted Brown
Izabela Kuchna
Krzysztof Nowicki
Jarek Wegiel
Humi Imaki
Shuang Yong Ma
Elaine Marchi
Teresa Wierzba-Bobrowicz
Abha Chauhan
Ved Chauhan
Ira L Cohen
Eric London
Michael Flory
Boleslaw Lach
Thomas Wisniewski
New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities · USCommunity Health Systems - Dupont Hospital · USHamilton Health Sciences · CAInstitute of Psychiatry and Neurology · PLNYU Langone Health · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USUniversity of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

PSYCHOSOCIAL COREP30AG008051 · NIA · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI SHAO, YONGZHAO · 1990 to 2019
$36.1M
A Natonal Resource for Postmortem Brain ResearchR24MH068855 · NIMH · MC LEAN HOSPITAL (BELMONT, MA) · PI BENES, FRANCINE M. · 2003 to 2012
$14.8M
TRANS STUDIES OF COGNITIVE,AFFECTIVE/NEUROCHEMICAL PROCESSES UNDERLYING INSISTENCP50HD055751 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI COOK, EDWIN H · 2007 to 2011
$9.5M
LONGITUDINAL FOLLOW UP AND EXTENSION OF JOINT ATTENTION INTERVENTIONU19HD035470 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI SIGMAN, MARIAN D · 2002 to 2006
$4.0M
Therapeutic Targeting of Abnormal Conformation in Neurodegenerative DiseaseR01NS073502 · NINDS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI WISNIEWSKI, THOMAS M · 2010 to 2019
$3.7M
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG008051NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD055751NICHD NIH HHS U19 HD035470NICHD NIH HHS U19 HD35470NIMH NIH HHS R24 MH068855NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS073502
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to identify differences in patterns of developmental abnormalities between the brains of individuals with autism of unknown etiology and those of individuals with duplications of chromosome 15q11.2-q13 (dup[15]) and autism and to identify alterations that may contribute to seizures and sudden death in the latter. Brains of 9 subjects with dup(15), 10 with idiopathic autism, and 7 controls were examined. In the dup(15) cohort, 7 subjects (78%) had autism, 7 (78%) had seizures, and 6 (67%) had experienced sudden unexplained death. Subjects with dup(15) autism were microcephalic, with mean brain weights 300 g less (1,177 g) than those of subjects with idiopathic autism (1,477 g; p<0.001). Heterotopias in the alveus, CA4, and dentate gyrus and dysplasia in the dentate gyrus were detected in 89% of dup(15) autism cases but in only 10% of idiopathic autism cases (p < 0.001). By contrast, cerebral cortex dysplasia was detected in 50% of subjects with idiopathic autism and in no dup(15) autism cases (p<0.04). The different spectrum and higher prevalence of developmental neuropathologic findings in the dup(15) cohort than in cases with idiopathic autism may contribute to the high risk of early onset of seizures and sudden death.

Indexed as

Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15AdolescentAdultAutistic DisorderBrainChildChild, PreschoolChoristomaChromosome DuplicationChromosome MappingCohort StudiesDevelopmental DisabilitiesFemaleHumansKaryotypingMale

Identifiers

PMID22487857
PMCPMC3612833
OpenAlexW2037162013

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