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ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2015

The role of cerebellar circuitry alterations in the pathophysiology of autism spectrum disorders.

Matthew W Mosconi, Zheng Wang, Lauren M Schmitt, Peter Tsai, John A Sweeney

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Review in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
69citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

69 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 114 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
  3. Atypical Cerebellar Responses are Associated with Altered Neural Habituation during Sensory Stimulation in Autism.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026
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  6. Atypical Visually Guided Precision Grip Control in Middle-Aged and Older Autistic Adults.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026
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  7. The Neuroimmunology of Autism.Molecular neurobiology · 2025
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  11. Atypical Postural Control Variability and Coordination Persist Into Middle and Older Adulthood in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2025
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  12. Sensorimotor Behavior in Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Unaffected Biological Parents.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2025
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  13. Behavioral decline in Shank3Molecular autism · 2024
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  16. Behavioral regression in shank3Research square · 2024
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9 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Matthew W MosconiClinical Child Psychology Program and Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies, University of Kansas Lawrence, KS, USA ; Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities, University of Texas Southwestern Dallas, TX, USA ; Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Dallas, TX, USA ; Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Dallas, TX, USA.
Zheng WangCenter for Autism and Developmental Disabilities, University of Texas Southwestern Dallas, TX, USA ; Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Dallas, TX, USA.
Lauren M SchmittCenter for Autism and Developmental Disabilities, University of Texas Southwestern Dallas, TX, USA ; Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Dallas, TX, USA.
Peter TsaiCenter for Autism and Developmental Disabilities, University of Texas Southwestern Dallas, TX, USA ; Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Dallas, TX, USA ; Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Dallas, TX, USA ; Department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics, University of Texas Southwestern Dallas, TX, USA ; Department of Neuroscience, University of Texas Southwestern Dallas, TX, USA.
John A SweeneyCenter for Autism and Developmental Disabilities, University of Texas Southwestern Dallas, TX, USA ; Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Dallas, TX, USA ; Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Dallas, TX, USA.
Center for Autism and Related Disorders · USLifeSpan Medical Institute · US

Funding

Neurophysiological and acute pharmacological studies in FXS patientsU54HD082008 · NICHD · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI HUBER, KIMBERLY M. · 2014 to 2019
$9.8M
NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD082008
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cerebellum has been repeatedly implicated in gene expression, rodent model and post-mortem studies of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). How cellular and molecular anomalies of the cerebellum relate to clinical manifestations of ASD remains unclear. Separate circuits of the cerebellum control different sensorimotor behaviors, such as maintaining balance, walking, making eye movements, reaching, and grasping. Each of these behaviors has been found to be impaired in ASD, suggesting that multiple distinct circuits of the cerebellum may be involved in the pathogenesis of patients' sensorimotor impairments. We will review evidence that the development of these circuits is disrupted in individuals with ASD and that their study may help elucidate the pathophysiology of sensorimotor deficits and core symptoms of the disorder. Preclinical studies of monogenetic conditions associated with ASD also have identified selective defects of the cerebellum and documented behavioral rescues when the cerebellum is targeted. Based on these findings, we propose that cerebellar circuits may prove to be promising targets for therapeutic development aimed at rescuing sensorimotor and other clinical symptoms of different forms of ASD.

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autism spectrum disordercerebellumgaitgeneticsoculomotorpathophysiologyprecision gripsensorimotor

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PMID26388713
PMCPMC4555040
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