ArticleFrontiers in physiology2018
Variations of the Functional Brain Network Efficiency in a Young Clinical Sample within the Autism Spectrum: A fNIRS Investigation.
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- Cortical Region Reporting Patterns in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Systematic Review of fNIRS Studies.Biosensors · 2026Pooled it
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- Near-Infrared Spectroscopy: A Free-Living Neuroscience Tool to Better Understand Diabetes and Obesity.Metabolites · 2023Review
- Looking for "fNIRS Signature" in Autism Spectrum: A Systematic Review Starting From Preschoolers.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Review
- fNIRS-derived neurocognitive ratio as a biomarker for neuropsychiatric diseases.Neurophotonics · 2021Article
- Research progress of functional near-infrared spectroscopy in patients with psychiatric disorders.Forensic sciences research · 2021Review
- A Narrative Review on Clinical Applications of fNIRS.Journal of digital imaging · 2020Review
- Applications of Resting-State fNIRS in the Developing Brain: A Review From the Connectome Perspective.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2020Review
- Reliability evaluation on weighted graph metrics of fNIRS brain networks.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2019Article
- The estimation of the functioning of families with ASD children.AIMS public health · 2019Article
- Prediction in Autism by Deep Learning Short-Time Spontaneous Hemodynamic Fluctuations.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2019Article
- Novel analysis of fNIRS acquired dynamic hemoglobin concentrations: application in young children with autism spectrum disorder.Biomedical optics express · 2018Article
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Abstract
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder with dimensional behavioral symptoms and various damages in the structural and functional brain. Previous neuroimaging studies focused on exploring the differences of brain development between individuals with and without autism spectrum disorders (ASD). However, few of them have attempted to investigate the individual differences of the brain features among subjects within the Autism spectrum. Our main goal was to explore the individual differences of neurodevelopment in young children with Autism by testing for the association between the functional network efficiency and levels of autistic behaviors, as well as the association between the functional network efficiency and age. Forty-six children with Autism (ages 2.0-8.9 years old) participated in the current study, with levels of autistic behaviors evaluated by their parents. The network efficiency (global and local network efficiency) were obtained from the functional networks based on the oxy-, deoxy-, and total-Hemoglobin series, respectively. Results indicated that the network efficiency decreased with age in young children with Autism in the deoxy- and total-Hemoglobin-based-networks, and children with a relatively higher level of autistic behaviors showed decreased network efficiency in the oxy-hemoglobin-based network. Results suggest individual differences of brain development in young children within the Autism spectrum, providing new insights into the psychopathology of ASD.
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