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ArticleCerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)2021

Altered Inferior Parietal Functional Connectivity is Correlated with Praxis and Social Skill Performance in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Nicholas F Wymbs, Mary Beth Nebel, Joshua B Ewen, Stewart H Mostofsky

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Article in Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Aberrant gesture use in autism spectrum disorders is unrelated to motor abnormalities.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2026
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  5. Anomalous Pattern of Left Hemisphere Visual Connectivity in Children With Autism: Association With Impaired Praxis.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026
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  12. Unsupervised Dimensionality Reduction Techniques for the Assessment of ASD Biomarkers.Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing. Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing · 2025
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  20. Motor performance, praxis, and social skills in autism spectrum disorder and developmental coordination disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nicholas F WymbsCenter for Neurodevelopmental and Imaging Research, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Mary Beth NebelCenter for Neurodevelopmental and Imaging Research, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Joshua B EwenDepartment of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Stewart H MostofskyCenter for Neurodevelopmental and Imaging Research, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Johns Hopkins University · USKennedy Krieger Institute · US

Funding

Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (UL1)UL1RR025005 · NCRR · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI FORD, DANIEL ERNEST · 2007 to 2011
$75.8M
TR&D 4: Algorithms for functional and anatomical brain analysisP41EB015909 · NIBIB · HUGO W. MOSER RES INST KENNEDY KRIEGER · PI VAN ZIJL, PETER CM · 2012 to 2020
$13.1M
Sleep and Circadian Dysfunction, Brain and Neurobehavioral Development in AutismP50HD103538 · NICHD · HUGO W. MOSER RES INST KENNEDY KRIEGER · PI Stewart H Mostofsky · 2020 to 2026
$9.9M
Translational Neuroscience CoreU54HD079123 · NICHD · HUGO W. MOSER RES INST KENNEDY KRIEGER · PI FATEMI, S. ALI · 2014 to 2019
$7.9M
A Novel Framework for Impaired Imitation in ASDR01MH113652 · NIMH · HUGO W. MOSER RES INST KENNEDY KRIEGER · PI EWEN, JOSHUA B · 2017 to 2021
$3.0M
Motor Skill Learning in AutismR01NS048527 · NINDS · HUGO W. MOSER RES INST KENNEDY KRIEGER · PI MOSTOFSKY, STEWART H · 2005 to 2012
$2.9M
Visual-Motor Development in Infants at High Risk for AutismK01MH109766 · NIMH · HUGO W. MOSER RES INST KENNEDY KRIEGER · PI NEBEL, MARY BETH · 2016 to 2020
$753k
NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR025005NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB015909NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD103538NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD079123NIMH NIH HHS K01 MH109766NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH113652NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS048527
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have difficulties perceiving and producing skilled gestures, or praxis. The inferior parietal lobule (IPL) is crucial to praxis acquisition and expression, yet how IPL connectivity contributes to autism-associated impairments in praxis as well as social-communicative skill remains unclear. Using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging, we applied independent component analysis to test how IPL connectivity relates to praxis and social-communicative skills in children with and without ASD. Across all children (with/without ASD), praxis positively correlated with connectivity of left posterior-IPL with the left dorsal premotor cortex and with the bilateral posterior/medial parietal cortex. Praxis also correlated with connectivity of right central-IPL connectivity with the left intraparietal sulcus and medial parietal lobe. Further, in children with ASD, poorer praxis and social-communicative skills both correlated with weaker right central-IPL connectivity with the left cerebellum, posterior cingulate, and right dorsal premotor cortex. Our findings suggest that IPL connectivity is linked to praxis development, that contributions arise bilaterally, and that right IPL connectivity is associated with impaired praxis and social-communicative skills in autism. The findings underscore the potential impact of IPL connectivity and impaired skill acquisition on the development of a range of social-communicative and motor functions during childhood, including autism-associated impairments.

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Social SkillsApraxiasAutism Spectrum DisorderBrainCase-Control StudiesCerebellumChildFemaleFunctional NeuroimagingGesturesGyrus CinguliHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMotor CortexNeural PathwaysconnectivitydyspraxiagestureICAmotor skill

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PMID33386399
PMCPMC8023826
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