ArticleBrain sciences2021
The Development of Brain Network in Males with Autism Spectrum Disorders from Childhood to Adolescence: Evidence from fNIRS Study.
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- Cortical Region Reporting Patterns in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Systematic Review of fNIRS Studies.Biosensors · 2026Pooled it
- Social communication and brain network properties: cognitive predictors and modulation by autistic traits.Cognitive neurodynamics · 2026Article
- fNIRS as a biomarker for X-linked neurodevelopmental disorders: leveraging visual processing to assess brain function?Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- Comparing different motion correction approaches for resting-state functional connectivity analysis with functional near-infrared spectroscopy data.Neurophotonics · 2024Article
- Disentangling the impact of motion artifact correction algorithms on functional near-infrared spectroscopy-based brain network analysis.Neurophotonics · 2024Article
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- Social Brain Network of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Characterization of Functional Connectivity and Potential Association with Stereotyped Behavior.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- The use of functional near-infrared spectroscopy in tracking neurodevelopmental trajectories in infants and children with or without developmental disorders: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Review
- Effect of Shift Work on Cognitive Function in Chinese Coal Mine Workers: A Resting-State fNIRS Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Spatial complexity method for tracking brain development and degeneration using functional near-infrared spectroscopy.Biomedical optics express · 2022Article
- Is There a Difference in Brain Functional Connectivity between Chinese Coal Mine Workers Who Have Engaged in Unsafe Behavior and Those Who Have Not?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Systematic Bibliometric and Visualized Analysis of Research Hotspots and Trends on Autism Spectrum Disorder Neuroimaging.Disease markers · 2022Article
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Abstract
In the current study, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) was used to collect resting-state signals from 77 males with autism spectrum disorders (ASD, age: 6~16.25) and 40 typically developing (TD) males (age: 6~16.58) in the theory-of-mind (ToM) network. The graph theory analysis was used to obtain the brain network properties in ToM network, and the multiple regression analysis demonstrated that males with ASD showed a comparable global network topology, and a similar age-related decrease in the medial prefrontal cortex area (mPFC) compared to TD individuals. Nevertheless, participants with ASD showed U-shaped trajectories of nodal metrics of right temporo-parietal junction (TPJ), and an age-related decrease in the left middle frontal gyrus (MFG), while trajectories of TD participants were opposite. The nodal metrics of the right TPJ was negatively associated with the social deficits of ASD, while the nodal metrics of the left MFG was negatively associated with the communication deficits of ASD. Current findings suggested a distinct developmental trajectory of the ToM network in males with ASD from childhood to adolescence.
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