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ArticleScientific reports2022

Evidence towards a continuum of impairment across neurodevelopmental disorders from basic ocular-motor tasks.

Daniela Canu, Chara Ioannou, Katarina Müller, Berthold Martin, Christian Fleischhaker, Monica Biscaldi, André Beauducel, Nikolaos Smyrnis, Ludger Tebartz van Elst, Christoph Klein

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Daniela CanuDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, Medical Centre - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. daniela.canu@uniklinik-freiburg.de.ORCID 0000-0001-6689-2089
Chara IoannouDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, Medical Centre - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Katarina MüllerPsychotherapeutisches Wohnheim für Junge Menschen Leppermühle, Buseck, Germany.
Berthold MartinPsychotherapeutisches Wohnheim für Junge Menschen Leppermühle, Buseck, Germany.
Christian FleischhakerDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, Medical Centre - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Monica BiscaldiDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, Medical Centre - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
André BeauducelInstitute of Psychology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Nikolaos Smyrnis2nd Psychiatry Department, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, University General Hospital "ATTIKON", Athens, Greece.
Ludger Tebartz van ElstDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Centre - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Christoph KleinDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, Medical Centre - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. christoph.klein.kjp@uniklinik-freiburg.de.ORCID 0000-0002-9451-4699
University of Freiburg · DELeppermühle · DENational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRUniversity of Bonn · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Findings of genetic overlap between Schizophrenia, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) contributed to a renewed conceptualization of these disorders as laying on a continuum based on aetiological, pathophysiological and neurodevelopmental features. Given that cognitive impairments are core to their pathophysiology, we compared patients with schizophrenia, ADHD, ASD, and controls on ocular-motor and manual-motor tasks, challenging crucial cognitive processes. Group comparisons revealed inhibition deficits common to all disorders, increased intra-subject variability in schizophrenia and, to a lesser extent, ADHD as well as slowed processing in schizophrenia. Patterns of deviancies from controls exhibited strong correlations, along with differences that posited schizophrenia as the most impaired group, followed by ASD and ADHD. While vector correlations point towards a common neurodevelopmental continuum of impairment, vector levels suggest differences in the severity of such impairment. These findings argue towards a dimensional approach to Neurodevelopmental Disorders' pathophysiological mechanisms.

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Attention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityAutism Spectrum DisorderCognitive DysfunctionSchizophreniaHumansInhibition, Psychological

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PMID36192503
PMCPMC9530118
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