ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2023
Absence of associations with prefrontal cortex and cerebellum may link to early language and social deficits in preschool children with ASD.
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- Cerebellar Contributions to Cerebral Connectivity in Severe Mental Illness: A Developmental Cascade and Predictive-Modeling Framework with Autistic Disorder as the Focal Case.Brain sciences · 2026Review
- White matter correlates of language ability in chinese boys with autism spectrum disorder: a diffusional kurtosis imaging study.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Neuroanatomical basis of language ability in an autism subgroup with moderate language deficits.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- Neuroplasticity of children in autism spectrum disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Review
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Abstract
Introduction: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex developmental disorder, characterized by language and social deficits that begin to appear in the first years of life. Research in preschool children with ASD has consistently reported increased global brain volume and abnormal cortical patterns, and the brain structure abnormalities have also been found to be clinically and behaviorally relevant. However, little is known regarding the associations between brain structure abnormalities and early language and social deficits in preschool children with ASD. Methods: In this study, we collected magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data from a cohort of Chinese preschool children with and without ASD (24 ASD/20 non-ASD) aged 12-52 months, explored group differences in brain gray matter (GM) volume, and examined associations between regional GM volume and early language and social abilities in these two groups, separately. Results: We observed significantly greater global GM volume in children with ASD as compared to those without ASD, but there were no regional GM volume differences between these two groups. For children without ASD, GM volume in bilateral prefrontal cortex and cerebellum was significantly correlated with language scores; GM volume in bilateral prefrontal cortex was significantly correlated with social scores. No significant correlations were found in children with ASD. Discussion: Our data demonstrate correlations of regional GM volume with early language and social abilities in preschool children without ASD, and the absence of these associations appear to underlie language and social deficits in children with ASD. These findings provide novel evidence for the neuroanatomical basis associated with language and social abilities in preschool children with and without ASD, which promotes a better understanding of early deficits in language and social functions in ASD.
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