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Cortical and Subcortical Brain Morphometry Differences Between Patients With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Healthy Individuals Across the Lifespan: Results From the ENIGMA ASD Working Group.


ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Neuroimaging studies show structural differences in both cortical and subcortical brain regions in children and adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) compared with healthy subjects. Findings are inconsistent, however, and it is unclear how differences develop across the lifespan. The authors investigated brain morphometry differences between individuals with ASD and healthy subjects, cross-sectionally across the lifespan, in a large multinational sample from the Enhancing Neuroimaging Genetics Through Meta-Analysis (ENIGMA) ASD working group. METHOD:The sample comprised 1,571 patients with ASD and 1,651 healthy control subjects (age range, 2-64 years) from 49 participating sites. MRI scans were preprocessed at individual sites with a harmonized protocol based on a validated automated-segmentation software program. Mega-analyses were used to test for case-control differences in subcortical volumes, cortical thickness, and surface area. Development of brain morphometry over the lifespan was modeled using a fractional polynomial approach. RESULTS:The case-control mega-analysis demonstrated that ASD was associated with smaller subcortical volumes of the pallidum, putamen, amygdala, and nucleus accumbens (effect sizes [Cohen's d], 0.13 to -0.13), as well as increased cortical thickness in the frontal cortex and decreased thickness in the temporal cortex (effect sizes, -0.21 to 0.20). Analyses of age effects indicate that the development of cortical thickness is altered in ASD, with the largest differences occurring around adolescence. No age-by-ASD interactions were observed in the subcortical partitions. CONCLUSIONS:The ENIGMA ASD working group provides the largest study of brain morphometry differences in ASD to date, using a well-established, validated, publicly available analysis pipeline. ASD patients showed altered morphometry in the cognitive and affective parts of the striatum, frontal cortex, and temporal cortex. Complex developmental trajectories were observed for the different regions, with a developmental peak around adolescence. These findings suggest an interplay in the abnormal development of the striatal, frontal, and temporal regions in ASD across the lifespan.

SUBMITTER: van Rooij D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6546164 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Cortical and Subcortical Brain Morphometry Differences Between Patients With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Healthy Individuals Across the Lifespan: Results From the ENIGMA ASD Working Group.

van Rooij Daan D   Anagnostou Evdokia E   Arango Celso C   Auzias Guillaume G   Behrmann Marlene M   Busatto Geraldo F GF   Calderoni Sara S   Daly Eileen E   Deruelle Christine C   Di Martino Adriana A   Dinstein Ilan I   Duran Fabio Luis Souza FLS   Durston Sarah S   Ecker Christine C   Fair Damien D   Fedor Jennifer J   Fitzgerald Jackie J   Freitag Christine M CM   Gallagher Louise L   Gori Ilaria I   Haar Shlomi S   Hoekstra Liesbeth L   Jahanshad Neda N   Jalbrzikowski Maria M   Janssen Joost J   Lerch Jason J   Luna Beatriz B   Martinho Mauricio Moller MM   McGrath Jane J   Muratori Filippo F   Murphy Clodagh M CM   Murphy Declan G M DGM   O'Hearn Kirsten K   Oranje Bob B   Parellada Mara M   Retico Alessandra A   Rosa Pedro P   Rubia Katya K   Shook Devon D   Taylor Margot M   Thompson Paul M PM   Tosetti Michela M   Wallace Gregory L GL   Zhou Fengfeng F   Buitelaar Jan K JK  

The American journal of psychiatry 20171117 4


<h4>Objective</h4>Neuroimaging studies show structural differences in both cortical and subcortical brain regions in children and adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) compared with healthy subjects. Findings are inconsistent, however, and it is unclear how differences develop across the lifespan. The authors investigated brain morphometry differences between individuals with ASD and healthy subjects, cross-sectionally across the lifespan, in a large multinational sample from the Enhancing  ...[more]

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