Consensus paper: pathological role of the cerebellum in autism

SH Fatemi, KA Aldinger, P Ashwood, ML Bauman… - The Cerebellum, 2012 - Springer
There has been significant advancement in various aspects of scientific knowledge
concerning the role of cerebellum in the etiopathogenesis of autism. In the current …

The emergence of collaborative brain function: FMRI studies of the development of response inhibition

B Luna, JA Sweeney - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Adolescence marks the beginning of adult‐level cognitive control of behavior supported by
the brain maturation processes of synaptic pruning and myelination. Cognitive development …

Resting state EEG abnormalities in autism spectrum disorders

J Wang, J Barstein, LE Ethridge, MW Mosconi… - Journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a group of complex and heterogeneous
developmental disorders involving multiple neural system dysfunctions. In an effort to …

Neuropsychologic impairments in bipolar and unipolar mood disorders on the CANTAB neurocognitive battery

JA Sweeney, JA Kmiec, DJ Kupfer - Biological psychiatry, 2000 - Elsevier
Background: Cognitive deficits associated with mood disorders, especially bipolar disorder,
have been the focus of limited systematic investigation. Methods: We tested 35 bipolar (21 in …

Positron emission tomography study of voluntary saccadic eye movements and spatial working memory

JA Sweeney, MA Mintun, S Kwee… - Journal of …, 1996 - journals.physiology.org
1. The purpose of this study is to define the cortical regions that subserve voluntary saccadic
eye movements and spatial working memory in humans. 2. Regional cerebral blood flow …

Maturation of cognitive processes from late childhood to adulthood

B Luna, KE Garver, TA Urban, NA Lazar… - Child …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
To characterize cognitive maturation through adolescence, processing speed, voluntary
response suppression, and spatial working memory were measured in 8‐to 30‐year‐old (N …

Autism genome-wide copy number variation reveals ubiquitin and neuronal genes

JT Glessner, K Wang, G Cai, O Korvatska, CE Kim… - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are childhood neurodevelopmental disorders with
complex genetic origins,,,. Previous studies focusing on candidate genes or genomic …

White matter integrity and cognition in chronic traumatic brain injury: a diffusion tensor imaging study

MF Kraus, T Susmaras, BP Caughlin, CJ Walker… - Brain, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a serious public health problem. Even injuries classified as
mild, the most common, can result in persistent neurobehavioural impairment. Diffuse …

Common genetic variants on 5p14. 1 associate with autism spectrum disorders

K Wang, H Zhang, D Ma, M Bucan, JT Glessner… - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) represent a group of childhood neurodevelopmental and
neuropsychiatric disorders characterized by deficits in verbal communication, impairment of …

Maturation of widely distributed brain function subserves cognitive development

B Luna, KR Thulborn, DP Munoz, EP Merriam… - Neuroimage, 2001 - Elsevier
Cognitive and brain maturational changes continue throughout late childhood and
adolescence. During this time, increasing cognitive control over behavior enhances the …