Default mode and fronto-parietal network associations with IQ development across childhood in autism.

Joshua K LeeAn Chuen Billy ChoDerek S AndrewsSally OzonoffSally J RogersDavid G AmaralMarjorie SolomonChristine Wu Nordahl

Published in: Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders (2022)

Within autism, volumetric differences of brain regions within the DMN in early childhood may differentiate individuals with persistently low IQ from those with low IQ that improves through childhood. Structural differences in brain networks between these three IQ-based subgroups highlight distinct neural underpinnings of these autism sub-phenotypes.

Keyphrases

autism spectrum disorder
resting state
intellectual disability
functional connectivity
white matter
early life
working memory
cerebral ischemia
brain injury