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Cortical responses to social stimuli in infants at elevated likelihood of ASD and/or ADHD: A prospective cross-condition fNIRS study    
Yazarlar
Borja Blanco
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Sarah Lloyd-Fox
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Jannath Begum-Ali
Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom
Laura Pirazzoli
Boston Children's Hospital, United States
Amy Goodwin
King's College London, United Kingdom
Luke Mason
Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom
Greg Pasco
King's College London, United Kingdom
Tony Charman
King's College London, United Kingdom
Emily J.H. Jones
Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom
Mark H. Johnson
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Mutluhan ERSOY Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Mutluhan ERSOY
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Özet
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are highly prevalent neurodevelopmental conditions that often co-occur and present both common and distinct neurodevelopmental profiles. Studying the developmental pathways leading to the emergence of ASD and/or ADHD symptomatology is crucial in understanding neurodiversity and discovering the mechanisms that underpin it. This study used functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to investigate differences in cortical specialization to social stimuli between 4- to 6-month-old infants at typical and elevated likelihood of ASD and/or ADHD. Results showed that infants at both elevated likelihood of ASD and ADHD had reduced selectivity to vocal sounds in left middle and superior temporal gyrus. Furthermore, infants at elevated likelihood of ASD showed attenuated responses to visual social stimuli in several cortical regions compared to infants at typical likelihood. Individual brain responses to visual social stimuli were associated with later autism traits, but not ADHD traits. These outcomes support our previous observations showing atypical social brain responses in infants at elevated likelihood of ASD and align with later atypical brain responses to social stimuli observed in children and adults with ASD. These findings highlight the importance of characterizing antecedent biomarkers of atypicalities in processing socially relevant information that might contribute to both phenotypic overlap and divergence across ASD and ADHD conditions and their association with the later emergence of behavioural symptoms.
Anahtar Kelimeler
ADHD | ASD | fNIRS | Infants | Social stimuli
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Cortex
Dergi ISSN 0010-9452
Dergi Grubu Q1
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 12-2023
Cilt No 169
Sayı 1
Sayfalar 18 / 34
Doi Numarası 10.1016/j.cortex.2023.07.010