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Hasegawa C, Ikeda T, Yoshimura Y, Kumazaki H, Saito DN, Yaoi K, An K, Takahashi T, Hirata M, Asada M, Kikuchi M. Reduced gamma oscillation during visual processing of the mother's face in children with autism spectrum disorder: A pilot study. PCN REPORTS : PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES 2023; 2:e68. [PMID: 38868414 PMCID: PMC11114405 DOI: 10.1002/pcn5.68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Revised: 11/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2024]
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Aim This study aimed to investigate gamma oscillations related to face processing of children with autism spectrum disorders and typically developed children using magnetoencephalography. Methods We developed stimuli that included naturalistic real-time eye-gaze situations between participants and their mothers. Eighteen young children with autism spectrum disorders (62-97 months) and 24 typically developed children (61-79 months) were included. The magnetoencephalography data were analyzed in the bilateral banks of the superior temporal sulcus, fusiform gyrus, and pericalcarine cortex for frequency ranges 30-59 and 61-90 Hz. The gamma oscillation normalized values were calculated to compare the face condition (children gazing at mother's face) and control measurements (baseline) using the following formula: (face - control)/(face + control). Results The results revealed significant differences in gamma oscillation normalized values in the low gamma band (30-59 Hz) in the right banks of the superior temporal sulcus, right fusiform gyrus, and right pericalcarine cortex between children with autism spectrum disorders and typically developed children. Furthermore, there were significant differences in gamma oscillation normalized values in the high gamma band (61-90 Hz) in the right banks of the superior temporal sulcus, bilateral fusiform gyrus, and bilateral pericalcarine cortex between the groups. Conclusion This report is the first magnetoencephalography study revealing atypical face processing in young children with autism spectrum disorders using relevant stimuli between participants and their mothers. Our naturalistic paradigm provides a useful assessment of social communication traits and a valuable insight into the underlying neural mechanisms in children with autism spectrum disorders.
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- Chiaki Hasegawa
- Research Center for Child Mental DevelopmentKanazawa UniversityKanazawaJapan
- Japan Society for the Promotion of ScienceChiyoda‐kuTokyoJapan
- School of Psychological SciencesMacquarie UniversitySydneyAustralia
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- Research Center for Child Mental DevelopmentKanazawa UniversityKanazawaJapan
- United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of MedicineChiba University, and University of FukuiOsaka/Kanazawa/Hamamatsu/Chiba/FukuiJapan
- University of FukuiFukuiJapan
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- Research Center for Child Mental DevelopmentKanazawa UniversityKanazawaJapan
- United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of MedicineChiba University, and University of FukuiOsaka/Kanazawa/Hamamatsu/Chiba/FukuiJapan
- Institute of Human and Social SciencesKanazawa UniversityKanazawaJapan
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- Department of Future Psychiatric Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical SciencesNagasaki UniversityNagasakiJapan
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- Research Center for Child Mental DevelopmentKanazawa UniversityKanazawaJapan
- United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of MedicineChiba University, and University of FukuiOsaka/Kanazawa/Hamamatsu/Chiba/FukuiJapan
- Department of Psychology, Faculty of PsychologyYasuda Woman's UniversityHiroshimaJapan
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- Research Center for Child Mental DevelopmentKanazawa UniversityKanazawaJapan
- United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of MedicineChiba University, and University of FukuiOsaka/Kanazawa/Hamamatsu/Chiba/FukuiJapan
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- Research Center for Child Mental DevelopmentKanazawa UniversityKanazawaJapan
- United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of MedicineChiba University, and University of FukuiOsaka/Kanazawa/Hamamatsu/Chiba/FukuiJapan
- School of PsychologyUniversity of BirminghamBirminghamUK
- Centre for Human Brain Health, School of PsychologyUniversity of BirminghamBirminghamUK
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- Research Center for Child Mental DevelopmentKanazawa UniversityKanazawaJapan
- Uozu Shinkei SanatoriumUozuJapan
- Department of NeuropsychiatryUniversity of FukuiFukuiJapan
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- Department of Neurological Diagnosis and Restoration, Graduate School of MedicineOsaka UniversitySuitaJapan
- Department of Neurosurgery Osaka University Medical SchoolSuitaJapan
- Center for Information and Neural NetworksNational Institute of Information and Communications TechnologySuitaJapan
- Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Symbiotic Intelligent System Research CenterOsaka UniversitySuitaJapan
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- Center for Information and Neural NetworksNational Institute of Information and Communications TechnologySuitaJapan
- Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Symbiotic Intelligent System Research CenterOsaka UniversitySuitaJapan
- International Professional University of Technology in OsakaOsakaJapan
- Chubu University Academy of Emerging SciencesKasugaiJapan
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- Research Center for Child Mental DevelopmentKanazawa UniversityKanazawaJapan
- United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of MedicineChiba University, and University of FukuiOsaka/Kanazawa/Hamamatsu/Chiba/FukuiJapan
- Department of Psychiatry and NeurobiologyKanazawa UniversityKanazawaJapan
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Gonçalves AM, Monteiro P. Autism Spectrum Disorder and auditory sensory alterations: a systematic review on the integrity of cognitive and neuronal functions related to auditory processing. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2023; 130:325-408. [PMID: 36914900 PMCID: PMC10033482 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-023-02595-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 03/15/2023]
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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition with a wide spectrum of symptoms, mainly characterized by social, communication, and cognitive impairments. Latest diagnostic criteria according to DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, 2013) now include sensory issues among the four restricted/repetitive behavior features defined as "hyper- or hypo-reactivity to sensory input or unusual interest in sensory aspects of environment". Here, we review auditory sensory alterations in patients with ASD. Considering the updated diagnostic criteria for ASD, we examined research evidence (2015-2022) of the integrity of the cognitive function in auditory-related tasks, the integrity of the peripheral auditory system, and the integrity of the central nervous system in patients diagnosed with ASD. Taking into account the different approaches and experimental study designs, we reappraise the knowledge on auditory sensory alterations and reflect on how these might be linked with behavior symptomatology in ASD.
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- Ana Margarida Gonçalves
- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Medicine, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
- ICVS/3B's-PT Government Associate Laboratory, 4710-057, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Medicine, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.
- ICVS/3B's-PT Government Associate Laboratory, 4710-057, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal.
- Experimental Biology Unit, Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
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Ali MT, ElNakieb Y, Elnakib A, Shalaby A, Mahmoud A, Ghazal M, Yousaf J, Abu Khalifeh H, Casanova M, Barnes G, El-Baz A. The Role of Structure MRI in Diagnosing Autism. Diagnostics (Basel) 2022; 12:165. [PMID: 35054330 PMCID: PMC8774643 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12010165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2021] [Revised: 12/30/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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This study proposes a Computer-Aided Diagnostic (CAD) system to diagnose subjects with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The CAD system identifies morphological anomalies within the brain regions of ASD subjects. Cortical features are scored according to their contribution in diagnosing a subject to be ASD or typically developed (TD) based on a trained machine-learning (ML) model. This approach opens the hope for developing a new CAD system for early personalized diagnosis of ASD. We propose a framework to extract the cerebral cortex from structural MRI as well as identifying the altered areas in the cerebral cortex. This framework consists of the following five main steps: (i) extraction of cerebral cortex from structural MRI; (ii) cortical parcellation to a standard atlas; (iii) identifying ASD associated cortical markers; (iv) adjusting feature values according to sex and age; (v) building tailored neuro-atlases to identify ASD; and (vi) artificial neural networks (NN) are trained to classify ASD. The system is tested on the Autism Brain Imaging Data Exchange (ABIDE I) sites achieving an average balanced accuracy score of 97±2%. This paper demonstrates the ability to develop an objective CAD system using structure MRI and tailored neuro-atlases describing specific developmental patterns of the brain in autism.
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- Mohamed T. Ali
- Bioengineering Department, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; (M.T.A.); (Y.E.); (A.E.); (A.S.); (A.M.)
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- Bioengineering Department, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; (M.T.A.); (Y.E.); (A.E.); (A.S.); (A.M.)
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- Bioengineering Department, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; (M.T.A.); (Y.E.); (A.E.); (A.S.); (A.M.)
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- Bioengineering Department, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; (M.T.A.); (Y.E.); (A.E.); (A.S.); (A.M.)
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- Bioengineering Department, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; (M.T.A.); (Y.E.); (A.E.); (A.S.); (A.M.)
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi 59911, United Arab Emirates; (M.G.); (J.Y.); (H.A.K.)
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi 59911, United Arab Emirates; (M.G.); (J.Y.); (H.A.K.)
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi 59911, United Arab Emirates; (M.G.); (J.Y.); (H.A.K.)
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine Greenville, University of South Carolina, Greenville, SC 29425, USA;
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- Department of Neurology, Norton Children’s Autism Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA;
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- Bioengineering Department, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40208, USA; (M.T.A.); (Y.E.); (A.E.); (A.S.); (A.M.)
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Key AP, D'Ambrose Slaboch K. Speech Processing in Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Integrative Review of Auditory Neurophysiology Findings. JOURNAL OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING RESEARCH : JSLHR 2021; 64:4192-4212. [PMID: 34570613 PMCID: PMC9132155 DOI: 10.1044/2021_jslhr-20-00738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Revised: 04/19/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Purpose Investigations into the nature of communication disorders in autistic individuals increasingly evaluate neural responses to speech stimuli. This integrative review aimed to consolidate the available data related to speech and language processing across levels of stimulus complexity (from single speech sounds to sentences) and to relate it to the current theories of autism. Method An electronic database search identified peer-reviewed articles using event-related potentials or magnetoencephalography to investigate auditory processing from single speech sounds to sentences in autistic children and adults varying in language and cognitive abilities. Results Atypical neural responses in autistic persons became more prominent with increasing stimulus and task complexity. Compared with their typically developing peers, autistic individuals demonstrated mostly intact sensory responses to single speech sounds, diminished spontaneous attentional orienting to spoken stimuli, specific difficulties with categorical speech sound discrimination, and reduced processing of semantic content. Atypical neural responses were more often observed in younger autistic participants and in those with concomitant language disorders. Conclusions The observed differences in neural responses to speech stimuli suggest that communication difficulties in autistic individuals are more consistent with the reduced social interest than the auditory dysfunction explanation. Current limitations and future directions for research are also discussed.
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- Alexandra P. Key
- Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
- Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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Hasegawa C, Takahashi T, Ikeda T, Yoshimura Y, Hiraishi H, Nobukawa S, Saito DN, Kumazaki H, Yaoi K, Hirata M, Asada M, Kikuchi M. Effects of familiarity on child brain networks when listening to a storybook reading: A magneto-encephalographic study. Neuroimage 2021; 241:118389. [PMID: 34265420 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2020] [Revised: 03/23/2021] [Accepted: 07/10/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Parent-child book reading is important for fostering the development of various lifelong cognitive and social abilities in young children. Despite numerous reports describing the effects of familiarity on shared reading for children, the exact neural basis of the functional network architecture remains unclear. We conducted Magnet-Encephalographic (MEG) experiments using graph theory to elucidate the role of familiarity in shared reading in a child's brain network and to measure the connectivity dynamics of a child while Listening to Storybook Reading (LSBR), which represents the daily activity of shared book reading between the child and caregiver. The LSBR task was performed with normally developing preschool- and school-age children (N = 15) under two conditions: reading by their own mother (familiar condition) vs. an experimenter (unfamiliar condition). We used the phase lag index (PLI), which captures synchronization of MEG signals, to estimate functional connectivity. For the whole brain network topology, an undirected weighted graph was produced using 68 brain regions as nodes and interregional PLI values as edges for five frequency bands. Behavioral data (i.e., the degree of attention and facial expressions) were evaluated from video images of the child's face during the two conditions. Our results showed enhanced widespread functional connectivity in the alpha band during the mother condition. In the mother condition, the whole brain network in the alpha band exhibited topographically high local segregation with high global integration, indicating an increased small-world property. Results of the behavioral analysis revealed that children were more attentive and showed more positive facial expressions in the mother condition than in the experimenter condition. Behavioral data were significantly correlated with graph metrics in the mother condition but not in the experimenter condition. In this study, we identified the neural correlates of a familiarity effect in children's brain connectivity dynamics during LSBR. Furthermore, these familiarity-related brain dynamics were closely linked to the child's behavior. Graph theory applied to MEG data may provide useful insight into the familiarity-related child brain response in a naturalistic setting and its relevance to child attitudes.
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- Chiaki Hasegawa
- Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan; JSPS Oversea Research Fellow RRA, Visiting Fellow, Department of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University, Tokyo 102-0083, Japan.
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan; Uozu Shinkei Sanatorium, Uozu 937-0017, Japan; Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Fukui, Fukui 910-1193, Japan.
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan; United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University, and University of Fukui, Osaka/Kanazawa/Hamamatsu/Chiba/Fukui, Japan.
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan; United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University, and University of Fukui, Osaka/Kanazawa/Hamamatsu/Chiba/Fukui, Japan; Institute of Human and Social Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 921-1192, Japan.
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- Department of Biofunctional Imaging, Preeminent Medical Photonics Education & Research Center, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu 431-3192, Japan.
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- Department of Computer Science, Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino 275-0016, Japan.
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan; United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University, and University of Fukui, Osaka/Kanazawa/Hamamatsu/Chiba/Fukui, Japan; Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Yasuda Woman's University, Hiroshima 731-0153, Japan.
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- National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8553, Japan.
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan; United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University, and University of Fukui, Osaka/Kanazawa/Hamamatsu/Chiba/Fukui, Japan.
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- Department of Neurological Diagnosis and Restoration, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita 565-0871, Japan; Endowed Research Department of Clinical Neuroengineering Global Center for Medical Engineering and Informatics, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan.
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- International Professional University of Technology in Osaka, Kita-ku 530-0001, Japan; Symbiotic Intelligent System Research Center, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan.
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan; United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University, and University of Fukui, Osaka/Kanazawa/Hamamatsu/Chiba/Fukui, Japan; Department of Psychiatry and Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan.
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Alho J, Bharadwaj H, Khan S, Mamashli F, Perrachione TK, Losh A, McGuiggan NM, Joseph RM, Hämäläinen MS, Kenet T. Altered maturation and atypical cortical processing of spoken sentences in autism spectrum disorder. Prog Neurobiol 2021; 203:102077. [PMID: 34033856 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2021.102077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Revised: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with widespread receptive language impairments, yet the neural mechanisms underlying these deficits are poorly understood. Neuroimaging has shown that processing of socially-relevant sounds, including speech and non-speech, is atypical in ASD. However, it is unclear how the presence of lexical-semantic meaning affects speech processing in ASD. Here, we recorded magnetoencephalography data from individuals with ASD (N = 22, ages 7-17, 4 females) and typically developing (TD) peers (N = 30, ages 7-17, 5 females) during unattended listening to meaningful auditory speech sentences and meaningless jabberwocky sentences. After adjusting for age, ASD individuals showed stronger responses to meaningless jabberwocky sentences than to meaningful speech sentences in the same left temporal and parietal language regions where TD individuals exhibited stronger responses to meaningful speech. Maturational trajectories of meaningful speech responses were atypical in temporal, but not parietal, regions in ASD. Temporal responses were associated with ASD severity, while parietal responses were associated with aberrant involuntary attentional shifting in ASD. Our findings suggest a receptive speech processing dysfunction in ASD, wherein unattended meaningful speech elicits abnormal engagement of the language system, while unattended meaningless speech, filtered out in TD individuals, engages the language system through involuntary attention capture.
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- Jussi Alho
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, and Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Graduate School of Education, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Charpentier J, Latinus M, Andersson F, Saby A, Cottier JP, Bonnet-Brilhault F, Houy-Durand E, Gomot M. Brain correlates of emotional prosodic change detection in autism spectrum disorder. NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL 2020; 28:102512. [PMID: 33395999 PMCID: PMC8481911 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We used an oddball paradigm with vocal stimuli to record hemodynamic responses. Brain processing of vocal change relies on STG, insula and lingual area. Activity of the change processing network can be modulated by saliency and emotion. Brain processing of vocal deviancy/novelty appears typical in adults with autism.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is currently diagnosed by the joint presence of social impairments and restrictive, repetitive patterns of behaviors. While the co-occurrence of these two categories of symptoms is at the core of the pathology, most studies investigated only one dimension to understand underlying physiopathology. In this study, we analyzed brain hemodynamic responses in neurotypical adults (CTRL) and adults with autism spectrum disorder during an oddball paradigm allowing to explore brain responses to vocal changes with different levels of saliency (deviancy or novelty) and different emotional content (neutral, angry). Change detection relies on activation of the supratemporal gyrus and insula and on deactivation of the lingual area. The activity of these brain areas involved in the processing of deviancy with vocal stimuli was modulated by saliency and emotion. No group difference between CTRL and ASD was reported for vocal stimuli processing or for deviancy/novelty processing, regardless of emotional content. Findings highlight that brain processing of voices and of neutral/ emotional vocal changes is typical in adults with ASD. Yet, at the behavioral level, persons with ASD still experience difficulties with those cues. This might indicate impairments at latter processing stages or simply show that alterations present in childhood might have repercussions at adult age.
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- Centre universitaire de pédopsychiatrie, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France
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- UMR 1253 iBrain, Inserm, Université de Tours, Tours, France; Centre universitaire de pédopsychiatrie, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France
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- UMR 1253 iBrain, Inserm, Université de Tours, Tours, France.
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Markers for the central serotonin system correlate to verbal ability and paralinguistic social voice processing in autism spectrum disorder. Sci Rep 2020; 10:14558. [PMID: 32883965 PMCID: PMC7471326 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-71254-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2019] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Impairment in verbal communication abilities has been reported in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Dysfunction of the serotonergic system has also been reported in ASD. However, it is still unknown how the brain serotonergic system relates to impairment in verbal communication abilities in individuals with ASD. In the present study, we investigated the correlation between brain serotonergic condition and brain sensitivity to paralinguistic stimuli (i.e., amplitude in the human voice prosodic change-evoked mismatch field) measured by magnetoencephalography (MEG) or verbal ability in 10 adults with ASD. To estimate the brain serotonergic condition, we measured the serotonin transporter nondisplaceable binding potential cerebrum-wide using positron emission tomography with [11C]N,N-dimethyl-2-(2-amino-4-cyanophenylthio)benzylamine ([11C] DASB). The results demonstrated a significant positive correlation between brain activity to paralinguistic stimuli and brain serotonin transporter binding potential in the left lingual gyrus, left fusiform gyrus and left calcarine cortex. In addition, there were significant positive correlations between verbal ability and serotonergic condition in the right anterior insula, right putamen and right central operculum. These results suggested that the occipital cortex is implicated in recognition of the prosodic change in ASD, whereas the right insula-involved serotonergic system is important in nurturing verbal function in ASD.Trial registration: UMIN000011077.
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An KM, Hasegawa C, Hirosawa T, Tanaka S, Saito DN, Kumazaki H, Yaoi K, Kikuchi M, Yoshimura Y. Brain responses to human-voice processing predict child development and intelligence. Hum Brain Mapp 2020; 41:2292-2301. [PMID: 32090414 PMCID: PMC7267979 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2019] [Revised: 11/25/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Children make rapid transitions in their neural and intellectual development. Compared to other brain regions, the auditory cortex slowly matures, and children show immature auditory brain activity. This auditory neural plasticity largely occurs as a response to human‐voice stimuli, which are presented more often than other stimuli, and can even be observed in the brainstem. Early psychologists have proposed that sensory processing and intelligence are closely related to each other. In the present study, we identified brain activity related to human‐voice processing and investigated a crucial neural correlate of child development and intelligence. We also examined the neurophysiological activity patterns during human‐voice processing in young children aged 3 to 8 years. We investigated auditory evoked fields (AEFs) and oscillatory changes using child‐customized magnetoencephalography within a short recording time (<6 min). We examined the P1m component of AEFs, which is a predominant component observed in young children. The amplitude of the left P1m was highly correlated with age, and the amplitude of the right P1m was highly correlated with the intelligence quotient. For auditory‐related oscillatory changes, we found a positive correlation between the intelligence quotient and percent change of gamma increase relative to baseline in the right auditory cortex. We replicated the finding of age‐related changes in auditory brain activity in young children, which is related to the slow maturation of the auditory cortex. In addition, these results suggest a close link between intelligence and auditory sensory processing, especially in the right hemisphere.
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- Kyung-Min An
- Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.,Division of Socio-Cognitive-Neuroscience, Department of Child Development United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University and University of Fukui, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.,Division of Socio-Cognitive-Neuroscience, Department of Child Development United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University and University of Fukui, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.,Division of Socio-Cognitive-Neuroscience, Department of Child Development United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University and University of Fukui, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.,Division of Socio-Cognitive-Neuroscience, Department of Child Development United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University and University of Fukui, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.,Division of Socio-Cognitive-Neuroscience, Department of Child Development United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University and University of Fukui, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.,Division of Socio-Cognitive-Neuroscience, Department of Child Development United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University and University of Fukui, Kanazawa, Japan.,Institute of Human and Social Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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Green HL, Edgar JC, Matsuzaki J, Roberts TPL. Magnetoencephalography Research in Pediatric Autism Spectrum Disorder. Neuroimaging Clin N Am 2020; 30:193-203. [PMID: 32336406 PMCID: PMC7216756 DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2020.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Magnetoencephalography (MEG) research indicates differences in neural brain measures in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) compared to typically developing (TD) children. As reviewed here, resting-state MEG exams are of interest as well as MEG paradigms that assess neural function across domains (e.g., auditory, resting state). To date, MEG research has primarily focused on group-level differences. Research is needed to explore whether MEG measures can predict, at the individual level, ASD diagnosis, prognosis (future severity), and response to therapy.
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- Heather L Green
- Department of Radiology, Lurie Family Foundations MEG Imaging Center, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 3401 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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- Department of Radiology, Lurie Family Foundations MEG Imaging Center, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 3401 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Lurie Family Foundations MEG Imaging Center, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 3401 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Lurie Family Foundations MEG Imaging Center, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 3401 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Foxe JJ, Molholm S, Baudouin SJ, Wallace MT. Explorations and perspectives on the neurobiological bases of autism spectrum disorder. Eur J Neurosci 2019; 47:488-496. [PMID: 29575230 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- John J Foxe
- Department of Neuroscience, The Ernest J. Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA.,The Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory, Departments of Pediatrics and Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Ernest J. Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA.,The Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory, Departments of Pediatrics and Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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[Abnormal brain structure in preschool and school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder]. ZHONGGUO DANG DAI ER KE ZA ZHI = CHINESE JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY PEDIATRICS 2019; 21. [PMID: 31416497 PMCID: PMC7389909 DOI: 10.7499/j.issn.1008-8830.2019.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence and type of abnormal brain structure in preschool and school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). METHODS A total of 74 252 preschool and school-aged children aged 3-12 years in Shanghai were enrolled as subjects. A questionnaire survey was performed to collect basic information, and their parents and teachers completed the Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) based on the children's conditions. ASD was diagnosed by specialist physicians according to the DSM-5 criteria. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed according to their parents' desires. RESULTS The overall prevalence rate of ASD was 2.59‰ (192/74 252) in the preschool and school-aged children. Brain MRI data were collected from 73 children with ASD and 185 healthy children. Among the 73 children with ASD, 40 (55%) had abnormal brain structure, and the most common types were unilateral or bilateral ventriculomegaly in 32 children (80%) and unilateral or bilateral deep frontotemporal sulci in 12 children (30%). Children with ASD showed lower white matter signal in bilateral ventricular and unilateral or bilateral deep frontotemporal sulci, compared to their normal peers (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS There is a high prevalence rate of abnormal brain structure in preschool and school-aged children with ASD, with major types of unilateral or bilateral ventriculomegaly and unilateral or bilateral deep frontotemporal sulci. It is speculated that abnormal brain structure might be associated with the pathogenesis of ASD, and further studies are needed to clarify the association between abnormal brain structure and symptoms in children with ASD.
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Matsuzaki J, Bloy L, Blaskey L, Miller J, Kuschner ES, Ku M, Dipiero M, Airey M, Edgar JC, Embick D, Ross JL, Roberts TPL. Abnormal Auditory Mismatch Fields in Children and Adolescents with 47,XYY Syndrome. Dev Neurosci 2019; 41:123-131. [PMID: 31280271 DOI: 10.1159/000500799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2019] [Accepted: 05/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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47,XYY syndrome (XYY) is one of the common forms of sex chromosome aneuploidy in males. XYY males tend to have tall stature, early speech, motor delays, social and behavioral challenges, and a high rate of language impairment. Recent studies indicate that 20-40% of males with XYY meet diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder (ASD; the rate in the general population is 1-2%). Although many studies have examined the neural correlates of language impairment in ASD, few similar studies have been conducted on individuals with XYY. Studies using magnetoencephalography (MEG) in idiopathic ASD (ASD-I) have demonstrated delayed neurophysiological responses to changes in the auditory stream, revealed in the mismatch negativity or its magnetic counterpart, the mismatch field (MMF). This study investigated whether similar findings are observed in XYY-associated ASD and whether delayed processing is also present in individuals with XYY without ASD. MEG measured MMFs arising from the left and the right superior temporal gyrus during an auditory oddball paradigm with vowel stimuli (/a/ and /u/) in children/adolescents with XYY both with and without a diagnosis of ASD, as well as in those with ASD-I and in typically developing controls (TD). Ninety male participants (6-17 years old) were included in the final analyses (TD, n = 38, 11.50 ± 2.88 years; ASD-I, n = 21, 13.83 ± 3.25 years; XYY without ASD, n = 15, 12.65 ± 3.91 years; XYY with ASD, n = 16, 12.62 ± 3.19 years). The groups did not differ significantly in age (p > 0.05). There was a main effect of group on MMF latency (p < 0.001). Delayed MMF latencies were found in participants with XYY both with and without an ASD diagnosis, as well as in the ASD-I group compared to the TD group (ps < 0.001). Furthermore, participants with XYY (with and without ASD) showed a longer MMF latency than the ASD-I group (ps < 0.001). There was, however, no significant difference in MMF latency between individuals with XYY with ASD and those with XYY without ASD. Delayed MMF latencies were associated with severity of language impairment. Our findings suggest that auditory MMF latency delays are pronounced in this specific Y chromosome aneuploidy disorder, both with and without an ASD diagnosis, and thus may implicate the genes of the Y chromosome in mediating atypical MMF activity.
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- Junko Matsuzaki
- Lurie Family Foundations MEG Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Lurie Family Foundations MEG Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Lurie Family Foundations MEG Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.,Center for Autism Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Center for Autism Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Lurie Family Foundations MEG Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.,Center for Autism Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Lurie Family Foundations MEG Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Lurie Family Foundations MEG Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Lurie Family Foundations MEG Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Lurie Family Foundations MEG Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Pediatrics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.,Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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- Lurie Family Foundations MEG Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, .,Department of Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA,
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