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Sensorimotor Differences in Autism, Neural Correlates, and Behavioral Implications
Surgent O, Guerrero-Gonzalez J, Dean DC 3rd, Adluru N, Kirk GR, Kecskemeti SR, Alexander AL, Li JJ, Travers BG. Microstructural neural correlates of maximal grip strength in autistic children: the role of the cortico-cerebellar network and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder features. Front Integr Neurosci. 2024;18:1359099. doi: 10.3389/fnint.2024.1359099. eCollection 2024. PubMed PMID: 38808069; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11130426.
Travers BG, Surgent O, Guerrero-Gonzalez J, Dean DC 3rd, Adluru N, Kecskemeti SR, Kirk GR, Alexander AL, Zhu J, Skaletski EC, Naik S, Duran M. Role of autonomic, nociceptive, and limbic brainstem nuclei in core autism features. Autism Res. 2024 Feb;17(2):266-279. doi: 10.1002/aur.3096. Epub 2024 Jan 26. PubMed PMID: 38278763; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10922575.
He Q, Keding TJ, Zhang Q, Miao J, Russell JD, Herringa RJ, Lu Q, Travers BG, Li JJ. Neurogenetic mechanisms of risk for ADHD: Examining associations of polygenic scores and brain volumes in a population cohort. J Neurodev Disord. 2023 Aug 31;15(1):30. doi: 10.1186/s11689-023-09498-6. PubMed PMID: 37653373; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10469494.
Surgent O, Guerrero-Gonzalez J, Dean DC 3rd, Kirk GR, Adluru N, Kecskemeti SR, Alexander AL, Travers BG. How we get a grip: Microstructural neural correlates of manual grip strength in children. Neuroimage. 2023 Jun;273:120117. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120117. Epub 2023 Apr 14. PubMed PMID: 37062373; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10161685.
Cabaraux P, Agrawal SK, Cai H, Calabro RS, Casali C, Damm L, Doss S, Habas C, Horn AKE, Ilg W, Louis ED, Mitoma H, Monaco V, Petracca M, Ranavolo A, Rao AK, Ruggieri S, Schirinzi T, Serrao M, Summa S, Strupp M, Surgent O, Synofzik M, Tao S, Terasi H, Torres-Russotto D, Travers B, Roper JA, Manto M. Consensus Paper: Ataxic Gait. Cerebellum. 2023 Jun;22(3):394-430. doi: 10.1007/s12311-022-01373-9. Epub 2022 Apr 12. PubMed PMID: 35414041.
DiPiero MA, Surgent OJ, Travers BG, Alexander AL, Lainhart JE, Dean Iii DC. Gray matter microstructure differences in autistic males: A gray matter based spatial statistics study. Neuroimage Clin. 2023;37:103306. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103306. Epub 2022 Dec 26. PubMed PMID: 36587584; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9817031.
Surgent O, Riaz A, Ausderau KK, Adluru N, Kirk GR, Guerrero-Gonzalez J, Skaletski EC, Kecskemeti SR, Dean Iii DC, Weismer SE, Alexander AL, Travers BG. Brainstem white matter microstructure is associated with hyporesponsiveness and overall sensory features in autistic children. Mol Autism. 2022 Dec 19;13(1):48. doi: 10.1186/s13229-022-00524-3. PubMed PMID: 36536467; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9762648.
Mason AH, Pickett KA, Padilla AS, Travers BG. Combined Gait and Grasping in Autistic and Non-Autistic Youths. Dev Neurorehabil. 2022 Oct;25(7):452-461. doi: 10.1080/17518423.2022.2052375. Epub 2022 Mar 15. PubMed PMID: 35289701; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9972923.
Guerrero-Gonzalez J, Surgent O, Adluru N, Kirk GR, Dean Iii DC, Kecskemeti SR, Alexander AL, Travers BG. Improving Imaging of the Brainstem and Cerebellum in Autistic Children: Transformation-Based High-Resolution Diffusion MRI (TiDi-Fused) in the Human Brainstem. Front Integr Neurosci. 2022;16:804743. doi: 10.3389/fnint.2022.804743. eCollection 2022. PubMed PMID: 35310466; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8928227.
Skaletski EC, Bradley L, Taylor D, Travers BG, Bishop L. Quality-of-Life Discrepancies Among Autistic Adolescents and Adults: A Rapid Review. Am J Occup Ther. 2021 May 1;75(3):7503180090p1-7503180090p22. doi: 10.5014/ajot.2021.046391. Review. PubMed PMID: 34781339; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8095706.
Surgent OJ, Walczak M, Zarzycki O, Ausderau K, Travers BG. IQ and Sensory Symptom Severity Best Predict Motor Ability in Children With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder. J Autism Dev Disord. 2021 Jan;51(1):243-254. doi: 10.1007/s10803-020-04536-x. PubMed PMID: 32410096; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7665981.
Whole-Body Movement during Videogame Play Distinguishes Youth with Autism from Youth with Typical Development. Sci Rep. 2019 Dec 27;9(1):20094. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-56362-6. PubMed PMID: 31882934; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6934713.
Brainstem White Matter Predicts Individual Differences in Manual Motor Difficulties and Symptom Severity in Autism. J Autism Dev Disord. 2015 Sep;45(9):3030-40. doi: 10.1007/s10803-015-2467-9. PubMed PMID: 26001365; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4554823.
Motor difficulties in autism spectrum disorder: linking symptom severity and postural stability. J Autism Dev Disord. 2013 Jul;43(7):1568-83. doi: 10.1007/s10803-012-1702-x. PubMed PMID: 23132272.
Impact of Motor Differences on Daily Life in Autism
Skaletski EC, Barry K, Dennis E, Donnelly R, Huerta C, Jones A, Schmidt K, Kabakov S, Ausderau KK, Li JJ, Travers BG. Sensorimotor Features and Daily Living Skills in Autistic Children With and Without ADHD. J Autism Dev Disord. 2024 Mar 5;. doi: 10.1007/s10803-024-06256-y. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38443659; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11374933.
Skaletski EC, Cardona SC, Travers BG. The relation between specific motor skills and daily living skills in autistic children and adolescents. Front Integr Neurosci. 2024;18:1334241. doi: 10.3389/fnint.2024.1334241. eCollection 2024. PubMed PMID: 38841108; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11150622.
Travers BG, Lee L, Klans N, Engeldinger A, Taylor D, Ausderau K, Skaletski EC, Brown J. Associations Among Daily Living Skills, Motor, and Sensory Difficulties in Autistic and Nonautistic Children. Am J Occup Ther. 2022 Mar 1;76(2). doi: 10.5014/ajot.2022.045955. PubMed PMID: 35171982; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9563082.
Brief Report: Postural Balance and Daily Living Skills in Children and Adolescents with Autism. J Autism Dev Disord. 2018 Sep;48(9):3210-3215. doi: 10.1007/s10803-018-3558-1. PubMed PMID: 29616483; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6082712.
Standing Balance on Unsteady Surfaces in Children on the Autism Spectrum: The Effects of IQ. Res Autism Spectr Disord. 2018 Jul;51:9-17. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2018.03.008. Epub 2018 Mar 31. PubMed PMID: 30333859; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6186444.
Longitudinal development of manual motor ability in autism spectrum disorder from childhood to mid-adulthood relates to adaptive daily living skills. Dev Sci. 2017 Jul;20(4). doi: 10.1111/desc.12401. Epub 2016 Apr 7. PubMed PMID: 27061223; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5055420.
Motor Intervention in Autism
Biofeedback-Based, Videogame Balance Training in Autism. J Autism Dev Disord. 2018 Jan;48(1):163-175. doi: 10.1007/s10803-017-3310-2. PubMed PMID: 28921103; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5762409.
Neurobiological and behavioural outcomes of biofeedback-based training in autism: a randomized controlled trial. Brain Commun. 2021 Jul;3(3):fcab112. doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcab112. eCollection 2021 Jul. PubMed PMID: 34250479; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8254423.
Longitudinal Development of Brain and Behavior in Autism from Childhood to Mid-adulthood
McLaughlin K, Travers BG, Dadalko OI, Dean DC 3rd, Tromp D, Adluru N, Destiche D, Freeman A, Prigge MD, Froehlich A, Duffield TC, Zielinski BA, Bigler ED, Lange N, Anderson JS, Alexander AL, Lainhart JE. Longitudinal development of thalamic and internal capsule microstructure in autism spectrum disorder. Autism Res. 2018 Mar;11(3):450-462. doi: 10.1002/aur.1909. Epub 2017 Dec 18. PubMed PMID: 29251836; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5867209.
Travers BG, Tromp do PM, Adluru N, Lange N, Destiche D, Ennis C, Nielsen JA, Froehlich AL, Prigge MB, Fletcher PT, Anderson JS, Zielinski BA, Bigler ED, Lainhart JE, Alexander AL. Atypical development of white matter microstructure of the corpus callosum in males with autism: a longitudinal investigation. Mol Autism. 2015;6:15. doi: 10.1186/s13229-015-0001-8. eCollection 2015. PubMed PMID: 25774283; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4359536.
Zielinski BA, Prigge MB, Nielsen JA, Froehlich AL, Abildskov TJ, Anderson JS, Fletcher PT, Zygmunt KM, Travers BG, Lange N, Alexander AL, Bigler ED, Lainhart JE. Longitudinal changes in cortical thickness in autism and typical development. Brain. 2014 Jun;137(Pt 6):1799-812. doi: 10.1093/brain/awu083. Epub 2014 Apr 22. PubMed PMID: 24755274; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4032101.
Travers BG, Bigler ED, Tromp do PM, Adluru N, Froehlich AL, Ennis C, Lange N, Nielsen JA, Prigge MB, Alexander AL, Lainhart JE. Longitudinal processing speed impairments in males with autism and the effects of white matter microstructure. Neuropsychologia. 2014 Jan;53:137-45. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.11.008. Epub 2013 Nov 21. PubMed PMID: 24269298; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3946881.
Implicit Learning in Autism
Decision-making skills in ASD: performance on the Iowa Gambling Task. Autism Res. 2015 Feb;8(1):105-14. doi: 10.1002/aur.1429. Epub 2014 Nov 4. PubMed PMID: 25371315.
Spatial and identity cues differentially affect implicit contextual cueing in adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder. J Autism Dev Disord. 2013 Oct;43(10):2393-404. doi: 10.1007/s10803-013-1787-x. PubMed PMID: 23417264.
Motor-linked implicit learning in persons with autism spectrum disorders. Autism Res. 2010 Apr;3(2):68-77. doi: 10.1002/aur.123. PubMed PMID: 20437602.