期刊
CEREBRAL CORTEX
卷 30, 期 9, 页码 5166-5179出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhaa109
关键词
autism spectrum disorder; developmental trajectories; fMRI; local connectivity; resting-state networks; sex differences
资金
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research [MOP-136935]
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is diagnosed more often in males with a ratio of 1:4 females/males. This bias is even stronger in neuroimaging studies. There is a growing evidence suggesting that local connectivity and its developmental trajectory is altered in ASD. Here, we aim to investigate how local connectivity and its age-related trajectories vary with ASD in both males and females. We used resting-state fMRI data from the ABIDE I and II repository: males (n=102) and females (n=92) with ASD, and typically developing males (n=104) and females (n=92) aged between 6 and 26. Local connectivity was quantified as regional homogeneity. We found increases in local connectivity in participants with ASD in the somatomotor and limbic networks and decreased local connectivity within the default mode network. These alterations were more pronounced in females with ASD. In addition, the association between local connectivity and ASD symptoms was more robust in females. Females with ASD had the most distinct developmental trajectories of local connectivity compared with other groups. Overall, our findings of more pronounced local connectivity alterations in females with ASD could indicate a greater etiological load for an ASD diagnosis in this group congruent with the female protective effect hypothesis.
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