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ArticleJournal of neurodevelopmental disorders2025

Brain functional connectivity correlates of autism diagnosis and familial liability in 24-month-olds.

John R Pruett, Alexandre A Todorov, Zoë W Hawks, Muhamed Talovic, Tomoyuki Nishino, Steven E Petersen, Savannah Davis, Lyn Stahl, Kelly N Botteron, John N Constantino and 20 more

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John R PruettDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA. pruettj@wustl.edu.
Alexandre A TodorovDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Zoë W HawksBrooklyn Health, 195 Montague St 14, Brooklyn, NY, 11201, USA.
Muhamed TalovicDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Tomoyuki NishinoDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Steven E PetersenDepartment of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Savannah DavisDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Lyn StahlDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Kelly N BotteronDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
John N ConstantinoDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
Stephen R DagerDepartment of Radiology and Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Jed T ElisonInstitute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
Annette M EstesSpeech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98105, USA.
Alan C EvansMcConnell Brain Imaging Center, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Guido GerigDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, Tandon School of Engineering, New York University, Brooklyn, NY, 11201, USA.
Jessica B GiraultDepartment of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Heather HazlettDepartment of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Leigh MacIntyreMcGill Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, Montreal Neurological Institute- Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Natasha MarrusDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Robert C McKinstryMallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Juhi PandeyCenter for Autism Research, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Robert T SchultzCenter for Autism Research, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
William D ShannonCo-Founder, BioRankings, St. Louis, MO, 63119, USA.
Mark D ShenDepartment of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Abraham Z SnyderDepartment of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Martin StynerDepartment of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Jason J WolffDepartment of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
Lonnie ZwaigenbaumDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2R3, Canada.
Joseph PivenDepartment of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
for the IBIS Network

Funding

Cellular and molecular mechanisms governing cortical surface area overgrowth in iPSC-derived neural cells from longitudinally characterized individuals with autismR01HD055741 · NICHD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Joseph Piven · 2007 to 2026
$52.6M
MRI-Based Presymptomatic Prediction of ASD, and Early Infant to School-Age Brain-Behavior Trajectories, Mechanisms, and Related OutcomesR01MH118362 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI John R Pruett · 2019 to 2026
$16.3M
WUIDDRC Supplement-Supporting the health and well-being of children with intellectual and developmental disability during COVID-19 pandemicP50HD103525 · NICHD · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI JOSEPH D DOUGHERTY, Natasha Marrus · 2020 to 2026
$15.5M
fcMRI in Infants at High Risk for AutismR01MH093510 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI PRUETT, JOHN R · 2012 to 2016
$2.4M
Genetic Liability for Autism and Infant Brain and Behavioral DevelopmentK01MH122779 · NIMH · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI GIRAULT, JESSICA BULLINS · 2020 to 2024
$919k
BIOSTATISTICS FOR CONNECTOMESR21MH098223 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SHANNON, WILLIAM D. · 2012 to 2013
$410k
Precisely quantifying the dynamic impact of sleep quality on cognitive fluctuationsF32MH127812 · NIMH · MCLEAN HOSPITAL · PI HAWKS, ZOE · 2022 to 2023
$101k
NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD103525NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD055741NIH HHS F32 MH127812NIH HHS R01 MH093510NIH HHS R01 MH118362NIH HHS R21 MH098223NIMH NIH HHS K01 MH122779
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Abstract

backgroundfcMRI correlates of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis and familial liability were studied in 24-month-olds at high (older affected sibling) and low familial likelihood for ASD.

methodsfcMRI comparisons of high-familial-likelihood (HL) ASD-positive (HLP, N = 23) and ASD-negative (HLN, N = 91), and low-likelihood ASD-negative (LLN, N = 27) 24-month-olds from the Infant Brain Imaging Study (IBIS) Network were conducted, employing object oriented data analysis (OODA), support vector machine (SVM) classification, and network-level fcMRI enrichment analyses.

resultsOODA (alpha = 0.0167, 3 comparisons) revealed differences in HLP and LLN fcMRI matrices (p = 0.012), but none for HLP versus HLN (p = 0.047) nor HLN versus LLN (p = 0.225). SVM distinguished HLP from HLN (accuracy = 99%, PPV = 96%, NPV = 100%), based on connectivity involving many networks. SVM accurately classified (non-training) LLN subjects with 100% accuracy. Enrichment analyses identified a cross-group fcMRI difference in the posterior cingulate default mode network 1 (pcDMN1)- temporal default mode network (tDMN) pair (p = 0.0070). Functional connectivity for implicated connections in these networks was consistently lower in HLP and HLN than in LLN (p = 0.0461 and 0.0004). HLP did not differ from HLN (p = 0.2254). Secondary testing showed HL children with low ASD behaviors still differed from LLN (p = 0.0036).

conclusions24-month-old high-familial-likelihood infants show reduced intra-DMN connectivity, a potential neural finding related to familial liability, while widely distributed functional connections correlate with ASD diagnosis.

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Autism Spectrum DisorderBrainConnectomeNerve NetChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansInfantMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleSiblingsSupport Vector MachineDefault mode networkFamilialFunctional connectivityInfantMRI

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PMID40682020
PMCPMC12275292

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