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Fixel based analysis reveals atypical white matter micro- and macrostructure in adults with autism spectrum disorder: an investigation of the role of biological sex
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posted on 2020-08-01, 00:00 authored by Melissa Kirkovski, Ian FuelscherIan Fuelscher, Christian HydeChristian Hyde, Peter DonaldsonPeter Donaldson, Talitha FordTalitha Ford, Susan L Rossell, Paul B Fitzgerald, Peter EnticottPeter EnticottAtypical white matter (WM) microstructure is commonly implicated in the neuropathophysiology of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Fixel based analysis (FBA), at the cutting-edge of diffusion-weighted imaging, can account for crossing WM fibers and can provide indices of both WM micro- and macrostructure. We applied FBA to investigate WM structure between 25 (12 males, 13 females) adults with ASD and 24 (12 males, 12 females) matched controls. As the role of biological sex on the neuropathophysiology of ASD is of increasing interest, this was also explored. There were no significant differences in WM micro- or macrostructure between adults with ASD and matched healthy controls. When data were stratified by sex, females with ASD had reduced fiber density and cross-section (FDC), a combined metric comprised of micro- and macrostructural measures, in the corpus callosum, a finding not detected between the male sub-groups. We conclude that micro- and macrostructural WM aberrations are present in ASD, and may be influenced by biological sex.
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Frontiers in integrative neuroscienceVolume
14Article number
40Pagination
1 - 11Publisher
Frontiers Research FoundationLocation
Lausanne, SwitzerlandPublisher DOI
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1662-5145Language
engPublication classification
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autism spectrum disorderfixel based analysisbiological sexfiber density and cross-sectioncorpus callosumScience & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicineBehavioral SciencesNeurosciencesNeurosciences & NeurologyNEUROIMAGING FINDINGSFIBER TRACTOGRAPHYCORPUS-CALLOSUMDIFFUSION MRICONNECTIVITYMALESFEMALESDENSITYMICROSTRUCTURENEUROANATOMY
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