2017 ASF Supported Findings

The following studies co-authored by ASF grantees, whose names are underlined, were published in 2017. The grants awarded by ASF to fund these studies may have been distributed in years prior to 2017.

Biology

Pappas AL, Bey AL, Wang X, Rossi M, Kim YH, Yan H, Porkka F, Duffney LJ, Phillips SM, Cao X, Ding JD, Rodriguiz RM, Yin HH, Weinberg RJ, Ji RR, Wetsel WC, Jiang YH

PubMed ID: 29046483

ASF supported this research through a Pre-Doctoral Training Award to Alexandra Bey.

Turner TN, Yi Q, Krumm N, Huddleston J, Hoekzema K, F Stessman HA, Doebley AL, Bernier RA, Nickerson DA, Eichler EE

PubMed ID: 27907889

ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award to Tychele Turner.

Wei D, Allsop S, Tye K, Piomelli D

PubMed ID: 28554687

ASF supported this research through a Pre-Doctoral Training Award to Donghui Wei.

Port RG, Gaetz W, Bloy L, Wang DJ, Blaskey L, Kuschner ES, Levy SE, Brodkin ES, Roberts TPL

PubMed ID: 27696740

ASF supported this research through a Pre-Doctoral Training Award to Russell Port.

Usui N, Araujo DJ, Kulkarni A, Co M, Ellegood J, Harper M, Toriumi K, Lerch JP, Konopka G

PubMed ID: 29138280

ASF supported this research through a Pre-Doctoral Training Award to Marissa Co.

Turner TN, Coe BP, Dickel DE, Hoekzema K, Nelson BJ, Zody MC, Kronenberg ZN, Hormozdiari F, Raja A, Pennacchio LA, Darnell RB, Eichler EE

PubMed ID: 28965761

ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award to Tychele Turner.

Geisheker MR, Heymann G, Wang T, Coe BP, Turner TN, Stessman HAF, Hoekzema K, Kvarnung M, Shaw M, Friend K, Liebelt J, Barnett C, Thompson EM, Haan E, Guo H, Anderlid BM, Nordgren A, Lindstrand A, Vandeweyer G, Alberti A, Avola E, Vinci M, Giusto S, Pramparo T, Pierce K, Nalabolu S, Michaelson JJ, Sedlacek Z, Santen GWE, Peeters H, Hakonarson H, Courchesne E, Romano C, Kooy RF, Bernier R, Nordenskjöld M, Gecz J, Xia K, Zweifel LS, Eichler EE

PubMed ID: 28628100

ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award to Tychele Turner.

Bishop SL, Farmer C, Bal V, Robinson EB, Willsey AJ, Werling DM, Havdahl KA, Sanders SJ, Thurm A

PubMed ID: 28253736

ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award to Donna Werling.

Escamilla CO, Filonova I, Walker AK, Xuan ZX, Holehonner R, Espinosa F, Liu S, Thyme SB, López-García IA, Mendoza DB, Usui N, Ellegood J, Eisch AJ, Konopka G, Lerch JP, Schier AF, Speed HE, Powell CM

PubMed ID: 29088697

ASF supported this research through a Pre-Doctoral Training Award to Christine Ochoa Escamilla.

Copping NA, Christian SGB, Ritter DJ, Islam MS, Buscher N, Zolkowska D, Pride MC, Berg EL, LaSalle JM, Ellegood J, Lerch JP, Reiter LT, Silverman JL, Dindot SV

PubMed ID: 29016856

ASF supported this research through an Undergraduate Summer Research Grant to Dylan Ritter.

Jarmillo TC, Speed HE, Xuan Z, Reimers JM, Escamilla CO, Weaver TP, Liu S, Filonova I, Powell CM

PubMed ID: 27492494

ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award to Haley Speed.

Port RG, Gajewski C, Krizman E, Dow HC, Hirano S, Brodkin ES, Carlson GC, Robinson MB, Roberts TPL, Siegel SJ

PubMed ID: 28844789

ASF supported this research through a Pre-Doctoral Training Award to Russell Port.

Tong XJ, López-Soto EJ, Li L, Liu H, Nedelcu D, Lipscombe D, Hu Z, Kaplan JM

PubMed ID: 28669545

ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award to Daniel Nedelcu.

Schaafsma SM, Gagnidze K, Reyes A, Norstedt N, Månsson K, Francis K, Pfaff DW

PubMed ID: 28115688

ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award to Sara Schaafsma.

Usui N, Co M, Harper M, Rieger MA, Dougherty JD, Konopka G

PubMed ID: 27009683

ASF supported this research through a Pre-Doctoral Training Award to Marissa Co.

Hashemi E, Ariza J, Rogers H, Noctor SC, Martínez-Cerdeño V

PubMed ID: 26922658

ASF supported this research through a Pre-Doctoral Training Award to Ezzat Hashemi.

Psychology

Foss-Feig JH, Schauder KB, Key AP, Wallace MT, Stone WL

PubMed ID: 28632303

ASF supported this research through an Accelerator Award to Jennifer Foss-Feig.

Freeman LM, Locke J, Rotheram-Fuller E, Mandell DS

PubMed ID: 28260182

ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award and an Early Career Award to Jill Locke.

Libertus K, Landa RJ, Haworth JL

PubMed ID: 29204130

ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award to Klaus Libertus.

Yang YJ, Sukhodolsky DG, Lei J, Dayan E, Pelphrey KA, Ventola P

PubMed ID: 28115995

ASF supported this research through an Enhancement Mini-Grant to Pamela Ventola.

Levin AR, Varcin KJ, O’Leary HM, Tager-Flusberg H, Nelson CA

PubMed ID: 28903722

ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award to April Levin.

Suhrheinrich J, Chan J

DOI: 10.1177/0162643416681163

ASF supported this research through an Enhancement Mini-Grant to Jessica Suhrheinrich.

Park WJ, Schauder KB, Zhang R, Bennetto L, Tadin D

PubMed ID: 29242499

ASF supported this research through a Pre-Doctoral Training Award to Woon Ju Park

Shield A, Knapke K, Henry M, Srinivasan S, Bhat A

DOI: 10.1177/2396941517745674

ASF supported this research through an Enhancement Mini-Grant to Aaron Shield.

Parish-Morris J, Liberman MY, Cieri C, Herrington JD, Yerys BE, Bateman L, Donaher J, Ferguson E, Pandey J, Schultz RT

PubMed ID: 29021889

ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award to Julia Parish-Morris.

Moriuchi JM, Klin A, Jones W

PubMed ID: 27855484

ASF supported this research through a Pre-Doctoral Training Award to Jennifer Moriuchi.

Ventola P, Lei J, Paisley C, Lebowitz E, Silverman W

PubMed ID: 28634706

ASF supported this research through an Enhancement Mini-Grant to Pamela Ventola.

Azad GF, Locke J, Kasari C, Mandell DS

PubMed ID: 26966285

ASF supported this research through an Enhancement Mini-Grant to Gazi Azad and an Early Career Award to Jill Locke.

Wang S, Adolphs R

PubMed ID: 28343960

ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award to Shuo Wang.

Foss-Feig JH, Adkinson DB, Ji JL, Yang G, Srihari VH, McPartland JC, Krystal JH, Murray JD, Anticevic A

PubMed ID: 28434615

ASF supported this research through an Accelerator Award to Jennifer Foss-Feig

Shield A, Cooley F, Meier RP

PubMed ID: 28586822

ASF supported this research through an Enhancement Mini-Grant to Aaron Shield.

Jamison R, Bishop SL, Huerta M, Halladay AK

PubMed ID: 28429618

ASF Chief Science Officer Alycia Halladay co-authored this publication.

Wang S, Yu R, Tyszka JM, Zhen S, Kovach C, Sun S, Huang Y, Hurlemann R, Ross IB, Chung JM, Mamelak AN, Adolphs R, Rutishauser U

PubMed ID: 28429707

ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award to Shuo Wang.

Chenausky K, Nelson C, Tager-Flusberg H

PubMed ID: 28384664

ASF supported this research through an Accelerator Award to Karen Chenausky.

Diagnosis

Frank Y, Jamison JM, Trelles MP, Siper PM, Tavassoli T, Soorya LVA, Lurie S, Reiger HT, Feldman E, Naidich T, Wang T, Halpern D, Buxbaum JD, Kolevzon A

Publication Link: The Journal of Rare Disorders

ASF supported this research through a Treatment Grant to Alexander Kolevzon.

Kerns CM, Renno P, Kendall PC, Wood JJ, Storch EA

PubMed ID: 27925775

ASF supported this research through an Accelerator Award to Connor Kerns.

Rankine J, Li E, Lurie S, Rieger H, Fourie E, Siper PM, Wang AT, Buxbaum JD, Kolevzon A

PubMed ID: 28255759

ASF supported this research through a Treatment Grant to Alex Kolevzon.

Treatment

Tenenbaum EJ, Amso D, Righi G, Sheinkopf SJ

PubMed ID: 28342164

ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award to Elena Tenenbaum.

Lei J, Sukhodolsky DG, Abdullahi SM, Bracconnier ML, Ventola P

PubMed ID: 29333196

ASF supported this research through an Enhancement Mini-Grant to Pamela Ventola.

Bradshaw J, Koegel LK, Koegel RL

PubMed ID: 28536956

ASF supported this research through a Pre-Doctoral Training Award to Jessica Bradshaw.

Lei J, Ventola P

PubMed ID: 28790824

ASF supported this research through an Enhancement Mini-Grant to Pamela Ventola.

Services

Locke J, Kang-Yi CD, Pellecchia M, Marcus S, Hadley T, Mandell DS

PubMed ID: 27917490

ASF supported this research through an Early Career Award to Jill Locke.

Locke J, Wolk CB, Harker C, Olsen A, Shingledecker T, Barg F, Mandell D, Beidas R

PubMed ID: 28954537

ASF supported this research through an Early Career Award to Jill Locke.

The following studies co-authored by ASF grantees, whose names are underlined, were published in 2017. The grants awarded by ASF to fund these studies may have been distributed in years prior to 2017.

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2017 ASF Supported Findings

The following studies co-authored by ASF grantees, whose names are underlined, were published in 2017. The grants awarded by ASF to fund these studies may have been distributed in years prior to 2017.

Biology

Deficiency of Shank2 causes mania-like behavior that responds to mood stabilizers

denovo-db: a compendium of human de novo variants

Endocannabinoid Signaling in the Control of Social Behavior

Exploring the relationship between cortical GABA concentrations, auditory gamma-band responses and development in ASD: Evidence for an altered maturational trajectory in ASD

Foxp1 regulation of neonatal vocalizations via cortical development

Genomic Patterns of De Novo Mutation in Simplex Autism

Hotspots of missense mutation identify novel neurodevelopmental disorder genes and functional domains

Identification of Developmental and Behavioral Markers Associated with Genetic Abnormalities in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Kctd13 deletion reduces synaptic transmission via increased RhoA

Neuronal overexpression of Ube3a isoform 2 causes behavioral impairments and neuroanatomical pathology relevant to 15q11.2-q13.3 duplication syndrome

Novel Shank3 Mutant Exhibits Behaviors With Face Validity for Autism and Altered Striatal and Hippocampal Function

Protocadherin 10 alters γ oscillations, amino acid levels, and their coupling; baclofen partially restores these oscillatory deficits

Retrograde Synaptic Inhibition Is Mediated by α-Neurexin Binding to the α2δ Subunits of N-Type Calcium Channels

Sex-specific gene–environment interactions underlying ASD-like behaviors

Sumoylation of FOXP2 regulates motor function and vocal communication through Purkinje cell development

The Number of Parvalbumin-Expressing Interneurons Is Decreased in the Prefrontal Cortex in Autism

Psychology

Audition-Specific Temporal Processing Deficits Associated with Language Function in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Brief Report: Examining Executive and Social Functioning in Elementary-Aged Children with Autism

Development of Attention to Faces during the First 3 Years: Influences of Stimulus Type

Distinct neural bases of disruptive behavior and autism symptom severity in boys with autism spectrum disorder

EEG power at 3 months in infants at high familial risk for autism

Exploring the Effect of Immediate Video Feedback on Coaching

High internal noise and poor external noise filtering characterize perception in autism spectrum disorder

Impaired praxis in gesture imitation by deaf children with autism spectrum disorder

Linguistic camouflage in girls with autism spectrum disorder

Mechanisms of Diminished Attention to Eyes in Autism

Parenting a Child with ASD: Comparison of Parenting Style Between ASD, Anxiety, and Typical Development

Race, disability, and grade: Social relationships in children with autism spectrum disorders

Reduced specificity in emotion judgment in people with autism spectrum disorder

Searching for Cross-diagnostic Convergence: Neural Mechanisms Governing Excitation and Inhibition Balance in Schizophrenia and Autism Spectrum Disorders

Sign Language Echolalia in Deaf Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

The clinician perspective on sex differences in autism spectrum disorders

The human amygdala parametrically encodes the intensity of specific facial emotions and their categorical ambiguity

Vocalization Rate and Consonant Production in Toddlers at High and Low Risk for Autism

Diagnosis

A Prospective Study of Neurological Abnormalities in Phelan-Mcdermid Syndrome

Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule-Autism Addendum: Reliability and Validity in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Language ENvironment Analysis (LENA) in Phelan-McDermid Syndrome: Validity and Suggestions for Use in Minimally Verbal Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Treatment

Attempting to “Increase Intake from the Input”: Attention and Word Learning in Children with Autism

Brief report: Reduced anxiety following Pivotal Response Treatment in young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Improving Functional Language and Social Motivation with a Parent-Mediated Intervention for Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Pivotal response treatment for autism spectrum disorder: current perspectives

Services

Ethnic Disparities in School‐Based Behavioral Health Service Use for Children With Psychiatric Disorders

Pebbles, rocks, and boulders: The implementation of a school-based social engagement intervention for children with autism

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