2018 ASF Supported Findings

The following studies co-authored by ASF grantees were published in 2018. The grants awarded by ASF to fund these studies may have been distributed in years prior to 2018.

Biology

Werling DM, Brand H, An JY, Stone MR, Zhu L, Glessner JT, Collins RL, Dong S, Layer RM, Markenscoff-Papadimitriou E, Farrell A, Schwartz GB, Wang HZ, Currall BB, Zhao X, Dea J, Duhn C, Erdman CA, Gilson MC, Yadav R, Handsaker RE, Kashin S, Klei L, Mandell JD, Nowakowski TJ, Liu Y, Pochareddy S, Smith L, Walker MF, Waterman MJ, He X, Kriegstein AR, Rubenstein JL, Sestan N, McCarroll SA, Neale BM, Coon H, Willsey AJ, Buxbaum JD, Daly MJ, State MW, Quinlan AR, Marth GT, Roeder K, Devlin B, Talkowski ME, Sanders SJ

PubMed ID: 29700473

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

Vallianatos CN, Farrehi C, Friez MJ, Burmeister M, Keegan CE, Iwase S

PubMed ID: 29670509

ASF supported this research through a Pre-Doctoral Training Award to Christina Vallianatos.

Mesci P, Macia A, Moore SM, Shiryaev SA, Pinto A, Huang CT, Tejwani L, Fernandes IR, Suarez NA, Kolar MJ, Montefusco S, Rosenberg SC, Herai RH, Cugola FR, Russo FB, Sheets N, Saghatelian A, Shresta S, Momper JD, Siqueira-Neto JL, Corbett KD, Beltrão-Braga PCB, Terskikh AV, Muotri AR

PubMed ID: 29352135

ASF supported this research through a Pre-Doctoral Training Award to Spencer Moore.

Bey AL, Wang X, Yan H, Kim N, Pasman RL, Yang Y, Cao X, Towers AJ, Hulbert SW, Duffney LJ, Gaidis E, Rodriguiz RM, Wetsel WC, Yin HH, Jiang YH

PubMed ID: 29700290

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

Keil JM, Qalieh A, Kwan KY

PubMed ID: 29437890

ASF supported this research through a Pre-Doctoral Training Award to Jason Keil.

Monteiro P, Barak B, Zhou Y, McRae R, Rodrigues D, Wickersham IR, Feng G

PubMed ID: 29808928

ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award to Boaz Barak.

Kopp ND, Parrish PCR, Lugo M, Dougherty JD, Kozel BA

PubMed ID: 30008175

ASF supported this research through a Pre-Doctoral Training Award to Nathan Kopp.

Breen MS, Wingo AP, Koen N, Donald KA, Nicol M, Zar HJ, Ressler KJ, Buxbaum JD, Stein DJ

PubMed ID: 29791872

ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award to Michael Breen.

Fernandes IR, Cruz ACP, Ferrasa A, Phan D, Herai RH, Muotri AR

PubMed ID: 29484850

ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award to Isabella Rodrigues Fernandes.

Brandler WM, Antaki D, Gujral M, Kleiber ML, Whitney J, Maile MS, Hong O, Chapman TR, Tan S, Tandon P, Pang T, Tang SC, Vaux KK, Yang Y, Harrington E, Juul S, Turner DJ, Thiruvahindrapuram B, Kaur G, Wang Z, Kingsmore SF, Gleeson JG, Bisson D, Kakaradov B, Telenti A, Venter JC, Corominas R, Toma C, Cormand B, Rueda I, Guijarro S, Messer KS, Nievergelt CM, Arranz MJ, Courchesne E, Pierce K, Muotri AR, Iakoucheva LM, Hervas A, Scherer SW, Corsello C, Sebat J

PubMed ID: 29674594

ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award to William Brandler.

Amal H, Barak B, Bhat V, Gong G, Joughin BA, Wishnok JS, Feng G, Tannenbaum SR

PubMed ID: 29988084

ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award to Boaz Barak.

Breen MS, Ozcan S, Ramsey JM, Wang Z, Ma’ayan A, Rustogi N, Gottschalk MG, Webster MJ, Weickert CS, Buxbaum JD, Bahn S

PubMed ID: 30518843

ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award to Michael Breen.

Barkoski J, Bennett D, Tancredi D, Barr DB, Elms W, Hertz-Picciotto I

PubMed ID: 29860212

ASF supported this research through a Pre-Doctoral Training Award to Jacqueline Barkoski.

Psychology

Henry TR, Dichter GS, Gates K

PubMed ID: 29735152

ASF provided funding support to the Autism Brain Imaging Data Exchange.

Jao Keehn RJ, Nair S, Pueschel EB, Linke AC, Fishman I, Müller RA

PubMed ID: 30137241

ASF supported this research through an Undergraduate Summer Research Grant to Ellyn Pueschel.

Kang E, Keifer CM, Levy EJ, Foss-Feig JH, McPartland JC, Lerner MD

PubMed ID: 30092916

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

Stavropoulos KKM, Viktorinova M, Naples A, Foss-Feig J, McPartland JC

PubMed ID: 27750521

ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award to Katherine Kuhl-Meltzoff Stavropoulos.

Levin AR, Méndez Leal AS, Gabard-Durnam LJ, O’Leary HM

PubMed ID: 30131667

ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award to April Levin, an Undergraduate Summer Research Grant to Adriana Mendez Leal, and a Post-Doctoral Training Award to Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam.

Lei J, Ventola P

DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2018.01.005

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

Harrop C, Jones D, Zheng S, Nowell S, Boyd BA, Sasson N

PubMed ID: 29777472

ASF supported this research through an Accelerator Award to Clare Harrop.

Supekar K, Kochalka J, Schaer M, Wakeman H, Qin S, Padmanabhan A, Menon V

PubMed ID: 30016410

ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award to Aarthi Padmanabhan.

Bhat AN, Srinivasan SM, Woxholdt C, Shield A

PubMed ID: 29671643

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

Foss-Feig JH, Stavropoulos, McPartland JC, Wallace MT, Stone WL, Key AP

PubMed ID: 29436853

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

Wang S, Mamelak AN, Adolphs R, Rutishauser U

PubMed ID: 29910078

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

Keenan EG, Gotham K, Lerner MD

PubMed ID: 28747070

ASF supported this research through an Undergraduate Summer Research Grant to Elliot Keenan.

Shield A, Meier RP

PubMed ID: 29899716

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

Rolison MJ, Naples A, Rutherford HJV, McPartland JC

PubMed ID: 28586261

ASF supported this research through an Undergraduate Summer Research Grant to Max Rolison and an Enhancement Mini-Grant to Adam Naples.

Floris DL, Lai MC, Nath T, Milham MP, Di Martino A

PubMed ID: 29541439

ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award to Dorothea Floris.

Carter Leno V, Tomlinson SB, Chang SA, Naples AJ, McPartland JC

PubMed ID: 30097597

ASF supported this research through an Undergraduate Summer Research Grant to Sam Tomlinson.

Righi G, Tenenbaum EJ, McCormick C, Blossom M, Amso D, Sheinkopf SJ

PubMed ID: 29331093

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

Tavassoli T, Miller LJ, Schoen SA, Jo Brout J, Sullivan J, Baron-Cohen S

PubMed ID: 28579480

ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award to Teresa Tavassoli.

Harrop C, Jones D, Zheng S, Nowell S, Boyd BA, Sasson N

PubMed ID: 30403327

ASF supported this research through an Accelerator Award to Clare Harrop.

Gabard-Durnam LJ, Méndez Leal AS, Wilkinson CL, Levin AR

PubMed ID: 29535597

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

Locke J, Anderson A, Frederick L, Kasari C

PubMed ID: 29982894

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

Diagnosis

Ozonoff S, Young GS, Brian J, Charman T, Shephard E, Solish A, Zwaigenbaum L

PubMed ID: 30392626

ASF provided funding support to the Baby Siblings Research Consortium.

Treatment

Berman S, Ventola P, Gordon I

DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2018.04.003

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

Greene RK, Spanos M, Alderman, Walsh E, Bizzell J, Mosner MG, Kinard JL, Stuber GD, Chandrasekhar T, Politte LC, Sikich L, Dichter GD

PubMed ID: 29587625

ASF supported this research through an Accelerator Award to Rachel Greene.

Kerns CM, Collier A, Lewin AB, Storch EA

PubMed ID: 28514865

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

Services

Scott M, Milbourn B, Falkmer M, Black M, Bölte S, Halladay A, Lerner M, Taylor JL, Girdler S

PubMed ID: 30073870

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

Locke J, Kang-Yi CD, Pellecchia M, Mandell DS

DOI: 10.1111/1471-3802.12436

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

Azad G, Gormley S, Marcus SC, Mandell DS

DOI: 10.1002/pits.22205

ASF supported this research through an Enhancement Mini-Grant to Gazi Azad.

Azad G, Marcus SC, Sheridan SM, Mandell DS

DOI: 10.1080/10474412.2018.1431550

ASF supported this research through an Enhancement Mini-Grant to Gazi Azad

Locke J, Shih W, Kang-Yi CD, Caramanico J, Shingledecker T, Gibson J, Frederick L, Mandell DS

PubMed ID: 29998740

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

The following studies co-authored by ASF grantees were published in 2018. The grants awarded by ASF to fund these studies may have been distributed in years prior to 2018.

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2018 ASF Supported Findings

The following studies co-authored by ASF grantees were published in 2018. The grants awarded by ASF to fund these studies may have been distributed in years prior to 2018.

Biology

An analytical framework for whole-genome sequence association studies and its implications for autism spectrum disorder

Altered Gene-Regulatory Function of KDM5C by a Novel Mutation Associated With Autism and Intellectual Disability

Blocking Zika virus vertical transmission

Brain region-specific disruption of Shank3 in mice reveals a dissociation for cortical and striatal circuits in autism-related behaviors

Brain transcriptome databases: a user’s guide

Dichotomous parvalbumin interneuron populations in dorsolateral and dorsomedial striatum

Exome sequencing of 85 Williams–Beuren syndrome cases rules out coding variation as a major contributor to remaining variance in social behavior

Gene expression in cord blood links genetic risk for neurodevelopmental disorders with maternal psychological distress and adverse childhood outcomes

Genetic variations on SETD5 underlying autistic conditions

Paternally inherited cis-regulatory structural variants are associated with autism

Shank3 mutation in a mouse model of autism leads to changes in the S-nitroso-proteome and affects key proteins involved in vesicle release and synaptic function

Temporal proteomic profiling of postnatal human cortical development

Variability of urinary pesticide metabolite concentrations during pregnancy in the MARBLES Study

Psychology

Age and Gender Effects on Intrinsic Connectivity in Autism Using Functional Integration and Segregation

Atypical Local and Distal Patterns of Occipito-frontal Functional Connectivity are Related to Symptom Severity in Autism

Atypicality of the N170 Event-Related Potential in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Meta-analysis

Autistic traits modulate conscious and nonconscious face perception

BEAPP: The Batch Electroencephalography Automated Processing Platform

Characterising the relationship between theory of mind and anxiety in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and typically developing children

Circumscribed Interests and Attention in Autism: The Role of Biological Sex

Deficits in mesolimbic reward pathway underlie social interaction impairments in children with autism

Differences in praxis performance and receptive language during fingerspelling between deaf children with and without autism spectrum disorder

Electrophysiological response during auditory gap detection: Biomarker for sensory and communication alterations in autism spectrum disorder?

Encoding of Target Detection during Visual Search by Single Neurons in the Human Brain

Hooked on a feeling: Repetitive cognition and internalizing symptomatology in relation to autism spectrum symptomatology

Learning an Embodied Visual Language: Four Imitation Strategies Available to Sign Learners

Modulation of reward in a live social context as revealed through interactive social neuroscience

Network-specific sex differentiation of intrinsic brain function in males with autism

Resting-state alpha power is selectively associated with autistic traits reflecting behavioral rigidity

Sensitivity to audio-visual synchrony and its relation to language abilities in children with and without ASD

Sensory reactivity, empathizing and systemizing in autism spectrum conditions and sensory processing disorder

Sex differences in social attention in autism spectrum disorder

The Harvard Automated Processing Pipeline for Electroencephalography (HAPPE): Standardized Processing Software for Developmental and High-Artifact Data

Understanding Friendship Sex Heterophily and Relational Characteristics to Optimize the Selection of Peer Models for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Diagnosis

Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder After Age 5 in Children Evaluated Longitudinally Since Infancy

Treatment

Improvements in micro level indices of social communication following Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT)

The effects of intranasal oxytocin on reward circuitry responses in children with autism spectrum disorder

Therapeutic alliance in youth with autism spectrum disorder receiving cognitive-behavioral treatment for anxiety

Services

Factors impacting employment for people with autism spectrum disorder: A scoping review

It’s messy but real: a pilot study of the implementation of a social engagement intervention for children with autism in schools

Parent–teacher problem solving about concerns in children with autism spectrum disorder: The role of income and race

Partners in School: An Innovative Parent-Teacher Consultation Model for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

The impact of implementation support on the use of a social engagement intervention for children with autism in public schools

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