Title
Functional connectivity decreases in autism in emotion, self, and face circuits identified by Knowledge-based Enrichment Analysis.
Abstract
A powerful new method is described called Knowledge based functional connectivity Enrichment Analysis (KEA) for interpreting resting state functional connectivity, using circuits that are functionally identified using search terms with the Neurosynth database. The method derives its power by focusing on neural circuits, sets of brain regions that share a common biological function, instead of trying to interpret single functional connectivity links. This provides a novel way of investigating how task- or function-related networks have resting state functional connectivity differences in different psychiatric states, provides a new way to bridge the gap between task and resting-state functional networks, and potentially helps to identify brain networks that might be treated. The method was applied to interpreting functional connectivity differences in autism. Functional connectivity decreases at the network circuit level in 394 patients with autism compared with 473 controls were found in networks involving the orbitofrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, middle temporal gyrus cortex, and the precuneus, in networks that are implicated in the sense of self, face processing, and theory of mind. The decreases were correlated with symptom severity.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.12.068
NeuroImage
Keywords
Field
DocType
Autism spectrum disorder,Neurosynth database,Orbitofrontal cortex,Precuneus,Resting state fMRI
Autism,Developmental psychology,Neuroscience,Precuneus,Resting state fMRI,Theory of mind,Psychology,Cognitive psychology,Anterior cingulate cortex,Orbitofrontal cortex,Autism spectrum disorder,Middle temporal gyrus
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
148
1053-8119
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.45
8
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Wei Cheng1811106.56
Edmund T. Rolls249760.81
Jie Zhang3841185.41
Wenbo Sheng430.45
Liang Ma551.84
Lin Wan6314.11
Qiang Luo791.03
Jianfeng Feng864688.67