Brief Report: Preliminary Evidence of the N170 as a Biomarker of Response to Treatment in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Kala S, Rolison MJ, Trevisan DA, Naples AJ, Pelphrey K, Ventola P, McPartland JC. Brief Report: Preliminary Evidence of the N170 as a Biomarker of Response to Treatment in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Frontiers In Psychiatry 2021, 12: 709382. PMID: 34267691, PMCID: PMC8275957, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.709382.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAutism spectrum disorderN170 latencyBehavioral treatmentSpectrum disorderFace-sensitive event-related potentialsComputer-generated facesEvent-related potentialsWaitlist control conditionASD displayFearful affectNeural processingN170Waitlist controlSubset of participantsPRT interventionElectroencephalography (EEG) dataNeurodevelopmental disordersAged childrenPreliminary evidenceObjective indexSocial functionLarge sampleExploratory studyParticipantsTreatment responseThe N170 event‐related potential reflects delayed neural response to faces when visual attention is directed to the eyes in youths with ASD
Parker TC, Crowley MJ, Naples AJ, Rolison MJ, Wu J, Trapani JA, McPartland JC. The N170 event‐related potential reflects delayed neural response to faces when visual attention is directed to the eyes in youths with ASD. Autism Research 2021, 14: 1347-1356. PMID: 33749161, DOI: 10.1002/aur.2505.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutism spectrum disorderEvent-related potentialsAtypical neural responsesN170 latencyVisual attentionNeural responsesFace-sensitive event-related potentialsN170 event-related potentialShorter N170 latenciesFace processingTD individualsASD exhibitUpright facesTD childrenNeural processingAdolescent brainBrain responsesSocial deficitsSpectrum disorderExperimental stimuliSocial informationVisual engagementEye regionPrior findingsGroup differences