2024
Spectral Brain Graph Neural Network for Prediction of Anxiety in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Duan P, Dvornek N, Wang J, Eilbott J, Du Y, Sukhodolsky D, Duncan J. Spectral Brain Graph Neural Network for Prediction of Anxiety in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. 2024, 00: 1-5. DOI: 10.1109/isbi56570.2024.10635753.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGraph neural networksFunctional magnetic resonance imagingAutism spectrum disorderNeural networkCurrent graph neural networksSpectrum disorderMASC-2Spectral analysis algorithmAnalysis algorithmGraph-based networkMultidimensional Anxiety ScaleFast Fourier transformPredictive of anxietyDaily anxiety levelsExtract hidden informationBrain functional networksPower spectrum densityNode featuresNetwork performanceComorbid anxietyBrain mechanismsHidden informationCorrelated featuresAnxiety ScaleTotal score
2023
Protocol description for a randomized controlled trial of fMRI neurofeedback for tics in adolescents with Tourette Syndrome
Awasthi J, Harris-Starling C, Kalvin C, Pittman B, Park H, Bloch M, Fernandez T, Sukhodolsky D, Hampson M. Protocol description for a randomized controlled trial of fMRI neurofeedback for tics in adolescents with Tourette Syndrome. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging 2023, 336: 111692. PMID: 37673711, PMCID: PMC10722977, DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2023.111692.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsTourette syndromeFunctional magnetic resonance imagingStudy protocolChronic tic disorderSupplementary motor areaLower functional connectivityMagnetic resonance imagingResearch study protocolLarge trialsClinical trialsTic disordersMotor areaBrain areasControl groupResonance imagingBrain regionsNew trialsFunctional connectivityNeurofeedback interventionFMRI neurofeedbackNF protocolTrialsNF studiesSyndromeIntervention
2022
Amygdala–prefrontal connectivity in children with maladaptive aggression is modulated by social impairment
Ibrahim K, Kalvin C, Morand-Beaulieu S, He G, Pelphrey KA, McCarthy G, Sukhodolsky DG. Amygdala–prefrontal connectivity in children with maladaptive aggression is modulated by social impairment. Cerebral Cortex 2022, 32: 4371-4385. PMID: 35059702, PMCID: PMC9574236, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhab489.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocial impairmentPrefrontal cortexEmotion processingMaladaptive aggressionAggressive behaviorSocial deficitsEmotion perception taskImplicit emotion processingFace emotion processingFunctional magnetic resonance imagingGreater social impairmentAmygdala-prefrontal connectivityChildhood-onset psychiatric disordersVentral prefrontal cortexDorsolateral prefrontal cortexFearful facesSocial cognitionPerception taskCalm facesSocial cuesTransdiagnostic sampleAmygdala reactivityParent ratingsPFC connectivityDiminished connectivityControl of actions and tics: A psychophysiological perspective
Morand-Beaulieu S, Jordan R, Baldwin E, Zhong J, Sukhodolsky D. Control of actions and tics: A psychophysiological perspective. International Review Of Movement Disorders 2022, 3: 343-363. DOI: 10.1016/bs.irmvd.2022.01.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTourette syndromeFunctional magnetic resonance imagingTic suppressionInhibitory controlMagnetic resonance imagingChronic ticsResonance imagingBrain correlatesBrain activityPsychophysiological studiesInhibitory control taskPsychophysiological correlatesControl of actionCorrelatesPsychophysiological techniquesSyndromeControlSuppressionStudy
2019
Reduced Amygdala–Prefrontal Functional Connectivity in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Co-occurring Disruptive Behavior
Ibrahim K, Eilbott JA, Ventola P, He G, Pelphrey KA, McCarthy G, Sukhodolsky DG. Reduced Amygdala–Prefrontal Functional Connectivity in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Co-occurring Disruptive Behavior. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience And Neuroimaging 2019, 4: 1031-1041. PMID: 30979647, PMCID: PMC7173634, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2019.01.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutism spectrum disorderCallous-unemotional traitsAmygdala-vlPFC connectivityDisruptive behaviorAmygdala reactivityNeural mechanismsSpectrum disorderAmygdala-prefrontal functional connectivityEmotion perception taskFunctional magnetic resonance imagingVentrolateral prefrontal cortexUnderlying neural mechanismsDisruptive behavior disordersTask-specific changesRisk of aggressionEmotion dysregulationFearful facesCalm facesPerception taskFear processingAmygdala activityPsychophysiological interactionAmygdala connectivityExternalizing behaviorsAmygdala hyperactivity
2014
Heterogeneity of neural mechanisms of response to pivotal response treatment
Ventola P, Yang DY, Friedman HE, Oosting D, Wolf J, Sukhodolsky DG, Pelphrey KA. Heterogeneity of neural mechanisms of response to pivotal response treatment. Brain Imaging And Behavior 2014, 9: 74-88. PMID: 25370452, PMCID: PMC4993028, DOI: 10.1007/s11682-014-9331-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPivotal Response TreatmentPosterior superior temporal sulcusFunctional magnetic resonance imagingAutism spectrum disorderNeural responsesResponse treatmentRight posterior superior temporal sulcusBiological motion perception taskDifferential neural responsesMotion perception taskSuperior temporal sulcusPerception taskTD childrenTemporal sulcusSocial perceptionBrain responsesNeural mechanismsSpectrum disorderSocial communicationNeural vulnerabilityNeural characteristicsNeural systemsVentral striatumReward systemSubcortical regions