2024
Radiographic severity is associated with worse executive function in metopic craniosynostosis
Almeida M, Alper D, Barrero C, Parikh N, Hauc S, Moscarelli J, Golinko M, Persing J, Swanson J, Alperovich M. Radiographic severity is associated with worse executive function in metopic craniosynostosis. Child's Nervous System 2024, 1-12. PMID: 38904768, DOI: 10.1007/s00381-024-06493-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSeverity of metopic synostosisExecutive functionConners-3Neurocognitive testsBehavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-2Endocranial bifrontal angleAssociated with worse executive functionSocial Responsiveness Scale-2Behavior Rating InventoryImpact executive functioningWorse executive functionChild Behavior ChecklistMetopic synostosisBRIEF-2Behavior ChecklistSchool ageBehavioral assessmentBehavioral difficultiesScale-2Subscale scoresAssociated with worse scoresBehavioral outcomesPhenotypic severitySociodemographic riskPre-operative CT imagesComparison of emotional and behavioral regulation between metopic and sagittal synostosis
Almeida M, Alper D, Parikh N, De Baun H, Kammien A, Persing J, Alperovich M. Comparison of emotional and behavioral regulation between metopic and sagittal synostosis. Child's Nervous System 2024, 40: 2789-2799. PMID: 38691155, DOI: 10.1007/s00381-024-06387-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntelligence quotientBehavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-2Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of IntelligenceSocial Responsiveness Scale-2Behavior Rating InventoryWechsler Abbreviated ScaleExecutive function subscalesChild Behavior ChecklistExecutive function scoresScale of IntelligenceWASI-IIBRIEF-2Conners-3Executive functionExternalizing behaviorsBehavior ChecklistBehavioral regulationProblems subscaleSchool ageBehavioral assessmentBehavioral difficultiesScale-2Behavioral outcomesRule-breakingBehavioral differences
2023
Risk of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Executive Function Impairment in Metopic Craniosynostosis
Almeida M, Alper D, Long A, Barrero C, Williams M, Boroumand S, Glahn J, Shah J, Swanson J, Alperovich M. Risk of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Executive Function Impairment in Metopic Craniosynostosis. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 2023, 154: 979e-992e. PMID: 38113367, DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000011249.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWorse executive functionExecutive functionConners 3Behavioral ChecklistBehavior Rating InventoryBehavioral impairmentsExecutive function impairmentAutism spectrum disorderExecutive function subscalesNd editionChild Behavioral ChecklistSignificant behavioral impairmentSchool-aged childrenBRIEF-2Common behavioral abnormalitiesRating InventoryInterpersonal successSpectrum disorderRisk of ADHDHyperactivity subscaleNeurocognitive testingAge childrenBehavioral dysfunctionBehavioral functionsADHD