Sex Differences in Functional Connectivity of the Salience, Default Mode, and Central Executive Networks in Youth with ASD
Lawrence KE, Hernandez LM, Bowman HC, Padgaonkar NT, Fuster E, Jack A, Aylward E, Gaab N, Van Horn JD, Bernier RA, Geschwind DH, McPartland JC, Nelson CA, Webb SJ, Pelphrey KA, Green SA, Bookheimer SY, Dapretto M, Consortium G. Sex Differences in Functional Connectivity of the Salience, Default Mode, and Central Executive Networks in Youth with ASD. Cerebral Cortex 2020, 30: 5107-5120. PMID: 32350530, PMCID: PMC7391269, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhaa105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutism spectrum disorderCentral executive networkDefault mode networkFunctional connectivitySalience networkExecutive networkSymptomatology of ASDGreater functional connectivitySex-related biological factorsSample of girlsSN functional connectivitySex differencesAltered functional connectivityASD exhibitNeurotypical individualsNeurocognitive networksTypical developmentNeural mechanismsSpectrum disorderDefault modeMode networkParticipant sexMale samplesYouthGirls