Alteration of the large-scale white-matter functional networks in autism spectrum disorder

Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder whose core deficit is social dysfunction. Previous studies have indicated that structural changes in white matter are associated with autism spectrum disorder. However, few studies have explored the alteration of the large-scale white-matter...

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Published in:Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. 1991) Vol. 33; no. 24; p. 11582
Main Authors: Chen, Kai, Zhuang, Wenwen, Zhang, Yanfang, Yin, Shunjie, Liu, Yinghua, Chen, Yuan, Kang, Xiaodong, Ma, Hailin, Zhang, Tao
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States 09.12.2023
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clustering
autism spectrum disorder
resting-state fMRI
functional network connectivity
white-matter functional network
ISSN:1460-2199, 1460-2199
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Summary:Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder whose core deficit is social dysfunction. Previous studies have indicated that structural changes in white matter are associated with autism spectrum disorder. However, few studies have explored the alteration of the large-scale white-matter functional networks in autism spectrum disorder. Here, we identified ten white-matter functional networks on resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data using the K-means clustering algorithm. Compared with the white matter and white-matter functional network connectivity of the healthy controls group, we found significantly decreased white matter and white-matter functional network connectivity mainly located within the Occipital network, Middle temporo-frontal network, and Deep network in autism spectrum disorder. Compared with healthy controls, findings from white-matter gray-matter functional network connectivity showed the decreased white-matter gray-matter functional network connectivity mainly distributing in the Occipital network and Deep network. Moreover, we compared the spontaneous activity of white-matter functional networks between the two groups. We found that the spontaneous activity of Middle temporo-frontal and Deep network was significantly decreased in autism spectrum disorder. Finally, the correlation analysis showed that the white matter and white-matter functional network connectivity between the Middle temporo-frontal network and others networks and the spontaneous activity of the Deep network were significantly correlated with the Social Responsiveness Scale scores of autism spectrum disorder. Together, our findings indicate that changes in the white-matter functional networks are associated behavioral deficits in autism spectrum disorder.
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ISSN:1460-2199
1460-2199
DOI:10.1093/cercor/bhad392