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Neurofeedback training of executive function in autism spectrum disorder: distinct effects on brain activity levels and compensatory connectivity changes 自闭症谱系障碍患者执行功能的神经反馈训练:对大脑活动水平和代偿连接变化的独特影响
IF 4.9 2区 医学
Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders Pub Date : 2024-04-11 DOI: 10.1186/s11689-024-09531-2
Daniela Jardim Pereira, Sofia Morais, Alexandre Sayal, João Pereira, Sofia Meneses, Graça Areias, Bruno Direito, António Macedo, Miguel Castelo-Branco
{"title":"Neurofeedback training of executive function in autism spectrum disorder: distinct effects on brain activity levels and compensatory connectivity changes","authors":"Daniela Jardim Pereira, Sofia Morais, Alexandre Sayal, João Pereira, Sofia Meneses, Graça Areias, Bruno Direito, António Macedo, Miguel Castelo-Branco","doi":"10.1186/s11689-024-09531-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s11689-024-09531-2","url":null,"abstract":"Deficits in executive function (EF) are consistently reported in autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Tailored cognitive training tools, such as neurofeedback, focused on executive function enhancement might have a significant impact on the daily life functioning of individuals with ASD. We report the first real-time fMRI neurofeedback (rt-fMRI NF) study targeting the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) in ASD. Thirteen individuals with autism without intellectual disability and seventeen neurotypical individuals completed a rt-fMRI working memory NF paradigm, consisting of subvocal backward recitation of self-generated numeric sequences. We performed a region-of-interest analysis of the DLPFC, whole-brain comparisons between groups and, DLPFC-based functional connectivity. The ASD and control groups were able to modulate DLPFC activity in 84% and 98% of the runs. Activity in the target region was persistently lower in the ASD group, particularly in runs without neurofeedback. Moreover, the ASD group showed lower activity in premotor/motor areas during pre-neurofeedback run than controls, but not in transfer runs, where it was seemingly balanced by higher connectivity between the DLPFC and the motor cortex. Group comparison in the transfer run also showed significant differences in DLPFC-based connectivity between groups, including higher connectivity with areas integrated into the multidemand network (MDN) and the visual cortex. Neurofeedback seems to induce a higher between-group similarity of the whole-brain activity levels (including the target ROI) which might be promoted by changes in connectivity between the DLPFC and both high and low-level areas, including motor, visual and MDN regions.","PeriodicalId":16530,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders","volume":"2022 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140596458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Genetic determinants of global developmental delay and intellectual disability in Ukrainian children. 乌克兰儿童全面发育迟缓和智力残疾的遗传决定因素。
IF 4.9 2区 医学
Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders Pub Date : 2024-03-27 DOI: 10.1186/s11689-024-09528-x
Khrystyna Shchubelka, Liudmyla Turova, Walter Wolfsberger, Kelly Kalanquin, Krista Williston, Oleksii Kurutsa, Anastasiia Makovetska, Yaroslava Hasynets, Violeta Mirutenko, Mykhailo Vakerych, Taras K Oleksyk
{"title":"Genetic determinants of global developmental delay and intellectual disability in Ukrainian children.","authors":"Khrystyna Shchubelka, Liudmyla Turova, Walter Wolfsberger, Kelly Kalanquin, Krista Williston, Oleksii Kurutsa, Anastasiia Makovetska, Yaroslava Hasynets, Violeta Mirutenko, Mykhailo Vakerych, Taras K Oleksyk","doi":"10.1186/s11689-024-09528-x","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s11689-024-09528-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Global developmental delay or intellectual disability usually accompanies various genetic disorders as a part of the syndrome, which may include seizures, autism spectrum disorder and multiple congenital abnormalities. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) techniques have improved the identification of pathogenic variants and genes related to developmental delay. This study aimed to evaluate the yield of whole exome sequencing (WES) and neurodevelopmental disorder gene panel sequencing in a pediatric cohort from Ukraine. Additionally, the study computationally predicted the effect of variants of uncertain significance (VUS) based on recently published genetic data from the country's healthy population.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study retrospectively analyzed WES or gene panel sequencing findings of 417 children with global developmental delay, intellectual disability, and/or other symptoms. Variants of uncertain significance were annotated using CADD-Phred and SIFT prediction scores, and their frequency in the healthy population of Ukraine was estimated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A definitive molecular diagnosis was established in 66 (15.8%) of the individuals. WES diagnosed 22 out of 37 cases (59.4%), while the neurodevelopmental gene panel identified 44 definitive diagnoses among the 380 tested patients (12.1%). Non-diagnostic findings (VUS and carrier) were reported in 350 (83.2%) individuals. The most frequently diagnosed conditions were developmental and epileptic encephalopathies associated with severe epilepsy and GDD/ID (associated genes ARX, CDKL5, STXBP1, KCNQ2, SCN2A, KCNT1, KCNA2). Additionally, we annotated 221 VUS classified as potentially damaging, AD or X-linked, potentially increasing the diagnostic yield by 30%, but 18 of these variants were present in the healthy population of Ukraine.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This is the first comprehensive study on genetic causes of GDD/ID conducted in Ukraine. This study provides the first comprehensive investigation of the genetic causes of GDD/ID in Ukraine. It presents a substantial dataset of diagnosed genetic conditions associated with GDD/ID. The results support the utilization of NGS gene panels and WES as first-line diagnostic tools for GDD/ID cases, particularly in resource-limited settings. A comprehensive approach to resolving VUS, including computational effect prediction, population frequency analysis, and phenotype assessment, can aid in further reclassification of deleterious VUS and guide further testing in families.</p>","PeriodicalId":16530,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders","volume":"16 1","pages":"13"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10967201/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140305956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Differential cognitive and behavioral development from 6 to 24 months in autism and fragile X syndrome 自闭症和脆性 X 综合征在 6 到 24 个月期间的认知和行为发展差异
IF 4.9 2区 医学
Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders Pub Date : 2024-03-20 DOI: 10.1186/s11689-024-09519-y
Lindsay J. Mullin, Joshua Rutsohn, Julia L. Gross, Kelly E. Caravella, Rebecca L. Grzadzinski, Leigh Anne Weisenfeld, Lisa Flake, Kelly N. Botteron, Stephen R. Dager, Annette M. Estes, Juhi Pandey, Robert T. Schultz, Tanya St. John, Jason J. Wolff, Mark D. Shen, Joseph Piven, Heather C. Hazlett, Jessica B. Girault
{"title":"Differential cognitive and behavioral development from 6 to 24 months in autism and fragile X syndrome","authors":"Lindsay J. Mullin, Joshua Rutsohn, Julia L. Gross, Kelly E. Caravella, Rebecca L. Grzadzinski, Leigh Anne Weisenfeld, Lisa Flake, Kelly N. Botteron, Stephen R. Dager, Annette M. Estes, Juhi Pandey, Robert T. Schultz, Tanya St. John, Jason J. Wolff, Mark D. Shen, Joseph Piven, Heather C. Hazlett, Jessica B. Girault","doi":"10.1186/s11689-024-09519-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s11689-024-09519-y","url":null,"abstract":"Specifying early developmental differences among neurodevelopmental disorders with distinct etiologies is critical to improving early identification and tailored intervention during the first years of life. Recent studies have uncovered important differences between infants with fragile X syndrome (FXS) and infants with familial history of autism spectrum disorder who go on to develop autism themselves (FH-ASD), including differences in brain development and behavior. Thus far, there have been no studies longitudinally investigating differential developmental skill profiles in FXS and FH-ASD infants. The current study contrasted longitudinal trajectories of verbal (expressive and receptive language) and nonverbal (gross and fine motor, visual reception) skills in FXS and FH-ASD infants, compared to FH infants who did not develop ASD (FH-nonASD) and typically developing controls. Infants with FXS showed delays on a nonverbal composite compared to FH-ASD (as well as FH-nonASD and control) infants as early as 6 months of age. By 12 months an ordinal pattern of scores was established between groups on all domains tested, such that controls > FH-nonASD > FH-ASD > FXS. This pattern persisted through 24 months. Cognitive level differentially influenced developmental trajectories for FXS and FH-ASD. Our results demonstrate detectable group differences by 6 months between FXS and FH-ASD as well as differential trajectories on each domain throughout infancy. This work further highlights an earlier onset of global cognitive delays in FXS and, conversely, a protracted period of more slowly emerging delays in FH-ASD. Divergent neural and cognitive development in infancy between FXS and FH-ASD contributes to our understanding of important distinctions in the development and behavioral phenotype of these two groups.","PeriodicalId":16530,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140168867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Social skills in neurodevelopmental disorders: a study using role-plays to assess adolescents and young adults with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome and autism spectrum disorders 神经发育障碍中的社交技能:利用角色扮演评估 22q11.2 缺失综合征和自闭症谱系障碍青少年的研究
IF 4.9 2区 医学
Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders Pub Date : 2024-03-18 DOI: 10.1186/s11689-024-09527-y
Clémence Feller, Laura Ilen, Stephan Eliez, Maude Schneider
{"title":"Social skills in neurodevelopmental disorders: a study using role-plays to assess adolescents and young adults with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome and autism spectrum disorders","authors":"Clémence Feller, Laura Ilen, Stephan Eliez, Maude Schneider","doi":"10.1186/s11689-024-09527-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s11689-024-09527-y","url":null,"abstract":"Social skills are frequently impaired in neurodevelopmental disorders and genetic conditions, including 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Although often assessed with questionnaires, direct assessment provides a more valid estimate of the constructs. Role-plays (i.e., simulates situational settings) therefore appear to be an appropriate indicator of social skills in daily life. This co-registered study involved 53 individuals with 22q11DS, 34 individuals with ASD, and 64 typically developing (TD) peers aged 12–30 years. All participants were assessed with role-plays as well as parent-reported questionnaires and clinical interviews focusing on social skills, functioning and anxiety. Both clinical groups showed impaired social skills compared to TD, but distinct social profiles emerged between the groups. Individuals with 22q11DS displayed higher social appropriateness and clarity of speech but weaker general argumentation and negotiation skills, with the opposite pattern observed in participants with ASD. No association was found between social skills measured by direct observation and caregiver reports. Social anxiety, although higher in clinical groups than in TD, was not associated with role-plays. This study highlights the need to train social skills through tailored interventions to target the specific difficulties of each clinical population. It also highlights the importance of combining measures as they do not necessarily provide the same outcome.","PeriodicalId":16530,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders","volume":"88 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140147314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Using team-based precision medicine to advance understanding of rare genetic brain disorders. 利用基于团队的精准医疗,增进对罕见遗传性脑部疾病的了解。
IF 4.1 2区 医学
Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders Pub Date : 2024-03-15 DOI: 10.1186/s11689-024-09518-z
Steven U Walkley, Sophie Molholm, Bryen Jordan, Robert W Marion, Melissa Wasserstein
{"title":"Using team-based precision medicine to advance understanding of rare genetic brain disorders.","authors":"Steven U Walkley, Sophie Molholm, Bryen Jordan, Robert W Marion, Melissa Wasserstein","doi":"10.1186/s11689-024-09518-z","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s11689-024-09518-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We describe a multidisciplinary teamwork approach known as \"Operation IDD Gene Team\" developed by the Rose F. Kennedy Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (RFK IDDRC) at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. This initiative brings families affected by rare genetic diseases that cause intellectual and developmental disability together with physicians, basic scientists, and their trainees. At team meetings, family members share their child's medical and personal history, physicians describe the broader clinical consequences of the condition, and scientists provide accessible tutorials focused on the fundamental biology of relevant genes. When appropriate, possible treatment approaches are also discussed. The outcomes of team meetings have been overwhelmingly positive, with families not only expressing deep gratitude, but also becoming empowered to establish foundations dedicated to their child's specific condition. Physicians, and in particular the scientists and their trainees, have gained a deeper understanding of challenges faced by affected families, broadening their perspective on how their research can extend beyond the laboratory. Remarkably, research by the scientists following the Gene Team meetings have often included focus on the actual gene variants exhibited by the participating children. As these investigations progress and newly created foundations expand their efforts, national as well as international collaborations are forged. These developments emphasize the importance of rare diseases as windows into previously unexplored molecular and cellular processes, which can offer fresh insights into both normal function as well as more common diseases. Elucidating the mechanisms of and treatments for rare and ultra-rare diseases thus has benefits for all involved-families, physicians, and scientists and their trainees, as well as the broader medical community. While the RFK IDDRC's Operation IDD Gene Team program has focused on intellectual disabilities affecting children, we believe it has the potential to be applied to rare genetic diseases impacting individuals of any age and encompassing a wide variety of developmental disorders affecting multiple organ systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":16530,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders","volume":"16 1","pages":"10"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10941544/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140140294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Protein Kinase A in neurological disorders. 神经系统疾病中的蛋白激酶 A。
IF 4.1 2区 医学
Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders Pub Date : 2024-03-13 DOI: 10.1186/s11689-024-09525-0
Alexander G P Glebov-McCloud, Walter S Saide, Marie E Gaine, Stefan Strack
{"title":"Protein Kinase A in neurological disorders.","authors":"Alexander G P Glebov-McCloud, Walter S Saide, Marie E Gaine, Stefan Strack","doi":"10.1186/s11689-024-09525-0","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s11689-024-09525-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cyclic adenosine 3', 5' monophosphate (cAMP)-dependent Protein Kinase A (PKA) is a multi-functional serine/threonine kinase that regulates a wide variety of physiological processes including gene transcription, metabolism, and synaptic plasticity. Genomic sequencing studies have identified both germline and somatic variants of the catalytic and regulatory subunits of PKA in patients with metabolic and neurodevelopmental disorders. In this review we discuss the classical cAMP/PKA signaling pathway and the disease phenotypes that result from PKA variants. This review highlights distinct isoform-specific cognitive deficits that occur in both PKA catalytic and regulatory subunits, and how tissue-specific distribution of these isoforms may contribute to neurodevelopmental disorders in comparison to more generalized endocrine dysfunction.</p>","PeriodicalId":16530,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders","volume":"16 1","pages":"9"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10936040/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140119740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Etiologic heterogeneity, pleiotropy, and polygenicity in behaviorally defined intellectual and developmental disabilities. 行为定义的智力和发育障碍的病因异质性、多重性和多基因性。
IF 4.1 2区 医学
Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders Pub Date : 2024-03-13 DOI: 10.1186/s11689-024-09526-z
Jessica B Girault, Olivia J Veatch, Hyejung Won
{"title":"Etiologic heterogeneity, pleiotropy, and polygenicity in behaviorally defined intellectual and developmental disabilities.","authors":"Jessica B Girault, Olivia J Veatch, Hyejung Won","doi":"10.1186/s11689-024-09526-z","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s11689-024-09526-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16530,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders","volume":"16 1","pages":"8"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10936123/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140119739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Conducting head-mounted eye-tracking research with young children with autism and children with increased likelihood of later autism diagnosis 对患有自闭症的幼儿和日后更有可能被诊断为自闭症的儿童进行头戴式眼动追踪研究
IF 4.9 2区 医学
Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders Pub Date : 2024-03-04 DOI: 10.1186/s11689-024-09524-1
E. Perkovich, A. Laakman, S. Mire, H. Yoshida
{"title":"Conducting head-mounted eye-tracking research with young children with autism and children with increased likelihood of later autism diagnosis","authors":"E. Perkovich, A. Laakman, S. Mire, H. Yoshida","doi":"10.1186/s11689-024-09524-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s11689-024-09524-1","url":null,"abstract":"Over the past years, researchers have been using head-mounted eye-tracking systems to study young children’s gaze behaviors in everyday activities through which children learn about the world. This method has great potential to further our understanding of how millisecond-level gaze behaviors create multisensory experiences and fluctuate around social environments. While this line of work can yield insight into early perceptual experiences and potential learning mechanisms, the majority of the work is exclusively conducted with typically-developing children. Sensory sensitivities, social-communication difficulties, and challenging behaviors (e.g., disruption, elopement) are common among children with developmental disorders, and they may represent potential methodological challenges for collecting high-quality data. In this paper, we describe our research practices of using head-mounted eye trackers with 41 autistic children and 17 children with increased likelihood of later autism diagnosis without auditory or visual impairments, including those who are minimally or nonspeaking and/or have intellectual disabilities. The success rate in gathering data among children with autism was 92.68%. 3 of 41 children failed to complete the play-session, resulting in an 86.36% success rate among 1–4-year-olds and a 100.00% success rate among 5–8-year-olds. 1 of 17 children with increased likelihood of later autism diagnosis failed to complete the play-session, resulting in a success rate of 94.11%. There were numerous “challenging” behaviors relevant to the method. The most common challenging behaviors included taking the eye-tracking device off, elopement, and becoming distressed. Overall, among children with autism, 88.8% of 1–4-year-olds and 29.4% of 5–8-year-olds exhibited at least one challenging behavior. Research capitalizing on this methodology has the potential to reveal early, socially-mediated gaze behaviors that are relevant for autism screening, diagnosis, and intervention purposes. We hope that our efforts in documenting our study methodology will help researchers and clinicians effectively study early naturally-occuring gaze behaviors of children during non-experimental contexts across the spectrum and other developmental disabilities using head-mounted eye-tracking. Ultimately, such applications may increase the generalizability of results, better reflect the diversity of individual characteristics, and offer new ways in which this method can contribute to the field.","PeriodicalId":16530,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140025539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Outcome measures in Angelman syndrome 安杰曼综合征的结果测量
IF 4.9 2区 医学
Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.1186/s11689-024-09516-1
Doesjka A. Hagenaar, Karen G. C. B. Bindels-de Heus, Maud M. van Gils, Louise van den Berg, Leontine W. ten Hoopen, Philine Affourtit, Johan J. M. Pel, Koen F. M. Joosten, Manon H. J. Hillegers, Henriëtte A. Moll, Marie-Claire Y. de Wit, Gwen C. Dieleman, Sabine E. Mous
{"title":"Outcome measures in Angelman syndrome","authors":"Doesjka A. Hagenaar, Karen G. C. B. Bindels-de Heus, Maud M. van Gils, Louise van den Berg, Leontine W. ten Hoopen, Philine Affourtit, Johan J. M. Pel, Koen F. M. Joosten, Manon H. J. Hillegers, Henriëtte A. Moll, Marie-Claire Y. de Wit, Gwen C. Dieleman, Sabine E. Mous","doi":"10.1186/s11689-024-09516-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s11689-024-09516-1","url":null,"abstract":"Angelman syndrome (AS) is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by severe intellectual disability, little to no expressive speech, visual and motor problems, emotional/behavioral challenges, and a tendency towards hyperphagia and weight gain. The characteristics of AS make it difficult to measure these children’s functioning with standard clinical tests. Feasible outcome measures are needed to measure current functioning and change over time, in clinical practice and clinical trials. Our first aim is to assess the feasibility of several functional tests. We target domains of neurocognitive functioning and physical growth using the following measurement methods: eye-tracking, functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS), indirect calorimetry, bio-impedance analysis (BIA), and BOD POD (air-displacement plethysmography). Our second aim is to explore the results of the above measures, in order to better understand the AS phenotype. The study sample consisted of 28 children with AS aged 2–18 years. We defined an outcome measure as feasible when (1) at least 70% of participants successfully finished the measurement and (2) at least 60% of those participants had acceptable data quality. Adaptations to the test procedure and reasons for early termination were noted. Parents rated acceptability and importance and were invited to make recommendations to increase feasibility. The results of the measures were explored. Outcome measures obtained with eye-tracking and BOD POD met the definition of feasibility, while fNIRS, indirect calorimetry, and BIA did not. The most important reasons for early termination of measurements were showing signs of protest, inability to sit still and poor/no calibration (eye-tracking specific). Post-calibration was often applied to obtain valid eye-tracking results. Parents rated the BOD POD als most acceptable and fNIRS as least acceptable for their child. All outcome measures were rated to be important. Exploratory results indicated longer reaction times to high salient visual stimuli (eye-tracking) as well as high body fat percentage (BOD POD). Eye-tracking and BOD POD are feasible measurement methods for children with AS. Eye-tracking was successfully used to assess visual orienting functions in the current study and (with some practical adaptations) can potentially be used to assess other outcomes as well. BOD POD was successfully used to examine body composition. Registered d.d. 23-04-2020 under number ‘NL8550’ in the Dutch Trial Register: https://onderzoekmetmensen.nl/en/trial/23075 ","PeriodicalId":16530,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140006272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Overcoming genetic and cellular complexity to study the pathophysiology of X-linked intellectual disabilities. 克服遗传和细胞复杂性,研究 X 连锁智力残疾的病理生理学。
IF 4.9 2区 医学
Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders Pub Date : 2024-02-29 DOI: 10.1186/s11689-024-09517-0
Dayne Martinez, Evan Jiang, Zhaolan Zhou
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