MEG Detects Abnormal Cerebral-Cerebellar Functional Connectivity During Processing of Spoken Sentences in Autism Spectrum Disorder
The work was conducted by the Center’s Tal Kenet, PhD, and colleagues.
Search Results for: Autism
Review: The Role of Histone Deacetylases in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Nicole Zurcher Wimmer, Jacob Hooker and colleagues recently reviewed research on relationships between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and histone deacetylases (HDACs).
The Center’s Jacob Hooker Joins the Lurie Center for Autism as Scientific Director
Hooker says his new job at Mass General’s Lurie Center for Autism is to “develop a strategy for how we move autism science forward in a very meaningful way.”
BrainMap: Neural variability in autism and beyond
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/153319823
Functional Connectivity on MEG May Be a Biomarker of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Using MEG, the Center’s Fahimeh Mamashli, Tal Kenet and colleagues determined that children with ASD show altered functional connectivity in response to inverted faces.
BrainMap: Neuroimage Analysis in Autism: from Model-Based Estimation to Data-driven Learning | James Duncan, Ph.D., Yale University
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/153319823
How iPads and Other Tablet Devices Could Improve Communication Skills in People With Autism
In recent years researchers have gained an increased understanding of the relationship between motor skills and the development of language, particularly in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Given the core deficit in verbal communication in children… How iPads and Other Tablet Devices Could Improve Communication Skills in People With Autism
Understanding Eye-contact Avoidance in People With Autism
The Martinos Center’s Nouchine Hadjikhani and colleagues shed light on the underlying reasons for the behavior. Hint: It’s not about social indifference.
Translational Research in Radiology Webinar
Imaging and Psychiatry: Is There a Path to Better Outcomes? Jacob Hooker, PhD Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Lurie Center for Autism Joshua Roffman, MD Mass General Department of Psychiatry Link to join webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85209936586
TRANSLATE (Translational Research in Radiology)
The TRANSLATE seminar series offers conversations about the latest advances in translational research in radiology, and about the process of translational research itself. Each seminar brings together a physician with particular clinical needs and a… TRANSLATE (Translational Research in Radiology)
Women in Science panel: How to use Twitter to advance your career and make an impact
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/94703722506
Publications Updates
May 11, 2020 The presubiculum links incipient amyloid and tau pathology to memory function in older persons Jacobs HIL, Augustinack JC, Schultz AP, Hanseeuw BJ, Locascio J, Amariglio RE, Papp KV, Rentz DM, Sperling RA,… Publications Updates
The Secret Lives Of Martinos Folk: Radio, Nerds, and Where Punk and Science Meet
Keri Garel bucks stereotypes as an MIT community member by day and “DJ Awesome” by night.
Magnetoencephalography Aids Diagnosis and Treatment of Epilepsy, Other Disorders
Long used for neuroscience studies, MEG is more recently gaining entry into the clinic.
Early Screening of ASD With a New Eye-tracking Paradigm
The paradigm, developed by the Center’s June Kong and colleagues, could greatly reduce the possibility of bias in traditional evaluations of ASD.