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Papers

(The median citation count of Molecular Autism is 9. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Coping, fostering resilience, and driving care innovation for autistic people and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond	139
Autism spectrum disorder at the crossroad between genes and environment: contributions, convergences, and interactions in ASD developmental pathophysiology	123
Is social camouflaging associated with anxiety and depression in autistic adults?	114
The psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adults with autism: a survey study across three countries	82
Prevalence and cumulative incidence of autism spectrum disorders and the patterns of co-occurring neurodevelopmental disorders in a total population sample of 5-year-old children	77
Cannabinoid treatment for autism: a proof-of-concept randomized trial	66
Increased aperiodic gamma power in young boys with Fragile X Syndrome is associated with better language ability	42
Effects of bumetanide on neurodevelopmental impairments in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex: an open-label pilot study	42
Gender identity, sexual orientation and adverse sexual experiences in autistic females	42
Sleep disorders in rare genetic syndromes: a meta-analysis of prevalence and profile	41
Reduced auditory steady state responses in autism spectrum disorder	40
Exploring the mechanisms underlying excitation/inhibition imbalance in human iPSC-derived models of ASD	39
Placebo response in pharmacological and dietary supplement trials of autism spectrum disorder (ASD): systematic review and meta-regression analysis	39
Differential mirror neuron system (MNS) activation during action observation with and without social-emotional components in autism: a meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies	39
Towards robust and replicable sex differences in the intrinsic brain function of autism	37
Pharmacological and dietary-supplement treatments for autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and network meta-analysis	36
Cerebral organoids as tools to identify the developmental roots of autism	33
Dissecting the phenotypic heterogeneity in sensory features in autism spectrum disorder: a factor mixture modelling approach	32
Development and validation of the suicidal behaviours questionnaire - autism spectrum conditions in a community sample of autistic, possibly autistic and non-autistic adults	32
Inattention and hyperactive/impulsive component scores do not differentiate between autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in a clinical sample	31
Targeting the RHOA pathway improves learning and memory in adult Kctd13 and 16p11.2 deletion mouse models	30
Randomized controlled trial of sulforaphane and metabolite discovery in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder	30
Beyond the three-chamber test: toward a multimodal and objective assessment of social behavior in rodents	30
Major motor and gait deficits with sexual dimorphism in a Shank3 mutant mouse model	29
Imitation and recognition of facial emotions in autism: a computer vision approach	28

Physical health of autistic girls and women: a scoping review	28
Exosomes derived from mesenchymal stem cells improved core symptoms of genetically modified mouse model of autism Shank3B	28
White matter alterations in autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in relation to sensory profile	28
Sex differences in the first impressions made by girls and boys with autism	27
Developmental changes in attention to social information from childhood to adolescence in autism spectrum disorders: a comparative study	26
Evidence for the placenta-brain axis: multi-omic kernel aggregation predicts intellectual and social impairment in children born extremely preterm	26
Pharmacological intervention to restore connectivity deficits of neuronal networks derived from ASD patient iPSC with a TSC2 mutation	26
The Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials: evaluation of a battery of candidate eye-tracking biomarkers for use in autism clinical trials	26
Common and unique multimodal covarying patterns in autism spectrum disorder subtypes	26
The Comprehensive Autistic Trait Inventory (CATI): development and validation of a new measure of autistic traits in the general population	25
Targeting PPARα in the rat valproic acid model of autism: focus on social motivational impairment and sex-related differences	25
An investigation of the diet, exercise, sleep, BMI, and health outcomes of autistic adults	25
Transcriptional signatures of participant-derived neural progenitor cells and neurons implicate altered Wnt signaling in Phelan-McDermid syndrome and autism	24
Face individual identity recognition: a potential endophenotype in autism	24
Examining a stepped-care telehealth program for parents of young children with autism: a proof-of-concept trial	24
Modified CBT for social anxiety and social functioning in young adults with autism spectrum disorder	23
Gray matter covariations and core symptoms of autism: the EU-AIMS Longitudinal European Autism Project	23
Elevated de novo protein synthesis in FMRP-deficient human neurons and its correction by metformin treatment	23
Identification of amygdala-expressed genes associated with autism spectrum disorder	22
Prospective and detailed behavioral phenotyping in DDX3X syndrome	22
Dysregulation of protein synthesis and dendritic spine morphogenesis in ASD: studies in human pluripotent stem cells	21
Prevalence and phenotypic impact of rare potentially damaging variants in autism spectrum disorder	21
Differentially altered social dominance- and cooperative-like behaviors in Shank2- and Shank3-mutant mice	21
Tsc1 haploinsufficiency in Nkx2.1 cells upregulates hippocampal interneuron mTORC1 activity, impairs pyramidal cell synaptic inhibition, and alters contextual fear discrimination and spatial working m	21
Exploring sensory phenotypes in autism spectrum disorder	21
Assessing the requirements of prenatal UBE3A expression for rescue of behavioral phenotypes in a mouse model for Angelman syndrome	21
Human stem cell-based models for studying autism spectrum disorder-related neuronal dysfunction	20
High-throughput screening identifies histone deacetylase inhibitors that modulate GTF2I expression in 7q11.23 microduplication autism spectrum disorder patient-derived cortical neurons	20
Neuroanatomy and behavior in mice with a haploinsufficiency of AT-rich interactive domain 1B (ARID1B) throughout development	20
Autistic adults have poorer quality healthcare and worse health based on self-report data	20
Advanced paternal age as a risk factor for neurodevelopmental disorders: a translational study	20
Globally elevated excitation–inhibition ratio in children with autism spectrum disorder and below-average intelligence	20
Resting state EEG power spectrum and functional connectivity in autism: a cross-sectional analysis	20
IGF-1 treatment causes unique transcriptional response in neurons from individuals with idiopathic autism	19
How rare and common risk variation jointly affect liability for autism spectrum disorder	19
Fever during pregnancy as a risk factor for neurodevelopmental disorders: results from a systematic review and meta-analysis	19
Human in vitro models for understanding mechanisms of autism spectrum disorder	19
Chd8 haploinsufficiency impairs early brain development and protein homeostasis later in life	18
Left hemispheric deficit in the sustained neuromagnetic response to periodic click trains in children with ASD	18
Deep phenotyping reveals movement phenotypes in mouse neurodevelopmental models	18
De novo missense variants disrupting protein–protein interactions affect risk for autism through gene co-expression and protein networks in neuronal cell types	18
Improving the measurement of alexithymia in autistic adults: a psychometric investigation of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale and generation of a general alexithymia factor score using item respo	18
Autism symptoms in anorexia nervosa: a comparative study with females with autism spectrum disorder	18
Evidence against the “normalization” prediction of the early brain overgrowth hypothesis of autism	17
Age-related differences in white matter diffusion measures in autism spectrum condition	17
Early life sleep disruption potentiates lasting sex-specific changes in behavior in genetically vulnerable Shank3 heterozygous autism model mice	17
Abnormal electrophysiological phenotypes and sleep deficits in a mouse model of Angelman Syndrome	17
Using the big data approach to clarify the structure of restricted and repetitive behaviors across the most commonly used autism spectrum disorder measures	17
Regulatory T lymphocytes/Th17 lymphocytes imbalance in autism spectrum disorders: evidence from a meta-analysis	17
Neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging reveals white matter microstructural alterations in adults with autism	17

Prediction learning in adults with autism and its molecular correlates	16
Alexithymia may explain the relationship between autistic traits and eating disorder psychopathology	16
Single-participant structural similarity matrices lead to greater accuracy in classification of participants than function in autism in MRI	16
Altered synaptic ultrastructure in the prefrontal cortex of Shank3-deficient rats	16
Autism and chronic ill health: an observational study of symptoms and diagnoses of central sensitivity syndromes in autistic adults	16
Maternal steroid levels and the autistic traits of the mother and infant	16
SCN2A channelopathies in the autism spectrum of neuropsychiatric disorders: a role for pluripotent stem cells?	15
Emerging proteomic approaches to identify the underlying pathophysiology of neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders	15
Childhood diagnoses in individuals identified as autistics in adulthood	15
Defining clusters of young autistic and typically developing children based on loudness-dependent auditory electrophysiological responses	15
Individuals with FOXP1 syndrome present with a complex neurobehavioral profile with high rates of ADHD, anxiety, repetitive behaviors, and sensory symptoms	15
Distinct, dosage-sensitive requirements for the autism-associated factor CHD8 during cortical development	15
Imbalance of laminar-specific excitatory and inhibitory circuits of the orbitofrontal cortex in autism	15
Evaluating the latent structure of the non-social domain of autism in autistic adults	15
Effects of multiple-dose intranasal oxytocin administration on social responsiveness in children with autism: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial	15
Copy number variants (CNVs): a powerful tool for iPSC-based modelling of ASD	14
Tactile cortical responses and association with tactile reactivity in young children on the autism spectrum	14
Absence of parvalbumin increases mitochondria volume and branching of dendrites in inhibitory Pvalb neurons in vivo: a point of convergence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) risk gene phenotypes	14
Application of Airy beam light sheet microscopy to examine early neurodevelopmental structures in 3D hiPSC-derived human cortical spheroids	14
Automated recognition of spontaneous facial expression in individuals with autism spectrum disorder: parsing response variability	14
Quantitative proteomic analysis of Rett iPSC-derived neuronal progenitors	14
Modulation of striatal functional connectivity differences in adults with and without autism spectrum disorder in a single-dose randomized trial of cannabidivarin	13
Cortical neurons derived from human pluripotent stem cells lacking FMRP display altered spontaneous firing patterns	13
Autistic traits, systemising, empathising, and theory of mind in transgender and non-binary adults	13
A constellation of eye-tracking measures reveals social attention differences in ASD and the broad autism phenotype	13
Mind the translational gap: using iPS cell models to bridge from genetic discoveries to perturbed pathways and therapeutic targets	13
Effectiveness of a modified group cognitive behavioral therapy program for anxiety in children with ASD delivered in a community context	12
Targeting of δ-catenin to postsynaptic sites through interaction with the Shank3 N-terminus	12
Friend matters: sex differences in social language during autism diagnostic interviews	12
Non-verbal IQ and change in restricted and repetitive behavior throughout childhood in autism: a longitudinal study using the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised	12
De novo variants in CACNA1E found in patients with intellectual disability, developmental regression and social cognition deficit but no seizures	12
Germline nuclear-predominant Pten murine model exhibits impaired social and perseverative behavior, microglial activation, and increased oxytocinergic activity	12
Clinical trial of insulin-like growth factor-1 in Phelan-McDermid syndrome	12
Extremely preterm birth and autistic traits in young adulthood: the EPICure study	12
Developmental vitamin D deficiency increases foetal exposure to testosterone	12
Bayonet-shaped language development in autism with regression: a retrospective study	12
New guidance to seekers of autism biomarkers: an update from studies of identical twins	11
Combined frequency-tagging EEG and eye-tracking measures provide no support for the “excess mouth/diminished eye attention” hypothesis in autism	11
Ribosome profiling in mouse hippocampus: plasticity-induced regulation and bidirectional control by TSC2 and FMRP	11
Deletion of Fmr1 in parvalbumin-expressing neurons results in dysregulated translation and selective behavioral deficits associated with fragile X syndrome	11
Does decreased visual attention to faces underlie difficulties interpreting eye gaze cues in autism?	11
Transcriptional consequences of MBD5 disruption in mouse brain and CRISPR-derived neurons	11
A randomized controlled trial of intranasal oxytocin in Phelan-McDermid syndrome	11
A systematic review and meta-analysis of suicidality in autistic and possibly autistic people without co-occurring intellectual disability	11
Empathic disequilibrium in two different measures of empathy predicts autism traits in neurotypical population	11
Cell therapy approaches to autism: a review of clinical trial data	11
Autism-associated biomarkers: test–retest reliability and relationship to quantitative social trait variation in rhesus monkeys	10
Social attention to activities in children and adults with autism spectrum disorder: effects of context and age	10
Profiles of autism characteristics in thirteen genetic syndromes: a machine learning approach	10
Myt1l haploinsufficiency leads to obesity and multifaceted behavioral alterations in mice	10
The sociability spectrum: evidence from reciprocal genetic copy number variations	10
Large multicenter randomized trials in autism: key insights gained from the balovaptan clinical development program	10
Preference for biological motion is reduced in ASD: implications for clinical trials and the search for biomarkers	10
Infant excitation/inhibition balance interacts with executive attention to predict autistic traits in childhood	9
Decreased nuclear Pten in neural stem cells contributes to deficits in neuronal maturation	9
Abnormal sleep physiology in children with 15q11.2-13.1 duplication (Dup15q) syndrome	9
Cross-level analysis of molecular and neurobehavioral function in a prospective series of patients with germline heterozygous PTEN mutations with and without autism	9
No preference for direct versus averted gaze in autistic adults: a reinforced preferential looking paradigm	9
Attentional influences on neural processing of biological motion in typically developing children and those on the autism spectrum	9
Two neuroanatomical subtypes of males with autism spectrum disorder revealed using semi-supervised machine learning	9
A profile and review of findings from the Early Markers for Autism study: unique contributions from a population-based case–control study in California	9
The relationship of autistic traits to taste and olfactory processing in anorexia nervosa	9
Analysis of common genetic variation and rare CNVs in the Australian Autism Biobank	9
Alpha connectivity and inhibitory control in adults with autism spectrum disorder	9
Dietary zinc supplementation rescues fear-based learning and synaptic function in the Tbr1+/− mouse model of autism spectrum disorders	9