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Papers

(The median citation count of Molecular Autism is 5. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Dynamic functional adaptations during touch observation in autism: connectivity strength is linked to attitudes towards social touch and social responsiveness	114
Sex-specific and sex-independent steroid-related biomarkers in early second trimester maternal serum associated with autism	100
Large-scale neural network compensation associated with camouflaging in trait autism and its potential mental health costs	92
Atypical functional connectivity of temporal cortex with precuneus and visual regions may be an early-age signature of ASD	61
Transcallosal white matter and cortical gray matter variations in autistic adults aged 30–73 years	54
Sensory salience processing moderates attenuated gazes on faces in autism spectrum disorder: a case–control study	51
Salivary testosterone in male and female youth with and without autism spectrum disorder: considerations of development, sex, and diagnosis	41
The association between social camouflage and mental health among autistic people in Japan and the UK: a cross-cultural study	40
Age-related differences in axon pruning and myelination may alter neural signaling in autism spectrum disorder	39
Autistic and non-autistic individuals show the same amygdala activity during emotional face processing	34
Sensitivity and specificity of the low verbal investigatory survey in a large, diverse, American sample	34
Neuroligin-2 shapes individual slow waves during slow-wave sleep and the response to sleep deprivation in mice	32
Association of polygenic scores for autism with volumetric MRI phenotypes in cerebellum and brainstem in adults	30
Additive interaction between birth asphyxia and febrile seizures on autism spectrum disorder: a population-based study	29
Altered interactive dynamics of gaze behavior during face-to-face interaction in autistic individuals: a dual eye-tracking study	28
Better statistical reporting does not lead to statistical rigour: lessons from two decades of pseudoreplication in mouse-model studies of neurological disorders	28
SETD5 haploinsufficiency affects mitochondrial compartment in neural cells	27
Comparative profiling of white matter development in the human and mouse brain reveals volumetric deficits and delayed myelination in Angelman syndrome	26
Shank2 identifies a subset of glycinergic neurons involved in altered nociception in an autism model	25
Increased cerebral lactate levels in adults with autism spectrum disorders compared to non-autistic controls: a magnetic resonance spectroscopy study	25
Assessing the psychometric properties of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule – Generic (ADOS-G) in a clinical setting in the Chinese mainland	25
Atypical GNAO1 variants in severe childhood speech disorders: clinical, genetic, and molecular insights	24
Characterizing genetic pathways unique to autism spectrum disorder at multiple levels of biological analysis	22
Nuances of double empathy in autistic and non-autistic people: examination using the empathic accuracy paradigm	21
Resting state aperiodic and periodic EEG activity in preschool-aged autistic children: differences from neurotypical peers and links to language skills	20

Reduced inter-subject functional connectivity during movies in autism: replicability across cross-national fMRI datasets	20
Serum and cerebral folate are normal in Down Syndrome Regression Disorder	20
Developmental trajectories in infants and pre-school children with Neurofibromatosis 1	20
Subcortical brain volume variations in autistic individuals across the lifespan	20
From cognitive abstraction to adaptive behavior: neural bases of concept learning in autistic adolescents	19
Socio-affective communication in Tph2-deficient rat pups: communal nesting aggravates growth retardation despite ameliorating maternal affiliation deficits	19
Genetic and environmental contributions to co-occurring physical health conditions in autism spectrum condition and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder	19
Neurodevelopmental impairments in children with septo-optic dysplasia spectrum conditions: a systematic review	19
Trajectory of depressive symptoms over adolescence in autistic and neurotypical youth	18
Different exploration strategies along the autism spectrum: diverging effects of autism diagnosis and autism traits	18
Effects of Metformin on children with Fragile X Syndrome: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial	18
Dim light at night disrupts the sleep-wake cycle and exacerbates abnormal EEG activity in Cntnap2 knockout mice: implications for autism spectrum disorders	18
Increased rates of chronic physical health conditions across all organ systems in autistic adolescents and adults	18
Impact of imitation abilities on social communication in autistic children: evidence from an Early Start Denver Model intervention study	17
Sex differences in friendships and loneliness in autistic and non-autistic children across development	17
Auditory N1 event-related potential amplitude is predictive of serum concentration of BPN14770 in fragile X syndrome	16
Atypical maturation of the functional connectome hierarchy in autism	16
Autism in neurofibromatosis type 1: prevalence, phenotype and clinical implications	16
Granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor-induced macrophages of individuals with autism spectrum disorder adversely affect neuronal dendrites through the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokine	16
Maternal vitamin D during pregnancy and offspring autism and autism-associated traits: a prospective cohort study	15
Molecular architecture of the altered cortical complexity in autism	15
Sex differences in social and emotional insight in youth with and without autism	15
Do autistic individuals show atypical performance in probabilistic learning? A comparison of cue-number, predictive strength, and prediction error	15
Immune activation during pregnancy exacerbates ASD-related alterations in Shank3-deficient mice	15
Autistic adults benefit from and enjoy learning via social interaction as much as neurotypical adults do	14
Locus coeruleus tonic upregulation increases selectivity to inconspicuous auditory information in autistic compared to non-autistic individuals: a combined pupillometry and electroencephalography stud	14
Prospective association of the infant gut microbiome with social behaviors in the ECHO consortium	14
Investigating frank autism: clinician initial impressions and autism characteristics	13
Aberrant hippocampal gamma oscillations in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome: insights from in vitro slice models	13
Sub-groups of spoken language and broader communication skills in a large heterogenous cohort of minimally verbal school-age children: evidence of discrepant profiles	13
Linking functional and structural brain organisation with behaviour in autism: a multimodal EU-AIMS Longitudinal European Autism Project (LEAP) study	13
Naturally occurring low sociality in female rhesus monkeys: A tractable model for autism or not?	12
Access to services for autistic people across Europe	12
Clinical impact and in vitro characterization of ADNP variants in pediatric patients	12
The subcortical correlates of autistic traits in school-age children: a population-based neuroimaging study	11
Early life sleep disruption potentiates lasting sex-specific changes in behavior in genetically vulnerable Shank3 heterozygous autism model mice	11
Maternal rheumatoid arthritis and the risk of offspring autism spectrum disorder: two national birth cohorts and a meta-analysis	11
Atypical gaze patterns in autistic adults are heterogeneous across but reliable within individuals	11
Measuring self and informant perspectives of Restricted and Repetitive Behaviours (RRBs): psychometric evaluation of the Repetitive Behaviours Questionnaire-3 (RBQ-3) in adult clinical practice and re	11
Impaired synaptic function and hyperexcitability of the pyramidal neurons in the prefrontal cortex of autism-associated Shank3 mutant dogs	11
Age-related changes in brain signal variability in autism spectrum disorder	10
Autistic and transgender/gender diverse people’s experiences of health and healthcare	10
Profiles of autism characteristics in thirteen genetic syndromes: a machine learning approach	10
Translatome analysis of tuberous sclerosis complex 1 patient-derived neural progenitor cells reveals rapamycin-dependent and independent alterations	10
Impaired neurogenesis and neural progenitor fate choice in a human stem cell model of SETBP1 disorder	10
Autism-associated gene shank3 is necessary for social contagion in zebrafish	10
Autistic traits are associated with lower perceived executive function but not poorer executive function task performance in the general population: complementary meta-analytic evidence	10
Association of glymphatic dysfunction, free water, white matter integrity and long-term memory performance in aging autistic adults	10
Infant excitation/inhibition balance interacts with executive attention to predict autistic traits in childhood	9
CRISIS AFAR: an international collaborative study of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and service access in youth with autism and neurodevelopmental conditions	9

A systematic review and meta-analysis of suicidality in autistic and possibly autistic people without co-occurring intellectual disability	9
Correction: Understanding the relationship between cerebellar structure and social abilities	9
Mapping neural correlates of biological motion perception in autistic children using high-density diffuse optical tomography	9
A 3D approach to understanding heterogeneity in early developing autisms	9
The neural bases of language processing during social and non-social contexts: a fNIRS study of autistic and neurotypical preschool-aged children	9
Correction to: Myt1l haploinsufficiency leads to obesity and multifaceted behavioral alterations in mice	9
Shank3 deletion in PV neurons is associated with abnormal behaviors and neuronal functions that are rescued by increasing GABAergic signaling	9
Systematic review and meta-analysis: multimodal functional and anatomical neural alterations in autism spectrum disorder	8
Subgrouping autism and ADHD based on structural MRI population modelling centiles	8
Altered frontal connectivity as a mechanism for executive function deficits in fragile X syndrome	8
Advantages of combining multiple eye-tracking paradigms for distinguishing young autistic from non-autistic children	8
Deciphering the genetic basis of developmental language disorder in children without intellectual disability, autism or apraxia of speech	8
Experience-dependent changes in hippocampal spatial activity and hippocampal circuit function are disrupted in a rat model of Fragile X Syndrome	8
A novel context-discrepancy assessment of impression management facets in autistic and non-autistic adults: an initial validation	8
The Developmental Assessment of Social Communication Ability (DASCA): initial creation and psychometric description	8
Transdiagnostic similarities and distinctions in brain networks associated with autistic social impairments: a prospective cohort study	8
Inter-individual heterogeneity of functional brain networks in children with autism spectrum disorder	8
Spontaneous instrumental approach-avoidance learning in social contexts in autism	7
Tau reduction attenuates autism-like features in Fmr1 knockout mice	7
Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for irritability in autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis with the GRADE assessment	7
Loss of the Mecp2 gene in parvalbumin interneurons leads to an inhibitory deficit in the amygdala and affects its functional connectivity	7
Understanding the relationship between cerebellar structure and social abilities	7
Impact of chronic intranasal oxytocin administration on face expression processing in autistic children: a randomized controlled trial using fMRI	7
Social inference brain networks in autistic adults during movie-viewing: functional specialization and heterogeneity	6
Structure-function coupling in white matter uncovers the hypoconnectivity in autism spectrum disorder	6
Beyond the three-chamber test: toward a multimodal and objective assessment of social behavior in rodents	6
Cholecystokinin upregulation in mPFC leads to social defeat-induced anxiety susceptibility in neuroligin 3 R451C knockin mice	6
Cortico-basal ganglia white matter microstructure is linked to restricted repetitive behavior in autism spectrum disorder	6
A cross-cultural examination of bi-directional mentalising in autistic and non-autistic adults	6
Developing a consensus research definition for profound autism using a modified Delphi method	5
White matter microstructure as a potential contributor to differences in resting state alpha activity between neurotypical and autistic children: a longitudinal multimodal imaging study	5
The biosocial correlates and predictors of emotion dysregulation in autistic adults compared to borderline personality disorder and nonclinical controls	5
Mapping autism in Egypt: population-based insights into prevalence, risk determinants, and severity among children aged 1–12 years	5
Pharmacological inhibition of the CB1 cannabinoid receptor restores abnormal brain mitochondrial CB1 receptor expression and rescues bioenergetic and cognitive defects in a female mouse model of Rett	5
Identifying the neurodevelopmental and psychiatric signatures of genomic disorders associated with intellectual disability: a machine learning approach	5
Genotype–phenotype correlations with autism spectrum disorder-related traits in Noonan syndrome and Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines: a cross-sectional study	5
Predictability modulates neural response to eye contact in ASD	5
Enhanced motor noise in an autism subtype with poor motor skills	5
Embryonic origin of two ASD subtypes of social symptom severity: the larger the brain cortical organoid size, the more severe the social symptoms	5
Understanding cognitive flexibility in emotional evaluation in autistic males and females: the social context matters	5
Increased c-Fos expression in lateral habenula during social transmission of negative valence in prairie voles	5
Atypical early neural responses to native and non-native language in infants at high likelihood for developing autism	5
Knockout of Tmlhe in mice is not associated with autism spectrum disorder phenotypes or motor dysfunction despite low carnitine levels	5
Identifying SETBP1 haploinsufficiency molecular pathways to improve patient diagnosis using induced pluripotent stem cells and neural disease modelling	5
The activation of mGluR4 rescues parallel fiber synaptic transmission and LTP, motor learning and social behavior in a mouse model of Fragile X Syndrome	5
Social enhancement of associative learning in neurotypical, speaking autistic, and minimally speaking autistic preschoolers	5
Oxytocin impacts top-down and bottom-up social perception in adolescents with ASD: a MEG study of neural connectivity	5