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dc.contributor.authorUnruh, Kathryn E.
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Laura
dc.contributor.authorMagnon, Grant
dc.contributor.authorVaillancourt, David E.
dc.contributor.authorSweeney, John A.
dc.contributor.authorMosconi, Matthew W.
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-21T15:02:10Z
dc.date.available2019-10-21T15:02:10Z
dc.date.issued2019-09-23
dc.identifier.citationUnruh, K. E., Martin, L. E., Magnon, G. C., Vaillancourt, D. E., Sweeney, J. A., & Mosconi, M. W. (2019). Cortical and subcortical alterations associated with precision visuomotor behavior in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of neurophysiology.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/29643
dc.description.abstractIn addition to core deficits in social-communication abilities and repetitive behaviors and interests, many 2 patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience developmental comorbidities, including 3 sensorimotor issues. Sensorimotor issues are common in ASD and associated with more severe clinical 4 symptoms. Importantly, sensorimotor behaviors are precisely quantifiable and highly translational, 5 offering promising targets for neurophysiological studies of ASD. We used functional MRI to identify 6 brain regions associated with sensorimotor behavior using a visually-guided precision gripping task in 7 individuals with ASD (N=20) and age-, IQ-, and handedness-matched controls (N=18). During 8 visuomotor behavior, individuals with ASD showed greater force variability than controls. BOLD signal 9 for multiple cortical and subcortical regions was associated with force variability, including motor and 10 premotor cortex, posterior parietal cortex, extrastriate cortex, putamen, and cerebellum. Activation in 11 right premotor cortex scaled with sensorimotor variability in controls, but not in ASD. Individuals with 12 ASD showed greater activation than controls in left putamen and left cerebellar lobule VIIb and activation 13 in these regions was associated with more severe clinically-rated symptoms of ASD. Together, these 14 results suggest that greater sensorimotor variability in ASD is associated with altered cortical-striatal 15 processes supporting action selection and cortical-cerebellar circuits involved in feedback-guided reactive 16 adjustments of motor output. Our findings also indicate that atypical organization of visuomotor cortical 17 circuits may result in heightened reliance on subcortical circuits typically dedicated to motor skill 18 acquisition. Overall, these results provide new evidence that sensorimotor alterations in ASD involve 19 aberrant cortical and subcortical organization that may contribute to key clinical issues in patients. 20 21 New and noteworthy: This is the first known study to examine functional brain activation during 22 precision visuomotor behavior in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We replicate previous findings of 23 elevated force variability in ASD and find these deficits are associated with atypical function of ventral 24 premotor cortex, putamen, and posterolateral cerebellum, indicating cortical-striatal processes supporting 25 action selection and cortical-cerebellar circuits involved in feedback-guided reactive adjustments of motor 26 output may be key targets for understanding the neurobiology of ASD.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNICHD 055751en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNIMH R01 12743-01en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNCATS TL1 TR002368,en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKansas Center for Autism Research and Training (K-CART) Research Investment Council Strategic Initiative Granten_US
dc.publisherAmerican Physiological Societyen_US
dc.rightsCopyright © 2019 the American Physiological Societyen_US
dc.subjectAutism spectrum disordersen_US
dc.subjectVisuomotoren_US
dc.subjectPrecision gripen_US
dc.subjectCerebellumen_US
dc.subjectPutamenen_US
dc.subjectMotor cortexen_US
dc.subjectSensorimotoren_US
dc.titleCortical and subcortical alterations associated with precision visuomotor behavior in individuals with autism spectrum disorderen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
kusw.kuauthorUnruh, Kathryn E.
kusw.kuauthorMosconi, Matthew W.
kusw.kudepartmentClinical Child Psychology Program and Life Span Instituteen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1152/jn.00286.2019en_US
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscripten_US
kusw.oapolicyThis item meets KU Open Access policy criteria.en_US
dc.rights.accessrightsopenAccessen_US


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