Balancing excitation and inhibition in the autistic brain

Charlotte M Pretzsch; Dorothea L Floris

doi:10.7554/eLife.60584

Balancing excitation and inhibition in the autistic brain

Elife. 2020 Aug 4:9:e60584. doi: 10.7554/eLife.60584.

Authors

Charlotte M Pretzsch^#¹, Dorothea L Floris^#²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences, Kings' College London, London, United Kingdom.
² Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Nijmegen, Netherlands.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

A metric called the Hurst exponent could be a useful biomarker for studies exploring brain differences between men and women with autism spectrum disorder.

Keywords: Hurst exponent; autism; excitation; fMRI; human; human biology; inhibition; medicine; mouse; neuroscience; sex/gender.

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MeSH terms

Autism Spectrum Disorder*
Autistic Disorder*
Brain
Female
Humans
Inhibition, Psychological
Male
Prefrontal Cortex