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IDDRC special issue (2022)

Series Editors: Daifeng Wang, John Pruett

Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders is pleased to present this fifth IDDRC special thematic series focused on Computational Biology and Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

This collection of articles is sponsored by the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Centers (IDDRCs) and articles have undergone the journal’s standard peer-review process. The Series Editors declare no competing interests.


  1. Intellectual disability affects approximately one third of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (autism). Yet, a major unresolved neurobiological question is what differentiates autistic individuals with ...

    Authors: Joshua K. Lee, An Chuen Billy Cho, Derek S. Andrews, Sally Ozonoff, Sally J. Rogers, David G. Amaral, Marjorie Solomon and Christine Wu Nordahl
    Citation: Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 2022 14:51
  2. A growing number of variants associated with risk for neurodevelopmental disorders have been identified by genome-wide association and whole genome sequencing studies. As common risk variants often fall within...

    Authors: Jessica C. McAfee, Jessica L. Bell, Oleh Krupa, Nana Matoba, Jason L. Stein and Hyejung Won
    Citation: Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 2022 14:50
  3. Heterogeneity in neurodevelopmental disorders, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in particular, is increasingly identified as a barrier to identifying biomarkers and developing standards for ...

    Authors: Anne B. Arnett and Brian P. Flaherty
    Citation: Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 2022 14:45
  4. It is unclear whether atypical patterns of facial expression production metrics in autism reflect the dynamic and nuanced nature of facial expressions across people or a true diagnostic difference. Furthermore...

    Authors: Jennifer Quinde-Zlibut, Anabil Munshi, Gautam Biswas and Carissa J. Cascio
    Citation: Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 2022 14:43
  5. Numerous genes are implicated in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). ASD encompasses a wide-range and severity of symptoms and co-occurring conditions; however, the details of how genetic variation contributes to ...

    Authors: Olivia J. Veatch, Diego R. Mazzotti, Robert T. Schultz, Ted Abel, Jacob J. Michaelson, Edward S. Brodkin, Birkan Tunc, Susan G. Assouline, Thomas Nickl-Jockschat, Beth A. Malow, James S. Sutcliffe and Allan I. Pack
    Citation: Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 2022 14:39
  6. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental condition characterized by restricted, repetitive behavior, and impaired social communication and interactions. However, significant challenges re...

    Authors: Mengge Zhao, James Havrilla, Jacqueline Peng, Madison Drye, Maddie Fecher, Whitney Guthrie, Birkan Tunc, Robert Schultz, Kai Wang and Yunyun Zhou
    Citation: Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 2022 14:32
  7. Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder, affecting 1–2% of children. Studies have revealed genetic and cellular abnormalities in the brains of affected individuals, leading to both regional a...

    Authors: Maider Astorkia, Herbert M. Lachman and Deyou Zheng
    Citation: Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 2022 14:29
  8. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDDs), such as Down syndrome, Fragile X syndrome, Rett syndrome, and autism spectrum disorder, usually manifest at birth or early childhood. IDDs are characterized ...

    Authors: Chirag Gupta, Pramod Chandrashekar, Ting Jin, Chenfeng He, Saniya Khullar, Qiang Chang and Daifeng Wang
    Citation: Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 2022 14:28
  9. Neonatal hypoxic brain injury is a major cause of intellectual and developmental disability. Hypoxia causes neuronal dysfunction and death in the developing cerebral cortex due to excitotoxic Ca2+-influx. In the ...

    Authors: Panagiotis Kratimenos, Abhya Vij, Robinson Vidva, Ioannis Koutroulis, Maria Delivoria-Papadopoulos, Vittorio Gallo and Aaron Sathyanesan
    Citation: Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 2022 14:26
  10. A wide variety of model systems and experimental techniques can provide insight into the structure and function of the human brain in typical development and in neurodevelopmental disorders. Unfortunately, thi...

    Authors: Alexander Li Cohen
    Citation: Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 2022 14:19
  11. Although survival rates for infants born extremely preterm (gestation < 28 weeks) have improved significantly in recent decades, neurodevelopmental impairment remains a major concern. Children born extremely p...

    Authors: Weifang Liu, Quan Sun, Le Huang, Arjun Bhattacharya, Geoffery W. Wang, Xianming Tan, Karl C. K. Kuban, Robert M. Joseph, T. Michael O’Shea, Rebecca C. Fry, Yun Li and Hudson P. Santos Jr
    Citation: Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 2022 14:16