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The Cerebellum, Sensitive Periods, and Autism

Samuel S.-H. Wang, +2 more
- 06 Aug 2014 - 
- Vol. 83, Iss: 3, pp 518-532
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Evidence that the cerebellum may guide the maturation of remote nonmotor neural circuitry and influence cognitive development and it is proposed that sensitive-period disruption of such internal brain communication can account for autism's key features is reviewed.
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This article is published in Neuron.The article was published on 2014-08-06 and is currently open access. It has received 603 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Autism & Cerebellum.

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Advancing the understanding of autism disease mechanisms through genetics

TL;DR: Current understanding of the genetic architecture of ASD is reviewed and genetic evidence, neuropathology and studies in model systems with how they inform mechanistic models of ASD pathophysiology are integrated.
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The Cerebellum: Adaptive Prediction for Movement and Cognition.

TL;DR: This work examines how two key concepts that have been suggested as general computational principles of cerebellar function- prediction and error-based learning- might be relevant in the operation of cognitive cerebro-cerebellar loops.
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Cerebellar modulation of the reward circuitry and social behavior

TL;DR: This work hypothesized that the cerebellum may contribute to motivated behavior by a direct projection to the ventral tegmental area (VTA), a structure that is critical for the perception of reward and control of social behaviors, and proposed a Cb-VTA pathway that may explain, at least in part, the association between the Cerebellum and addictive behaviors.
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Genome-wide prediction and functional characterization of the genetic basis of autism spectrum disorder

TL;DR: A complementary machine-learning approach based on a human brain-specific gene network is developed to present a genome-wide prediction of autism risk genes, including hundreds of candidates for which there is minimal or no prior genetic evidence.
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