Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Association between resting-state functional brain connectivity and gene expression is altered in autism spectrum disorder

  • Stefano Berto,
  • Alex H. Treacher,
  • Emre Caglayan,
  • Danni Luo,
  • Jillian R. Haney,
  • Michael J. Gandal,
  • Daniel H. Geschwind,
  • Albert A. Montillo,
  • Genevieve Konopka

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31053-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Gene expression patterns have been associated with functional activity patterns in the brain. Here the authors determine how gene expression patterns in the human brain supports brain phenotypes obtained from resting state fMRI imaging, identifying brain regions and genes relevant to autism.