The Regional Vulnerability Index (RVI) as a Neuroimaging-Based Biomarker for Autism: Associations with Likelihood, Cognition, and Longitudinal Social Outcomes
Antonio F. Pagán, Katherine E. Lawrence, Jan K. Buitelaar, Si Gao, Paul M. Thompson, Yizhou Ma, Kelly T. Cosgrove, Fernanda Laezza, Danella Hafeman, Brian Donohue, Bhim M. Adhikari, Anilkumar Pillai, Neda Jahanshad, Wen Li, Sophia I. Thomopoulos, , Peter V Kochunov
The paper develops and evaluates the Regional Vulnerability Index (RVI-ASD) as a neuroimaging biomarker for autism, showing its stability, heritability, and associations with cognition and social outcomes.
bioRxiv · May 26, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience