Neonatal Muscle Tone Predicts Cerebellar Morphology Later in Development Without Mediating Autistic Traits
Dylan van der Waal, Amina Zohor Zidane Burgess, Wietske van der Zwaag, Aleksandra Badura, Bing Xu, Serena Defina, Alexander Neumann, Pauline W. Jansen, Ryan L. Muetzel, Carolin Gaiser
The paper examines the relationship between infant muscle tone and cerebellar morphology in adolescence, finding specific cerebellar volume associations but no mediation of autistic traits.
bioRxiv · Aug 27, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience