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Priya Rajagopalan, Gaon Sandy Kim, L. Nate Overholtzer, Emily Laltoo, Emma J. Gleave, Sebastian M. Benavidez, Chloe Retika, Paul M. Thompson, Katherine E. Lawrence
This paper identifies widespread gray and white matter volume differences in autism using a large voxel-based morphometry analysis of 3,051 participants.
bioRxiv · Aug 7, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience
Julio E. Villalón‐Reina, Alyssa H. Zhu, Leila Nabulsi, Sophia I. Thomopoulos, Clara A. Moreau, Yixue Feng, Tamoghna Chattopadhyay, Sebastian M. Benavidez, Leila Kushan, John P. John, Himanshu Joshi, Iyad Ba Gari, Katherine E. Lawrence, Talia M. Nir, Neda Jahanshad, , Paul M. Thompson
This paper develops a lifespan normative model of brain white matter microstructure using diffusion MRI data from 54,583 individuals, enabling detection of microstructural deviations in diseases like Alzheimer's and 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.
Nature Communications · May 27, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience
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
Julio E. Villalón‐Reina, Yixue Feng, Leila Nabulsi, Talia M. Nir, Sophia I. Thomopoulos, Katherine E. Lawrence, Neda Jahanshad, Seyed Mostafa Kia, André F. Marquand, Paul M. Thompson
The paper examines how increasing training sample size improves the calibration of diffusion tensor imaging normative models using hierarchical Bayesian regression.
bioRxiv · Feb 6, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics
Gaon Sandy Kim, Bramsh Q. Chandio, Sebastian M. Benavidez, Paul M. Thompson, Katherine E. Lawrence
This study uses BUAN and TDF to analyze white matter microstructure in autism, finding region-specific reductions in integrity and increases in diffusivity in the corpus callosum.
IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) · Apr 14, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience
Gaon Sandy Kim, Bramsh Q. Chandio, Sebastian M. Benavidez, Yixue Feng, Paul M. Thompson, Katherine E. Lawrence
This study uses BUAN and TDF to map white matter microstructural differences in autism, finding altered fractional anisotropy and diffusivity in specific regions of major tracts.
bioRxiv · Mar 21, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience
Sebastian M. Benavidez, Zvart Abaryan, Gaon Sandy Kim, Emily Laltoo, James T. McCracken, Paul M. Thompson, Katherine E. Lawrence
The paper assesses sex differences in white matter microstructure during development using diffusion MRI models and finds the TDF model is most sensitive in detecting these differences.
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) · Jul 15, 2024Peer-reviewedNeuroscience
Katherine E. Lawrence, Zvart Abaryan, Emily Laltoo, Leanna M. Hernandez, Michael J. Gandal, James T. McCracken, Paul M. Thompson
The paper examines sex differences in white matter microstructure in children using DTI and RSI metrics, finding significant and replicable differences across brain regions.
Human Brain Mapping · Sep 29, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience
Tawny Tsang, Shulamite A. Green, Janelle Liu, Katherine E. Lawrence, Shafali Jeste, Susan Y. Bookheimer, Mirella Dapretto
The paper examines altered Salience Network connectivity in 6-week-old infants at risk for autism, finding that stronger sensorimotor connectivity predicts ASD symptomatology.
bioRxiv · Oct 27, 2021 · PreprintNeuroscience
Katherine E. Lawrence, Leila Nabulsi, Vigneshwaran Santhalingam, Zvart Abaryan, Julio E. Villalón‐Reina, Talia M. Nir, Iyad Ba Gari, Alyssa H. Zhu, Elizabeth Haddad, Alexandra M. Muir, Emily Laltoo, Neda Jahanshad, Paul M. Thompson
This study examines age and sex effects on white matter microstructure in 15,628 older adults using dMRI models, finding that advanced models like TDF and NODDI detect these effects most sensitively.
Brain Imaging and Behavior · Sep 18, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience
Leila Nabulsi, Katherine E. Lawrence, Vigneshwaran Santhalingam, Zvart Abaryan, Christina P. Boyle, Julio E. Villalón‐Reina, Talia M. Nir, Iyad Ba Gari, Alyssa H. Zhu, Elizabeth Haddad, Alexandra M. Muir, Neda Jahanshad, Paul M. Thompson
This study examines how exogenous sex hormones affect white matter aging in postmenopausal women using diffusion MRI data from the UK Biobank, finding steeper aging trajectories in hormone therapy users.
International Symposium on Medical Information Processing and Analysis (SIPAIM) · Nov 3, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience