Grainne Mary McAlonan

The paper maps cerebellar functional connectivity in neonates, identifying intrinsic networks and cerebro-cerebellar clusters that mature with age, suggesting early foundations of adult organization.

This study examines the development of functional brain gradients in neonates using resting-state fMRI, finding that short- and long-range connectivity patterns parallel the emergence of macroscale brain organisation.

This paper introduces a seed-based functional covariance modes approach to infer whole-brain functional networks in fetal brains, revealing that key neonatal network features are present in utero.

This study identifies common cortical folding patterns across age groups using hierarchical surface registration, revealing hemispheric asymmetry and dissociation between folding and functional organisation.

This study uses in vivo tractography to examine neonatal white matter pathways related to hypothalamic and reward functions, linking early-life factors to later neurodevelopmental and obesity outcomes.

EAGER establishes a registry of autistic individuals and those with rare genetic conditions for genomic and phenotypic research, aiming to improve clinical trials and health outcomes through data sharing.

This study examines dynamic functional connectivity in neonatal brains using fMRI and links it to neurodevelopmental outcomes in early childhood.

The paper examines how functional brain centrality develops in neonates and how preterm birth affects it, finding age-related changes and regional differences but no direct link to 18-month neurodevelopmental outcomes.

This study identifies factors linked to early autism traits in toddlers using a community cohort, finding associations with parenting style and socio-economic deprivation.

This paper uses neuroimaging meta-regression to examine THC's acute effects on brain activation and its relationship with CB1R gene expression.

The paper shows that schizophrenia hiPSC-derived NPCs have a reduced transcriptional response to IFN-gamma compared to controls, with implications for synaptic development and mitochondrial genes.

The paper identifies a stable structural connectome fingerprint in preterm neonates that can distinguish individuals more effectively than functional connectomes.

The paper uses neonatal cortical connectivity data to predict 18-month developmental outcomes, finding that structural covariance networks predict social-emotional performance.

This study examines how gestational age at birth affects structural brain development in healthy term-born infants and links these changes to neurodevelopmental outcomes at 18 months.

This study examines how preterm birth affects cortical development in infants at term-equivalent age using MRI, finding altered microstructure and morphology with individual variability.

The paper develops a novel epigenetic clock for fetal brain development to predict prenatal age in iPSCs and derived neurons, showing they remain epigenetically fetal despite differentiation.

The paper investigates serotonergic differences in ASD using fMRI and citalopram, finding a baseline group difference in 5-HTT-enriched response to facial expressions.

This study finds elevated Myo-inositol levels in the developing brains of individuals with Down Syndrome, detectable as early as 10 weeks post conception.

The paper develops normative brain volumetric development curves for term-born infants and compares preterm infants to these curves, identifying individual deviations linked to clinical factors and neurocognitive outcomes.

This study uses iPSCs from autistic individuals to identify early neurodevelopmental differences during cortical and midbrain differentiation.

The paper develops cortical profiles in neonatal brains using MRI to track morphometric and microstructural changes, revealing how network similarity evolves over time.

The paper shows that IFN-gamma treatment of hIPSC-derived neurons increases neurite outgrowth and alters risk gene expression, mimicking neurodevelopmental disorder features.

This study compares intranasal and intravenous oxytocin administration effects on regional cerebral blood flow, showing systemic OT increases drive amygdala perfusion changes and validating intranasal targeting of specific brain regions.

This study uses in-vivo MRI to identify early structural brain growth deviations in fetuses and neonates with Down Syndrome compared to controls.

This paper shows that small effect sizes in resting-state fMRI studies lead to reproducibility issues, even after multiple comparison corrections, and recommends meta-analysis of un-thresholded data for better results.