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. 2013 Sep;15(3):359–384. doi: 10.31887/DCNS.2013.15.3/edennis

Table II. Studies investigating neurodevelopmental disorders that are reviewed in this paper. Bold indicates study that examined age* diagnosis effect. AD, autism disorder; TD, typically developing; DTI, diffusion tensor imaging; FX, Fragile X; DD, developmental delay; ADHD, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder; WS, Williams syndrome; ICA, independent components analysis; * = no gender information; (# F), number of female participants. ‡ indicates study for which we have included a figure; # indicates study listed in multiple places.

Study N Ages Modality
Autism
Langan et al, 2009 99 AD (8 F), 89 TD (7 F) 6-25 yo Brain volume
Hardan et al, 2009 18 AD, 16 TD, all male 8-12 yo baseline Brain volume, cortical thickness
Brun et al, 2009 24 AD, 26 TD, all male 6-16 yo Brain volume
Mengotti et al, 2011 20 AD (2 F), 22 TD (2 F) 4-14 yo Brain volume, DTI
Hua at al, 2013 13 AD,7 TD, all male 6-13 yo baseline Brain volume
Barnea-Goraly et al, 2004 7 AD, 9 TD, all male AD mean=14.6, TD mean=13.4 DTI
Bashat et al, 2007 7 AD, 41 TD (23 F) 1.8-3.3 AD, 4 mo-23 yo TD DTI
Keller et al, 2007 34 AD, 31 TD, all male 10-35 yo DTI
Barnea-Goraly et al, 2010 13 AD (2 F), 13 same-sex siblings, 11 TD (2 F) 6-13 yo DTI
Shukla et al, 2010‡ 26 AD (1 F), 24 TD (1 F) 9-20 yo DTI
Cherkassky et al, 2006 57 AD (4 F), 57 TD (5 F) AD mean=24, TD mean=24 Seed-based func. conn.
Just et al, 2007 18 AD (1 F), 18 TD (5 F) AD mean=27.1, TD mean=24.5 Seed-based func. conn.
Kennedy et al, 2008 12 AD, 12 TD, all male 15-52 yo Seed-based func. conn.
Monk et al, 2009 12 AD (1 F), 12 TD (2 F) AD mean=26, TD mean=27 Seed-based func. conn.
Noonan et al, 2009 10 AD, 10 TD, all male 14-43 yo Seed-based func. conn.
Weng et al, 2010 16 AD (2 F), 15 TD (1 F) 13-18 yo Seed-based func. conn.
Assaf et al, 2010 15 AD (1 F), 15 TD (2 F) 10-23 yo ICA func. conn.
Rudie et al, 2012‡ 23 AD (2 F), 25 TD (3 F) 8-17 yo Seed-based func. conn.
Rudie et al, 2013 42 AD (6 F), 37 TD (6 F) 9-18 yo Graph theory func. conn
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
Castellanos et al, 2002 152 ADHD (63 F), 133 TD (56 F) 4-19 yo Brain volume
Sowell et al, 2003 27 ADHD (11 F), 46 TD (17 F) 8-18 yo Brain volume
Carmona et al, 2005 25 ADHD (4 F), 25 TD (4 F) 6-16 yo Brain volume
Shaw et al, 2006 163 ADHD (*), 168 TD (*) Maan baseline=8 yo Cortical thickness
Shaw et al, 2007 223 ADHD (82 F), 223 TD (82 F) Maan baseline=10 yo Cortical thickness
Brieber et al, 2007 15 AD, 15 ADHD, 15 TD ADHD mean=13.1, TD mean=13.3 Bra in volume
Luders et al, 2009 19 ADHD, 19 TD, all male 7-16 yo Callosal thickness
Kobel et al, 2010 14 ADHD, 12 TD, all male 9-13 yo Brain volume, DTI, ICA func. conn.
Ashtari et al, 2005 18 ADHD (6 F), 15 ADHD (6 F) 7-11 yo DTI
Hamilton et al, 2008 17 ADHD, 16 TD, all male ADHD mean=12.0, TD mean=11.7 DTI
Pavuluri et al, 2009 13 PBD (3 F), 13 ADHD (1 F), 13 TD (7 F) ADHD mean=13.4, TD mean=13.7 DTI
Silk et al, 2O09a,b 15 ADHD, 15 TD, all male 8-18 yo DTI
Tamm et al, 2012‡ 12 ADHD, 12 TD, all male 14-18 yo DTI
Lawrence et al, 2013 56 ADH D {17 F), 31 siblings (24 F),17 TD (11 F) 6-18 yo DTI
Cao et al, 2006 29 ADHD, 27 TD, all male 11-16.5 yo Regional homogeneity (func. conn.)
Wang et al, 2009 19 ADHD, 20 TD, all male ADHD mean=13.6, TD mean=13.3 graph theory func. conn.
Fair et al, 2010 23 ADHD (7 F), 23 TD (11 F) 7-16 yo Seed-based func. conn.
Qiu et al, 2011 15 ADHD, 15 TD, all male 10-15 yo Brain volume, cortical thickness, DTI, ICA func. conn.
Fragile X
Lee et al, 2007 36 FX (18 F), 33 TD (17 F) FX mean=14.7, TD mean=14.7 Brain volume
Hoeft et al, 2010 41 FX, 28 TD, all male 1-3 yo baseline Brain volume
Hoeft et al, 2011‡ 52 FX, 31 TD, all male 1-4 yo Brain volume
Hazlett et al, 2012 53 FX, 50 TD, all male 18-42 mo baseline Brain volume
Peng et al, 2013 48 FX (*), 28 DD (*), 36 TD (*) 15-27 yo Brain volume
Barnea-Goraly et al, 2003a 10 FX, 10 TD, all female 11-23 yo DTI
Haas et al, 2009 17 FX, 13 TD, 8 DD, all male 1 5-4 yo DTI
Villalon et al, 2013# 18 FX, 25 22q, 17 TS, 41 TD, all female 7-14 yo DTI
22q11.2 Deletion syndrome
Simon et al, 2005 18 22q (11 F), 18 TD (7 F) 7-14 yo Brain volume
Campbell et al, 2006 39 22q (19 F), 26 siblings (10 F) 22q mean=11, TD mean=11 Brain volume
Bearden et al, 2007 21 22q (11 F), 13 TD (6 F) 8-17 yo Cortical thickness
Bearden et al, 2009 21 22q (11 F), 13 TD (6 F) 8-17 yo Cortical thickness
Schaer et al, 2009‡ 59 22q (35 F), 80 TD (44 F) 6-40 yo baseline Cortical thickness
Shashi et al, 2010 22 22q (7 F), 16 TD (6 F) 8-17 yo Brain volume
Gothelf et al, 2011 19 22q (8 F), 18 TD (8 F) 22q mean=13, TD mean=13.4 baseline Brain volume
Srivastava et al, 2012 49 22q, 37 TD* 6-15 yo CorticaI gyrification
Barnea-Goraly et al, 2003b 19 22q (6 F), 19 TD (8 F) 7-22 yo DTI
Villalon et al, 2013# 18 FX, 25 22q, 17 TS, 41 TD, all female 7-14 yo DTI
Debbane et al, 2012 27 22q (15 F), 33 TD (14 F) 12-19 yo ICA func. conn.
Williams syndrome
Thompson et al, 2005 42 WS (23 F), 40 TD (24 F) 12-50 yo Cortical thickness
Eckert et al, 2006 42 WS (23 F), 40 TD (24 F) 12-50 yo Cortical morphology
Gaser et al, 2006 42 WS (23 F), 40 TD (24 F) 12-50 yo Cortical morphology
Boddaert et al, 2006 9 WS (2 F), 11 TD (5 F) 5-15 yo Brain volume
Tosun et al, 2006 39 WS (22 F), 39 TD (23 F) WS mean=29.9, TD mean=27.1 Cortical morphology
Chiang et al, 2007 41 WS (23 F), 33 TD (23 F) 12-50 yo Brain volume
Luders et al, 2007 12 WS (5 F), 12 TO (5 F) 13-30 yo CallosaI thickness
Meda et al, 2012 31 WS (11 F), 50 TD (23 F) WS mean=26.3, TD mean=28.0 Brain volume, cortical thickness
Hoeft et al, 2007 10 WS (4 F), 10 DD (7 F), 10 TD (3 F) WS mean=26.8, TD mean=27.8 DTI
Arlinghaus et al, 2011‡ 16 WS (6 F), 16 TD (8 F) 16-33 yo DTI
Jabbi et al, 2012 14 WS (7 F), 23 TD (10 F) WS mean=27.8, TD mean=32.1 Brain volume, DTI
Haas et al, 2012 20 WS (9 F), 10 DD (7 F), 10 TD (2 F) WS mean=23.7,TD mean=27.8 DTI
Haas et al, 2012 39 WS (24 F), 40 TD (23 F) WS mean=26.1, TD mean=21.3 Brain volume
Down syndrome
Pinter et al, 2001 16 DS (5 F), 15 TD (*) DS mean=11.3, TD mean=11.9 Brain volume
Smigielska-Kuzia et al, 2011 23 DS (9 F), 26 TD (11 F) 3-15 yo Brain volume
Turner syndrome
Murphy et al, 1993 18 TS, 19 TD, a 11 female TS mean=30, TD mean=27 Brain volume
Reiss et al,1995 30 TS, 30 TD, all female 6-17 yo Brain volume
Brown et al, 2002 26 TS, 26 TD, all female TS mean=13.2, TD mean=13.4 Brain volume
Kester et al, 2004 30 TS, 23 TD, all female 6-33 yo Brain volume
Molko et al, 2004 14 TS, 14TS, all female 18-36 yo DTI
Holzapfel et al, 2006 10 TS, 10 TD, all female 7-24 yo Brain volume, DTI
Yamagata et al, 2012‡ 26 TS, 20 TD, all female 3-12 yo Brain volume, DTI
Villalon et al, 2013# 18 FX, 25 22q, 17 TS, 41 TD, all female 7-14 yo DTI
Bray et al, 2011 37 TS,18 TD, all female 7-13 yo Seed-based func. conn.
Bray et al, 2012 15 TS,14 TD, all female 7-14 yo Seed-based func. conn.