PMID- 36542200 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240124 LR - 20240201 IS - 1435-165X (Electronic) IS - 1018-8827 (Linking) VI - 33 IP - 1 DP - 2024 Jan TI - Cortical thickness abnormalities in autism spectrum disorder. PG - 65-77 LID - 10.1007/s00787-022-02133-0 [doi] AB - The pathological mechanism of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) remains unclear. Nowadays, surface-based morphometry (SBM) based on structural magnetic resonance imaging (sMRI) techniques have reported cortical thickness (CT) variations in ASD. However, the findings were inconsistent and heterogeneous. This current meta-analysis conducted a whole-brain vertex-wise coordinate-based meta-analysis (CBMA) on CT studies to explore the most noticeable and robust CT changes in ASD individuals by applying the seed-based d mapping (SDM) program. A total of 26 investigations comprised 27 datasets were included, containing 1,635 subjects with ASD and 1470 HC, along with 94 coordinates. Individuals with ASD exhibited significantly altered CT in several regions compared to HC, including four clusters with thicker CT in the right superior temporal gyrus (STG.R), the left middle temporal gyrus (MTG.L), the left anterior cingulate/paracingulate gyri, the right superior frontal gyrus (SFG.R, medial orbital parts), as well as three clusters with cortical thinning including the left parahippocampal gyrus (PHG.L), the right precentral gyrus (PCG.R) and the left middle frontal gyrus (MFG.L). Adults with ASD only demonstrated CT thinning in the right parahippocampal gyrus (PHG.R), revealed by subgroup meta-analyses. Meta-regression analyses found that CT in STG.R was positively correlated with age. Meanwhile, CT in MFG.L and PHG.L had negative correlations with the age of ASD individuals. These results suggested a complicated and atypical cortical development trajectory in ASD, and would provide a deeper understanding of the neural mechanism underlying the cortical morphology in ASD. CI - (c) 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany. FAU - Shen, Liancheng AU - Shen L AD - Department of Psychiatry, Shandong Daizhuang Hospital, Jining, China. FAU - Zhang, Junqing AU - Zhang J AD - Department of Pharmacy, Shandong Daizhuang Hospital, Jining, China. FAU - Fan, Shiran AU - Fan S AD - School of Mental Health, Jining Medical University, Jining, China. FAU - Ping, Liangliang AU - Ping L AD - Department of Psychiatry, Xiamen Xianyue Hospital, Xiamen, China. FAU - Yu, Hao AU - Yu H AD - School of Mental Health, Jining Medical University, Jining, China. FAU - Xu, Fangfang AU - Xu F AD - School of Mental Health, Jining Medical University, Jining, China. FAU - Cheng, Yuqi AU - Cheng Y AD - Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China. FAU - Xu, Xiufeng AU - Xu X AD - Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China. FAU - Yang, Chunyan AU - Yang C AD - School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Jining Medical University, Jining, China. ychunyan2022@126.com. FAU - Zhou, Cong AU - Zhou C AD - School of Mental Health, Jining Medical University, Jining, China. doctorzhoucong@163.com. AD - Department of Psychology, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, China. doctorzhoucong@163.com. LA - eng GR - 81901358/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - ZR2019BH001/Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province/ GR - tsqn201909146/Young Taishan Scholars of Shandong Province/ GR - 202003061210/Medical and Health Science and Technology Development Plan of Shandong Province/ GR - 2021YXNS024/Key Research and Development Plan of Jining City/ GR - JYGC2021KJ006/Cultivation Plan of High-level Scientific Research Projects of Jining Medical University/ GR - SDYJG19212/Postgraduate Education and Teaching Reform Research Project of Shandong Province/ GR - 600903001/Supporting Fund for Teachers' Research of Jining Medical University/ PT - Journal Article PT - Meta-Analysis DEP - 20221221 PL - Germany TA - Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry JT - European child & adolescent psychiatry JID - 9212296 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Humans MH - *Autism Spectrum Disorder/diagnostic imaging/pathology MH - Brain/pathology MH - Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods MH - Brain Mapping/methods OTO - NOTNLM OT - Autism spectrum disorder OT - Cortical thickness OT - Seed-based d mapping OT - Structural magnetic resonance imaging OT - Surface-based morphometry EDAT- 2022/12/22 06:00 MHDA- 2024/01/24 06:42 CRDT- 2022/12/21 11:17 PHST- 2022/09/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/12/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/01/24 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2022/12/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/12/21 11:17 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00787-022-02133-0 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00787-022-02133-0 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2024 Jan;33(1):65-77. doi: 10.1007/s00787-022-02133-0. Epub 2022 Dec 21.