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Salience Network Connectivity Relates to Sleep and Sensory Over-Responsivity in Infants at High and Low Likelihood for Autism

2026-01-15 pediatrics Title + abstract only
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Sleep problems and sensory over-responsivity (SOR) are common, co-occurring, and early-emerging features of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Yet, the early neural mechanisms underlying this relationship remain unclear. Here, we used resting-state fMRI data from the Infant Brain Imaging Study (IBIS) to examine how brain connectivity at 6 months may relate to parent-reported measures of sleep-onset problems and SOR in infants at varying familial likelihood for ASD. The right anterior insula was use...

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