Altered theta-beta ratio in infancy associates with family history of ADHD and later ADHD-relevant temperamental traits / Jannath BEGUM-ALI in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 63-9 (September 2022)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry > 63-9 (September 2022) . - p.1057-1067 Titre : Altered theta-beta ratio in infancy associates with family history of ADHD and later ADHD-relevant temperamental traits Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Jannath BEGUM-ALI, Auteur ; Amy GOODWIN, Auteur ; Luke MASON, Auteur ; Greg PASCO, Auteur ; Tony CHARMAN, Auteur ; Mark H. JOHNSON, Auteur ; Emily J. H. JONES, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.1057-1067 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Adult  Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity/diagnosis  Autism Spectrum Disorder  Child  Electroencephalography  Female  Humans  Infant  Male  Prospective Studies  Theta Rhythm  Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder  autism spectrum disorder  infancy  theta-beta ratio Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Uncovering the neural mechanisms that underlie symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) requires studying brain development prior to the emergence of behavioural difficulties. One new approach to this is prospective studies of infants with an elevated likelihood of developing ADHD. METHODS: We used a prospective design to examine an oscillatory electroencephalography profile that has been widely studied in both children and adults with ADHD - the balance between lower and higher frequencies operationalised as the theta-beta ratio (TBR). In the present study, we examined TBR in 136 10-month-old infants (72 male and 64 female) with/without an elevated likelihood of developing ADHD and/or a comparison disorder (Autism Spectrum Disorder; ASD). RESULTS: Infants with a first-degree relative with ADHD demonstrated lower TBR than infants without a first-degree relative with ADHD. Further, lower TBR at 10months was positively associated with temperament dimensions conceptually related to ADHD at 2years. TBR was not altered in infants with a family history of ASD. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first demonstration that alterations in TBR are present prior to behavioural symptoms of ADHD. However, these alterations manifest differently than those sometimes observed in older children with an ADHD diagnosis. Importantly, altered TBR was not seen in infants at elevated likelihood of developing ASD, suggesting a degree of specificity to ADHD. Taken together, these findings demonstrate that there are brain changes associated with a family history of ADHD observable in the first year of life. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13563 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=486 [article] Altered theta-beta ratio in infancy associates with family history of ADHD and later ADHD-relevant temperamental traits [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Jannath BEGUM-ALI, Auteur ; Amy GOODWIN, Auteur ; Luke MASON, Auteur ; Greg PASCO, Auteur ; Tony CHARMAN, Auteur ; Mark H. JOHNSON, Auteur ; Emily J. H. JONES, Auteur . - p.1057-1067. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry > 63-9 (September 2022) . - p.1057-1067 Mots-clés : Adult  Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity/diagnosis  Autism Spectrum Disorder  Child  Electroencephalography  Female  Humans  Infant  Male  Prospective Studies  Theta Rhythm  Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder  autism spectrum disorder  infancy  theta-beta ratio Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Uncovering the neural mechanisms that underlie symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) requires studying brain development prior to the emergence of behavioural difficulties. One new approach to this is prospective studies of infants with an elevated likelihood of developing ADHD. METHODS: We used a prospective design to examine an oscillatory electroencephalography profile that has been widely studied in both children and adults with ADHD - the balance between lower and higher frequencies operationalised as the theta-beta ratio (TBR). In the present study, we examined TBR in 136 10-month-old infants (72 male and 64 female) with/without an elevated likelihood of developing ADHD and/or a comparison disorder (Autism Spectrum Disorder; ASD). RESULTS: Infants with a first-degree relative with ADHD demonstrated lower TBR than infants without a first-degree relative with ADHD. Further, lower TBR at 10months was positively associated with temperament dimensions conceptually related to ADHD at 2years. TBR was not altered in infants with a family history of ASD. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first demonstration that alterations in TBR are present prior to behavioural symptoms of ADHD. However, these alterations manifest differently than those sometimes observed in older children with an ADHD diagnosis. Importantly, altered TBR was not seen in infants at elevated likelihood of developing ASD, suggesting a degree of specificity to ADHD. Taken together, these findings demonstrate that there are brain changes associated with a family history of ADHD observable in the first year of life. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13563 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=486

Infant excitation/inhibition balance interacts with executive attention to predict autistic traits in childhood / Virginia CARTER LENO in Molecular Autism, 13 (2022)  

Public ISBD [article]  inMolecular Autism > 13 (2022) . - 46 p. Titre : Infant excitation/inhibition balance interacts with executive attention to predict autistic traits in childhood Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Virginia CARTER LENO, Auteur ; Jannath BEGUM-ALI, Auteur ; Amy GOODWIN, Auteur ; Luke MASON, Auteur ; Greg PASCO, Auteur ; Andrew PICKLES, Auteur ; Shruti GARG, Auteur ; Jonathan GREEN, Auteur ; Tony CHARMAN, Auteur ; Mark H. JOHNSON, Auteur ; Emily J. H. JONES, Auteur ; EDEN, Auteur ; STAARS TEAMS, Auteur Article en page(s) : 46 p. Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Humans  Child, Preschool  Infant  Aged  Adhd  Autism  E/I balance  Executive functioning  Infants  NF1  has received royalties from Sage Publications and Guilford Publications. The  other authors declare no competing interests. Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Autism is proposed to be characterised by an atypical balance of cortical excitation and inhibition (E/I). However, most studies have examined E/I alterations in older autistic individuals, meaning that findings could in part reflect homeostatic compensation. To assess the directionality of effects, it is necessary to examine alterations in E/I balance early in the lifespan before symptom emergence. Recent explanatory frameworks have argued that it is also necessary to consider how early risk features interact with later developing modifier factors to predict autism outcomes. METHOD: We indexed E/I balance in early infancy by extracting the aperiodic exponent of the slope of the electroencephalogram (EEG) power spectrum ('1/f'). To validate our index of E/I balance, we tested for differences in the aperiodic exponent in 10-month-old infants with (n=22) and without (n=27) neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a condition thought to be characterised by alterations to cortical inhibition. We then tested for E/I alterations in a larger heterogeneous longitudinal cohort of infants with and without a family history of neurodevelopmental conditions (n=150) who had been followed to early childhood. We tested the relevance of alterations in E/I balance and our proposed modifier, executive attention, by assessing whether associations between 10-month aperiodic slope and 36-month neurodevelopmental traits were moderated by 24-month executive attention. Analyses adjusted for age at EEG assessment, sex and number of EEG trials. RESULTS: Infants with NF1 were characterised by a higher aperiodic exponent, indicative of greater inhibition, supporting our infant measure of E/I. Longitudinal analyses showed a significant interaction between aperiodic slope and executive attention, such that higher aperiodic exponents predicted greater autistic traits in childhood, but only in infants who also had weaker executive functioning abilities. LIMITATIONS: The current study relied on parent report of infant executive functioning-type abilities; future work is required to replicate effects with objective measures of cognition. CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest alterations in E/I balance are on the developmental pathway to autism outcomes, and that higher executive functioning abilities may buffer the impact of early cortical atypicalities, consistent with proposals that stronger executive functioning abilities may modify the impact of a wide range of risk factors. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13229-022-00526-1 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=491 [article] Infant excitation/inhibition balance interacts with executive attention to predict autistic traits in childhood [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Virginia CARTER LENO, Auteur ; Jannath BEGUM-ALI, Auteur ; Amy GOODWIN, Auteur ; Luke MASON, Auteur ; Greg PASCO, Auteur ; Andrew PICKLES, Auteur ; Shruti GARG, Auteur ; Jonathan GREEN, Auteur ; Tony CHARMAN, Auteur ; Mark H. JOHNSON, Auteur ; Emily J. H. JONES, Auteur ; EDEN, Auteur ; STAARS TEAMS, Auteur . - 46 p. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Molecular Autism > 13 (2022) . - 46 p. Mots-clés : Humans  Child, Preschool  Infant  Aged  Adhd  Autism  E/I balance  Executive functioning  Infants  NF1  has received royalties from Sage Publications and Guilford Publications. The  other authors declare no competing interests. Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Autism is proposed to be characterised by an atypical balance of cortical excitation and inhibition (E/I). However, most studies have examined E/I alterations in older autistic individuals, meaning that findings could in part reflect homeostatic compensation. To assess the directionality of effects, it is necessary to examine alterations in E/I balance early in the lifespan before symptom emergence. Recent explanatory frameworks have argued that it is also necessary to consider how early risk features interact with later developing modifier factors to predict autism outcomes. METHOD: We indexed E/I balance in early infancy by extracting the aperiodic exponent of the slope of the electroencephalogram (EEG) power spectrum ('1/f'). To validate our index of E/I balance, we tested for differences in the aperiodic exponent in 10-month-old infants with (n=22) and without (n=27) neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a condition thought to be characterised by alterations to cortical inhibition. We then tested for E/I alterations in a larger heterogeneous longitudinal cohort of infants with and without a family history of neurodevelopmental conditions (n=150) who had been followed to early childhood. We tested the relevance of alterations in E/I balance and our proposed modifier, executive attention, by assessing whether associations between 10-month aperiodic slope and 36-month neurodevelopmental traits were moderated by 24-month executive attention. Analyses adjusted for age at EEG assessment, sex and number of EEG trials. RESULTS: Infants with NF1 were characterised by a higher aperiodic exponent, indicative of greater inhibition, supporting our infant measure of E/I. Longitudinal analyses showed a significant interaction between aperiodic slope and executive attention, such that higher aperiodic exponents predicted greater autistic traits in childhood, but only in infants who also had weaker executive functioning abilities. LIMITATIONS: The current study relied on parent report of infant executive functioning-type abilities; future work is required to replicate effects with objective measures of cognition. CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest alterations in E/I balance are on the developmental pathway to autism outcomes, and that higher executive functioning abilities may buffer the impact of early cortical atypicalities, consistent with proposals that stronger executive functioning abilities may modify the impact of a wide range of risk factors. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13229-022-00526-1 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=491

Using the Infant Sibling-Design to Explore Associations Between Autism and ADHD Traits in Probands and Temperament in the Younger Siblings / Terje FALCK-YTTER ; Emily J. H. JONES ; Amy GOODWIN ; Karin BROCKI in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 54-9 (September 2024)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 54-9 (September 2024) . - p.3262-3273 Titre : Using the Infant Sibling-Design to Explore Associations Between Autism and ADHD Traits in Probands and Temperament in the Younger Siblings Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Terje FALCK-YTTER, Auteur ; Emily J. H. JONES, Auteur ; Amy GOODWIN, Auteur ; Karin BROCKI, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.3262-3273 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The purpose of the current study was to use the infant sibling design to explore whether proband traits of autism and ADHD could provide information about their infant sibling?s temperament. This could help us to gain information about the extent to which infant temperament traits are differentially associated with autism and ADHD traits. We used parent-ratings of autistic traits and ADHD traits (CRS-3) in older siblings diagnosed with autism (age range 4 to 19 years), and their infant siblings'temperament traits (IBQ) at 9 months of age in 216 sibling pairs from two sites (BASIS, UK, and EASE, Sweden) to examine associations across siblings. We found specific, but modest, associations across siblings after controlling for sex, age, developmental level and site. Proband autistic traits were specifically related to low levels of approach in the infant siblings, with infant developmental level explaining part of the variance in infant approach. Proband ADHD traits were specifically related to high levels of infant activity even after controlling for covariates. Our findings suggest that proband traits of autism and ADHD carry information for infant sibling?s temperament, indicating that inherited liability may influence early emerging behaviours in infant siblings. The impact of sex, age, developmental level and site are discussed. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-023-06047-x Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=534 [article] Using the Infant Sibling-Design to Explore Associations Between Autism and ADHD Traits in Probands and Temperament in the Younger Siblings [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Terje FALCK-YTTER, Auteur ; Emily J. H. JONES, Auteur ; Amy GOODWIN, Auteur ; Karin BROCKI, Auteur . - p.3262-3273. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 54-9 (September 2024) . - p.3262-3273 Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The purpose of the current study was to use the infant sibling design to explore whether proband traits of autism and ADHD could provide information about their infant sibling?s temperament. This could help us to gain information about the extent to which infant temperament traits are differentially associated with autism and ADHD traits. We used parent-ratings of autistic traits and ADHD traits (CRS-3) in older siblings diagnosed with autism (age range 4 to 19 years), and their infant siblings'temperament traits (IBQ) at 9 months of age in 216 sibling pairs from two sites (BASIS, UK, and EASE, Sweden) to examine associations across siblings. We found specific, but modest, associations across siblings after controlling for sex, age, developmental level and site. Proband autistic traits were specifically related to low levels of approach in the infant siblings, with infant developmental level explaining part of the variance in infant approach. Proband ADHD traits were specifically related to high levels of infant activity even after controlling for covariates. Our findings suggest that proband traits of autism and ADHD carry information for infant sibling?s temperament, indicating that inherited liability may influence early emerging behaviours in infant siblings. The impact of sex, age, developmental level and site are discussed. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-023-06047-x Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=534

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