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Article: Patterns of neural activity in response to threatening faces are predictive of autistic traits: modulatory effects of oxytocin receptor genotype

TitlePatterns of neural activity in response to threatening faces are predictive of autistic traits: modulatory effects of oxytocin receptor genotype
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Issue Date29-Mar-2024
PublisherSpringer Nature [academic journals on nature.com]
Citation
Translational Psychiatry, 2024, v. 14, n. 1 How to Cite?
Abstract

Autistic individuals generally demonstrate impaired emotion recognition but it is unclear whether effects are emotion-specific or influenced by oxytocin receptor (OXTR) genotype. Here we implemented a dimensional approach using an implicit emotion recognition task together with functional MRI in a large cohort of neurotypical adult participants (N = 255, male = 131, aged 17–29 years) to establish associations between autistic traits and neural and behavioral responses to specific face emotions, together with modulatory effects of OXTR genotype. A searchlight-based multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) revealed an extensive network of frontal, basal ganglia, cingulate and limbic regions exhibiting significant predictability for autistic traits from patterns of responses to angry relative to neutral expression faces. Functional connectivity analyses revealed a genotype interaction (OXTR SNPs rs2254298, rs2268491) for coupling between the orbitofrontal cortex and mid-cingulate during angry expression processing, with a negative association between coupling and autistic traits in the risk-allele group and a positive one in the non-risk allele group. Overall, results indicate extensive emotion-specific associations primarily between patterns of neural responses to angry faces and autistic traits in regions processing motivation, reward and salience but not in early visual processing. Functional connections between these identified regions were not only associated with autistic traits but also influenced by OXTR genotype. Thus, altered patterns of neural responses to threatening faces may be a potential biomarker for autistic symptoms although modulatory influences of OXTR genotype need to be taken into account.


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dc.contributor.authorZheng, Xiaoxiao-
dc.contributor.authorZhou, Feng-
dc.contributor.authorFu, Meina-
dc.contributor.authorXu, Lei-
dc.contributor.authorWang, Jiayuan-
dc.contributor.authorLi, Jialin-
dc.contributor.authorLi, Keshuang-
dc.contributor.authorSindermann, Cornelia-
dc.contributor.authorMontag, Christian-
dc.contributor.authorBecker, Benjamin-
dc.contributor.authorZha, Yang-
dc.contributor.authorKendrick, Keith M-
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-27T09:08:52Z-
dc.date.available2024-08-27T09:08:52Z-
dc.date.issued2024-03-29-
dc.identifier.citationTranslational Psychiatry, 2024, v. 14, n. 1-
dc.identifier.issn2158-3188-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/345459-
dc.description.abstract<p>Autistic individuals generally demonstrate impaired emotion recognition but it is unclear whether effects are emotion-specific or influenced by oxytocin receptor (OXTR) genotype. Here we implemented a dimensional approach using an implicit emotion recognition task together with functional MRI in a large cohort of neurotypical adult participants (<em>N</em> = 255, male = 131, aged 17–29 years) to establish associations between autistic traits and neural and behavioral responses to specific face emotions, together with modulatory effects of OXTR genotype. A searchlight-based multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) revealed an extensive network of frontal, basal ganglia, cingulate and limbic regions exhibiting significant predictability for autistic traits from patterns of responses to angry relative to neutral expression faces. Functional connectivity analyses revealed a genotype interaction (OXTR SNPs rs2254298, rs2268491) for coupling between the orbitofrontal cortex and mid-cingulate during angry expression processing, with a negative association between coupling and autistic traits in the risk-allele group and a positive one in the non-risk allele group. Overall, results indicate extensive emotion-specific associations primarily between patterns of neural responses to angry faces and autistic traits in regions processing motivation, reward and salience but not in early visual processing. Functional connections between these identified regions were not only associated with autistic traits but also influenced by OXTR genotype. Thus, altered patterns of neural responses to threatening faces may be a potential biomarker for autistic symptoms although modulatory influences of OXTR genotype need to be taken into account.<br></p>-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherSpringer Nature [academic journals on nature.com]-
dc.relation.ispartofTranslational Psychiatry-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.titlePatterns of neural activity in response to threatening faces are predictive of autistic traits: modulatory effects of oxytocin receptor genotype-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41398-024-02889-w-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85188887163-
dc.identifier.volume14-
dc.identifier.issue1-
dc.identifier.eissn2158-3188-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:001195169800001-
dc.identifier.issnl2158-3188-

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