Multimodal imaging of the amygdala in non-clinical subjects with high vs. low autistic-like social skills traits

• Published in: Psychiatry research. Neuroimaging Vol. 346; p. 111910
• Main Authors: Zovetti, Niccolò, Meller, Tina, Evermann, Ulrika, Pfarr, Julia-Katharina, Hoffmann, Jonas, Federspiel, Andrea, Walther, Sebastian, Grezellschak, Sarah, Jansen, Andreas, Abu-Akel, Ahmad, Nenadić, Igor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.01.2025
• Subjects: Adult; Amygdala; Amygdala - diagnostic imaging; Amygdala - physiopathology; Autism; Autism Spectrum Disorder - diagnostic imaging; Autism Spectrum Disorder - physiopathology; Autistic-like traits; Facial Recognition - physiology; Female; fMRI; Gray Matter - diagnostic imaging; Gray Matter - pathology; Gray Matter - physiopathology; Grey matter; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Male; Multimodal Imaging; Resting-state; Social Skills; Young Adult; Autism; fMRI; Resting-state; Autistic-like traits; Amygdala; Grey matter

•Autistic-like social skills are associated with altered amygdala blood flow.•Right amygdala activation to emotional faces differed in high vs low social skills.•Autistic-like traits were not associated with amygdala functional connectivity. Recent clinical and theoretical frameworks suggest that so...