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Select	Experiment Id	Experiment Name	Experiment Type	Created On

24	HI-NGS_R1	Omics	02/16/2011
475	MB1-10 (CHOP)	Omics	06/07/2016
490	Illumina Infinium PsychArray BeadChip Assay	Omics	07/07/2016
501	PharmacoBOLD Resting State	fMRI	07/27/2016
506	PVPREF	Omics	08/05/2016
509	ABC-CT Resting v2	EEG	08/18/2016
13	Comparison of FI expression in Autistic and Neurotypical Homo Sapiens	Omics	12/28/2010
18	AGRE/Broad Affymetrix 5.0 Genotype Experiment	Omics	01/06/2011
22	Stitching PCR Sequencing	Omics	02/14/2011
26	ASD_Methylation	Omics	03/01/2011
29	Microarray family 03 (father, mother, sibling)	Omics	03/24/2011
37	Standard paired-end sequencing of BCRs	Omics	04/19/2011
38	Illumina Mate-Pair BCR sequencing	Omics	04/19/2011
39	Custom Jumping Libraries	Omics	04/19/2011
40	Custom CapBP	Omics	04/19/2011
41	Immunofluorescence	Omics	05/11/2011
43	Autism brain sample genotyping, Illumina	Omics	05/16/2011
47	ARRA Autism Sequencing Collaboration at Baylor. SOLiD 4 System	Omics	08/01/2011
53	AGRE Omni1-quad	Omics	10/11/2011
59	AGP genotyping	Omics	04/03/2012
60	Ultradeep 454 sequencing of synaptic genes from postmortem cerebella of individuals with ASD and neurotypical controls	Omics	06/23/2012
63	Microemulsion PCR and Targeted Resequencing for Variant Detection in ASD	Omics	07/20/2012
76	Whole Genome Sequencing in Autism Families	Omics	01/03/2013
519	Resting	fMRI	11/08/2016
90	Genotyped IAN Samples	Omics	07/09/2013
91	NJLAGS Axiom Genotyping Array	Omics	07/16/2013
93	AGP genotyping (CNV)	Omics	09/06/2013
106	Longitudinal Sleep Study. H20 200. Channel set 2	EEG	11/07/2013
107	Longitudinal Sleep Study. H20 200. Channel set 3	EEG	11/07/2013
108	Longitudinal Sleep Study. AURA 200	EEG	11/07/2013
105	Longitudinal Sleep Study. H20 200. Channel set 1	EEG	11/07/2013
109	Longitudinal Sleep Study. AURA 400	EEG	11/07/2013
116	Gene Expression Analysis WG-6	Omics	01/07/2014
131	Jeste Lab UCLA ACEii: Charlie Brown and Sesame Street - Project 1	Eye Tracking	02/27/2014
132	Jeste Lab UCLA ACEii: Animacy - Project 1	Eye Tracking	02/27/2014
133	Jeste Lab UCLA ACEii: Mom Stranger - Project 2	Eye Tracking	02/27/2014
134	Jeste Lab UCLA ACEii: Face Emotion - Project 3	Eye Tracking	02/27/2014
145	AGRE/FMR1_Illumina.JHU	Omics	04/14/2014
146	AGRE/MECP2_Sanger.JHU	Omics	04/14/2014
147	AGRE/MECP2_Junior.JHU	Omics	04/14/2014
151	Candidate Gene Identification in familial Autism	Omics	06/09/2014
152	NJLAGS Whole Genome Sequencing	Omics	07/01/2014
154	Math Autism Study - Vinod Menon	fMRI	07/15/2014
155	Resting	fMRI	07/25/2014
156	Speech	fMRI	07/25/2014
159	Emotion	fMRI	07/25/2014
160	syllable contrast	EEG	07/29/2014
167	School-age naturalistic stimuli	Eye Tracking	09/19/2014
44	AGRE/Broad Affymetrix 5.0 Genotype Experiment	Omics	06/27/2011
45	Exome Sequencing of 20 Sporadic Cases of Autism Spectrum Disorder	Omics	07/15/2011

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Minimally Verbal ASD: From Basic Mechanisms to Innovative Interventions #2025

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Experiments (10)
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Publications (41)
Data Expected (27)
Associated Studies (8)

Collection Title	Collection Investigators	Collection Description
Collection Title:	Minimally Verbal ASD: From Basic Mechanisms to Innovative Interventions
Collection Investigators:	Helen Tager-Flusberg
Collection Description:	Our ACE, located at Boston University, brings together researchers from across the university and collaborators from Harvard Medical School, Northeastern University and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The interconnected projects in the ACE include: a novel intervention to promote spoken language in school-aged children with ASD (Project I); investigation of biological markers of treatment response and outcome (Projects I, II, and III); investigation of mechanisms that might underlie the failure to speak including (a) structural and functional connectivity impairments in key nodes of the speech production network according to the DIVA model (Project 11); (b) abnormalities in the perception, organization and analysis of auditory scenes as indexed in electrophysiological responses and neural oscillatory patterns (Project III); disruptions in excitatory and inhibitory neuronal pathways in key prefrontal cortical areas associated with language using high resolution methods to investigate white matter and axonal growth proteins in tissue samples (Project IV). The projects are united and served by an Administration and Data Management Core (A), a Research Training and Education Core (B) and a Clinical Core (C), which will carry out comprehensive assessments using standard and novel experimental measures to capture the heterogeneous phenotypes of minimally verbal children with ASD, and that will be used to explain variability in treatment response and mechanistic factors identified in the Projects. Together, the research conducted in our ACE will significantly advance our understanding of this neglected end of the autism spectrum, provide innovative approaches to assessment and treatment, pave the way for identifying biological markers predict who will fail to acquire speech, and highlight potential molecular targets for therapeutic interventions.
Data Repository:	NIMH Data Archive
Permission Group:
Collection Creation Date:	01/02/2013
NIH Research Initiative:	Autism Centers of Excellence (ACE)
Collection Phase:	Funding Completed
Collection Sub-Phase:	Close Out
Blinded Clinical Trial:	No
Total Funded Amount:	$9,415,528.00
Subjects Shared:	180

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Funding Sources:

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NIH - Extramural	None

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File Name	File Type	Description	Audience
QA-notification.txt	Other	Quality Assurance Notification	Qualified Researchers

Grant Information:

Project Number	Project Title	Start Date	End Date	Planned Enrollment	Actual Enrollment	Organization	Funds Obligated
P50DC013027-01	Minimally Verbal ASD: From Basic Mechanisms to Innovative Interventions	09/04/2012	08/31/2019	890	302	BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS)	$9,415,528.00

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ID	Name	Created Date	Status	Type
1332	ACE fmri_runA	07/15/2019	Approved	fMRI
1333	ACE fmri_runB	07/15/2019	Approved	fMRI
1334	ACE fmri_runC	07/15/2019	Approved	fMRI
1335	ACE fmri_runD	07/15/2019	Approved	fMRI
1336	ACE fmri_runAShifted	07/15/2019	Approved	fMRI
1337	ACE fmri_runBShifted	07/15/2019	Approved	fMRI
1338	ACE fmri_RunCShifted	07/15/2019	Approved	fMRI
1340	ACE fmri_runDShifted	07/15/2019	Approved	fMRI
1341	Resting State	07/15/2019	Approved	fMRI
1478	Intensity MMN	01/13/2020	Approved	EEG

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Shared Data:

Title	Type	Number of Subjects
ACE Family Medical History	Clinical Assessments	149
ACE Subject Medical History	Clinical Assessments	146
Aberrant Behavior Checklist (ABC) - Community	Clinical Assessments	146
Adapted ADOS Module 1	Clinical Assessments	53
Adapted ADOS Module 2	Clinical Assessments	10
Autism Diagnostic Interview, Revised (ADI-R)	Clinical Assessments	122
Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, 2nd Edition (ADOS-2) - Module 1	Clinical Assessments	39
Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, 2nd Edition (ADOS-2) - Module 2	Clinical Assessments	8
Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, 2nd Edition (ADOS-2) - Module 3	Clinical Assessments	18
Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, 2nd Edition (ADOS-2) - Module 4	Clinical Assessments	48
Child/Adolescent Symptom Inventory	Clinical Assessments	143
Children's Communication Checklist - 2	Clinical Assessments	83
Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language	Clinical Assessments	64
Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing (CTOPP)	Clinical Assessments	63
Dean Handedness Inventory	Clinical Assessments	150
EEG Subject Files	Imaging	50
Early Social Communication Scale (ESCS)	Clinical Assessments	59
Emotion Dysregulation Inventory (EDI)	Clinical Assessments	140
Expressive Vocabulary Test	Clinical Assessments	66
Image	Imaging	40
Kaufman Speech Praxis Test	Clinical Assessments	83
Language Environment Analysis	Clinical Assessments	120
Leiter-3	Clinical Assessments	114
Mullen Scales of Early Learning	Clinical Assessments	47
PQ Demographics	Clinical Assessments	150
PQ Intervention History	Clinical Assessments	124
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Fourth Edition-Form A	Clinical Assessments	160
Prosody Assessment	Clinical Assessments	29
Repetitive Behavior Scale - Revised (RBS-R)	Clinical Assessments	143
Research Subject	Clinical Assessments	140
Sensory Profile Short	Clinical Assessments	143
Vineland-II - Survey Form (2005)	Clinical Assessments	130
WASI-2	Clinical Assessments	64

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PubMed ID	Study	Title	Journal	Authors	Date	Status
38104772	Create Study	Adaptive thresholding increases sensitivity to detect changes in the rate of skin conductance responses to psychologically arousing stimuli in both laboratory and ambulatory settings.	International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology	Kleckner, Ian R; Wormwood, Jolie B; Jones, Rebecca M; Culakova, Eva; Barrett, Lisa Feldman; Lord, Catherine; Quigley, Karen S; Goodwin, Matthew S	February 1, 2024	Not Determined
37735966	Create Study	Auditory evoked potentials in adolescents with autism: An investigation of brain development, intellectual impairment, and neural encoding.	Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research	Schwartz, Sophie; Wang, Le; Uribe, Sofia; Shinn-Cunningham, Barbara G; Tager-Flusberg, Helen	October 1, 2023	Not Determined
35754007	Create Study	Auditory-motor mapping training: Testing an intonation-based spoken language treatment for minimally verbal children with autism spectrum disorder.	Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences	Chenausky, Karen V; Norton, Andrea C; Tager-Flusberg, Helen; Schlaug, Gottfried	September 1, 2022	Not Determined
35601992	Create Study	Increased Intra-Subject Variability of Neural Activity During Speech Production in People with Autism Spectrum Disorder.	Research in autism spectrum disorders	Heller Murray, Elizabeth S; Segawa, Jennifer; Karahanoglu, F Isik; Tocci, Catherine; Tourville, Jason A; Nieto-Castanon, Alfonso; Tager-Flusberg, Helen; Manoach, Dara S; Guenther, Frank H	June 1, 2022	Not Determined
35155817	Create Study	How do minimally verbal children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder use communicative gestures to complement their spoken language abilities?	Autism & developmental language impairments	La Valle, Chelsea; Chenausky, Karen; Tager-Flusberg, Helen	January 1, 2021	Not Determined
35155816	Create Study	Motor speech impairment predicts expressive language in minimally verbal, but not low verbal, individuals with autism spectrum disorder.	Autism & developmental language impairments	Chenausky, Karen; Brignell, Amanda; Morgan, Angela; Tager-Flusberg, Helen	January 1, 2019	Not Determined
33912683	Create Study	An experimental study of word learning in minimally verbal children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder.	Autism & developmental language impairments	Joseph, Robert M; Skwerer, Daniela Plesa; Eggleston, Brady; Meyer, Steven R; Tager-Flusberg, Helen	January 1, 2019	Not Determined
33852328	Create Study	A Modeling-Guided Case Study of Disordered Speech in Minimally Verbal Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder.	American journal of speech-language pathology	Chenausky, Karen V; Brignell, Amanda; Morgan, Angela T; Norton, Andrea C; Tager-Flusberg, Helen B; Schlaug, Gottfried; Guenther, Frank H	June 18, 2021	Not Determined
32909382	Create Study	Eliciting Language Samples for Analysis (ELSA): A New Protocol for Assessing Expressive Language and Communication in Autism.	Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research	Barokova, Mihaela D; La Valle, Chelsea; Hassan, Sommer; Lee, Collin; Xu, Mengyuan; McKechnie, Riley; Johnston, Emily; Krol, Manon A; Leano, Jennifer; Tager-Flusberg, Helen	January 1, 2021	Not Determined
32881387	Create Study	Atypical Perception of Sounds in Minimally and Low Verbal Children and Adolescents With Autism as Revealed by Behavioral and Neural Measures.	Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research	Schwartz, Sophie; Wang, Le; Shinn-Cunningham, Barbara G; Tager-Flusberg, Helen	October 2020	Not Determined
32877838	Create Study	Factor analysis of signs of childhood apraxia of speech.	Journal of communication disorders	Chenausky, Karen V; Brignell, Amanda; Morgan, Angela; Gagné, Danielle; Norton, Andrea; Tager-Flusberg, Helen; Schlaug, Gottfried; Shield, Aaron; Green, Jordan R	January 1, 2020	Not Determined
32842044	Create Study	Relative Cost Differences of Initial Treatment Strategies for Newly Diagnosed Opioid Use Disorder: A Cohort Study.	Medical care	Larochelle, Marc R; Wakeman, Sarah E; Ameli, Omid; Chaisson, Christine E; McPheeters, Jeffrey T; Crown, William H; Azocar, Francisca; Sanghavi, Darshak M	October 1, 2020	Not Determined
32827357	Create Study	Neural Evidence for Speech Processing Deficits During a Cocktail Party Scenario in Minimally and Low Verbal Adolescents and Young Adults with Autism.	Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research	Schwartz, Sophie; Wang, Le; Shinn-Cunningham, Barbara G; Tager-Flusberg, Helen	November 1, 2020	Not Determined
32640168	Create Study	Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in the Study of Speech and Language Impairment Across the Life Span: A Systematic Review.	American journal of speech-language pathology	Butler, Lindsay K; Kiran, Swathi; Tager-Flusberg, Helen	August 4, 2020	Not Determined
32096124	Create Study	Comparing the Pragmatic Speech Profiles of Minimally Verbal and Verbally Fluent Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder.	Journal of autism and developmental disorders	La Valle, Chelsea; Plesa-Skwerer, Daniela; Tager-Flusberg, Helen	October 2020	Not Determined
31225952	Create Study	Predicting aggression to others in youth with autism using a wearable biosensor.	Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research	Goodwin MS, Mazefsky CA, Ioannidis S, Erdogmus D, Siegel M	August 2019	Not Determined
31187332	Create Study	Concurrent Social Communication Predictors of Expressive Language in Minimally Verbal Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder.	Journal of autism and developmental disorders	Pecukonis M, Plesa Skwerer D, Eggleston B, Meyer S, Tager-Flusberg H	September 2019	Not Determined
31067982	Create Study	Do minimally verbal and verbally fluent individuals with autism spectrum disorder differ in their viewing patterns of dynamic social scenes?	Autism : the international journal of research and practice	Plesa Skwerer, Daniela; Brukilacchio, Briana; Chu, Andrea; Eggleston, Brady; Meyer, Steven; Tager-Flusberg, Helen	November 2019	Not Determined
30833910	Create Study	Prevalence and Correlates of Psychiatric Symptoms in Minimally Verbal Children and Adolescents With ASD.	Frontiers in psychiatry	Plesa Skwerer, Daniela; Joseph, Robert M; Eggleston, Brady; Meyer, Steven R; Tager-Flusberg, Helen	January 2019	Not Determined
30648545	Create Study	An analysis of stereotypical motor movements and cardiovascular coupling in individuals on the autism spectrum.	Biological psychology	Heathers JAJ, Gilchrist KH, Hegarty-Craver M, Grego S, Goodwin MS	March 2019	Not Determined
30638310	Create Study	How effective is LENA in detecting speech vocalizations and language produced by children and adolescents with ASD in different contexts?	Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research	Jones RM, Plesa Skwerer D, Pawar R, Hamo A, Carberry C, Ajodan EL, Caulley D, Silverman MR, Mcadoo S, Meyer S, Yoder A, Clements M, Lord C, Tager-Flusberg H	April 2019	Not Determined
30441641	Create Study	Time-Series Prediction of Proximal Aggression Onset in Minimally-Verbal Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Physiological Biosignals.	Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference	Ozdenizci, Ozan; Cumpanasoiu, Catalina; Mazefsky, Carla; Siegel, Matthew; Erdoggmus, Deniz; Ioannidis, Stratis; Goodwin, Matthew S	July 2018	Not Determined
30420938	Create Study	Predicting Imminent Aggression Onset in Minimally-Verbal Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Preceding Physiological Signals.	International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare : [proceedings]. International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare	Goodwin, Matthew S; Özdenizci, Ozan; Cumpanasoiu, Catalina; Tian, Peng; Guo, Yuan; Stedman, Amy; Peura, Christine; Mazefsky, Carla; Siegel, Matthew; Erdoğmuş, Deniz; Ioannidis, Stratis	May 2018	Not Determined
30395694	Create Study	Communication interventions for autism spectrum disorder in minimally verbal children.	The Cochrane database of systematic reviews	Brignell, Amanda; Chenausky, Karen V; Song, Huan; Zhu, Jianwei; Suo, Chen; Morgan, Angela T	November 5, 2018	Not Determined
30230700	Create Study	Behavioral predictors of improved speech output in minimally verbal children with autism.	Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research	Chenausky, Karen; Norton, Andrea; Tager-Flusberg, Helen; Schlaug, Gottfried	October 2018	Not Determined
29946509	Create Study	Diffusion-weighted imaging evidence of altered white matter development from late childhood to early adulthood in Autism Spectrum Disorder.	NeuroImage. Clinical	Karahanoğlu FI, Baran B, Nguyen QTH, Meskaldji DE, Yendiki A, Vangel M, Santangelo SL, Manoach DS	January 2018	Not Determined
29508403	Create Study	From intuition to intervention: developing an intonation-based treatment for autism.	Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences	Chenausky, Karen V; Schlaug, Gottfried	March 2018	Not Determined
29408312	Create Study	Meta-analysis and systematic review of the literature characterizing auditory mismatch negativity in individuals with autism.	Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews	Schwartz, Sophie; Shinn-Cunningham, Barbara; Tager-Flusberg, Helen	April 2018	Not Determined
28976309	Create Study	Simple, Transparent, and Flexible Automated Quality Assessment Procedures for Ambulatory Electrodermal Activity Data.	IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering	Kleckner IR, Jones RM, Wilder-Smith O, Wormwood JB, Akcakaya M, Quigley KS, Lord C, Goodwin MS	October 2017	Relevant
28928645	Create Study	Auditory-Motor Mapping Training in a More Verbal Child with Autism.	Frontiers in human neuroscience	Chenausky, Karen V; Norton, Andrea C; Schlaug, Gottfried	January 2017	Not Determined
28424605	Create Study	White Matter Integrity and Treatment-Based Change in Speech Performance in Minimally Verbal Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.	Frontiers in human neuroscience	Chenausky, Karen; Kernbach, Julius; Norton, Andrea; Schlaug, Gottfried	January 1, 2017	Not Determined
28339140	Create Study	Acquisition of voice onset time in toddlers at high and low risk for autism spectrum disorder.	Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research	Chenausky K, Tager-Flusberg H	July 2017	Not Determined
28261082	Create Study	Automated Detection of Stereotypical Motor Movements in Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Recurrence Quantification Analysis.	Frontiers in neuroinformatics	Großekathöfer, Ulf; Manyakov, Nikolay V; Mihajlović, Vojkan; Pandina, Gahan; Skalkin, Andrew; Ness, Seth; Bangerter, Abigail; Goodwin, Matthew S	January 2017	Not Determined
27829034	Create Study	Auditory-Motor Mapping Training: Comparing the Effects of a Novel Speech Treatment to a Control Treatment for Minimally Verbal Children with Autism.	PloS one	Chenausky, Karen; Norton, Andrea; Tager-Flusberg, Helen; Schlaug, Gottfried	January 2016	Not Relevant
27354431	Create Study	Conducting research with minimally verbal participants with autism spectrum disorder.	Autism : the international journal of research and practice	Tager-Flusberg H, Plesa Skwerer D, Joseph RM, Brukilacchio B, Decker J, Eggleston B, Meyer S, Yoder A	October 2017	Not Determined
26921410	Create Study	Interpersonal Autonomic Physiology: A Systematic Review of the Literature.	Personality and social psychology review : an official journal of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc	Palumbo RV, Marraccini ME, Weyandt LL, Wilder-Smith O, Mcgee HA, Liu S, Goodwin MS	May 2017	Not Determined
26408635	Create Study	Comparing methods for assessing receptive language skills in minimally verbal children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders.	Autism : the international journal of research and practice	Plesa Skwerer D, Jordan SE, Brukilacchio BH, Tager-Flusberg H	July 2016	Not Determined
26173965	Create Study	A highly penetrant form of childhood apraxia of speech due to deletion of 16p11.2.	European journal of human genetics : EJHG	Fedorenko E, Morgan A, Murray E, Cardinaux A, Mei C, Tager-Flusberg H, Fisher SE, Kanwisher N	February 2016	Not Determined
25294649	Create Study	Applying machine learning to facilitate autism diagnostics: pitfalls and promises.	Journal of autism and developmental disorders	Bone D, Goodwin MS, Black MP, Lee CC, Audhkhasi K, Narayanan S	May 2015	Not Determined
24839879	Create Study	Promoting communicative speech in minimally verbal children with autism spectrum disorder.	Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry	Tager-Flusberg H	June 2014	Not Determined
24124067	Create Study	Minimally verbal school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder: the neglected end of the spectrum.	Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research	Tager-Flusberg H, Kasari C	December 2013	Not Determined

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Collection - Publications

The number of Publications is displayed in parentheses next to the tab name. Clicking on any of the Publication Titles will open the Publication in a new internet browsing tab.

Collection Owners, Program Officers, and users with Submission or Administrative Privileges for the Collection may mark a publication as either Relevant or Not Relevant in the Status column.

Frequently Asked Questions

How can I determine if a publication is relevant?

Publications are considered relevant to a collection when the data shared is directly related to the project or collection.
Where does the NDA get the publications?

PubMed, an online library containing journals, articles, and medical research. Sponsored by NiH and National Library of Medicine (NLM).

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Create Study

A link to the Create an NDA Study page that can be clicked to start creating an NDA Study with information such as the title, journal and authors automatically populated.
Not Determined Publication

Indicates that the publication has not yet been reviewed and/or marked as Relevant or Not Relevant so it has not been determined whether an NDA Study is expected.
Not Relevant Publication

A publication that is not based on data related to the aims of the grant/project associated with the Collection or not based on any data such as a review article and, therefore, an NDA Study is not expected to be created.
PubMed

PubMed provides citation information for biomedical and life sciences publications and is managed by the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine.
PubMed ID

The PUBMed ID is the unique ID number for the publication as recorded in the PubMed database.
Relevant Publication

A publication that is based on data related to the aims of the grant/project associated with the Collection and, therefore, an NDA Study is expected to be created.

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Data Expected List: Mandatory Data Structures

These data structures are mandatory for your NDA Collection. Please update the Targeted Enrollment number to accurately represent the number of subjects you expect to submit for the entire study.

For NIMH HIV-related research that involves human research participants: Select the dictionary or dictionaries most appropriate for your research. If your research does not require all three data dictionaries, just ignore the ones you do not need. There is no need to delete extra data dictionaries from your NDA Collection. You can adjust the Targeted Enrollment column in the Data Expected tab to “0” for those unnecessary data dictionaries. At least one of the three data dictionaries must have a non-zero value.

Data Expected	Targeted Enrollment	Initial Submission	Subjects Submitted	Initial Share	Subjects Shared	Status
Research Subject and Pedigree	300	01/15/2014	140	05/15/2014	140	Approved

To create your project's Data Expected list, use the "+New Data Expected" to add or request existing structures and to request new Data Structures that are not in the NDA Data Dictionary.

If the Structure you need already exists, locate it and specify your dates and enrollment when adding it to your Data Expected list. If you require changes to the Structure you need, select the indicator stating "No, it requires changes to meet research needs," and upload a file containing your requested changes.

If the structure you need is not yet defined in the Data Dictionary, you can select "Upload Definition" and attach the necessary materials to request its creation.

When selecting the expected dates for your data, make sure to follow the standard Data Sharing Regimen and choose dates within the date ranges that correspond to your project start and end dates.

Please visit the Completing Your Data Expected Tutorial for more information.

Data Expected List: Data Structures per Research Aims

These data structures are specific to your research aims and should list all data structures in which data will be collected and submitted for this NDA Collection. Please update the Targeted Enrollment number to accurately represent the number of subjects you expect to submit for the entire study.

Data Expected	Targeted Enrollment	Initial Submission	Subjects Submitted	Initial Share	Subjects Shared	Status
Mullen Scales of Early Learning	50	01/15/2015	47	05/15/2015	47	Approved
ABC Community	150	01/15/2014	146	05/15/2014	146	Approved
Leiter International Performance Scale-Revised (Leiter-R)	120	02/27/2018	114	12/31/2018	114	Approved
ADOS	300	01/15/2014	176	05/15/2014	176	Approved
Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language (CASL)	260	01/15/2014	64	05/15/2014	64	Approved
ADI-R	300	01/15/2014	122	05/15/2014	122	Approved
Expressive Vocabulary Test II (EVT II)	62	01/15/2015	66	05/15/2015	66	Approved
Medical History	300	01/15/2015	151	05/15/2015	151	Approved
Medical History	300	01/15/2014	151	05/15/2014	151	Approved
Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI)	300	01/15/2015	64	05/15/2015	64	Approved
Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing (CTOPP)	300	01/15/2015	63	05/15/2015	63	Approved
Child and Adolescent Symptom Inventory (CASI)	300	01/15/2014	143	05/15/2014	143	Approved
Demographics	300	01/15/2015	150	05/15/2015	150	Approved
Childrens Communication Checklist-2 (CCC-2)	260	01/15/2014	83	05/15/2014	83	Approved
Early Social Communication Scales (ESCS)	59	01/15/2015	59	05/15/2015	59	Approved
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Fourth Edition	260	01/15/2014	160	05/15/2014	160	Approved
Repetitive Behavior Scale - Revised (RBS-R)	300	01/15/2014	143	05/15/2014	143	Approved
Physical Exam	29	01/15/2014	29	05/15/2014	29	Approved
Handedness Form	340	01/15/2014	150	05/15/2014	150	Approved
Emotion Dysregulation Inventory (EDI)	300	01/15/2015	140	05/15/2017	140	Approved
Sensory Profile	300	01/15/2014	143	05/15/2014	143	Approved
Kaufman Speech Praxis Test	210	01/15/2014	83	05/15/2014	83	Approved
Vineland (Parent and Caregiver)	350	01/15/2014	130	05/15/2014	130	Approved
Imaging (Structural, fMRI, DTI, PET, microscopy)	210	01/15/2014	40	05/15/2014	40	Approved
Language Environment Analysis	120	01/15/2014	120	05/15/2014	120	Approved
EEG	130	07/15/2014	50	11/15/2014	50	Approved

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No Status history for this Data Expected has been recorded yet

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Collection - Data Expected

The Data Expected tab displays the list of all data that NDA expects to receive in association with the Collection as defined by the contributing researcher, as well as the dates for the expected initial upload of the data, and when it is first expected to be shared, or with the research community. Above the primary table of Data Expected, any publications determined to be relevant to the data within the Collection are also displayed - members of the contributing research group can use these to define NDA Studies, connecting those papers to underlying data in NDA.

The tab is used both as a reference for those accessing shared data, providing information on what is expected and when it will be shared, and as the primary tracking mechanism for contributing projects. It is used by both contributing primary researchers, secondary researchers, and NIH Program and Grants Management staff.

Researchers who are starting their project need to update their Data Expected list to include all the Data Structures they are collecting under their grant and set their initial submission and sharing schedule according to the NDA Data Sharing Regimen.

To add existing Data Structures from the Data Dictionary, to request new Data Structure that are not in the Dictionary, or to request changes to existing Data Structures, click "+New Data Expected".

For step-by-step instructions on how to add existing Data Structures, request changes to an existing Structure, or request a new Data Structure, please visit the Completing Your Data Expected Tutorial.

If you are a contributing researcher creating this list for the first time, or making changes to the list as your project progress, please note the following:

Although items you add to the list and changes you make are displayed, they are not committed to the system until you Save the entire page using the "Save" button at the bottom of your screen. Please Save after every change to ensure none of your work is lost.
If you attempt to add a new structure, the title you provide must be unique - if another structure exists with the same name your change will fail.
Adding a new structure to this list is the only way to request the creation of a new Data Dictionary definition.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is an NDA Data Structure?

An NDA Data Structure is comprised of multiple Data Elements to make up an electronic definition of an assessment, measure, questionnaire, etc will have a corresponding Data Structure.
What is the NDA Data Dictionary?

The NDA Data Dictionary is comprised of electronic definitions known as Data Structures.

Glossary

Analyzed Data

Data specific to the primary aims of the research being conducted (e.g. outcome measures, other dependent variables, observations, laboratory results, analyzed images, volumetric data, etc.) including processed images.
Data Item

Items listed on the Data Expected list in the Collection which may be an individual and discrete Data Structure, Data Structure Category, or Data Structure Group.
Data Structure

A defined organization and group of Data Elements to represent an electronic definition of a measure, assessment, questionnaire, or collection of data points. Data structures that have been defined in the NDA Data Dictionary are available at https://nda.nih.gov/general-query.html?q=query=data-structure
Data Structure Category

An NDA term describing the affiliation of a Data Structure to a Category, which may be disease/disorder or diagnosis related (Depression, ADHD, Psychosis), specific to data type (MRI, eye tracking, omics), or type of data (physical exam, IQ).
Data Structure Group

A Data Item listed on the Data Expected tab of a Collection that indicates a group of Data Structures (e.g., ADOS or SCID) for which data may be submitted instead of a specific Data Structure identified by version, module, edition, etc. For example, the ADOS Data Structure Category includes every ADOS Data Structure such as ADOS Module 1, ADOS Module 2, ADOS Module 1 - 2nd Edition, etc. The SCID Data Structure Group includes every SCID Data Structure such as SCID Mania, SCID V Mania, SCID PTSD, SCID-V Diagnosis, and more.
Evaluated Data

A new Data Structure category, Evaluated Data is analyzed data resulting from the use of computational pipelines in the Cloud and can be uploaded directly back to a miNDAR database. Evaluated Data is expected to be listed as a Data Item in the Collection's Data Expected Tab.
Imaging Data

Imaging+ is an NDA term which encompasses all imaging related data including, but not limited to, images (DTI, MRI, PET, Structural, Spectroscopy, etc.) as well as neurosignal data (EEG, fMRI, MEG, EGG, eye tracking, etc.) and Evaluated Data.
Initial Share Date

Initial Submission and Initial Share dates should be populated according to the NDA Data Sharing Terms and Conditions. Any modifications to these will go through the approval processes outlined above. Data will be shared with authorized users upon publication (via an NDA Study) or 1-2 years after the grant end date specified on the first Notice of Award, as defined in the applicable Data Sharing Terms and Conditions.
Initial Submission Date

Initial Submission and Initial Share dates should be populated according to these NDA Data Sharing Terms and Conditions. Any modifications to these will go through the approval processes outlined above. Data for all subjects is not expected on the Initial Submission Date and modifications may be made as necessary based on the project's conduct.
Research Subject and Pedigree

An NDA created Data Structure used to convey basic information about the subject such as demographics, pedigree (links family GUIDs), diagnosis/phenotype, and sample location that are critical to allow for easier querying of shared data.
Submission Cycle

The NDA has two Submission Cycles per year - January 15 and July 15.
Submission Exemption

An interface to notify NDA that data may not be submitted during the upcoming/current submission cycle.

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Associated Studies

Studies that have been defined using data from a Collection are important criteria to determine the value of data shared. The number of subjects column displays the counts from this Collection that are included in a Study, out of the total number of subjects in that study. The Data Use column represents whether or not the study is a primary analysis of the data or a secondary analysis. State indicates whether the study is private or shared with the research community.

Study NameFilter by Study Name	AbstractFilter by Abstract	Collection/Study SubjectsFilter by Collection/Study Subjects	Data UsageFilter by Data Usage	StateFilter by State
Examining the validity of the use of ratio IQs in psychological assessments	IQ tests are amongst the most used psychological assessments, both in research and clinical settings. For participants who cannot complete IQ tests normed for their age, ratio IQ scores (RIQ) are routinely computed and used as a proxy of IQ, especially in large research databases to avoid missing data points. However, because it has never been scientifically validated, this practice is questionable. In the era of big data, it is important to examine the validity of this widely used practice. In this paper, we use the case of autism to examine the differences between standard full-scale IQ (FSIQ) and RIQ. Data was extracted from four databases in which ages, FSIQ scores and subtests raw scores were available for autistic participants between 2 and 17 years old. The IQ tests included were the MSEL (N=12033), DAS-II early years (N=1270), DAS-II school age (N=2848), WISC-IV (N=471) and WISC-V (N=129). RIQs were computed for each participant as well as the discrepancy (DSC) between RIQ and FSIQ. We performed two linear regressions to respectively assess the effect of FSIQ and of age on the DSC for each IQ test, followed by additional analyses comparing age subgroups as well as FSIQ subgroups on DSC. Participants at the extremes of the FSIQ distribution tended to have a greater DSC than participants with average FSIQ. Furthermore, age significantly predicted the DSC, with RIQ superior to FSIQ for younger participants while the opposite was found for older participants. These results question the validity of this widely used alternative scoring method, especially for individuals at the extremes of the normal distribution, with whom RIQs are most often employed.	47/17423	Secondary Analysis	Shared
The importance of low IQ to early diagnosis of autism	Some individuals can flexibly adapt to life’s changing demands while others, in particular those with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), find it challenging. The origin of early individual differences in cognitive abilities, the putative tools with which to navigate novel information in life, including in infants later diagnosed with ASD remains unexplored. Moreover, the role of intelligence quotient (IQ) vis-à-vis core features of autism remains debated. We systematically investigate the contribution of early IQ in future autism outcomes in an extremely large, population-based study of 8,000 newborns, infants, and toddlers from the US between 2 and 68 months with over 15,000 cross-sectional and longitudinal assessments, and for whom autism outcomes are ascertained or ruled out by about 2-4 years. This population is representative of subjects involved in the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded research, mainly on atypical development, in the US. Analyses using predetermined age bins showed that IQ scores are consistently lower in ASD relative to TD at all ages (p<0.001), and IQ significantly correlates with calibrated severity scores (total CSS, as well as non-verbal and verbal CSS) on the ADOS. Note, VIQ is no better than the full-scale IQ to predict ASD cases. These findings raise new, compelling questions about potential atypical brain circuitry affecting performance in both verbal and nonverbal abilities and that precede an ASD diagnosis. This study is the first to establish prospectively that low early IQ is a major feature of ASD in early childhood.	2/6323	Secondary Analysis	Shared
Examining Diagnostic Trends and Gender Differences in the ADOS-II	Approximately 3–4 boys for every girl meet the clinical criteria for autism in studies of community diagnostic patterns and studies of autism using samples of convenience. However, girls with autism have been hypothesized to be underdiagnosed, possibly because they may present with differing symptom profiles as compared to boys. This secondary data analysis used the National Database of Autism Research (NDAR) to examine how gender and symptom profiles are associated with one another in a gold standard assessment of autism symptoms, the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule II (ADOS-II; Lord, C., Luyster, R., Guthrie, W., & Pickles A. (2012a). Patterns of developmental trajectories in toddlers with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 80(3):477–489. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0027214. Epub 2012 Apr 16. PMID: 22506796, PMCID: PMC3365612). ADOS-II scores from 6183 children ages 6–14 years from 78 different studies in the NDAR indicated that gender was a significant predictor of total algorithm, restrictive and repetitive behavioral, and social communicative difficulties composite severity scores. These findings suggest that gender differences in ADOS scores are common in many samples and may reflect on current diagnostic practices.	50/5615	Secondary Analysis	Shared
Gender Differences: Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the ADOS-II	Purpose Recent research has suggested that autism may present differently in girls compared to boys, encouraging the exploration of a sex-differential diagnostic criteria. Gender differences in diagnostic assessments have been shown on the ADOS-II, such that, on average, females score significantly lower than males on all scales and are less likely to show atypicality on most items related to social communicative difficulties. Yet, gender differences in the latent structure of instruments like the ADOS-II have not been examined systematically. Methods As such, this secondary data analysis examined 4,100 youth diagnosed with autism (Mage = 9.9, 813 female & 3287 male) examined item response trends by gender on the ADOS-II Module 3. Results Multi-Group Confirmatory Factor Analysis results show that the factor loadings of four ADOS-II items differ across the genders. One SCD item and one RRB item are strongly related to the latent factor in the female group, while two RRB items have larger factor loadings in the male group. Conclusion The assumption of an identical latent factor structure for the ADOS-II Module 3 for males and females might not be justifiable. Possible diagnostic implications are discussed.	50/5615	Secondary Analysis	Shared
Prognostic early snapshot stratification of autism based on adaptive functioning	A major goal of precision medicine is to predict prognosis based on individualized information at the earliest possible points in development. Using early snapshots of adaptive functioning and unsupervised data- driven discovery methods, we uncover highly stable early autism subtypes that yield information relevant to later prognosis. Data from the National Institute of Mental Health Data Archive (NDA) (n = 1,098) was used to uncover three early subtypes (<72 months) that generalize with 96% accuracy. Outcome data from NDA (n = 2,561; mean age, 13 years) also reproducibly clusters into three subtypes with 99% generalization accuracy. Early snapshot subtypes predict developmental trajectories in non-verbal cognitive, language and motor domains and are predictive of membership in different adaptive functioning outcome subtypes. Robust and prognosis- relevant subtyping of autism based on early snapshots of adaptive functioning may aid future research work via prediction of these subtypes with our reproducible stratification model.	123/3517	Secondary Analysis	Shared
Investigating autism etiology and heterogeneity by decision tree algorithm	Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that causes deficits in cognition, communication and social skills. ASD, however, is a highly heterogeneous disorder. This heterogeneity has made identifying the etiology of ASD a particularly difficult challenge, as patients exhibit a wide spectrum of symptoms without any unifying genetic or environmental factors to account for the disorder. For better understanding of ASD, it is paramount to identify potential genetic and environmental risk factors that are comorbid with it. Identifying such factors is of great importance to determine potential causes for the disorder, and understand its heterogeneity. Existing large-scale datasets offer an opportunity for computer scientists to undertake this task by utilizing machine learning to reliably and efficiently obtain insight about potential ASD risk factors, which would in turn assist in guiding research in the field. In this study, decision tree algorithms were utilized to analyze related factors in datasets obtained from the National Database for Autism Research (NDAR) consisting of nearly 3000 individuals. We were able to identify 15 medical conditions that were highly associated with ASD diagnoses in patients; furthermore, we extended our analysis to the family medical history of patients and we report six potentially hereditary medical conditions associated with ASD. Associations reported had a 90% accuracy. Meanwhile, gender comparisons highlighted conditions that were unique to each gender and others that overlapped. Those findings were validated by the academic literature, thus opening the way for new directions for the use of decision tree algorithms to further understand the etiology of autism.	61/3382	Secondary Analysis	Shared
Imbalanced social-communicative and restricted repetitive behavior subtypes in autism spectrum disorder exhibit different neural circuitry	Social-communication (SC) and restricted repetitive behaviors (RRB) are autism diagnostic symptom domains. SC and RRB severity can markedly differ within and between individuals and may be underpinned by different neural circuitry and genetic mechanisms. Modeling SC-RRB balance could help identify how neural circuitry and genetic mechanisms map onto such phenotypic heterogeneity. Here, we developed a phenotypic stratification model that makes highly accurate (97–99%) out-of-sample SC = RRB, SC > RRB, and RRB > SC subtype predictions. Applying this model to resting state fMRI data from the EU-AIMS LEAP dataset (n = 509), we find that while the phenotypic subtypes share many commonalities in terms of intrinsic functional connectivity, they also show replicable differences within some networks compared to a typically-developing group (TD). Specifically, the somatomotor network is hypoconnected with perisylvian circuitry in SC > RRB and visual association circuitry in SC = RRB. The SC = RRB subtype show hyperconnectivity between medial motor and anterior salience circuitry. Genes that are highly expressed within these networks show a differential enrichment pattern with known autism-associated genes, indicating that such circuits are affected by differing autism-associated genomic mechanisms. These results suggest that SC-RRB imbalance subtypes share many commonalities, but also express subtle differences in functional neural circuitry and the genomic underpinnings behind such circuitry.	57/1708	Secondary Analysis	Shared
Brain-based sex differences in autism spectrum disorder across the lifespan: A systematic review of structural MRI, fMRI, and DTI findings	Females with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been long overlooked in neuroscience research, but emerging evidence suggests they show distinct phenotypic trajectories and age-related brain differences. Sex-related biological factors (e.g., hormones, genes) may play a role in ASD etiology and have been shown to influence neurodevelopmental trajectories. Thus, a lifespan approach is warranted to understand brain-based sex differences in ASD. This systematic review on MRI-based sex differences in ASD was conducted to elucidate variations across the lifespan and inform biomarker discovery of ASD in females. We identified articles through two database searches. Fifty studies met criteria and underwent integrative review. We found that regions expressing replicable sex-by-diagnosis differences across studies overlapped with regions showing sex differences in neurotypical (NT) cohorts, in particular regions showing NT male>female volumes. Furthermore, studies investigating age-related brain differences across a broad age-span suggest distinct neurodevelopmental patterns in females with ASD. Qualitative comparison across youth and adult studies also supported this hypothesis. However, many studies collapsed across age, which may mask differences. Furthermore, accumulating evidence supports the female protective effect in ASD, although only one study examined brain circuits implicated in “protection.” When synthesized with the broader literature, brain-based sex differences in ASD may come from various sources, including genetic and endocrine processes involved in brain “masculinization” and “feminization” across early development, puberty, and other lifespan windows of hormonal transition. Furthermore, sex-related biology may interact with peripheral processes, in particular the stress axis and brain arousal system, to produce distinct neurodevelopmental patterns in males and females with ASD. Future research on neuroimaging-based sex differences in ASD would benefit from a lifespan approach in well-controlled and multivariate studies. Possible relationships between behavior, sex hormones, and brain development in ASD remain largely unexamined.	1/759	Secondary Analysis	Shared

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Collection - Associated Studies

Clicking on the Study Title will open the study details in a new internet browser tab. The Abstract is available for viewing, providing the background explanation of the study, as provided by the Collection Owner.

Primary v. Secondary Analysis: The Data Usage column will have one of these two choices. An associated study that is listed as being used for Primary Analysis indicates at least some and potentially all of the data used was originally collected by the creator of the NDA Study. Secondary Analysis indicates the Study owner was not involved in the collection of data, and may be used as supporting data.

Private v. Shared State: Studies that remain private indicate the associated study is only available to users who are able to access the collection. A shared study is accessible to the general public.

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Studies are associated to the Collection automatically when the data is defined in the Study.

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A tab in a Collection that lists the NDA Studies that have been created using data from that Collection including both Primary and Secondary Analysis NDA Studies.

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