[Ace-analysis] Air pollution abstract - comments by 11/29

[Piven, Joseph]

So good to see this work moving forward.
A few thoughts:


  1.  In the title, 'Autism Spectrum Disorder in Infants' may be a bit misleading and also forfeits your opportunity to make the point it is prior to consolidation of diagnosis.  If you need space, you might cut 'Total Tissue' and use 'Brain Volume Trajectories'.
  2.  Same comment in the Background - growth rates during infancy in those with and without ASD is a bit misleading.  'at risk' for ASD seems to go hand in hand with a study of risk from AP exposure, as far as timing.  Has the association between AP and brain volume been with increased or decreased volume.  I thought it was the latter.
  3.  Results:  maybe change 'we discovered' to 'we observed'.  'Higher residential ...  'H' should not be caps.
  4.  Conclusion:  I don't think the results contrast with previous observations of rain enlargement in ASD.  We always knew it was only in a subset. And that ASD is heterogeneous.  I would probably take out that line and instead frame it as these results may serve to tease apart phenotypes related to the well known underlying heterogeneous (genetic and environmental) etiologic contributors.

jp

From: ace-analysis-bounces at bic.mni.mcgill.ca <ace-analysis-bounces at bic.mni.mcgill.ca> On Behalf Of Girault, Jessica B.
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2022 8:34 AM
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Cc: Irena Steiner <igorski1 at jhu.edu>
Subject: [Ace-analysis] Air pollution abstract - comments by 11/29

Dear Colleagues,

Heather Volk's team has an abstract for ISEE NAC describing analyses of pollution data in relation to brain volumes.

Please see attached and provide and feedback to Irena, the first author (copied here), by 11/29.

If you would like to be included as an author, please let her know.

Thank you,

Jessica




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Jessica B. Girault, PhD

Assistant Professor

Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities

Department of Psychiatry

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

https://giraultlab.unc.edu/


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