Peak alpha frequency is a neural marker of cognitive function across the autism spectrum

By A. Dickinson, C. DiStefano, Damla Senturk, Shafali S. Jeste. 2017

Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health

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Citations in the corpus

• A human electrophysiological signature of Fragile X pathophysiology is shared in V1 of Fmr1-/y mice (2026, unknown): “These cross-sectional fi ndings suggest that the age-dependent increase in Pk1 center frequency observed in typical development 50 – 52 might stagnate in FXS, consistent with fi ndings in ASD 42 .”
• Behavioral Phenotype Associations With Resting State EEG Signal Complexity and Power Spectral Density in Fragile X Syndrome (2026, unknown): “Furthermore, alpha peak frequency (APF), which indicates the maximal power obtained in the alpha band, is considered an important biomarker for brain maturation in NT populations (Dickinson et al. 2018; Klimesch 1997).”
• Resting state aperiodic and periodic EEG activity in preschool-aged autistic children: differences from neurotypical peers and links to language skills (2026, unknown): “In addition, in line with findings in Dickinson et al. [18], we hypothesized that autistic children would exhibit lower PAF and lower alpha peak amplitude than neurotypical peers.”
• ROC Analysis of Biomarker Combinations in Fragile X Syndrome-Specific Clinical Trials: Evaluating Treatment Efficacy via Exploratory Biomarkers (2025, unknown): “Future work will be necessary to validate PAF in larger sample sizes to assess the extent to which BPN14770 modulates cognition-related biomarkers in FXS.”
• Periodic and Aperiodic EEG Features as Potential Markers of Developmental Dyslexia (2023, background): “In particular, alterations of the aperiodic activity were found for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) [46], ASD [47] and Schizophrenia [48], possibly representing an additional neural marker with respect to the oscillatory ones.”
• Distinct Spectral Profiles of Awake Resting EEG in Disorders of Consciousness: The Role of Frequency and Topography of Oscillations (2022, background): “Finally it could be related to global brain pathology such as mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease (Garces et al. 2013, Babiloni et al. 2015, Benz et al. 2014, Zimmermann et al. 2015, Dickinson et al. 2018).”
• Periodic and aperiodic neural activity displays age-dependent changes across early-to-middle childhood (2021, result): “A relationship between increasing alpha frequency and the development of large-scale oscillatory networks would also be in alignment with studies that have shown associations between peak alpha frequency and cognitive function in children (Carter Leno et al., 2021; Dickinson et al., 2018).”