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Overview

Nancy J. Minshew is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong emphasis on Cognitive Neuroscience and Genetics.

The scientist's work covers several subfields including Molecular Biology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. The main topics of their research revolve around Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Congenital Heart Defects Research, Genomic Variations and Chromosomal Abnormalities, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders, and Neural Dynamics and Brain Function.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Nancy J. Minshew include Géraldine Dawson, Lambertus Klei, Christine Stevens, Edwin H. Cook, and James S. Sutcliffe.

The scientist's research has been published notably in the following venues:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Cell
  • Nature Genetics
  • Autism Research
  • Journal of Neuroscience

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Nancy J. Minshew include:

  • "Large-Scale Exome Sequencing Study Implicates Both Developmental and Functional Changes in the Neurobiology of Autism" (2020, Cell)
  • "Rare coding variation provides insight into the genetic architecture and phenotypic context of autism" (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • "Reduced White Matter Integrity and Deficits in Neuropsychological Functioning in Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder" (2020, Autism Research)
  • "Uncharacteristic Task-Evoked Pupillary Responses Implicate Atypical Locus Ceruleus Activity in Autism" (2020, Journal of Neuroscience)
  • "Duane F. Alexander, M.D.: August 11, 1940-February 16, 2020" (2020, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders)

Best Publications

  • The autism brain imaging data exchange: towards a large-scale evaluation of the intrinsic brain architecture in autism

    A Di Martino;C-G Yan;Q Li;E Denio

  • Functional impact of global rare copy number variation in autism spectrum disorders

    Dalila Pinto;Alistair T. Pagnamenta;Lambertus Klei;Richard Anney

  • Large-Scale Exome Sequencing Study Implicates Both Developmental and Functional Changes in the Neurobiology of Autism

    F. Kyle Satterstrom;F. Kyle Satterstrom;Jack A. Kosmicki;Jiebiao Wang;Michael S. Breen

  • Cortical activation and synchronization during sentence comprehension in high-functioning autism: evidence of underconnectivity

    Marcel Adam Just;Vladimir L. Cherkassky;Timothy A. Keller;Nancy J. Minshew

  • The screening and diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorders

    Pauline A. Filipek;Pasquale J. Accardo;Grace T. Baranek;Edwin H. Cook

  • Autism genome-wide copy number variation reveals ubiquitin and neuronal genes

    Joseph T. Glessner;Kai Wang;Guiqing Cai;Olena Korvatska

  • Mapping autism risk loci using genetic linkage and chromosomal rearrangements

    Peter Szatmari;Andrew D. Paterson;Lonnie Zwaigenbaum;Wendy Roberts

  • Functional and anatomical cortical underconnectivity in autism: Evidence from an fMRI study of an executive function task and corpus callosum morphometry

    Marcel Adam Just;Vladimir L. Cherkassky;Timothy A. Keller;Rajesh K. Kana

  • Convergence of Genes and Cellular Pathways Dysregulated in Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Dalila Pinto;Elsa Delaby;Elsa Delaby;Elsa Delaby;Daniele Merico;Mafalda Barbosa

  • Common genetic variants on 5p14.1 associate with autism spectrum disorders

    Kai Wang;Haitao Zhang;Deqiong Ma;Maja Bucan

  • Maturation of widely distributed brain function subserves cognitive development.

    Beatriz Luna;Keith R. Thulborn;Douglas P. Munoz;Elisha P. Merriam

  • The New Neurobiology of Autism: Cortex, Connectivity, and Neuronal Organization

    Nancy J. Minshew;Diane L. Williams

  • Neuropsychologic functioning in autism: profile of a complex information processing disorder.

    Nancy J. Minshew;Gerald Goldstein;Don J. Siegel

  • Functional connectivity in an fMRI working memory task in high-functioning autism

    Hideya Koshino;Patricia A. Carpenter;Nancy J. Minshew;Vladimir L. Cherkassky

  • A genome-wide linkage and association scan reveals novel loci for autism

    Lauren A. Weiss;Lauren A. Weiss;Dan E. Arking;Mark J. Daly;Mark J. Daly;Aravinda Chakravarti

  • MRI volumes of amygdala and hippocampus in non-mentally retarded autistic adolescents and adults.

    Elizabeth Aylward;Nancy J Minshew;G Goldstein;N A Honeycutt

  • Meta-analysis of GWAS of over 16,000 individuals with autism spectrum disorder highlights a novel locus at 10q24.32 and a significant overlap with schizophrenia

    Richard J.L. Anney;Richard J.L. Anney;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Verneri Anttila;Jakob Grove;Jakob Grove

  • A genome-wide scan for common alleles affecting risk for autism

    Richard Anney;Lambertus Klei;Dalila Pinto;Regina Regan

  • Effects of age on brain volume and head circumference in autism

    E. H. Aylward;N. J. Minshew;K. Field;B. F. Sparks

  • Underdevelopment of the postural control system in autism

    Nancy J. Minshew;KiBum Sung;Bobby L. Jones;Joseph M. Furman

  • Convergence of genes and cellular pathways dysregulated in autism spectrum disorders

    Dalila Pinto;Elsa Delaby;Daniele Merico;Mafalda Barbosa

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Heeger
David J. Heeger New York University
Marlene Behrmann
Marlene Behrmann Carnegie Mellon University
Carla A. Mazefsky
Carla A. Mazefsky University of Pittsburgh
Gerald Goldstein
Gerald Goldstein Veterans Health Administration
Timothy A. Keller
Timothy A. Keller Carnegie Mellon University
Marcel Adam Just
Marcel Adam Just Carnegie Mellon University
Louise Gallagher
Louise Gallagher Trinity College Dublin
Catherine Lord
Catherine Lord University of California, Los Angeles
Catalina Betancur
Catalina Betancur Sorbonne University
Stephen W. Scherer
Stephen W. Scherer University of Toronto

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