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40
Citations
6893
World Ranking
5354
National Ranking
2529

Overview

Robert L. Hendren is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Psychology, Medicine, and Neuroscience, with a considerable focus on subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Clinical Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, and Education.

The scientist's work extensively addresses topics related to Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Family and Disability Support Research, and Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues. Additional topics covered in their publications include Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Reading and Literacy Development, Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders, and Behavioral and Psychological Studies.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Robert L. Hendren include Felicia Widjaja, Stephen Bent, Bushra Hossain, China Parenteau, and Yingtong Chen. These collaborative efforts are reflected in numerous publications across various journals.

Notable publication venues where their research has appeared include the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Molecular Autism, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, Autism and Developmental Disorders, and the Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Hendren illustrate the range of their research interests and include:

  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of the benefits of a gluten-free diet and/or casein-free diet for children with autism spectrum disorder (2021), Nutrition Reviews
  • Relationship Between Sleep and Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Exploring the Impact of Sleep Variability (2020), Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Automated recognition of spontaneous facial expression in individuals with autism spectrum disorder: parsing response variability (2020), Molecular Autism
  • The association between anxiety and academic performance in children with reading disorder: A longitudinal cohort study (2021), Dyslexia
  • Enhanced visceromotor emotional reactivity in dyslexia and its relation to salience network connectivity (2020), Cortex

Best Publications

  • Examining executive functioning in children with autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and typical development.

    Blythe A. Corbett;Laura J. Constantine;Robert Hendren;David M Rocke

  • 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

  • Resting-State Functional Connectivity of Subgenual Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Depressed Adolescents

    Colm G. Connolly;Jing Wu;Tiffany C. Ho;Fumiko Hoeft

  • Biomarkers in Autism

    Andre A. S. Goldani;Susan R. Downs;Felicia Widjaja;Brittany Lawton

  • A pilot randomized controlled trial of omega-3 fatty acids for autism spectrum disorder.

    Stephen Bent;Kiah Bertoglio;Paul Ashwood;Alan Bostrom

  • Autism traits in the RASopathies

    Brigid Adviento;Iris L Corbin;Felicia Widjaja;Guillaume Desachy

  • Recognizing Psychiatric Comorbidity With Reading Disorders.

    Robert L. Hendren;Stephanie L. Haft;Jessica M. Black;Nancy Cushen White

  • Review of neuroimaging studies of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders from the past 10 years.

    Robert L. Hendren;Iris De Backer;Gahan J. Pandina

  • Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Methyl B12 for Children with Autism

    Hendren Rl;James Sj;Widjaja F;Lawton B

  • Caudate Nucleus Volume and Cognitive Performance: Are they related in Childhood Psychopathology?

    Gerald T. Voelbel;Marsha E. Bates;Marsha E. Bates;Jennifer F. Buckman;Gahan Pandina

  • Pilot study of the effect of methyl B12 treatment on behavioral and biomarker measures in children with autism.

    Kiah Bertoglio;S. Jill James;Lesley Deprey;Norman Brule

  • White Matter Morphometric Changes Uniquely Predict Children’s Reading Acquisition

    Chelsea A. Myers;Maaike Vandermosten;Emily A. Farris;Roeland Hancock

  • A Review of Complementary and Alternative Treatments for Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Nicholas Lofthouse;Robert Hendren;Elizabeth Hurt;L. Eugene Arnold

  • A study on the effectiveness of videoconferencing on teaching parent training skills to parents of children with ADHD

    Yuhuan Xie;J. Faye Dixon;Ong Min Yee;Junshun Zhang

  • Internet-based, randomized, controlled trial of omega-3 fatty acids for hyperactivity in autism.

    Stephen Bent;Robert L. Hendren;Tara Zandi;Kiely Law

  • Safety and Efficacy of Memantine in Children with Autism: Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study and Open-Label Extension

    Michael G. Aman;Robert L. Findling;Antonio Y. Hardan;Robert L. Hendren

  • Identification of urinary metabolites that correlate with clinical improvements in children with autism treated with sulforaphane from broccoli

    Stephen Bent;Brittany Lawton;Tracy Warren;Felicia Widjaja

  • Omega-3 Fatty Acids for Autistic Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review

    Stephen Bent;Kiah Bertoglio;Robert L. Hendren

  • Altered Cerebral Perfusion in Executive, Affective, and Motor Networks During Adolescent Depression

    Tiffany C. Ho;Jing Wu;David D. Shin;Thomas T. Liu

  • New developments in autism.

    Kiah Bertoglio;Robert L. Hendren

  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Textbook

    David Mullen;Robert L. Hendren

Frequent Co-Authors

Geraldine Dawson
Geraldine Dawson Duke University
Matthew S. Goodwin
Matthew S. Goodwin Northeastern University
Fumiko Hoeft
Fumiko Hoeft University of Connecticut
Michael G. Aman
Michael G. Aman The Ohio State University
Anna J. Esbensen
Anna J. Esbensen Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Randi J Hagerman
Randi J Hagerman University of California, Davis
Alan N. Simmons
Alan N. Simmons University of California, San Diego
Marsha E. Bates
Marsha E. Bates Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Susan F. Tapert
Susan F. Tapert University of California, San Diego
Lauren A. Weiss
Lauren A. Weiss University of California, San Francisco

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