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Shawn E. Christ is affiliated with the University of Missouri in the United States and has contributed significantly to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work predominantly focuses on metabolism and genetic disorders, with additional attention to diet and metabolism studies, mitochondrial function and pathology, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, epilepsy research and treatment, metabolomics, mass spectrometry studies, and autism spectrum disorder research.

The scientist has published extensively, with key papers addressing various aspects of phenylketonuria (PKU). Among the notable recent publications are:

  • A porcine model of phenylketonuria generated by CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing, 2020, JCI Insight
  • Management of early treated adolescents and young adults with phenylketonuria: Development of international consensus recommendations using a modified Delphi approach, 2022, Molecular Genetics and Metabolism
  • Inter- and intra-tract analysis of white matter abnormalities in individuals with early-treated phenylketonuria (PKU), 2020, Molecular Genetics and Metabolism
  • Executive function in phenylketonuria (PKU): Insights from the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) and a large sample of individuals with PKU, 2020, Neuropsychology
  • The effects of early-treated phenylketonuria on volumetric measures of the cerebellum, 2020, Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports

Shawn E. Christ frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Hayley E. Clocksin
  • Cary O. Harding
  • Nicola Longo
  • Stephanie Sacharow
  • Desirée A. White

Publication venues with multiple contributions from this scientist include:

  • Molecular Genetics and Metabolism
  • Neuropsychology
  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Genetics in Medicine Open

Their publications span key subfields such as clinical biochemistry, molecular biology, physiology, psychiatry and mental health, and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. This diverse expertise supports investigations across a range of biological and medical research areas.

Best Publications

  • Motion onset captures attention.

    Richard A. Abrams;Shawn E. Christ

  • The Contributions of Prefrontal Cortex and Executive Control to Deception: Evidence from Activation Likelihood Estimate Meta-analyses

    Shawn E. Christ;David C. Van Essen;Jason M. Watson;Lindsay E. Brubaker

  • Laboratory-based and autobiographical retrieval tasks differ substantially in their neural substrates.

    Kathleen B. McDermott;Karl K. Szpunar;Shawn E. Christ

  • Inhibitory control in children with autism spectrum disorder

    Shawn E. Christ;Shawn E. Christ;Daniel D. Holt;Daniel D. Holt;Desirée A. White;Leonard Green

  • Evidence for selective inhibitory impairment in individuals with autism spectrum disorder.

    Shawn E Christ;Lindsay E Kester;Kimberly E Bodner;Judith H Miles

  • Executive function in early-treated phenylketonuria: Profile and underlying mechanisms

    Shawn E. Christ;Stephan C.J. Huijbregts;Leo M.J. de Sonneville;Desirée A. White

  • Psychiatric Symptoms and Psychosocial Difficulties in Young Adults with Autistic Traits

    Stephen M. Kanne;Shawn E. Christ;Angela M. Reiersen

  • Attention and Memory

    D. Li;S.E. Christ;J.D. Johnson;N. Cowan

  • Inhibitory control across the life span.

    Shawn E. Christ;Desirée A. White;Tammy Mandernach;Beth A. Keys

  • Atypical pupillary light reflex and heart rate variability in children with autism spectrum disorder

    Chathuri Daluwatte;Judith H. Miles;Shawn E. Christ;David Q. Beversdorf

  • A neural region of abstract working memory

    Nelson Cowan;Dawei Li;Amanda Moffitt;Theresa M. Becker

  • Right Parietal Lobe-Related “Selflessness” as the Neuropsychological Basis of Spiritual Transcendence

    Brick Johnstone;Angela Bodling;Dan Cohen;Shawn E. Christ

  • Inhibitory control following perinatal brain injury.

    Shawn E. Christ;Desirée A. White;Janice E. Brunstrom;Richard A. Abrams

  • Executive function in individuals with subthreshold autism traits.

    Shawn E. Christ;Stephen M. Kanne;Angela M. Reiersen

  • Variability in phenylalanine control predicts IQ and executive abilities in children with phenylketonuria

    Anna Hood;Dorothy K. Grange;Shawn E. Christ;Robert Steiner

  • The onset of receding motion captures attention: comment on Franconeri and Simons (2003).

    Richard A. Abrams;Shawn E. Christ

  • White Matter Integrity and Executive Abilities in Individuals with Phenylketonuria

    Jo Ann V. Antenor-Dorsey;Tamara Hershey;Jerrel Rutlin;Joshua S. Shimony

  • Domain-general and domain-specific functional networks in working memory.

    Dawei Li;Shawn E. Christ;Nelson Cowan

  • Asbjørn Følling and the discovery of phenylketonuria.

    Shawn E Christ

  • Revisiting inhibitory control across the life span: insights from the ex-Gaussian distribution.

    Tara McAuley;Melvin Yap;Shawn E. Christ;Desiree A. White

  • The Subthreshold Autism Trait Questionnaire (SATQ): Development of a Brief Self-Report Measure of Subthreshold Autism Traits

    Stephen M. Kanne;Jennifer Wang;Shawn E. Christ

Frequent Co-Authors

Desirée A. White
Desirée A. White Washington University in St. Louis
David Q. Beversdorf
David Q. Beversdorf University of Missouri
Richard A. Abrams
Richard A. Abrams Washington University in St. Louis
Stephen M. Kanne
Stephen M. Kanne Weill Cornell Medicine
Nelson Cowan
Nelson Cowan University of Missouri
Kathleen B. McDermott
Kathleen B. McDermott Washington University in St. Louis
Brick Johnstone
Brick Johnstone Shepherd Center
Alan D. Castel
Alan D. Castel University of California, Los Angeles
J. Scott Saults
J. Scott Saults University of Missouri
Robert D. Nicholls
Robert D. Nicholls University of Pittsburgh

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