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  • Ophthalmology
  • Developmental Neuroscience

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  • Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental condition.
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  • Electroretinograms (ERGs) are a key tool for assessing retinal function.

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  • To investigate retinal neurophysiology in individuals with ASD using light-adapted electroretinograms (LA-ERGs).
  • To compare LA-ERG parameters between individuals with ASD and neurotypical controls.

Main Methods:

  • Light-adapted (LA) electroretinograms (ERGs) were recorded from 90 individuals with ASD and 87 controls.
  • Stimulation involved a range of flash strengths and the ISCEV standard flash under controlled background luminance.
  • Data were analyzed using random effects mixed models and photopic hill models.

Main Results:

  • The ASD group exhibited significantly smaller a-wave and b-wave amplitudes at high flash strengths (p < .001).
  • Individuals with ASD showed significantly slower b-wave peak times (p < .001).
  • Photopic hill models revealed significant differences in the peaks of Gaussian (p = .035) and logistic functions (p = .014) between groups.

Conclusions:

  • LA-ERG assessment reveals distinct patterns of retinal neurophysiology in individuals with ASD.
  • These findings suggest alterations in neural processing within the retina in ASD.
  • Retinal neurophysiology may serve as a valuable biomarker for understanding neural development in ASD.