Interindividual Differences in Cortical Thickness and Their Genomic Underpinnings in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Christine Ecker¹, Charlotte M Pretzsch¹, Anke Bletsch¹+36

• ¹Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (Ecker, Bletsch, Mann, Schaefer, Yousaf, Chiocchetti, Bast, Freitag); Department of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences (Ecker, Pretzsch, Dell'Acqua, Puts, Loth, Murphy) and Department of Psychology (Tillmann, Charman), Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London; Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht Brain Center, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands (Ambrosino, Durston); Laboratory for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Center for Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems, University of Trento, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Rovereto, Italy (Lombardo); Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K. (Lombardo, Warrier, Baron-Cohen); Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Moessnang, Baumeister, Meyer-Lindenberg) and Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Moessnang, Baumeister, Banaschewski), Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany; Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behavior, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (Floris, Zabihi, Marquand, Beckmann, Buitelaar); Human Genetics and Cognitive Functions Unit, Institut Pasteur, University of Paris, Paris (Cliquet, Leblond, Moreau, Dumas, Bourgeron); Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck, University of London, London (Jones, Mason); Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Center for Psychiatry Research, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm Health Care Services, and Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Stockholm Health Care Services, Region Stockholm, Sweden (Bölte); Department of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, Gaetano Martino University Hospital, University of Messina, Messina, Italy (Persico); Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, NORD Discovery and Translational Area, Roche Innovation Center Basel, Switzerland (Spooren).