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    Dr Michael Lombardo

    University Position
    Affiliated Member

    Interests

    I am interested in understanding the mechanisms occurring in early development that are behind atypical brain development in autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders.

    Key Publications

    Fetal testosterone influences sexually dimorphic gray matter in the human brain.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4389-11.2012
    Journal: J Neurosci
    E-pub date: 11 Jan 2012
    Authors: MV Lombardo, E Ashwin, B Auyeung, B Chakrabarti, K Taylor, G Hackett, ET Bullmore, S Baron-Cohen

    Why are autism spectrum conditions more prevalent in males?

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001081
    Journal: PLoS Biol
    E-pub date: 1 Jun 2011
    Authors: S Baron-Cohen, MV Lombardo, B Auyeung, E Ashwin, B Chakrabarti, R Knickmeyer

    Publications

    On the brain structure heterogeneity of autism: Parsing out acquisition site effects with significance-weighted principal component analysis.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.23449
    Journal: Hum Brain Mapp
    E-pub date: 1 Mar 2017
    Authors: FJ Martinez-Murcia, M-C Lai, JM Górriz, J Ramírez, AMH Young, SCL Deoni, C Ecker, MV Lombardo, MRC AIMS Consortium,, S Baron-Cohen, DGM Murphy, ET Bullmore, J Suckling

    Brain routes for reading in adults with and without autism: EMEG evidence.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-013-1858-z
    Journal: J Autism Dev Disord
    E-pub date: 1 Jan 2014
    Authors: RL Moseley, F Pulvermüller, B Mohr, MV Lombardo, S Baron-Cohen, Y Shtyrov

    Biological sex affects the neurobiology of autism.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awt216
    Journal: Brain
    E-pub date: 1 Sep 2013
    Authors: M-C Lai, MV Lombardo, J Suckling, ANV Ruigrok, B Chakrabarti, C Ecker, SCL Deoni, MC Craig, DGM Murphy, ET Bullmore, MRC AIMS Consortium, S Baron-Cohen

    Subgrouping the autism “spectrum”: reflections on DSM-5.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001544
    Journal: PLoS Biol
    E-pub date: 1 Aug 2013
    Authors: M-C Lai, MV Lombardo, B Chakrabarti, S Baron-Cohen

    Prenatal and postnatal hormone effects on the human brain and cognition.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1007/s00424-013-1268-2
    Journal: Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology
    E-pub date: 1 May 2013
    Authors: B Auyeung, MV Lombardo, S Baron-Cohen

    Brain surface anatomy in adults with autism: the relationship between surface area, cortical thickness, and autistic symptoms.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.265
    Journal: JAMA Psychiatry
    E-pub date: 1 Jan 2013
    Authors: C Ecker, C Ginestet, Y Feng, P Johnston, MV Lombardo, M-C Lai, J Suckling, L Palaniyappan, E Daly, CM Murphy, SC Williams, ET Bullmore, S Baron-Cohen, M Brammer, DGM Murphy, MRC AIMS Consortium

    Self-referential and social cognition in a case of autism and agenesis of the corpus callosum.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1186/2040-2392-3-14
    Journal: Mol Autism
    E-pub date: 21 Nov 2012
    Authors: MV Lombardo, B Chakrabarti, M-C Lai, MRC AIMS Consortium, S Baron-Cohen

    Fetal programming effects of testosterone on the reward system and behavioral approach tendencies in humans.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.05.027
    Journal: Biological Psychiatry
    E-pub date: 15 Nov 2012
    Authors: MV Lombardo, E Ashwin, B Auyeung, B Chakrabarti, M-C Lai, K Taylor, G Hackett, ET Bullmore, S Baron-Cohen

    Cognition in males and females with autism: similarities and differences.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047198
    Journal: PLoS One
    E-pub date: 1 Aug 2012
    Authors: M-C Lai, MV Lombardo, ANV Ruigrok, B Chakrabarti, SJ Wheelwright, B Auyeung, C Allison, MRC AIMS Consortium, S Baron-Cohen

    Sex differences and autism: brain function during verbal fluency and mental rotation.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038355
    Journal: PLoS One
    E-pub date: 1 Aug 2012
    Authors: FDCC Beacher, E Radulescu, L Minati, S Baron-Cohen, MV Lombardo, M-C Lai, A Walker, D Howard, MA Gray, NA Harrison, HD Critchley

    Individual differences in brain structure underpin empathizing-systemizing cognitive styles in male adults.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.03.018
    Journal: Neuroimage
    E-pub date: 16 Jul 2012
    Authors: M-C Lai, MV Lombardo, B Chakrabarti, C Ecker, SA Sadek, SJ Wheelwright, DGM Murphy, J Suckling, ET Bullmore, MRC AIMS Consortium, S Baron-Cohen

    White matter microstructural abnormalities in the frontal lobe of adults with antisocial personality disorder.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2011.06.005
    Journal: Cortex
    E-pub date: 1 Feb 2012
    Authors: F Sundram, Q Deeley, S Sarkar, E Daly, R Latham, M Craig, M Raczek, T Fahy, M Picchioni, UK AIMS Network, GJ Barker, DGM Murphy

    Brain anatomy and its relationship to behavior in adults with autism spectrum disorder: a multicenter magnetic resonance imaging study.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.1251
    Journal: Archives of General Psychiatry
    E-pub date: 1 Feb 2012
    Authors: C Ecker, J Suckling, SC Deoni, MV Lombardo, ET Bullmore, S Baron-Cohen, M Catani, P Jezzard, A Barnes, AJ Bailey, SC Williams, DGM Murphy, MRC AIMS Consortium

    Autism attenuates sex differences in brain structure: a combined voxel-based morphometry and diffusion tensor imaging study.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A2880
    Journal: AJNR Am J Neuroradiol
    E-pub date: 1 Jan 2012
    Authors: FD Beacher, L Minati, S Baron-Cohen, MV Lombardo, M-C Lai, MA Gray, NA Harrison, HD Critchley

    A behavioral comparison of male and female adults with high functioning autism spectrum conditions.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020835
    Journal: PLoS One
    E-pub date: 1 Aug 2011
    Authors: M-C Lai, MV Lombardo, G Pasco, ANV Ruigrok, SJ Wheelwright, SA Sadek, B Chakrabarti, MRC AIMS Consortium, S Baron-Cohen

    Unraveling the paradox of the autistic self.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.45
    Journal: WIREs Cognitive Science
    E-pub date: 6 Jun 2011
    Authors: MV Lombardo, S Baron-Cohen

    Specialization of right temporo-parietal junction for mentalizing and its relation to social impairments in autism.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.02.067
    Journal: Neuroimage
    E-pub date: 1 Jun 2011
    Authors: MV Lombardo, B Chakrabarti, ET Bullmore, MRC AIMS Consortium, S Baron-Cohen

    The role of the self in mindblindness in autism.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2010.09.006
    Journal: Conscious Cogn
    E-pub date: 1 Mar 2011
    Authors: MV Lombardo, S Baron-Cohen

    A shift to randomness of brain oscillations in people with autism.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.06.027
    Journal: Biol Psychiatry
    E-pub date: 15 Dec 2010
    Authors: M-C Lai, MV Lombardo, B Chakrabarti, SA Sadek, G Pasco, SJ Wheelwright, ET Bullmore, S Baron-Cohen, MRC AIMS Consortium, J Suckling

    Shared neural circuits for mentalizing about the self and others.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1162/jocn.2009.21287
    Journal: J Cogn Neurosci
    E-pub date: 1 Jul 2010
    Authors: MV Lombardo, B Chakrabarti, ET Bullmore, SJ Wheelwright, SA Sadek, J Suckling, MRC AIMS Consortium, S Baron-Cohen

    Atypical neural self-representation in autism.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awp306
    Journal: Brain
    E-pub date: 1 Feb 2010
    Authors: MV Lombardo, B Chakrabarti, ET Bullmore, SA Sadek, G Pasco, SJ Wheelwright, J Suckling, MRC AIMS Consortium, S Baron-Cohen

    Organizational effects of fetal testosterone on human corpus callosum size and asymmetry.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.09.009
    Journal: Psychoneuroendocrinology
    E-pub date: 1 Jan 2010
    Authors: LR Chura, MV Lombardo, E Ashwin, B Auyeung, B Chakrabarti, ET Bullmore, S Baron-Cohen

    Response to Smith’s Letter to the Editor ‘Emotional Empathy in Autism Spectrum Conditions: Weak, Intact, or Heightened?’

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-009-0800-x
    Journal: J Autism Dev Disord
    E-pub date: 8 Jul 2009
    Authors: I Minio-Paluello, MV Lombardo, B Chakrabarti, S Wheelwright, S Baron-Cohen

    Moral dilemmas film task: A study of spontaneous narratives by individuals with autism spectrum conditions.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/aur.79
    Journal: Autism Res
    E-pub date: 1 Jun 2009
    Authors: JL Barnes, MV Lombardo, S Wheelwright, S Baron-Cohen

    What neuroimaging and perceptions of self-other similarity can tell us about the mechanism underlying mentalizing

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X09000715
    Journal: BEHAV BRAIN SCI
    E-pub date: 1 Apr 2009
    Authors: MV Lombardo, B Chakrabarti, S Baron-Cohen

    The amygdala in autism: not adapting to faces?

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09010044
    Journal: Am J Psychiatry
    E-pub date: 1 Apr 2009
    Authors: MV Lombardo, B Chakrabarti, S Baron-Cohen

    Self-referential cognition and empathy in autism.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000883
    Journal: PLoS One
    E-pub date: 12 Sep 2007
    Authors: MV Lombardo, JL Barnes, SJ Wheelwright, S Baron-Cohen