Bhismadev Chakrabarti

Summary

Affiliation: University of Cambridge
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Variation in the human cannabinoid receptor CNR1 gene modulates gaze duration for happy faces
    Bhismadev Chakrabarti
    Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics, School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AL, UK
    Mol Autism 2:10. 2011
  2. ncbi Genes related to sex steroids, neural growth, and social-emotional behavior are associated with autistic traits, empathy, and Asperger syndrome
    B Chakrabarti
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge University, UK
    Autism Res 2:157-77. 2009
  3. ncbi Individual differences in brain structure underpin empathizing-systemizing cognitive styles in male adults
    Meng Chuan Lai
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road, Cambridge CB2 8AH, UK
    Neuroimage 61:1347-54. 2012
  4. ncbi Specialization of right temporo-parietal junction for mentalizing and its relation to social impairments in autism
    Michael V Lombardo
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
    Neuroimage 56:1832-8. 2011
  5. ncbi A shift to randomness of brain oscillations in people with autism
    Meng Chuan Lai
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
    Biol Psychiatry 68:1092-9. 2010
  6. ncbi A behavioral comparison of male and female adults with high functioning autism spectrum conditions
    Meng Chuan Lai
    Department of Psychiatry, Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 6:e20835. 2011
  7. ncbi Fetal programming effects of testosterone on the reward system and behavioral approach tendencies in humans
    Michael V Lombardo
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
    Biol Psychiatry 72:839-47. 2012
  8. ncbi Fetal testosterone influences sexually dimorphic gray matter in the human brain
    Michael V Lombardo
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 8AH, UK
    J Neurosci 32:674-80. 2012
  9. ncbi Cognition in males and females with autism: similarities and differences
    Meng Chuan Lai
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 7:e47198. 2012
  10. ncbi Empathizing with basic emotions: common and discrete neural substrates
    Bhismadev Chakrabarti
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK
    Soc Neurosci 1:364-84. 2006

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Publications20

  1. ncbi Variation in the human cannabinoid receptor CNR1 gene modulates gaze duration for happy faces
    Bhismadev Chakrabarti
    Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics, School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AL, UK
    Mol Autism 2:10. 2011
    ..abstract:..
  2. ncbi Genes related to sex steroids, neural growth, and social-emotional behavior are associated with autistic traits, empathy, and Asperger syndrome
    B Chakrabarti
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge University, UK
    Autism Res 2:157-77. 2009
    ..05). This is the first candidate-gene association study of AS and of autistic traits. The most promising candidate genes require independent replication and fine mapping...
  3. ncbi Individual differences in brain structure underpin empathizing-systemizing cognitive styles in male adults
    Meng Chuan Lai
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road, Cambridge CB2 8AH, UK
    Neuroimage 61:1347-54. 2012
    ..These results suggest an underlying neuroanatomical basis linked to the discrepancy between these two important dimensions of individual differences in cognitive style...
  4. ncbi Specialization of right temporo-parietal junction for mentalizing and its relation to social impairments in autism
    Michael V Lombardo
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
    Neuroimage 56:1832-8. 2011
    ....
  5. ncbi A shift to randomness of brain oscillations in people with autism
    Meng Chuan Lai
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
    Biol Psychiatry 68:1092-9. 2010
    ..5) to ordered (H = 1). Shifts in fractal scaling of physiological time series have been associated with neurological and cardiac conditions...
  6. ncbi A behavioral comparison of male and female adults with high functioning autism spectrum conditions
    Meng Chuan Lai
    Department of Psychiatry, Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 6:e20835. 2011
    ..We discuss the importance of the superficially better socio-communication ability in adult females with ASC in terms of why females with ASC may more often go under-recognized, and receive their diagnosis later, than males...
  7. ncbi Fetal programming effects of testosterone on the reward system and behavioral approach tendencies in humans
    Michael V Lombardo
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
    Biol Psychiatry 72:839-47. 2012
    ....
  8. ncbi Fetal testosterone influences sexually dimorphic gray matter in the human brain
    Michael V Lombardo
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 8AH, UK
    J Neurosci 32:674-80. 2012
    ..These results bridge a long-standing gap between human and nonhuman species by showing that FT acts as an organizing mechanism for the development of regional sexual dimorphism in the human brain...
  9. ncbi Cognition in males and females with autism: similarities and differences
    Meng Chuan Lai
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 7:e47198. 2012
    ..However, in specific non-social cognitive domains, performance within ASC depends on sex. This suggests that in specific domains, cognitive profiles in ASC are modulated by sex...
  10. ncbi Empathizing with basic emotions: common and discrete neural substrates
    Bhismadev Chakrabarti
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK
    Soc Neurosci 1:364-84. 2006
    ..This pattern of results is interpreted using a modification of Haxby et al.'s model of face perception...
  11. ncbi How reward modulates mimicry: EMG evidence of greater facial mimicry of more rewarding happy faces
    Thomas B Sims
    Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics, School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, UK
    Psychophysiology 49:998-1004. 2012
    ..This suggests a link between reward and spontaneous mimicry and provides a possible underlying mechanism for the reduced response to social rewards seen in autism...
  12. ncbi Atypical neural self-representation in autism
    Michael V Lombardo
    Autism Research Centre, Douglas House, Cambridge CB2 8AH, UK
    Brain 133:611-24. 2010
    ..These observations reveal that the atypical organization of neural circuitry preferentially coding for self-information is a key mechanism at the heart of both self-referential and social impairments in autism...
  13. ncbi Why are autism spectrum conditions more prevalent in males?
    Simon Baron-Cohen
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
    PLoS Biol 9:e1001081. 2011
    ..Ultimately, as these theories are not mutually exclusive and ASC is multi-factorial, they may help explain the male prevalence of ASC...
  14. ncbi Organizational effects of fetal testosterone on human corpus callosum size and asymmetry
    Lindsay R Chura
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
    Psychoneuroendocrinology 35:122-32. 2010
    ..We suggest that this possible organizational effect of FT on callosal asymmetry may also play a role in shaping sexual dimorphism in functional and structural brain development, cognition, and behavior...
  15. ncbi Self-referential and social cognition in a case of autism and agenesis of the corpus callosum
    Michael V Lombardo
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Douglas House, 18b Trumpington Road, Cambridge CB2 8AH, UK
    Mol Autism 3:14. 2012
    ..abstract:..
  16. ncbi Variation in the autism candidate gene GABRB3 modulates tactile sensitivity in typically developing children
    Teresa Tavassoli
    Department of Psychiatry, Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
    Mol Autism 3:6. 2012
    ..abstract:..
  17. ncbi Talent in autism: hyper-systemizing, hyper-attention to detail and sensory hypersensitivity
    Simon Baron-Cohen
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Douglas House, 18b Trumpington Road, Cambridge CB2 8AH, UK
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 364:1377-83. 2009
    ..We conclude that the origins of the association between autism and talent begin at the sensory level, include excellent attention to detail and end with hyper-systemizing...
  18. ncbi Increased serum androstenedione in adults with autism spectrum conditions
    Liliana Ruta
    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK
    Psychoneuroendocrinology 36:1154-63. 2011
    ..02). This result is discussed in terms of androstenedione being the immediate precursor of, and being converted into, testosterone, dihydrotestosterone, or estrogens in hormone-sensitive tissues and organs...
  19. ncbi Empathizing: neurocognitive developmental mechanisms and individual differences
    Bhismadev Chakrabarti
    Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Psychiatry Department, Douglas House, 18b Trumpington Rd, Cambridge CB2 2AH, UK
    Prog Brain Res 156:403-17. 2006
    ....
  20. ncbi Variations in the human cannabinoid receptor (CNR1) gene modulate striatal responses to happy faces
    Bhismadev Chakrabarti
    Autism Research Centre, Douglas House, 18 B, Trumpington Road, Cambridge CB2 2AH, UK
    Eur J Neurosci 23:1944-8. 2006
    ..This has implications for medical conditions involving hypo-responsivity to emotional and social stimuli, such as autism...