Publications
Peer Reviewed Journals
* student or former student authors
2025
Chen, Y., Yang, C., Gao, B., Chen, K., Jao Keehn, R. J., Müller, R.-A., Yuan, L.-X., You, Y. (2025). Altered functional connectivity of unimodal sensory and multisensory integration networks is related to symptom severity in autism spectrum disorders. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 10(10): 1045-1056.
*Boxberger, A., Chen, B., Olson, L., Cordova, M., Mahmalji, J., Rios, A., Linke, A. C., & Fishman, I. (2025). Functional connectivity patterns differ as a function of co-occurring attentional problems in preschoolers with autism. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 17, 63.
Montaña-Valverde, G., Linke, A. C., Slušna, D., Muchart-López, J., Rodríquez-Fornells, A., Deco, G., & Hinzen, W. (2025). Brain function in language and associated networks in non- or minimally verbal children. Brain Communications.
Recent Conference Presentations
2025
Bloomer, B., Pedrahita, S., Cordova, M., Kohli, J.S., Tuy, S., Linke, A., Hau, J., Elden, M., Toro, G., Kinnear, M., Müller, R.-A., & Carper, R. (2025). Effects of Middle-age and Aging on Cerebellar Lobular Volumes in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Society for Neuroscience. San Diego, CA, United States.
Arantes de Oliviera Campos, G., Cordova, M., Olson, L., Chen, B., Linke, A., Hau, J. & Fishman, I. (2025). Cerebellar white matter tracts in young children with autism spectrum disorder. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, United States.
Cordova, M., Hau, J., Pedrahita, S., Kohli, J., Wilkinson, M., Elden, M., Tuy, S., Linke, A., Fishman, I., Müller, R.-A, & Carper, R. (2025). Subcortico-Cortical White-Matter Tracts and Executive Function in Older Autistic Adults. Flux. Dublin, Ireland.
Linke, A., Pedrahita, S., Cordova, M., Wilkinson, M., Tuy, S., Toro, G., Alemu, K., Kohli, J., Hau, J., Müller, R.-A., & Carper, R. (2025). Altered glymphatic activity is associated with sleep problems and reduced cognitive function in middle-aged and older autistic adults. Sleep. Seattle, WA, United States.
Tuy, S., Hau, J., Rios, A., Herrera, M., Pedrahita, S., Carper, R., Fishman, I., Müller, R.-A., & Linke, A. (2025). Diffusion weighted imaging of the anterior cingulate cortex in toddlers and preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder. INSAR. Seattle, WA, United States.
Chen, B., Linke, A., Ji, L., Fishman, I. Brito, N., & Thomason, M. (2025). Development of Hurst Exponent from resting-state fMRI as a proxy of E/I balance in early childhood. International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, San Diego, CA, United States.
Boxberger, A., Valois, J., Cordova, M., Tuy, S., Herrera, M., Do, T., Fishman, I. & Linke, A. (2025). Lower social communication skills in children with autism are associated with reduced synchrony of brain responses while watching an engaging movie. FLUX, Dublin, Ireland.
Mahmalji, J, Rios, A., Herrera, M., Nguyen, T., Gandjbackhche, A., Olson, L, Chen, B., Linke, A., & Fishman, I. (2025). Early brain connectivity patterns and language skills in preschoolers with ASD and typically developing preschoolers. Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, San Diego, CA, United States.
Yakir, M., Mahmalji, J., Rios, A., Herrera, M., Cordova, M., Boxberger, A., Tuy, S., Fishman, I., Linke, A., & Bhattacharjee, R. (2025). Comparison of objective and subjective sleep data in children with autism spectrum disorder. Sleep, Seattle, WA, United States.
Yakir, M., Mahmalji, J., Rios, A., Herrera, M., Cordova, M., Boxberger, A., Tuy, S., Bhattacharjee, R., Fishman, I., & Linke, A. (2025). Relationship of auditory. hyper excitability and sleep efficiency in children with autism spectrum disorder. Sleep, Seattle, WA, United States.
Geer, J., Herrera, M., Boxberger, A., Mahmalji, J., Olson, L., Chen, B., Linke, A., & Fishman, I. (2025). Links between anxiety and parental stress – but not cognitive development – in young children with autism. Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, San Diego, CA, United States.
Boxberger, A., Rios, A., Mahmalji, J., Herrera, M., Chen, B., Olson, L., Linke, A., Fishman, I. (2025). Towards understanding heterogeneity in ASD: Presence of oppositional defiant behaviors in young children with autism. International Society for Autism Research, Seattle, WA, United States.
Valois, J., Boxberger, A., Cordova, M., Herrera, M., Do, T., Fishman, I., Linke, A. (2025). Lower social communication skills in children with autism are associated with reduced synchrony of brain responses while watching an engaging movie. SDSU Student Symposium, San Diego, CA, United States.
Trimarco, E., Astolfi, L., Lubián López, S., Benavente-Fernández, I., Linke, A., & Fishman, I. (2025). Mistimed brain maturation in toddlers with autism spectrum disorder revealed by voxel-level BrainAGE analysis. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, United States.
Books and Chapters
Müller, R.-A., & Linke, A. (2021). Functional Connectivity in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Challenges and Perspectives. Network Dysfunction in Neuropsychiatric Illness. Eds. Vaibhav A. Diwadkar & Simon Eickhoff, Springer, Chapter, 239-272.
Müller, R.-A. & Carper, R.A. (2017). Brain network organization in ASD: Evidence from functional and diffusion weighted MRI. In M. F. Casanova, A. S. El-Baz and J. S. Suri (Ed.), Autism Imaging and Devices (pp. Boca Raton (FL): Taylor & Francis: 287-318.
Müller, R.-A. (2014). Anatomical and functional connectivity in autism spectrum disorders. In V. B. Patel, V. R. Preedy and C. Martin (Ed.), The Comprehensive Guide to Autism. New York: Springer: 49-75.
Müller, R.-A. (2013). Functional connectivity. In F. Volkmar (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. New York: Springer.
Christiansen, M.H. & Müller, R.-A. (2013). Cultural Recycling of Neural Substrates during Language Evolution and Development. In M. S. Gazzaniga and G. R. Mangun (Ed.), The Cognitive Neurosciences V. The MIT Press.
Müller, R.-A. (2013). Language: By, In, Through and Across the Brain. In K. Smith and P. M. Binder (Ed.), The Language Phenomenon. New York: Springer: 13-45.