Amanda Wood

Structural Neuroplastic Responses Preserve Functional Connectivity and Neurobehavioural Outcomes in Children Born Without Corpus Callosum

Vanessa Siffredi, Maria G Preti, Valeria Kebets, Silvia Obertino, Richard J Leventer, Alissandra McIlroy, Amanda G Wood, Vicki Anderson, Megan M Spencer-Smith, Dimitri Van de Ville

Journal article  |  2021  |  CEREBRAL CORTEX

The corpus callosum is the largest white matter pathway in the brain connecting the two hemispheres. In the context of development..

Physical Health, Media Use, and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents With ADHD During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia

Emma Sciberras, Pooja Patel, Mark A Stokes, David Coghill, Christel M Middeldorp, Mark A Bellgrove, Stephen P Becker, Daryl Efron, Argyris Stringaris, Stephen V Faraone, Susannah T Bellows, Jon Quach, Tobias Banaschewski, Jane McGillivray, Delyse Hutchinson, Tim J Silk, Glenn Melvin, Amanda G Wood, Anna Jackson, George Loram, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF ATTENTION DISORDERS

OBJECTIVE: To examine the impact of COVID-19 restrictions among children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). MET..

Lesion Induced Error on Automated Measures of Brain Volume: Data From a Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury Cohort

Daniel J King, Jan Novak, Adam J Shephard, Richard Beare, Vicki A Anderson, Amanda G Wood

Journal article  |  2020  |  FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE

Structural segmentation of T1-weighted (T1w) MRI has shown morphometric differences, both compared to controls and longitudinally,..

Study Protocol for the COVID-19 Pandemic Adjustment Survey (CPAS): A Longitudinal Study of Australian Parents of a Child 0-18 Years

Elizabeth M Westrupp, Gery Karantzas, Jacqui A Macdonald, Lisa Olive, George Youssef, Christopher J Greenwood, Emma Sciberras, Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Subhadra Evans, Antonina Mikocka-Walus, Mathew Ling, Robert Cummins, Delyse Hutchinson, Glenn Melvin, Julian W Fernando, Samantha Teague, Amanda G Wood, John W Toumbourou, Tomer Berkowitz, Jake Linardon, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic presents significant risks to the mental health and wellbeing of Australian families. Employment..

Developmental divergence of structural brain networks as an indicator of future cognitive impairments in childhood brain injury: Executive functions

Daniel J King, Stefano Seri, Richard Beare, Cathy Catroppa, Vicki A Anderson, Amanda G Wood

Journal article  |  2020  |  DEVELOPMENTAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

Brain insults during childhood can perturb the already non-linear trajectory of typical brain maturation. The diffuse effects of i..

Anterior and posterior commissures in agenesis of the corpus callosum: Alternative pathways for attention processes?

Vanessa Siffredi, Amanda G Wood, Richard J Leventer, Maarten Vaessen, Alissandra McIlroy, Vicki Anderson, Patrik Vuilleumier, Megan M Spencer-Smith

Journal article  |  2019  |  CORTEX

Developmental absence (agenesis) of the corpus callosum (AgCC) is a congenital brain malformation resulting from disruption of cor..

Diagnosis and management of individuals with Fetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder; a consensus statement from the European Reference Network for Congenital Malformations and Intellectual Disability.

Jill Clayton-Smith, Rebecca Bromley, John Dean, Hubert Journel, Sylvie Odent, Amanda Wood, Janet Williams, Verna Cuthbert, Latha Hackett, Neelo Aslam, Heli Malm, Gregory James, Lena Westbom, Ruth Day, Edmund Ladusans, Adam Jackson, Iain Bruce, Robert Walker, Sangeet Sidhu, Catrina Dyer, et al.

Journal article  |  2019  |  Orphanet J Rare Dis

BACKGROUND: A pattern of major and minor congenital anomalies, facial dysmorphic features, and neurodevelopmental difficulties, in..

Memory Dysfunction in School-Aged Children Exposed Prenatally to Antiepileptic Drugs

Sarah Barton, Caroline Nadebaum, Vicki A Anderson, Frank Vajda, David C Reutens, Amanda G Wood

Journal article  |  2018  |  NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

OBJECTIVE: Prenatal exposure to antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and in particular valproate (VPA) has been shown to impair intellectual..

A Neuropsychological Profile for Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum? Cognitive, Academic, Executive, Social, and Behavioral Functioning in School-Age Children

Vanessa Siffredi, Vicki Anderson, Alissandra McIlroy, Amanda G Wood, Richard J Leventer, Megan M Spencer-Smith

Journal article  |  2018  |  JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY

OBJECTIVES: Agenesis of the corpus callosum (AgCC), characterized by developmental absence of the corpus callosum, is one of the m..

Mutations in DCC cause isolated agenesis of the corpus callosum with incomplete penetrance

Ashley PL Marsh, Delphine Heron, Timothy J Edwards, Angelique Quartier, Charles Galea, Caroline Nava, Agnes Rastetter, Marie-Laure Moutard, Vicki Anderson, Pierre Bitoun, Jens Bunt, Anne Faudet, Catherine Garel, Greta Gillies, Ilan Gobius, Justine Guegan, Solveig Heide, Boris Keren, Fabien Lesne, Vesna Lukic, et al.

Journal article  |  2017  |  NATURE GENETICS

Brain malformations involving the corpus callosum are common in children with developmental disabilities. We identified DCC mutati..