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Publications

2024

Large increase in ASD prevalence in Israel between 2017 and 2021

Ilan Dinstein, Shirley Solomon, Michael Zats, Ronit Shusel, Raphael Lottner, Bella Ben Gershon,

Gal Meiri, Idan Menashe, Dorit Shmueli

2023

Genetic impairment of folate metabolism regulates cortical interneurons and social behavior

Noa Sadigurschi, Gilad Scrift, Johannes Hirrlinger and Hava M. Golan

2023

Children with autism exhibit similar longitudinal changes in core symptoms when placed in special
or mainstream education settings

Michal Ilan, Michal Faroy, Ditza Zachor, Liora Manelis, Danel Waissengreen, Analya Michaelovski, Inbar Avni, Idan Menashe, Judah Koller, Ilan Dinstein and Gal Meiri

2023

Association Between Early Developmental Milestones and Autism Spectrum Disorder

Einav Alhozyel, Leena Elbedour, Rewaa Balaum, Gal Meiri, Analya Michaelovski, Ilan Dinstein, Nadav Davidovitch, Orly Kerub, Idan Menashe

2023

Exogenous oxytocin administration during labor and autism spectrum disorder

Jalisa L Karim, Shirley Solomon, Helena Abreu do Valle, Enav Z Zusman, Amanda S Nitschke, Gal Meiri, Ilan Dinstein, Angie Ip, Nancy Lanphear, Bruce Lanphear, Sarah Hutchison, Grace Iarocci, Tim F Oberlander, Idan Menashe, Gillian E Hanley

2022

​The Impact of Speaker Diarization on DNN-based Autism Severity Estimation

Marina Eni, Alex Gorodetski, Ilan Dinstein, and Yaniv Zigel

2022

The Importance of Language Delays as an Early Indicator of Subsequent ASD Diagnosis in Public Healthcare Settings

Tanya Nitzan, Judah Koller, Michal Ilan,  Michal Faroy, Analya Michaelovski, Idan Menashe, Gal Meiri and Ilan Dinshtein

2022

A proposed service model for early identification of autism spectrum disorder in ethnic communities in Southern Israel

Orly Kerub, Anat Rosenthal, Eric J Haas, Gal Meiri, Idan Menashe, Nadav Davidovitch 1

2022

Children and adolescents with ASD treated with CBD-rich cannabis exhibit significant improvements particularly in social symptoms: an open label study

Micha Hacohen, Orit E. Stolar, Matitiahu Berkovitch, Odelia Elkana, Elkana Kohn, Ariela Hazan, Eli Heyman, Yael Sobol, Danel Waissengreen, Eynat Gal & Ilan Dinstein 

2022

Reply: Methodological drawbacks in the alleged association between foetal sonographic anomalies and autism

Idan Menashe, Ohad Regev, Amnon Hadar, Gal Meiri, Analya Michaelovski, Ilan Dinstein, Reli Hershkovitz

2022

Home-quarantine during the initial Covid-19 outbreak in Israel: Parent perceived impact on children with ASD

Ayelet Arazi , Judah Koller , Ditza. Zachor, Ofer Golan, Yair Sadaka, Dganit Eytan , Orit Stolar, Naama Atzaba-Poria, Hava Golan, Idan Menashe , Gal Meiri, Lidia V. Gabis, Ilan Dinstein

2022

Association Between Ultrasonography Foetal Anomalies and Autism Spectrum Disorder

Ohad Regev, Amnon Hadar, Gal Meiri, Hagit Flusser, Analya Michaelovski, Ilan Dinstein, Reli Hershkovitch, Idan Menashe

2021

Isolation-Induced Ultrasonic Vocalization in Environmental and Genetic Mice Models of Autism

 Itay Shekel, Shaked Giladi, Eynav Raykin, May Weiner, Vered Chalifa-Caspi, Dror Lederman, Ora Kofman and Hava M. Golan

2021

Sleep Disturbances and Sensory Sensitivities Co-Vary in a Longitudinal Manner in Pre-School Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Liora Manelis-Baram, Gal Meiri, Michal Ilan, Michal Faroy, Analya Michaelovski , Hagit Flusser, Idan Menashe, Ilan Dinstein

2021

Early diagnosis of autism in the community is associated with marked improvement in social symptoms within 1–2 years

Nitzan Gabbay-Dizdar, Michal Ilan, Gal Meiri, Michal Faroy, Analya Michaelovski, Hagit Flusser, Idan Menashe, Judah Koller, Ditza A Zachor and Ilan Dinstein

2021

Basic oculomotor function is similar in young children with ASD and typically developing controls

Inbar Avni, Gal Meiri, Analya Michaelovski, Idan Menashe, Lior Shmuelof, Ilan Dinstein

2021

Association Between Abnormal Fetal Head Growth and Autism Spectrum Disorder

Ohad Regev, Gal Cohen, Amnon Hadar, Jenny Schuster, Hagit Flusser, Analya Michaelovski, Gal Meiri, Ilan Dinstein, Reli Hershkovitch, Idan Menashe

2021

Association Between Antenatal Antimicrobial Therapy and Autism Spectrum Disorder—A Nested Case-Control Study

Nitzan Abelson, Gal Meiri, Shirley Solomon, Hagit Flusser, Analya Michaelovski, Ilan Dinstein and Idan Menashe

2021

Diagnostic Yield and Economic Implications of Whole-Exome Sequencing for ASD Diagnosis in Israel

Rotem Tal-Ben Ishay, Apurba Shil, Shirley Solomon, Noa Sadigurschi, Hadeel Abu-Kaf, Gal Meiri, Hagit Flusser, Analya Michaelovski, Ilan Dinstein, Hava Golan, Nadav Davidovitch, Idan Menashe

2020

False Interpretation of Scientific Data Leads to Biased Conclusions About the Association Between Cesarean Deliveries Under General Anesthesia and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder

Idan Menashe, Ilan Dinstein, Hagit Flusser, Analiya Michaelovski, Asher Bashiri, Gal Meiri

2020

Factors Affecting Family Compliance with Genetic Testing of Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Yonah Hendel, Gal Meiri, Hagit Flusser, Analya Michaelovski, Ilan Dinstein, Idan Menashe

2020

Young Autism Spectrum Disorder Children in Special and Mainstream Education Settings Have Similar Behavioral Characteristics

Michal Ilan, Gal Meiri, Liora Manelis-Baram, Michal Faroy, Analya Michaelovski, Hagit Flusser, Hagar Binoun-Chaki, Ronit Segev-Cojocaru, Orly Dotan, Hen Schtaierman, Idan Menashe, Ilan Dinstein.

2020

Large-Scale Exome Sequencing Study Implicates Both Developmental and Functional Changes in the Neurobiology of Autism

F Kyle Satterstrom, Jack A Kosmicki, Jiebiao Wang, Michael S Breen, Silvia De Rubeis, Joon-Yong An, Minshi Peng, Ryan Collins, Jakob Grove, Lambertus Klei, Christine Stevens, Jennifer Reichert, Maureen S Mulhern, Mykyta Artomov, Sherif Gerges, Brooke Sheppard, Xinyi Xu, Aparna Bhaduri, Utku Norman, Harrison Brand, Grace Schwartz, Rachel Nguyen, Elizabeth E Guerrero, Caroline Dias, Autism Sequencing Consortium; iPSYCH-Broad Consortium; Catalina Betancur, Edwin H Cook, Louise Gallagher, Michael Gill, James S Sutcliffe, Audrey Thurm, Michael E Zwick, Anders D Børglum, Matthew W State A Ercument Cicek, Michael E Talkowski, David J Cutler, Bernie Devlin, Stephan J Sanders, Kathryn Roeder, Mark J Daly, Joseph D Buxbaum

2020

Ethnic Disparities in the Diagnosis of Autism in Southern Israel

Orly Kerub, Eric J Haas, Gal Meiri, Natalya Bilenko, Hagit Flusser, Analya Michaelovski, Ilan Dinstein, Nadav Davidovitch, Idan Menashe

2020

Estimating Autism Severity in Young Children From Speech Signals Using a Deep Neural Network

Marina Eni, Ilan Dinstein, Michal Ilan, Idan Menashe, Gal Meiri and Yaniv Zigel

2020

The influence of choline treatment on behavioral and neurochemical autistic-like phenotype in Mthfr-deficient mice

Galila Agam, Zoe Taylor, Ella Vainer and Hava M. Golan

2020

The National Autism Database of Israel: a Resource for Studying Autism Risk Factors, Biomarkers, Outcome Measures, and Treatment Efficacy

                 Ilan Dinstein, Ayelet Arazi, Hava M. Golan, Judah Koller, Evan Elliott, Illana Gozes, Cory Shulman, Sagiv Shifman, Raanan Raz, Nadav Davidovitch, Tali Gev, Adi Aran, Orit Stolar, Esther Ben-Itzchak, Irit Mor Snir, Sandra Israel-Yaacov, Nirit Bauminger-Zviely, Yoram S. Bonneh, Eynat Gal, Simone Shamay-Tsoory, Anat Zaidman Zait, Bat Sheva Hadad, Raz Gross, Michal Faroy,Eitan Bachmat, Alal Eran, Florina Uzefovsky, Hagit Flusser, Analya Michaelovski, Stephen Z. Levine, Arad Kodesh, Doron Gothelf, Daphna Marom, Hagit Baris Feldman, Dalit Ben Yosef, Aviva Mimouni Bloch, Yair Sadaka, Chen Schtaierman, Michael Davidovitch, Michal Begin, Lidia V. Gabis, Ditza Zachor, Idan Menashe, Ofer Golan and Gal Meiri

2020

Comorbidity and Health Services Usage in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

By Dizitzer Y, Meiri G, Michaelovski A, Flusser H, Dinstein I and Menashe I.

2020

Exploring the familial role of social responsiveness differences between savant and non-savant children with autism

By Daniel E. and Menashe I.

2019

Reduced sleep pressure in young children with autism

By Ayelet Arazi, Gal Meiri, Dor Danan, Analya Michaelovski, Hagit Flusser, Idan Menashe, Ariel Tarasiuk, Ilan Dinstein.

2019

Prenatal Nutritional Intervention Reduces Autistic-Like Behavior Rates Among Mthfr-Deficient Mice

Ayelet Orenbuch, Keren Fortis, Siraphat Taesuwan, Raz Yaffe, Marie A. Caudill and Hava M. Golan

2019

Quantifying the social symptoms of autism using motion capture

By Ian Budman, Gal Meiri, Michal Ilan, Michal Faroy, Allison Langer, Doron Reboh, Analya Michaelovski, Hagit Flusser, Idan Menashe, Opher Donchin & Ilan Dinstein

2019​

Children with autism observe social interactions in an idiosyncratic manner

By Inbar Avni, Gal Meiri, Asif Bar-Sinai, Doron Reboh, Liora Manelis, Hagit Flusser, Analya Michaelovski, Idan Menashe, Ilan Dinstein

2019

Language regression is associated with faster early motor development in children with autism spectrum disorder

By Liora Manelis, Gal Meiri, Michal Ilan, Hagit Flusser, Analya Michaelovski, Michal Faroy, Orly Kerub,
Ilan Dinstein , and Idan Menashe

2019

Exposure to General Anesthesia May Contribute to the Association between Cesarean Delivery and Autism Spectrum Disorder

By Maayan Huberman Samuel, Gal Meiri, Ilan Dinstein, Hagit Flusser, Analiya Michaelovski, Asher Bashiri, Idan Menashe

2019​

Maternal and offspring methylenetetrahydrofolate-reductase genotypes interact in a mouse model to induce autism spectrum disorder-like behavior

Noa Sadigurschi, Hava M. Golan

2018

A Comparison Between Two Screening Approaches for ASD Among Toddlers in Israel

By Orly Kerub, Eric J. Haas, Gal Meiri, Nadav Davidovitch, Idan Menashe

2018

Sleep disturbances are associated with specific sensory sensitivities in children with autism. Molecular autism

By Orna Tzischinsky, Gal Meiri, Liora Manelis, Asif Bar-Sinai, Hagit Flusser, Analya Michaelovski, Orit Zivan, Michal Ilan, Michal Faroy, Idan Menashe & Ilan Dinstein

2018

Autism prevalence and severity in Bedouin-Arab and Jewish communities in southern Israel. Community Mental Health Journal

By Yael Levaot, Gal Meiri, Ilan Dinstein, Idan Menashe, Ilana Shoham-Vardi

2017

Characteristics Associated with Drugs Prescription and Compliance among Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol

By Gal Meiri, Hen Azoulay, Idan Menashe

2017

The Negev hospital-university-based (HUB) autism database. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

By Gal Meiri, Ilan Dinstein, Analya Michaelowski, Hagit Flusser, Michal Ilan, Michal Faroy, Asif Bar-Sinai, Liora Manelis, Dana Stolowicz, Lili Yosef, Nadav Davidovitch, Hava Golan, Shosh Arbelle, Idan Menashe

2018

Anatomical brain abnormalities and early detection of autism

Ilan Dinstein, Ilan Shelef 

2017

No evidence of early head circumference enlargements in children later diagnosed with autism in Israel. Molecular Autism, 2017

By Ilan Dinstein, Shlomi Haar, Shir Atsmon, Hen Schtaerman

2017

Toddlers later diagnosed with autism exhibit multiple structural abnormalities in temporal corpus callosum fibers. Cortex, 2017.

By Noa Fingher, Ilan Dinstein, Michal Ben-Shachar, Shlomi Haar, Anders Dale, Lisa Eyler, Karen Pierce, Eric Courchesne

2016

A Systematic Variant Annotation Approach for Ranking Genes Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Molecular Autism, 2016.

By Eric Larsen, Idan Menashe, Mark N. Ziats, Wayne Pereanu, Alan Packer and, Sharmila Banerjee-Basu

2016

The Unique Evolutionary Signature of Genes Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Behavior genetics, 2016

By Erez Tsur, Michael Friger, Idan Menashe

2016

Differential sensory fMRI signatures in autism and schizophrenia: analysis of amplitude and trial-by-trial variability. Schizophrenia Research, 2016.

By Sarah M. Haigh, Akshat Gupta, Shaun M. Each, Scott Barb, Summer McKnight, Nancy J. Minshew, Ilan Dinstein, David J. Heeger, Marlene Behrmann

2016

No difference in cross-modal attention or sensory discrimination thresholds in autism and matched controls. Vision Research, 2016

By Sarah M. Haigh, David J. Heeger, Laurie Heller, Akshat Gupta, Ilan Dinstein, Nancy J. Minshew, Marlene Behrmann

2015

Cell-type-specific neuroanatomy of cliques of autism-related genes in the mouse brain. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, 2015

By Pascal Grange, Idan Menashe, Michael Hawrylycz

2015

Prolonged auditory brainstem responses in infants with autism. Autism Research, 2015

By Oren Miron, Daphne Ari-Even Roth, Lidia Gabis, Yael Henkin, Shahar Shefer, Ilan Dinstein, Roni Geva

2015

Over-responsiveness and greater variability in roughness perception in autism. Autism Research, 2015

By Sarah M. Haigh, Nancy Minshew, David J. Heeger, Ilan Dinstein, Marlene Behrmann

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