Developmental Neuropsychiatry

IMI EU EU-AIMS. This is a large program built on private-public partnership to identify new molecular targets for treatment of autism, develop new outcome measures, improve clinical trials methodology, and improve and harmonize the clinical infrastructure for autism research.

NeuroIMAGE is a longitudinal integrated DNA x MRI x Cognition study of ADHD probands and their siblings and controls and their siblings.

BOA (Biological Origins of Autism) project that studies the neural, cognitive and genetic factors involved in the overlap between ADHD and autism.

EU Horizon2020 BRAINVIEW is a Marie-Curie training network program aiming to identify the cognitive, behavioural and neural mechanisms that underlie and precede the clinical manifestations of autism and ADHD in babies

EU Horizon2020 MiND is a Marie-Curie training network program aiming to identify the cognitive, behavioural, microbiome and neural mechanisms that underlie the association between autism and ADHD

EU H​orizon2020 Eat2beNICE aims to identify nutrition and lifestyle factors that influence severe impulsivity/compulsivity in males and females across the lifespan, characterize their etiologic paths and test interventions.

2019 - Horizon2020 grant “Comorbid Analysis of Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Epilepsy”(CANDY). PI and coordinator.​

2019 - Horizon2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie ETN grant “Developmental studies to advance our understanding of social brain development (SAPIENS)”. Co-applicant. 
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/218673/factsheet/en

2019 - Horizon2020 grant “Prevention and Remediation of Insulin Multimorbidity in Europe (PRIME). Co-applicant.

2018 – Horizon2020 Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) grant “Autism Innovative Medicine Studies – 2 – Trials (AIMS-2-TRIALS)” Co-applicant. https://www.aims-2-trials.eu/

2017 - Horizon2020 grant “Effects of Nutrition and Lifestyle on Impulsive, Compulsive, and Externalizing behaviours (Eat2beNICE)”. Co-applicant. https://eat2benice.eu/

Key publications

• Marquand AF, Kia SM, Zabihi M, Wolfers T, Buitelaar JK, Beckmann CF. Conceptualizing mental disorders as deviations from normative functioning. Mol Psychiatry. 2019 Jun 14. PMID: 31201374.
  
  
• Matthijssen AM, Dietrich A, Bierens M, Kleine Deters R, van de Loo-Neus GHH, van den Hoofdakker BJ, Buitelaar JK, Hoekstra PJ. Continued Benefits of Methylphenidate in ADHD After 2 Years in Clinical Practice: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Discontinuation Study. Am J Psychiatry. 2019 May 21:appiajp201918111296. PMID: 31109200.
  
  
• van Rooij D, Anagnostou E, Arango C, Auzias G, Behrmann M, Busatto GF, Calderoni S, Daly E, Deruelle C, Di Martino A, Dinstein I, Duran FLS, Durston S, Ecker C, Fair D, Fedor J, Fitzgerald J, Freitag CM, Gallagher L, Gori I, Haar S, Hoekstra L, Jahanshad N, Jalbrzikowski M, Janssen J, Lerch J, Luna B, MartinhoMM, McGrath J, Muratori F, Murphy CM, Murphy DGM, O'Hearn K, Oranje B, Parellada M, Retico A, Rosa P, Rubia K, Shook D, Taylor M, Thompson PM, Tosetti M, Wallace GL, Zhou F, Buitelaar JK. Cortical and Subcortical Brain Morphometry Differences Between Patients With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Healthy Individuals Across the Lifespan: Results From the ENIGMA ASD Working Group. Am J Psychiatry. 2018 Apr 1;175(4):359-369. PMID: 29145754;
  
  
• Wolfers T, Floris DL, Dinga R, van Rooij D, Isakoglou C, Kia SM, Zabihi M, Llera A, Chowdanayaka R, Kumar VJ, Peng H, Laidi C, Batalle D, Dimitrova R, Charman T, Loth E, Lai MC, Jones E, Baumeister S, Moessnang C, Banaschewski T, Ecker C, Dumas G, O'Muircheartaigh J, Murphy D, Buitelaar JK, Marquand AF, Beckmann CF. From pattern classification to stratification: towards conceptualizing the heterogeneity of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2019 Sep;104:240-254. PMID: 31330196.
  
  
• Oldehinkel M, Mennes M, Marquand A, Charman T, Tillmann J, Ecker C, Dell'Acqua F, Brandeis D, Banaschewski T, Baumeister S, Moessnang C, Baron-Cohen S, Holt R, Bölte S, Durston S, Kundu P, Lombardo MV, Spooren W, Loth E, Murphy DGM, Beckmann CF, Buitelaar JK; EU-AIMS LEAP group. Altered Connectivity Between Cerebellum, Visual, and Sensory-Motor Networks in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Results from the EU-AIMS Longitudinal European Autism Project. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2019 Mar;4(3):260-270. PMID: 30711508.
  
  
• Buitelaar is on the list of the Highly Cited Scientists (that is among the top 1% of the most often cited scientists worldwide for the field of psychiatry/psychology) according to Clavirate Analytics (2017 - ).