Audiovisual temporal binding window narrows with age in autistic individuals.

Atypical sensory perception has been recognized in autistic individuals since its earliest descriptions and is now considered a key characteristic of autism. Although the integration of sensory information (multisensory integration; MSI) has been demonstrated to be altered in autism, less is known about how this perceptual process differs with age. This study aimed to assess the integration of audiovisual information across autistic children and adolescents.

A comparison of sagittal MRI and lateral radiography in determining the Insall-Salvati ratio and diagnosing patella alta in the pediatric knee.

Background: The Insall-Salvati ratio is a technique for determining patellar height that relies on bony landmarks. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and plain radiography are used interchangeably to assess the Insall-Salvati ratio in the pediatric population despite the lack of validity in the literature.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate if the Insall-Salvati ratio and patella alta as determined on MRI are comparable to those determined on radiography in pediatric patients.

Reduced multisensory facilitation exists at different periods of development in autism.

Atypical sensory processing is now recognised as a key component of an autism diagnosis. The integration of multiple sensory inputs (multisensory integration (MSI)) is thought to be idiosyncratic in autistic individuals and may have cascading effects on the development of higher-level skills such as social communication. Multisensory facilitation was assessed using a target detection paradigm in 45 autistic and 111 neurotypical individuals, matched on age and IQ.

Juvenile Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee: Does Magnetic Resonance Imaging Instability Correlate With the Need for Surgical Intervention?

Background: Several magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) classification systems have been developed to determine the degree of instability of juvenile osteochondritis dissecans (JOCD) lesions. Our current practice involves correlating the patients' symptoms with their MRI findings, but there are many cases in which this correlation is poor and results in incorrect classification of the stability of a JOCD lesion.

Purpose: To determine whether certain MRI findings of JOCD instability are associated with the necessity for arthroscopic intervention to assess lesion stability.

Pollen from Arabidopsis thaliana and other Brassicaceae are functionally omniaperturate.

Premise Of The Study: Most pollen walls are interrupted by apertures, thin areas providing access to stigmatic fluids and exit points for pollen tubes. Unexpectedly, pollen tubes of Arabidopsis thaliana are not obligated to pass through apertures and can instead take the shortest route into the stigma, passing directly through a nonaperturate wall.

Methods: We used stains and confocal microscopy to follow early pollen tube formation in A.