{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: Erroneous predictive coding across brain hierarchies in a non-human primate model of autism spectrum disorder.
{Author}: Chao ZC;Komatsu M;Matsumoto M;Iijima K;Nakagaki K;Ichinohe N;
{Journal}: Commun Biol
{Volume}: 7
{Issue}: 1
{Year}: 2024 Jul 12
{Factor}: 6.548
{DOI}: 10.1038/s42003-024-06545-3
{Abstract}: In autism spectrum disorder (ASD), atypical sensory experiences are often associated with irregularities in predictive coding, which proposes that the brain creates hierarchical sensory models via a bidirectional process of predictions and prediction errors. However, it remains unclear how these irregularities manifest across different functional hierarchies in the brain. To address this, we study a marmoset model of ASD induced by valproic acid (VPA) treatment. We record high-density electrocorticography (ECoG) during an auditory task with two layers of temporal control, and applied a quantitative model to quantify the integrity of predictive coding across two distinct hierarchies. Our results demonstrate a persistent pattern of sensory hypersensitivity and unstable predictions across two brain hierarchies in VPA-treated animals, and reveal the associated spatio-spectro-temporal neural signatures. Despite the regular occurrence of imprecise predictions in VPA-treated animals, we observe diverse configurations of underestimation or overestimation of sensory regularities within the hierarchies. Our results demonstrate the coexistence of the two primary Bayesian accounts of ASD: overly-precise sensory observations and weak prior beliefs, and offer a potential multi-layered biomarker for ASD, which could enhance our understanding of its diverse symptoms.