Publications

In Press

Clocksin, H. E., Abbene, E. E., & Christ, S. E. (in press). A Comprehensive Assessment of Neurocognitive and Psychological Functioning in Adults with Early-Treated Phenylketonuria (PKU). Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. [Request Reprint]

Brown, A. A., Clocksin, H. E., Abbene, E. E., & Christ, S. E. (in press). Basal Ganglia Morphometry in Individuals with Early-Treated Phenylketonuria. Molecular Genetics & Metabolism. [Request Reprint]

2025

Harding, C. O., Arnold, G., Berry, G. T., Christ, S. E., Grange, D. K., Jurecki, E., Levy, H., Lichter-Konecki, U., Longo, N., McNutt, M., Meachum, P., Sacharow, S., Shayota, B., Thomas, J., Vucko, E., & Members of the PHEFREE Consortium (2025). Phenylketonuria in adults: we know plenty, but there is much more to learn. The American journal of clinical nutrition121(3), 741–743. [Request Reprint] [PubMed]

Singh, S., Kluen, L., Curtis, K., Norel, R., Agurto, C., Grinspoon, E., Hawks, Z., Christ, S., Waisbren, S., Cecchi, G., & Germine, L. (2025). Leveraging Cognitive and Speech Ecological Momentary Assessment in Individuals With Phenylketonuria: Development and Usability Study of Cognitive Fluctuations in a Rare Disease Population. JMIR formative research9, e63644.  [Request Reprint] [PubMed]

2024

Anguah, K. O. B., & Christ, S. E. (2024). Exposure to written content eliciting weight stigmatization: Neural responses in appetitive and food reward regions. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)32(1), 80–90. [Request Reprint] [PubMed]

Boland, K. M., Schoen, M. S., Singh, R. H., Clocksin, H. E., Cissne, M. N., & Christ, S. E. (2024). The relationship between working memory and anxiety in individuals with early treated phenylketonuria (PKU). Neuropsychology38(4), 368–378.Waisbren SE, Christ SE, Bilder DA, Bjoraker KJ, Bolton S, Chamberlin S, Grant ML, Janzen DM, Katz R, Lubliner E, Martin A, McQueen K, Moshkovich O, Nguyen-Driver M, Shim S, Stefanatos AK, Wilkening G, Harding C.(2024). Neurocognitive assessment platform for clinical trials in PKU: White paper developed by the NPKUA neurocognitive workgroup. Molecular Genetics & Metabetabolism. 143(1-2) [Request Reprint] [PubMed]

Christ, S. E., Arnold, G., Lichter-Konecki, U., Berry, G. T., Grange, D. K., Harding, C. O., Jurecki, E., Levy, H., Longo, N., Morotti, H., Sacharow, S., Thomas, J., & White, D. A. (2024). Initial results from the PHEFREE longitudinal natural history study: Cross-sectional observations in a cohort of individuals with phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) deficiency. Molecular genetics and metabolism143(1-2), 108541. [Request Reprint] [PubMed]

Cissne, M. N., Bellesheim, K. R., Cowan, N., & Christ, S. E. (2024). Visual Working Memory in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 10.1007/s10803-024-06600-2. Advance online publication. [Request Reprint] [PubMed]

2023

Christ, S. E., Clocksin, H. E., Zalik, M., Goodlett, B. D., Sacharow, S. J., & Abbene, E. E. (2023). Neuropsychological assessment of adults with phenylketonuria using the NIH toolbox. Molecular genetics and metabolism139(1), 107579. [Request Reprint] [PubMed]

Schoen, M. S., Boland, K. M., Christ, S. E., Cui, X., Ramakrishnan, U., Ziegler, T. R., Alvarez, J. A., & Singh, R. H. (2023). Total choline intake and working memory performance in adults with phenylketonuria. Orphanet journal of rare diseases18(1), 222. [Request Reprint] [PubMed]

Clocksin, H. E., Abbene, E. E., & Christ, S. (2023). A comprehensive assessment of neurocognitive and psychological functioning in adults with early-treated phenylketonuria. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS29(7), 641–650. [Request Reprint] [PubMed]

2022

Cissne, M. N., Bellesheim, K. R., & Christ, S. E. (2022). Inhibitory Control in Male and Female Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Developmental neuropsychology47(8), 369–383. [Request Reprint] [PubMed]

Brown, A. A., Clocksin, H. E., Abbene, E. E., Ursery, M., & Christ, S. E. (2022). The relationship between metabolic control and basal ganglia morphometry and function in individuals with early-treated phenylketonuria. Molecular genetics and metabolism137(3), 249–256. [Request Reprint] [PubMed]

Abgottspon, S., Muri, R., Christ, S. E., Hochuli, M., Radojewski, P., Trepp, R., & Everts, R. (2022). Neural correlates of working memory and its association with metabolic parameters in early-treated adults with phenylketonuria. NeuroImage. Clinical34, 102974. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

Burton, B. K., Hermida, Á., Bélanger-Quintana, A., Bell, H., Bjoraker, K. J., Christ, S. E., Grant, M. L., Harding, C. O., Huijbregts, S., Longo, N., McNutt, M. C., 2nd, Nguyen-Driver, M. D., Santos Pessoa, A. L., Rocha, J. C., Sacharow, S., Sanchez-Valle, A., Sivri, H. S., Vockley, J., Walterfang, M., Whittle, S., … Muntau, A. C. (2022). Management of early treated adolescents and young adults with phenylketonuria: Development of international consensus recommendations using a modified Delphi approach. Molecular genetics and metabolism137(1-2), 114–126. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

Cissne, M. N., Kester, L. E., Gunn, A., Bodner, K. E., Miles, J. H., & Christ, S. E. (2022). Brief Report: A Preliminary Study of the Relationship between Repetitive Behaviors and Concurrent Executive Function Demands in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of autism and developmental disorders52(4), 1896–1902. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

2021

Clocksin, H. E., Hawks, Z. W., White, D. A., & Christ, S. E. (2021). Inter- and Intra-Tract Analysis of White Matter Abnormalities in Individuals with Early-Treated Phenylketonuria (PKU). Molecular Genetics & Metabolism, 132, 11-18. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

Christ, S. E., Abbene, E. E., Clocksin, H. E., & Wegrzyn, A. K. (2021). Motor control and learning in individuals with early-treated phenylketonuria. Neuropsychology, 35, 731-741. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

2020

Aldridge, K., Cole, K.K., Moffitt, A.J., Peck, D., White, D.A., & Christ, S.E. (2020). The Effects of Early-Treated Phenylketonuria on Volumetric Measures of the Cerebellum. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports, 25. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

Christ, S.E., Clocksin, H. E., Burton, B. K., Grant, M. L., Waisbren, S., Paulin, M-C., Bilder, D. A., White, D. A., & Saville, C. (2020). Executive function in phenylketonuria (PKU): Insights from the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) and a large sample of individuals with PKU. Neuropsychology, 34(4), 456-466. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

Hegarty, J. P., Zamzow, R. M., Ferguson, B. J., Christ, S. E., Porges, E. C., Johnson, J. D., and Beversdorf, D. Q. (2020). Beta-adrenergic antagonism alters functional connectivity during associative processing in a preliminary study of individuals with and without autism. Autism, 24, 795-801. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

Koppes, E. A., Redel, B., Johnson, M. A., Skvorak, K., Ghaloul-Gonzalez, L., Yates, M., Lewis, D., Gollin, S., Wu, Y. L., Christ, S. E., Yerle, M., Leshinski, A., Spate, L., Benne, J., Murphy, S., Samuel, M., Walters, E., Hansen, S., Wells, K., Lichter-Konecki, U., Wagner R., Newsome, J., Dobrowolski, S., Vockley, J., Prather, R., & Nicholls, R. (2020). A porcine model of phenylketonuria generated by CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing. JCI Insight, 5, e141523. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

Nair, N., Hegarty, J. P., Ferguson, B. J., Hecht, P. M., Tilley, M., Christ, S. E., & Beversdorf, D. Q. (2020). Effects of stress on functional connectivity during problem solving. NeuroImage, 208, 116407. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

Nair, N., Hegarty, J. P., Ferguson, B. J., Hooshmand, S. J., Hecht, P. M., Tilley, M., Christ, S. E., and Beversdorf, D. Q. (2020). Effects of stress on functional connectivity during verbal processing. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 14, 2708-2723. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

2019

Bodner, K.E., Cowan, N., & Christ, S.E. (2019). Contributions of filtering and attentional allocation to working memory performance in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

Boland, K.M., Stichter, J.P., Beversdorf, D.Q., & Christ, S.E. (2019). Brief Report: Flanker visual filtering ability in older adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49, 422-428. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

Hegarty, J.P., Zamzow, R.M., Ferguson, B.J., Christ, S.E., Porges, E.C., Johnson, J.D., & Beversdorf, D.Q. (2019). Beta-adrenergic antagonism alters functional connectivity during associative processing in a preliminary study of individuals with and without autism. Autism. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

2017

Christ, S. E., Stichter, J. P., O’Connor, K. V., Bodner, K., Moffitt, A. J., & Herzog, M. J. (2017). Social Skills Intervention Participation and Associated Improvements in Executive Function Performance. Autism Research and Treatment, 2017, 5843851. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

Hawks, Z., Shimony, J., Rutlin, J., Grange, D. K., Christ, S. E., & White, D. A. (2017). Pretreatment cognitive and neural differences between sapropterin dihydrochloride responders and non-responders with phenylketonuria. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports, 12, 8–13. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

Hegarty, J.P., Ferguson, B.J., Zamzow, R.M, Rohowetz, L.J., Johnson, J.D., Christ, S.E., & Beversdorf, D.Q. (2017). Beta-adrenergic antagonism modulates functional connectivity in the default mode network of individuals with and without autism spectrum disorder. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 11: 1278. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

2016

Christ, S.E., Price, M.H., Bodner, K.E., Saville, C., Moffitt, A.J., & Peck, D. (2016). Morphometric analysis of gray matter integrity in individuals with early-treated phenylketonuria, Mol. Genet. Metab. 118, 3–8. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

2015

Hood, A., Antenor-Dorsey, J.A., Rutlin, J., Hershey, T., Shimony, J.S., McKinstry, R.C., Grange, D.K., Christ, S.E., Steiner, R., & White, D. A. (2015). Prolonged Exposure to High and Variable Phenylalanine Levels over the Lifetime Predicts Brain White Matter Integrity in Children with Phenylketonuria. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 114(1), 19–24. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

Johnstone, B., Cohen, D., Bryant, K. R., Glass, B., & Christ, S. E. (2015). Functional and structural indices of empathy: Evidence for self-orientation as a neuropsychological foundation of empathy. Neuropsychology, 29(3), 463-472. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]]

2014

Hood, A., Grange, D. K., Christ, S. E., Steiner, R., & White, D. A. (2014). Variability in Phenylalanine Control Predicts IQ and Executive Abilities in Children with Phenylketonuria. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 111(4), 445–451. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

Li, D., Christ, S. E., & Cowan, N. (2014). Domain-general and domain-specific neural networks in working memory. NeuroImage, 102, 646-656. PMID 25178986; PMCID 4252243. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

Peng, H., Peck, D., White, D.A., & Christ, S.E. (2014) Tract-based evaluation of white matter damage in individuals with early-treated phenylketonuria, J. Inherit. Metab. Dis. 37, 237–243. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

Zamzow, R. M., Christ, S. E., Saklayen, S. S., Moffitt, A. J., Bodner, K. E., Higgins, K. F., & Beversdorf, D. Q. (2014). Effect of propranolol on facial scanning in autism spectrum disorder: A preliminary investigation. Journal Of Clinical & Experimental Neuropsychology, 36(4), 431-445. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

2013

Antenor-Dorsey, J., Hershey, T., Rutlin, J., Shimony, J. S, Robert McKinstry, R., Grange, D. K., Christ, S. E., and White, D. A. (2013). White matter integrity and executive abilities in individuals with phenylketonuria. Molecular Genetics & Metabolism, 109, 125-131. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

Araujo, G. C., Christ, S. E., Grange, D. K., Steiner, R. D., Coleman, C., Timmerman, E., & White, D. A. (2013). Executive response monitoring and inhibitory control in children with phenylketonuria: Effects of expectancy. Developmental Neuropsychology, 38, 139-152. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

Christ, S. E., Moffit, A. J., Peck, D. & White, D. A. (2013). The effects of tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) treatment on brain function in individuals with phenylketonuria. NeuroImage: Clinical, 3, 539-547. PMID 24371792; PMCID 3871382. [Open Access] [Request Reprint]

Daluwatte, C., Miles, J. H., Christ, S. E., Beversdorf, D. Q., Takahashi, T. N., & Yao, G. (2013). Atypical pupillary light reflex and heart rate variability in children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 43, 1910-1925. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

White, D. A., Antenor-Dorsey, J. V., Grange, D. K., Hershey, T., Rutlin, J., Shimony, J. S.,, McKinstry, R. C., & Christ, S. E. (2013). White matter integrity and executive abilities following treatment with tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) in individuals with phenylketonuria. Molecular Genetics & Metabolism, 110, 213-217. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

2012

Bodner, K. E., Aldridge, K., Moffitt, A. J., Peck, D., White, D. A., & Christ, S. E. (2012). A volumetric study of basal ganglia structures in individuals with early-treated phenylketonuria. Molecular Genetics & Metabolism, 107, 302-307. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

Bodner, K. E., Beversdorf, D. Q., Saklayen, S. S., & Christ, S. E. (2012). Noradrenergic moderation of working memory impairments in adults with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 18, 556-564. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

Christ, S. E., Moffitt, A. J., Peck, D., & White, D. A. (2012). Decreased functional brain connectivity in individuals with early-treated phenylketonuria: Evidence from resting state fMRI data. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, 35, 807-816. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

Daluwatte, C., Miles, J.H., Christ, S.E., Beversdorf, D.Q., Lofgreen, A., Berliner, N., & Yao, G. (2012). Age-dependent pupillary light reflex parameters in children. Annual International Conference of the IEEE Volume: 2012 (2012) 3776-9. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

Johnstone, B., Bodling, A., Cohen, D., Christ, S. E., & Wegrzyn, A. (2012). Right parietal lobe-related "selflessness" as the neuropsychological basis of spiritual transcendence. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 22, 267-284. [Request Reprint]

Kanne, S. M., Wang, J. L., & Christ, S. E. (in press). The Subthreshold Autism Trait Questionnaire (SATQ): Development of a brief self-report measure of subthreshold autism traits. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disabilities, 42, 769-780. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

2011

Beversdorf, D. Q., Saklayen, S., Higgins, K. F., Narayanan, A., Bodner, K. E., Kanne, S. M., & Christ, S. E. (2011). Effect of propranolol on word fluency in autism spectrum disorder. Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, 24(1), 11-17. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

Christ, S. E., Kester, L. E., Bodner, K., & Miles, J. (2011). Evidence for selective inhibitory impairment in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Neuropsychology, 25, 690-701. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

Cowan, N., Li, D., Moffitt, A., Becker, T. M., Martin, E. A., Saults, J. S., & Christ, S. E. (2011). A neural region of abstract working memory. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23, 2852-2863. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

McAuley, T., Christ, S. E., & White, D. A. (2011). Mapping the development of response inhibition in young children using a modified day-night task. Developmental Neuropsychology, 36(5), 539-551. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

2010

Christ, S. E., Huijbregts, S. C. J., de Sonneville, L. M. J., & White, D. A. (2010). Executive function in early-treated phenylketonuria: Profile and underlying mechanisms. Molecular Genetics & Metabolism, 99, S22-32. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

Christ, S. E., Moffitt, A. J., & Peck, D. (2010). Disruption of prefrontal function and connectivity in individuals with phenylketonuria. Molecular Genetics & Metabolism, 99, S33-40. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

Christ, S. E., Kanne, S. M., & Reiersen, A. (2010). Executive function in individuals with sub-threshold autism traits. Neuropsychology, 24, 590-598. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

2009

Araujo, G., Christ, S. E., Steiner, R. D., Grange, D. K., Nardos, B., McKinstry, R. C., & White, D. A. (2009). Response monitoring in children with phenylketonuria. Neuropsychology, 23, 130-134.[PubMed] [Request Reprint]

Christ, S. E., Van Essen, D. C., Watson, J. M., Brubaker, L., & McDermott, K. B. (2009). The Contributions of Prefrontal Cortex and Executive Control to Deception: Evidence from Activation Likelihood Estimate Meta-Analyses. Cerebral Cortex, 19, 1557-1566. [PubMed] [Request Reprint

He, Q., Christ, S.E., Karsch, K., Moffitt, A. J., Peck, D., & Duan, Y. (2009). Detecting 3D corpus callosum abnormalities in phenylketonuria. International Journal of Computational Biology and Drug Design, 2, 289-301. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

Kanne, S. M., Christ S. E., & Reiersen, A. M. (2009). Psychiatric Symptoms and Psychosocial Difficulties in Young Adults with Autistic Traits. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 39, 827-833. [PubMed] [Request Reprint

McDermott, K. B., Szpunar, K. K., & Christ, S. E. (2009). Laboratory-based and autobiographical retrieval tasks differ substantially in their neural substrates. Neuropsychologia, 47, 2290-2298. [PubMed] [Request Reprint

2008

Christ, S.E. & Abrams, R. A. (2008). The Attentional Influence of New Objects and New Motion. Journal of Vision, 8(3):27, 1-8. [PubMed] [View Article] [Request Reprint]

Christ, S. E., Castel A. D., & Abrams, R. A. (2008). Capture of attention by new motion in young and older adults. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 63(2):P110-6. [PubMed] [Request Reprint

2007

Christ, S. E., Holt, D., White, D. A., & Green, L. (2007). Inhibitory control in children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 37, 1155-1165. [PubMed] [Request Reprint

Christ, S. E., Moinuddin, A., McKinstry, R. C., DeBaun, M., & White, D. A. (2007). Inhibitory control in children with frontal infarcts related to sickle cell disease. Child Neuropsychology, 13, 132-141. [PubMed] [Request Reprint

2006

Abrams, R. A., & Christ, S. E. (2006). Motion onset captures attention: A rejoinder to Franconeri & Simons (2005). Perception & Psychophysics, 68, 114-117. [PubMed] [Request Reprint

Christ, S. E., & Finger, S. (2006). Retardation in the family: Pearl S. Buck and phenylketonuria. In N. Blau (Ed.), PKU and BH4: Advances in phenylketonuria and tetrahydrobiopterin research (pp. 35-49). Helibronn, Germany: SPS Publishing. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]

Christ, S. E., & Abrams, R. A. (2006). Just like new: Newly segregated old objects capture attention. Perception & Psychophysics, 68, 301-309. [PubMed] [Request Reprint

Christ, S. E., & Abrams, R. A. (2006). Abrupt onsets cannot be ignored. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13, 875-880. [PubMed] [Request Reprint

Christ, S. E., Steiner, R. D., Grange, D. K., Abrams, R. A., & White, D. A. (2006). Inhibitory control in children with phenylketonuria. Developmental Neuropsychology, 30, 845-864. [PubMed] [Request Reprint

McCauley, T., Yap, M., Christ, S. E., & White, D. A. (2006). Revisiting inhibitory control across the life span: Insights from the ex-gaussian distribution. Developmental Neuropsychology, 29, 447-458. [PubMed] [Request Reprint

2005

Abrams, R. A., & Christ, S. E. (2005). Onset but not offset of irrelevant motion disrupts inhibition of return. Perception & Psychophysics, 67, 1460-1467. [PubMed] [Request Reprint

Abrams, R. A., & Christ, S. E. (2005). The onset of receding motion captures attention: Comment on Franconeri & Simons (2003). Perception & Psychophysics, 67, 219-223. [PubMed] [Request Reprint

Christ, S. E. (2005). Inhibitory control. In N. J. Salkind (Ed.), The encyclopedia of human development. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. [Request Reprint]

White, D. A., & Christ, S. E. (2005). Executive control of learning and memory in children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 11, 290-294. [PubMed] [Request Reprint

2004

Finger, S., & Christ, S. E. (2004). Pearl S. Buck and phenylketonuria (PKU). Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 13, 44-57. [PubMed] [Request Reprint

2003

Abrams, R. A., & Christ, S. E. (2003). Motion onset captures attention. Psychological Science, 14, 427-432. [PubMed] [Request Reprint

Brandling-Bennett, E. M., White, D. A., Armstrong, M. M., Christ, S. E., & DeBaun, M. (2003). Patterns of verbal long-term and working memory performance reveal deficits in strategic processing in children with frontal infarcts related to sicle cell disease. Developmental Neuropsychology, 24, 423-434. [PubMed] [Request Reprint

Christ, S. E. (2003). Asbjørn Følling and the discovery of phenylketonuria. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 12, 44-54. [PubMed] [Request Reprint

Christ, S. E., White, D. A., Brunstrom, J. E., & Abrams, R. A. (2003). Inhibitory control following perinatal brain injury. Neuropsychology, 17, 171-178. [PubMed] [Request Reprint

2001-2002

Christ, S. E., McCrae, C. S., & Abrams, R. A. (2002). Inhibition of return in static and dynamic displays. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 9, 80-85. [PubMed] [Request Reprint

Christ, S. E., White, D. A., Mandernach, T., & Keys, B. A. (2001). Inhibitory control across the lifespan. Developmental Neuropsychology, 20(3), 653-669. [PubMed] [Request Reprint]