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 nutrition, 121(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 research, 9, 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). Neuropsychology, 38(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 metabolism, 143(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 metabolism, 139(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 diseases, 18(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 : JINS, 29(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 neuropsychology, 47(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 metabolism, 137(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. Clinical, 34, 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 metabolism, 137(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 disorders, 52(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]