The most common neuromuscular disorder, Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), is caused by mutations in the DMD gene, resulting in a lack of dystrophin. In addition to severe and progressive muscle wasting, a subset of individuals with DMD experience, to largely varying extents, behavioural and cognitive deficits, including a lower IQ, and neurological comorbidities, such as autism spectrum disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Neuroimaging studies in…
