Publications

articles

  1. Sarovic D. (2026). Integrating ultimate and proximate explanations of neurodivergence: Evolutionary trade-offs, compensation, and clinical expression. Evolutionary Applications: 19(6):e70284. Doi: 10.1111/eva.70284

  2. Sarovic D. (2026). Preliminary testing of a prespecified liability architecture for autism: Theory-guided pathogenetic triad models outperform strength-matched alternatives. Frontiers in Psychiatry (Accepted).

  3. Sarovic D, Sohrabpour A, Dumas G, Khan S. (2026). Hyperscanning in autism: A systematic review. Review Journal of Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (Accepted)

  4. Sohrabpour A, Sarovic D, Zetterberg H, Hämäläinen M, Baillet S, Khan S. (2025). Tracking electrophysiological signatures of Alzheimer’s disease: a systematic review of multimodal studies. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: 21, e70835. Doi: 10.1002/alz.70835

  5. De Dios E, Näslund O, Choudry M, Berglund M, Skoglund T, Sarovic D, Rydén L, Kern S, Skoog I, Thurin E. (2025). Prevalence and symptoms of incidental meningiomas: a population-based study. Acta Neurochirurgia; 167:98. Doi: 10.1007/s00701-025-06506-7

  6. Sarovic D, Hadjikhani N, Schneiderman J, Lundström S, Riaz B, Orekhova E, Khan S, Gillberg C. (2024). Differential late‑stage face processing in autism: a magnetoencephalographic study of fusiform gyrus activation. BMC Psychiatry; 24(1):900. Doi: 10.1186/s12888-024-06400-z

  7. Sarovic D, Cetinic I, Ekvall N, Lagerstrand K, De Lange C, Hebelka H. (2024). Normative values for liver ultrasound shear wave elastography, shear wave dispersion and attenuation imaging in a pediatric cohort during free breathing. Journal of Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; 8: 53-61. Doi: 10.26502/jppch.74050181

  8. Thompson L, Sarovic D, Wilson P, Sämfjord A, Gillberg C. (2023). A PRISMA systematic review of adolescent gender dysphoria literature: 3) treatment. PLOS Global Public Health: 3(8), e0001478. Doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001478

  9. Sarovic D (2023). Commentary: “Autism: a model of neurodevelopmental diversity informed by genetics”. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14: 1113592 . Doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1113592

  10. Thompson L, Sarovic D, Wilson P, Sämfjord A, & Gillberg C (2022). A PRISMA systematic review of adolescent gender dysphoria literature: 2) mental health. PLOS Global Public Health, 2(5): e0000426. Doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000426

  11. Thompson L, Sarovic D, Wilson P, Sämfjord A, & Gillberg C (2022). A PRISMA systematic review of adolescent gender dysphoria literature: 1) epidemiology. PLOS Global Public Health, 2(3): e0000245. Doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000245

  12. Sarovic D (2021). A Unifying Theory for Autism: the Pathogenetic Triad as a Theoretical Framework. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12: 767075. Doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.767075

  13. Sarovic D, Hadjikhani N, Schneiderman JF, Lundström S, & Gillberg C (2020). Autism Classified by Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Pilot Study of a Possible Diagnostic Tool for Psychiatric Disorders. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research; e1846. Doi: 10.1002/mpr.1846

  14. Sarovic D (2019). A Framework for Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Operationalization of a Pathogenetic Triad for Clinical and Research Use. PsyArXiv (preprint). Doi: 10.31234/osf.io/mbeqh

  15. Orekhova EV, Stroganova TA, Schneiderman JF, Lundström S, Riaz B, Sarovic D, Sysoeva OV, Brant G, Gillberg C, & Hadjikhani N (2018). Neural gain control measured through cortical gamma oscillations is assocated with sensory sensitivity. Human Brain Mapping; 1-11. Doi: 10.1002/hbm.24469

Conference proceedings

  1. Sarovic D, De Lange C, Lagerstrand K, Axelsson P, Ekdahl M-L, Hebelka H. (2026). Impact of measurement depth on shear-wave elastography, shear-wave dispersion, and attenuation imaging in children. European Congress of Radiology, Vienna, Austria.

  2. Sarovic D, Cetinic I, Ekvall N, Lagerstrand K, De Lange C, Hebelka H (2024). Normative values for liver ultrasound shear wave elastography, shear wave dispersion and attenuation imaging in a pediatric cohort during free breathing and fasting. European Congress of Radiology, Vienna, Austria.

  3. Sarovic D (2021). Neurobiological classification of autism. Röntgenveckan, Örebro, Sweden.

  4. Sarovic D, Hadjikhani N, Schneiderman JF, Lundström S, & Gillberg C (2021). Classification of an autism-control cohort using brain MRI: comparison with machine learning algorithms. European Congress of Radiology, Vienna, Austria. Doi: 10.26044/ecr2021/C-10538.

  5. Sarovic D, Schneiderman JF, Hadjikhani N, Riaz B, Orekhova EV, Gillberg C, & Lundström S (2019). The Clinical Feasibility of Deconstructing Autism into a Pathogenetic Triad: Classification Results from a Case-Control Cohort. International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada. Link to abstract.

  6. Winkler D, Schneiderman JF, Riaz B, Pfeiffer C, Ruffieux S, Orekhova E, Eriksson-Hagberg E, Holmes Watkins R, Sarovic D, Lundström S, Kalaboukhov A, Gillberg C, Wessberg J, Elam M, & Rúnarsson ÖV (2018). High-Tc SQUID-based on-scalp and conventional MEG R&D in Gothenburg, Sweden. 2nd MEG Nord, Stockholm, Sweden.

  7. Orekhova EV, Stroganova TA, Schneiderman JF, Lundström S, Riaz B, Sarovic D, Sysoeva O, Gillberg C, & Hadjikhani N (2018). Response gain of MEG gamma oscillations predicts sensory sensitivity in people with and without autism spectrum disorders. International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

  8. Pavlovich P, & Sarovic D (2014). Evaluation of Morphogenetic Variability in Groups of Individuals with Flat Feet from Serbia. 2nd International Student Congress, Graz, Austria.

  9. Kapor S, Sarovic D, & Latinovich Y (2012). Morphometric Analysis of Stratum Pyramidale in the Hippocampus of Maternally Deprived Rats. 53rd Biomedical Students’ Congress, Novi Sad, Serbia.

  10. Sarovic D, Latinovich Y, Kapor S, Despotovic A, Aleksic D, & Backovic M (2011). Morphometric Analysis of Hippocampus in Maternally Deprived Rats. European Journal of Medical Research 16(1); 167. European Students’ Conference, Berlin, Germany.

Book Chapters

  • Gillberg C, Allely C, Bourgheron T, Coleman M, Fernell E, Hadjikhani N, & Sarovic D (2019). The Neurobiology of Autism. In Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders, 3th edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

  • Sarovic D (2015). Doping in Sports. In Sports, Medicine, Bioethics. Belgrade: Copy Print Plus.