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Deutschländer A, Bense S, Stephan T, Schwaiger M, Brandt T, Dieterich M. Sensory system interactions during simultaneous vestibular and visual stimulation in PET. Hum Brain Mapp 2002; 16:92-103. [PMID: 11954059 PMCID: PMC6871812 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.10030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2001] [Accepted: 12/07/2001] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The patterns of regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) increases and decreases in PET were compared for unimodal vestibular, unimodal visual, and for simultaneous vestibular and visual stimulation. Thirteen healthy volunteers were exposed to a) caloric vestibular stimulation, b) small-field visual motion stimulation in roll, c) simultaneous caloric vestibular and visual pattern stimulation. Unimodal vestibular stimulation led to activations of vestibular cortex areas, in particular the parieto-insular vestibular cortex (PIVC), and concurrent deactivations of visual cortical areas [Brodmann area (BA) 17-19]. Unimodal visual motion stimulation led to activations of the striate visual cortex and the motion-sensitive area in the middle temporal/middle occipital gyri (BA 19/37) with concurrent deactivations in the PIVC. Simultaneous bimodal stimulation resulted in activations of the cortical representation of both sensory modalities. In the latter condition activations and deactivations were significantly smaller compared to unimodal stimulation. The findings are consistent with the concept of an inhibitory reciprocal vestibulo-visual interaction in all three stimulus conditions.
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- Angela Deutschländer
- Department of Neurology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.
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Nofzinger EA, Buysse DJ, Miewald JM, Meltzer CC, Price JC, Sembrat RC, Ombao H, Reynolds CF, Monk TH, Hall M, Kupfer DJ, Moore RY. Human regional cerebral glucose metabolism during non-rapid eye movement sleep in relation to waking. Brain 2002; 125:1105-15. [PMID: 11960899 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awf103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Sleep is an essential human function. Although the function of sleep has generally been regarded to be restorative, recent data indicate that it also plays an important role in cognition. The neurobiology of human sleep is most effectively analysed with functional imaging, and PET studies have contributed substantially to our understanding of both rapid eye movement (REM) and non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. In this study, PET was used to determine patterns of regional glucose metabolism in NREM sleep compared with waking. We hypothesized that brain structures related to waking cognitive function would show a persistence of function into the NREM sleep state. Fourteen healthy subjects (age range 21-49 years; 10 women, 4 men) underwent concurrent EEG sleep studies and [(18)F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose PET scans during waking and NREM sleep. Whole-brain glucose metabolism declined significantly from waking to NREM sleep. Relative decreases in regional metabolism from waking to NREM sleep occurred in wide areas of frontal, parietal, temporal and occipital association cortex, primary visual cortex, and in anterior/dorsomedial thalamus. After controlling for the whole-brain declines in absolute metabolism, relative increases in regional metabolism from waking to NREM were found bilaterally in the dorsal pontine tegmentum, hypothalamus, basal forebrain, ventral striatum, anterior cingulate cortex and extensive regions of the mesial temporal lobe, including the amygdala and hippocampus, and in the right dorsal parietal association cortex and primary somatosensory and motor cortices. The reductions in relative metabolism in NREM sleep compared with waking are consistent with prior findings from blood flow studies. The relative increases in glucose utilization in the basal forebrain, hypothalamus, ventral striatum, amygdala, hippocampus and pontine reticular formation are new observations that are in accordance with the view that NREM sleep is important to brain plasticity in homeostatic regulation and mnemonic processing.
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- Eric A Nofzinger
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15213-2593, USA.
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Sevostianov A, Fromm S, Nechaev V, Horwitz B, Braun A. Effect of attention on central auditory processing: an fMRI study. Int J Neurosci 2002; 112:587-606. [PMID: 12325392 DOI: 10.1080/00207450290025671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging was used to investigate preattentive and attentional processing of auditory stimuli in 18 right-handed normal volunteers. Responses to trains of 1000-Hz pure tones and infrequent (15%) deviant 1300-Hz tones were characterized while subjects ignored all tones; listened for deviants in the left ear; or listened for deviants in the right ear. Preattentive detection of deviants, associated with the mismatch negativity in electrophysiology, was associated with bilateral temporal lobe activation, with a rightward predominance. Processing of deviant stimuli while attending to either ear produced a more robust and widespread activation of these temporal regions, again with a rightward predominance. Thus, preattentive tone processing appears to be linked to asymmetric activation of a core set of temporal regions in which activity is significantly amplified by selective attention. Extratemporal regions activated by attending to targets in either ear included the anterior cingulate cortex, supramarginal gyrus, and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.
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- Andrei Sevostianov
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Vandermeeren Y, Olivier E, Sébire G, Cosnard G, Bol A, Sibomana M, Michel C, De Volder AG. Increased FDG uptake in the ipsilesional sensorimotor cortex in congenital hemiplegia. Neuroimage 2002; 15:949-60. [PMID: 11906235 DOI: 10.1006/nimg.2001.1041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The resting brain metabolism was estimated in six children suffering from a right congenital hemiplegia (CH) of subcortical origin. This estimate was based on the 18F-labeled 2-deoxy-2-fluoro-d-glucose (FDG) uptake measured by means of positron emission tomography and compared, using statistical parametric mapping (SPM99), with that of six control subjects. The contrast [CH children - Controls] showed that CH children had two loci of relatively higher FDG uptake. The larger voxel cluster was found in the ipsilesional hemisphere and comprised the primary motor and somatosensory cortices and left inferior parietal lobule. The other cluster was located in the contralesional hemisphere and encompassed the primary motor cortex, callosomarginal sulcus, and cingulate gyrus. The reverse contrast [Controls - CH children] showed that control subjects had a relatively higher FDG uptake bilaterally in the temporal and hippocampal gyri, the rostral part of the brain stem, the thalami, the putamen, and the superior frontal gyri. A crossed cerebellar diaschisis was not observed in CH children. This relatively higher FDG uptake in the ipsi- and contralesional motor areas of CH children stands out in contrast to the hypometabolism (diaschisis) frequently observed in adult stroke patients with a subcortical lesion. This increased FDG uptake in the disconnected ipsilesional motor areas may reflect a long-term adaptation leading, for example, to an increased synaptic density and/or activity or to a change in the density of glucose transporters.
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- Yves Vandermeeren
- Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Université Catholique de Louvain School of Medicine, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
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Haslinger B, Erhard P, Weilke F, Ceballos-Baumann AO, Bartenstein P, Gräfin von Einsiedel H, Schwaiger M, Conrad B, Boecker H. The role of lateral premotor-cerebellar-parietal circuits in motor sequence control: a parametric fMRI study. BRAIN RESEARCH. COGNITIVE BRAIN RESEARCH 2002; 13:159-68. [PMID: 11958958 DOI: 10.1016/s0926-6410(01)00104-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Functional characterisation of higher order motor systems can be obtained by modulating the processing demands imposed onto relevant motor circuitries. Here we performed whole-brain functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and parametric statistical analyses in eight healthy volunteers to study task-related recruitment of motor circuits associated with unilateral finger movement sequences of increasing length and complexity, but with equal basic motor parameters. Statistical parametric mapping software was applied for analysis. Categorical analysis of the main effect of motor action showed cerebral activation in the established cortical and subcortical motor network. Parametric analyses of the blood-oxygen-level-dependent (BOLD) contrast revealed significant signal increases correlating to sequence length and complexity in a subset of activated areas, notably contralateral ventral and dorsal premotor cortex, bilateral superior parietal cortex, left inferior frontal gyrus/Broca's area, right dentate nucleus, and left visual association cortex. These data underscore the importance of ventral premotor-cerebellar-parietal circuits in processing length and complexity of sequential finger movements.
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- Bernhard Haslinger
- Neurologische Klinik, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Möhlstr. 28, D-81675, München, Germany.
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Husain FT, Nandipati G, Braun AR, Cohen LG, Tagamets MA, Horwitz B. Simulating transcranial magnetic stimulation during PET with a large-scale neural network model of the prefrontal cortex and the visual system. Neuroimage 2002; 15:58-73. [PMID: 11771974 DOI: 10.1006/nimg.2001.0966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) exerts both excitatory and inhibitory effects on the stimulated neural tissue, although little is known about the neurobiological mechanisms by which it influences neuronal function. TMS has been used in conjunction with PET to examine interregional connectivity of human cerebral cortex. To help understand how TMS affects neuronal function, and how these effects are manifested during functional brain imaging, we simulated the effects of TMS on a large-scale neurobiologically realistic computational model consisting of multiple, interconnected regions that performs a visual delayed-match-to-sample task. The simulated electrical activities in each region of the model are similar to those found in single-cell monkey data, and the simulated integrated summed synaptic activities match regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) data obtained in human PET studies. In the present simulations, the excitatory and inhibitory effects of TMS on both locally stimulated and distal sites were studied using simulated behavioral measures and simulated PET rCBF results. The application of TMS to either excitatory or inhibitory units of the model, or both, resulted in an increased number of errors in the task performed by the model. In experimental studies, both increases and decreases in rCBF following TMS have been observed. In the model, increasing TMS intensity caused an increase in rCBF when TMS exerted a predominantly excitatory effect, whereas decreased rCBF following TMS occurred if TMS exerted a predominantly inhibitory effect. We also found that regions both directly and indirectly connected to the stimulating site were affected by TMS.
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- F T Husain
- Language Section, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the second most commonly occurring genetically inherited disease in humans. It is an X-linked condition that affects approximately one in 3300 live male births. It is caused by the absence or disruption of the protein dystrophin, which is found in a variety of tissues, most notably skeletal muscle and neurones in particular regions of the CNS. Clinically DMD is characterized by a severe pathology of the skeletal musculature that results in the premature death of the individual. An important aspect of DMD that has received less attention is the role played by the absence or disruption of dystrophin on CNS function. In this review we concentrate on insights into this role gained from investigation of boys with DMD and the genetically most relevant animal model of DMD, the dystrophin-deficient mdx mouse. Behavioural studies have shown that DMD boys have a cognitive impairment and a lower IQ (average 85), whilst the mdx mice display an impairment in passive avoidance reflex and in short-term memory. In DMD boys, there is evidence of disordered CNS architecture, abnormalities in dendrites and loss of neurones, all associated with neurones that normally express dystrophin. In the mdx mouse, there have been reports of a 50% decrease in neurone number and neural shrinkage in regions of the cerebral cortex and brainstem. Histological evidence shows that the density of GABA(A) channel clusters is reduced in mdx Purkinje cells and hippocampal CA1 neurones. At the biochemical level, in DMD boys the bioenergetics of the CNS is abnormal and there is an increase in the levels of choline-containing compounds, indicative of CNS pathology. The mdx mice also display abnormal bioenergetics, with an increased level of inorganic phosphate and increased levels of choline-containing compounds. Functionally, DMD boys have EEG abnormalities and there is some preliminary evidence that synaptic function is affected adversely by the absence of dystrophin. Electrophysiological studies of mdx mice have shown that hippocampal neurones have an increased susceptibility to hypoxia. These recent findings on the role of dystrophin in the CNS have implications for the clinical management of boys with DMD.
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- J L Anderson
- School of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Krings T, Schreckenberger M, Rohde V, Foltys H, Spetzger U, Sabri O, Reinges MH, Kemeny S, Meyer PT, Möller-Hartmann W, Korinth M, Gilsbach JM, Buell U, Thron A. Metabolic and electrophysiological validation of functional MRI. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2001; 71:762-71. [PMID: 11723198 PMCID: PMC1737624 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.71.6.762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Although functional MRI is widely used for preoperative planning and intraoperative neuronavigation, its accuracy to depict the site of neuronal activity is not exactly known. Experience with methods that may validate fMRI data and the results obtained when coregistering fMRI with different preoperative and intraoperative mapping modalities including metabolically based (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET, electrophysiologcally based transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and direct electrical cortical stimulation (DECS) are described. METHODS Fifty patients were included. PET was performed in 30, TMS in 10, and DECS in 41 patients. After coregistration using a frameless stereotactic system, results were grouped into overlapping (<1 cm distance), neighbouring (<2 cm), or contradictory (>2 cm). RESULTS Comparing fMRI with PET, 18 overlapping, seven neighbouring, and one contradictory result were obtained. In four patients no comparison was possible (because of motion artefacts, low signal to noise ratio, and unusual high tumour metabolism in PET). The comparison of TMS and fMRI showed seven overlapping and three neighbouring results. In three patients no DECS results could be obtained. Of the remaining 38 patients, fMRI hand motor tasks were compared with DECS results of the upper limb muscles in 36 patients, and fMRI foot motor tasks were compared with DECS results of the lower limb on 13 occasions. Of those 49 studies, overlapping results were obtained in 31 patients, and neighbouring in 14. On four occasions fMRI did not show functional information (because of motion artefacts and low signal to noise). CONCLUSIONS All validation techniques have intrinsic limitations that restrict their spatial resolution. However, of 50 investigated patients, there was only one in whom results contradictory to fMRI were obtained. Although it is not thought that fMRI can replace the intraoperatively updated functional information (DECS), it is concluded that fMRI is an important adjunct in the preoperative assessment of patients with tumours in the vicinity of the central region.
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- T Krings
- Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital of the Technical University, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52057 Aachen, Germany.
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The coupling of electrical activity in the brain to changes in cerebral blood flow (CBF) is of interest because hemodynamic changes are used to track brain function. Recent studies, especially those investigating the cerebellar cortex, have shown that the spike rate in the principal target cell of a brain region (i.e. the efferent cell) does not affect vascular response amplitude. Subthreshold integrative synaptic processes trigger changes in the local microcirculation and local glucose consumption. The spatial specificity of the vascular response on the brain surface is limited because of the functional anatomy of the pial vessels. Within the cortex there is a characteristic laminar flow distribution, the largest changes of which are observed at the depth of maximal synaptic activity (i.e. layer IV) for an afferent input system. Under most conditions, increases in CBF are explained by activity in postsynaptic neurons, but presynaptic elements can contribute. Neurotransmitters do not mediate increases in CBF that are triggered by the concerted action of several second messenger molecules. It is important to distinguish between effective synaptic inhibition and deactivation that increase and decrease CBF and glucose consumption, respectively. In summary, hemodynamic changes evoked by neuronal activity depend on the afferent input function (i.e. all aspects of presynaptic and postsynaptic processing), but are totally independent of the efferent function (i.e., the spike rate of the same region). Thus, it is not possible to conclude whether the output level of activity of a region is increased based on brain maps that use blood-flow changes as markers.
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- M Lauritzen
- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Glostrup Hospital and University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark
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Ihara M, Fukuyama H, Lee T, Takao S, Kohara N, Shibasaki H. Delayed synaptic dysfunction of association cortices in carbon monoxide intoxication. Ann Neurol 2001; 50:829-30. [PMID: 11761490 DOI: 10.1002/ana.10015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Ramnani N, Toni I, Passingham RE, Haggard P. The cerebellum and parietal cortex play a specific role in coordination: a PET study. Neuroimage 2001; 14:899-911. [PMID: 11554809 DOI: 10.1006/nimg.2001.0885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The synthesis of complex, coordinated movements from simple actions is an important aspect of motor control. Lesion studies have revealed specific brain areas, particularly the cerebellum, to be essential for a variety of coordinated movements, and lend support to the view that the cerebellum is engaged in the integration of simple movements into compound ones. A PET study was therefore conducted to show which brain areas were active specifically during the coordinated execution of an arm and finger movement to visual targets. A two-by-two factorial design was employed, in which subjects either made arm or finger movements alone, made coordinated arm-finger movements, or made no movements. Voxels were identified where activity was significantly greater during the execution of coordinated movements than when movements were made alone and in which this increased activity could not be accounted for simply by the additive effects of the activations for each movement in isolation. The behavioral results showed that subjects coordinated arm and finger movements well during coordination scans. Coordination-specific activations were found in left anterior lobe and bilaterally in the paramedian lobules of the cerebellum. These are known to receive forelimb-specific spinocerebellar proprioceptive inputs that may be related to multijoint movements. The same areas also receive corticocerebellar afference from motor areas that may convey efference copy information to the cerebellum. Coordination-specific activations were also seen in areas of the posterior parietal cortex. The results provide direct evidence in healthy human subjects of specific cerebellar engagement during the coordination of movement, over and above the control of constituent movements.
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- N Ramnani
- Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology, Institute of Neurology, 12 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom
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Rajapakse JC, Piyaratna J. Bayesian approach to segmentation of statistical parametric maps. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2001; 48:1186-94. [PMID: 11585043 DOI: 10.1109/10.951522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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A contextual segmentation technique to detect brain activation from functional brain images is presented in the Bayesian framework. Unlike earlier similar approaches [Holmes and Ford (1993) and Descombes et al. (1998)], a Markov random field (MRF) is used to represent configurations of activated brain voxels, and likelihoods given by statistical parametric maps (SPM's) are directly used to find the maximum a posteriori (MAP) estimation of segmentation. The iterative segmentation algorithm, which is based on a simulated annealing scheme, is fully data-driven and capable of analyzing experiments involving multiple-input stimuli. Simulation results and comparisons with the simple thresholding and the statistical parametric mapping (SPM) approaches are presented with synthetic images, and functional MR images acquired in memory retrieval and event-related working memory tasks. The experiments show that an MRF is a valid representation of the activation patterns obtained in functional brain images, and the present technique renders a superior segmentation scheme to the context-free approach and the SPM approach.
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- J C Rajapakse
- School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
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Peigneux P, Laureys S, Fuchs S, Delbeuck X, Degueldre C, Aerts J, Delfiore G, Luxen A, Maquet P. Generation of rapid eye movements during paradoxical sleep in humans. Neuroimage 2001; 14:701-8. [PMID: 11506542 DOI: 10.1006/nimg.2001.0874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Although rapid eye movements (REMs) are a prominent feature of paradoxical sleep (PS), their origin and functional significance remain poorly understood in humans. In animals, including nonhuman primates, REMs during PS are closely related to the occurrence of the so-called PGO waves, i.e., prominent phasic activities recorded throughout the brain but predominantly and most easily in the pons (P), the lateral geniculate bodies (G), and the occipital cortex (O). Therefore, and because the evolution of species is parsimonious, a plausible hypothesis would be that during PS in humans, REMs are generated by mechanisms similar to PGO waves. Using positron emission tomography and iterative cerebral blood flow measurements by H(2)(15)O infusions, we predicted that the brain regions where the PGO waves are the most easily recorded in animals would be differentially more active in PS than in wakefulness, in relation with the density of the REM production [i.e., we looked for the condition (PS versus wakefulness) by performance (REM density) interaction]. Accordingly, we found a significant interaction effect in the right geniculate body and in the primary occipital cortex. The result supports the hypothesis of the existence of processes similar to PGO waves in humans, responsible for REM generation. The interest in the presence of PGO waves in humans is outstanding because the cellular processes involved in, or triggered by, PGO waves might favor brain plasticity during PS.
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- P Peigneux
- Cyclotron Research Center, University of Liège, Belgium
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Disbrow E, Roberts T, Poeppel D, Krubitzer L. Evidence for interhemispheric processing of inputs from the hands in human S2 and PV. J Neurophysiol 2001; 85:2236-44. [PMID: 11353038 DOI: 10.1152/jn.2001.85.5.2236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In the present investigation, we identified cortical areas involved in the integration of bimanual inputs in human somatosensory cortex. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and magnetoencephalography (MEG), we compared the responses to unilateral versus bilateral stimulation in anterior parietal cortex and areas in the Sylvian fissure of the contralateral hemisphere. The extent of fMRI activation on the upper bank of the Sylvian fissure, in the second somatosensory (S2) and the parietal ventral (PV) areas, was significantly larger for bilateral stimulation than for unilateral stimulation. Using MEG, we were able to describe the latency of response in S1 and S2/PV to unilateral and bilateral stimulation. The MEG response had three components under both stimulus conditions. An early peak in S1 at 40 ms, a middle peak in S2/PV at 80-160 ms, and three late peaks in S2/PV at 250-420 ms. There was an increase in magnetic field strength in S2/PV to bilateral stimulation at 300-400 ms post stimulus. The fMRI results indicate that, as in monkeys, S2/PV receives inputs from both the contralateral and ipsilateral hand. The MEG data suggest that information is processed serially from S1 to S2. The very late response in S2/PV indicates that extensive intrahemispheric processing occurs before information is transferred to the opposite hemisphere. The neural substrate for the increased activation and field strength at long latencies during bilateral stimulation can be accounted for in three ways. Under bilateral stimulus conditions, more neurons may be active, neuronal firing rate may increase, and/or neural activity may be more synchronous.
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- E Disbrow
- Department of Neurology, California 94143-0628, USA.
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Collette F, Van der Linden M, Delfiore G, Degueldre C, Luxen A, Salmon E. The functional anatomy of inhibition processes investigated with the Hayling task. Neuroimage 2001; 14:258-67. [PMID: 11467901 DOI: 10.1006/nimg.2001.0846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The cortical areas involved in inhibition processes were examined with positron emission tomography (PET). The tasks administered to subjects were an adaptation of the Hayling test. In the first condition (response initiation), subjects had to complete sentences with a word clearly suggested by the context, whereas in the second condition (response inhibition), subjects had to produce a word that made no sense in the context of the sentence. Results indicated that the response initiation processes were associated to increases of activity in the left inferior frontal gyrus (BA 45/47), whereas response inhibition processes led to increases in a network of left prefrontal areas, including the middle (BA 9 and BA 10) and inferior (BA 45) frontal areas.
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- F Collette
- Department of Neuropsychology, University of Liège, Belgium
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The aging of the central nervous system and the development of incapacitating neurological diseases like Alzheimer's disease (AD) are generally associated with a wide range of histological and pathophysiological changes eventually leading to a compromised cognitive status. Although the diverse triggers of the neurodegenerative processes and their interactions are still the topic of extensive debate, the possible contribution of cerebrovascular deficiencies has been vigorously promoted in recent years. Various forms of cerebrovascular insufficiency such as reduced blood supply to the brain or disrupted microvascular integrity in cortical regions may occupy an initiating or intermediate position in the chain of events ending with cognitive failure. When, for example, vasoconstriction takes over a dominating role in the cerebral vessels, the perfusion rate of the brain can considerably decrease causing directly or through structural vascular damage a drop in cerebral glucose utilization. Consequently, cerebral metabolism can suffer a setback leading to neuronal damage and a concomitant suboptimal cognitive capacity. The present review focuses on the microvascular aspects of neurodegenerative processes in aging and AD with special attention to cerebral blood flow, neural metabolic changes and the abnormalities in microvascular ultrastructure. In this context, a few of the specific triggers leading to the prominent cerebrovascular pathology, as well as the potential neurological outcome of the compromised cerebral microvascular system are also going to be touched upon to a certain extent, without aiming at total comprehensiveness. Finally, a set of animal models are going to be presented that are frequently used to uncover the functional relationship between cerebrovascular factors and the damage to neural networks.
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- E Farkas
- Department of Animal Physiology, Graduate School of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands.
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- Peter Herscovitch
- PET Department, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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Menon DK. Mapping the anatomy of unconsciousness--imaging anaesthetic action in the brain. Br J Anaesth 2001; 86:607-10. [PMID: 11575332 DOI: 10.1093/bja/86.5.607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Culham J, He S, Dukelow S, Verstraten FA. Visual motion and the human brain: what has neuroimaging told us? Acta Psychol (Amst) 2001; 107:69-94. [PMID: 11388143 DOI: 10.1016/s0001-6918(01)00022-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Recently, neuroimaging techniques have been applied to the study of human motion perception, complementing established techniques such as psychophysics, neurophysiology and neuropsychology. Because vision, particularly motion perception, has been studied relatively extensively, it provides an interesting case study to examine the contributions and limitations of neuroimaging to cognitive neuroscience. We suggest that in the domain of motion perception neuroimaging has: (1) revealed an extensive network of motion areas throughout the human brain, in addition to the well-studied motion complex (MT+); (2) verified and extended findings from other techniques; (3) suggested extensive top-down influences on motion perception; and (4) allowed experimenters to examine the neural correlates of awareness. We discuss these contributions, along with limitations and future directions for the neuroimaging of motion.
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- J Culham
- Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada N6A 5C2.
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It has been demonstrated that the blood-oxygenation-level-dependent (BOLD) fMRI initial dip allows us to resolve (without differential subtraction) structures of the order of 0.5 mm. However, recent results support the proposition that even the later, positive BOLD fMRI signal component can allow us to resolve structures less than 1 mm in size by using differential subtraction when the signal-to-noise ratio is high. So, with a sufficient signal-to-noise ratio, the later, positive component should be useable as a probe for testing cognitive neuroscientific hypotheses that predict neuroanatomical dissociations of less than 1mm.
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- E Zarahn
- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 31, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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Arthurs OJ, Williams EJ, Carpenter TA, Pickard JD, Boniface SJ. Linear coupling between functional magnetic resonance imaging and evoked potential amplitude in human somatosensory cortex. Neuroscience 2001; 101:803-6. [PMID: 11113329 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(00)00511-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The interpretation of task-induced functional imaging of the brain is critically dependent on understanding the relationship between observed blood flow responses and the underlying neuronal changes. However, the exact nature of this neurovascular coupling relationship remains unknown. In particular, it is unclear whether blood oxygen level-dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging (BOLD fMRI) responses principally reflect neuronal synaptic activity. In order to address this issue directly in humans, we measured the increase in somatosensory evoked potential amplitude and fMRI BOLD changes to increases in intensity of median nerve electrical stimulation in five healthy non-anaesthetized subjects. We found that mean N20-P22 amplitudes increased significantly with stimulus intensity in all subjects, as did fMRI BOLD percentage signal intensity change. Moreover, the intensity of the BOLD signal was found to correlate linearly with evoked potential amplitude in four of the five subjects studied. This suggests that the BOLD response correlates with synchronized synaptic activity, which is the major energy consuming process of the cortex.
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- O J Arthurs
- Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, University of Cambridge, Box 65, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, CB2 2QQ, Cambridge, UK
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Tagamets MA, Horwitz B. Interpreting PET and fMRI measures of functional neural activity: the effects of synaptic inhibition on cortical activation in human imaging studies. Brain Res Bull 2001; 54:267-73. [PMID: 11287131 DOI: 10.1016/s0361-9230(00)00435-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Human brain imaging methods such as postiron emission tomography and functional magnetic resonance imaging have recently achieved widespread use in the study of both normal cognitive processes and neurological disorders. While many of these studies have begun to yield important insights into human brain function, the relationship between these measurements and the underlying neuronal activity is still not well understood. One open question is how neuronal inhibition is reflected in these imaging results. In this paper, we describe how large-scale modeling can be used to address this question. Specifically, we identify three factors that may play a role in how inhibition affects imaging results: (1) local connectivity; (2) context; and (3) type of inhibitory connection. Simulation results are presented that show how the interaction among these three factors can explain seemingly contradictory experimental results. The modeling suggests that neuronal inhibition can raise brain imaging measures if there is either low local excitatory recurrence or if the region is not otherwise being driven by excitation. Conversely, with high recurrence or actively driven excitation, inhibition can lower observed values.
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- M A Tagamets
- Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21228, USA.
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A 4D approach to the analysis of functional brain images: Application to FMRI data. Hum Brain Mapp 2001. [DOI: 10.1002/hbm.1032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Verhoeff NP, Meyer JH, Kecojevic A, Hussey D, Lewis R, Tauscher J, Zipursky RB, Kapur S. A voxel-by-voxel analysis of [18F]setoperone PET data shows no substantial serotonin 5-HT(2A) receptor changes in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res 2000; 99:123-35. [PMID: 11068194 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1781(00)00198-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Several postmortem studies have reported regionally localized decreases in serotonin(2A) receptors (5-HT(2A)R) in schizophrenia. This was not confirmed by two recent [18F]setoperone positron emission tomography (PET) studies. In these two studies relatively large regions of interest (ROIs) were used; hence, 5-HT(2A)R changes may have been missed in some brain areas. Therefore, data from one study were analyzed on a voxel-by-voxel basis using Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM). We also used this method to examine the relationship between 5-HT(2A)R binding potential (BP) and five PANSS-derived factors: negative, positive, activation, dysphoric and autistic preoccupation. Thirteen schizophrenic patients (10 antipsychotic-naïve, 3 antipsychotic-free; 11 M, 2 F; age 31+/-7 years) and 35 age-matched control subjects (15 M, 20 F; age 30+/-7 years) were scanned. The 5-HT(2A)R BP was determined for each voxel using the pseudoequilibrium ratio method on PET data obtained between 65 and 90 min after [18F]setoperone bolus injection. The resulting parametric 5-HT(2A)R BP images were spatially normalized using a ligand specific template. Analyses of covariance were done using SPM99 with age as covariate. In tests for the effect of schizophrenia and for partial correlations between 5-HT(2A)R BP and the five factors, corrected P values <0.05 at cluster or voxel level were considered significant. No significant differences were detected between patients and control subjects, and no significant correlations were observed between 5-HT(2A)R BP and any of the five factors. Thus, in agreement with the previous ROI studies, voxel-by-voxel analysis confirmed the lack of substantial 5-HT(2A)R BP differences between schizophrenic patients and control subjects.
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- N P Verhoeff
- PET Centre and Schizophrenia and Continuing Care Division, Clarke Site, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, ON, M5T 1R8, Toronto, Canada.
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Tagamets MA, Horwitz B. A model of working memory: bridging the gap between electrophysiology and human brain imaging. Neural Netw 2000; 13:941-52. [PMID: 11156203 DOI: 10.1016/s0893-6080(00)00063-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Human neuroimaging methods such as positron emission tomography and functional magnetic resonance imaging have made possible the study of large-scale distributed networks in the behaving human brain. Although many imaging studies support and extend knowledge gained from other experimental modalities such as animal single-cell recordings, there have also been a substantial number of experiments that appear to contradict the animal studies. Part of the reason for this is that neuroimaging is an indirect measure of neuronal firing activity, and thus interpretation is difficult. Computational modeling can help to bridge the gap by providing a substrate for making explicit the assumptions and constraints provided from other sources such as anatomy, physiology and behavior. We describe a large-scale model of working memory that we have used to examine a number of issues relating to the interpretation of imaging data. The gating mechanism that regulates engagement and retention of short-term memory is revised to better reflect hypothesized underlying neuromodulatory mechanisms. It is shown that in addition to imparting better performance for the memory circuit, this mechanism also provides a better match to imaging data from working memory studies.
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- M A Tagamets
- Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore 21228, USA.
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This article gives an overview of the different functional brain imaging methods, the kinds of questions these methods try to address and some of the questions associated with functional neuroimaging data for which neural modeling must be employed to provide reasonable answers.
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- B Horwitz
- Language Section, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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Horwitz B, Deiber MP, Ibáñez V, Sadato N, Hallett M. Correlations between reaction time and cerebral blood flow during motor preparation. Neuroimage 2000; 12:434-41. [PMID: 10988037 DOI: 10.1006/nimg.2000.0632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We show using positron emission tomography in normal volunteers that for four tasks involving motor preparation, regional cerebral blood flow in the ipsilateral cerebellum is negatively correlated with reaction time. Each of the tasks presented subjects with different amounts of advanced information (from none to partial to full information) prior to a signal to move one of two possible fingers in one of two possible directions. The cerebellum was the only brain area that was correlated with reaction time in all the conditions. These results are compatible with the idea that the cerebellum plays an important role in the preparation and initiation of motion.
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- B Horwitz
- Language Section, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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The article contributes to the quest to relate global data on brain and behavior (e.g. from PET, Positron Emission Tomography, and fMRI. functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) to the underpinning neural networks. Models tied to human brain imaging data often focus on a few "boxes" based on brain regions associated with exceptionally high blood flow, rather than analyzing the cooperative computation of multiple brain regions. For analysis directly at the level of such data, a schema-based model may be most appropriate. To further address neurophysiological data, the Synthetic PET imaging method uses computational models of biological neural circuitry based on animal data to predict and analyze the results of human PET studies. This technique makes use of the hypothesis that rCBF (regional cerebral blood flow) is correlated with the integrated synaptic activity in a localized brain region. We also describe the possible extension of the Synthetic PET method to fMRI. The second half of the paper then exemplifies this general research program with two case studies, one on visuo-motor processing for control of grasping (Section 3 in which the focus is on Synthetic PET) and the imitation of motor skills (Sections 4 and 5, with a focus on Synthetic fMRI). Our discussion of imitation pays particular attention to data on the mirror system in monkey (neural circuitry which allows the brain to recognize actions as well as execute them). Finally, Section 6 outlines the immense challenges in integrating models of different portions of the nervous system which address detailed neurophysiological data from studies of primates and other species; summarizes key issues for developing the methodology of Synthetic Brain Imaging; and shows how comparative neuroscience and evolutionary arguments will allow us to extend Synthetic Brain Imaging even to language and other cognitive functions for which few or no animal data are available.
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- M A Arbib
- USC Brain Project, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90089-2520, USA.
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Functional neuroimaging using positron emission tomography has recently yielded original data on the functional neuroanatomy of human sleep. This paper attempts to describe the possibilities and limitations of the technique and clarify its usefulness in sleep research. A short overview of the methods of acquisition and statistical analysis (statistical parametric mapping, SPM) is presented before the results of PET sleep studies are reviewed. The discussion attempts to integrate the functional neuroimaging data into the body of knowledge already acquired on sleep in animals and humans using various other techniques (intracellular recordings, in situ neurophysiology, lesional and pharmacological trials, scalp EEG recordings, behavioural or psychological description). The published PET data describe a very reproducible functional neuroanatomy in sleep. The core characteristics of this 'canonical' sleep may be summarized as follows. In slow-wave sleep, most deactivated areas are located in the dorsal pons and mesencephalon, cerebellum, thalami, basal ganglia, basal forebrain/hypothalamus, prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, precuneus and in the mesial aspect of the temporal lobe. During rapid-eye movement sleep, significant activations were found in the pontine tegmentum, thalamic nuclei, limbic areas (amygdaloid complexes, hippocampal formation, anterior cingulate cortex) and in the posterior cortices (temporo-occipital areas). In contrast, the dorso-lateral prefrontal cortex, parietal cortex, as well as the posterior cingulate cortex and precuneus, were the least active brain regions. These preliminary studies open up a whole field in sleep research. More detailed explorations of sleep in humans are now accessible to experimental challenges using PET and other neuroimaging techniques. These new methods will contribute to a better understanding of sleep functions.
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- P Maquet
- Cyclotron Research Centre, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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Maquet P, Laureys S, Peigneux P, Fuchs S, Petiau C, Phillips C, Aerts J, Del Fiore G, Degueldre C, Meulemans T, Luxen A, Franck G, Van Der Linden M, Smith C, Cleeremans A. Experience-dependent changes in cerebral activation during human REM sleep. Nat Neurosci 2000; 3:831-6. [PMID: 10903578 DOI: 10.1038/77744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 529] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The function of rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep is still unknown. One prevailing hypothesis suggests that REM sleep is important in processing memory traces. Here, using positron emission tomography (PET) and regional cerebral blood flow measurements, we show that waking experience influences regional brain activity during subsequent sleep. Several brain areas activated during the execution of a serial reaction time task during wakefulness were significantly more active during REM sleep in subjects previously trained on the task than in non-trained subjects. These results support the hypothesis that memory traces are processed during REM sleep in humans.
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- P Maquet
- Cyclotron Research Centre, University of Liège, Belgium.
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Cameron OG, Zubieta JK, Grunhaus L, Minoshima S. Effects of yohimbine on cerebral blood flow, symptoms, and physiological functions in humans. Psychosom Med 2000; 62:549-59. [PMID: 10949101 DOI: 10.1097/00006842-200007000-00014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Increases in adrenergic activity are associated with stress, anxiety, and other psychiatric, neurological, and medical disorders. To improve understanding of normal CNS adrenergic function, CBF responses to adrenergic stimulation were determined. METHODS Using PET, the CBF changes after intravenous yohimbine, an alpha2-adrenoreceptor antagonist that produces adrenergic activation, were compared with placebo in nine healthy humans. Heart rate, blood pressure, Paco2, plasma catecholamines, and symptom responses were also determined. RESULTS Among nonscan variables, yohimbine produced significant symptom increases (including a panic attack in one subject), a decrease in Paco2 due to hyperventilation, increases in systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and a trend toward a significant norepinephrine increase. Among scan results, yohimbine produced a significant decrease in whole-brain absolute CBF; regional decreases were greatest in cortical areas. Medial frontal cortex, thalamus, insular cortex, and cerebellum showed significant increases after normalization to whole brain. Medial frontal CBF change was correlated with increases in anxiety. A panic attack produced an increase instead of a decrease in whole-brain CBF. Factors potentially contributing to the observed CBF changes were critically reviewed. Specific regional increases were most likely due in large part to activation produced by adrenergically induced anxiety and visceral symptoms. CONCLUSIONS This study supports the relationship of anxiety and interoceptive processes with medial frontal, insular, and thalamic activation and provides a baseline for comparison of normal yohimbine-induced CNS adrenergic activation, adrenergically-based symptoms, and other markers of adrenergic function to stress, emotion, and the adrenergic pathophysiologies of various CNS-related disorders.
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- O G Cameron
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0118, USA.
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Pietrini P, Alexander GE, Furey ML, Hampel H, Guazzelli M. The neurometabolic landscape of cognitive decline: in vivo studies with positron emission tomography in Alzheimer's disease. Int J Psychophysiol 2000; 37:87-98. [PMID: 10828377 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8760(00)00097-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia in the elderly, is characterized by the progressive, global and irreversible deterioration of cognitive abilities. The development of positron emission tomography (PET) methodologies has made it possible to study the in vivo brain metabolic correlates of human cognitive and behavioral functions. Moreover, as PET scan examinations can be repeated, the progression of the neuropathological process and its relation to cognitive dysfunction can be followed over time. In an effort to understand the changes in neural function that precede and accompany onset of dementia and their relation to clinical manifestations, in the last several years, we have conducted clinical, neuropsychological and brain metabolic studies in groups of Alzheimer's disease patients at different stages of dementia severity or with distinct clinical pictures and in populations at risk for developing the disease. Here, we discuss the main findings and implications obtained from these studies.
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- P Pietrini
- Institute of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Human and Environmental Sciences, University of Pisa Medical School, Pisa, Italy.
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Nilsson K, Warkentin S, Hultberg B, Fäldt R, Gustafson L. Treatment of cobalamin deficiency in dementia, evaluated clinically and with cerebral blood flow measurements. AGING (MILAN, ITALY) 2000; 12:199-207. [PMID: 10965378 DOI: 10.1007/bf03339837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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We investigated the relation between cobalamin deficiency, clinical changes and brain function in dementia patients. On admittance to the clinic, 24 patients had cobalamin deficiency, and dementia with additional symptoms of delirium. During cobalamin supplementation, the patients underwent repeated regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) studies, psychiatric evaluations, and in some cases assessment with MMSE and the Organic Brain Syndrome scale. Fifteen patients who showed mild to moderate dementia improved clinically, and also showed a concomitant increase in their general CBF after treatment. In contrast, 9 patients who were severely demented showed no obvious clinical improvement, and no general blood flow change, although some regional flow increases were seen in sensory motor areas. We conclude that symptoms which probably indicated superimposed delirium such as clouding of consciousness, disorientation and clinical fluctuation, responded to the vitamin B12 supplementation, while the underlying dementia condition remained basically unchanged. The clinical improvement was also mirrored in general and focal rCBF changes.
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- K Nilsson
- Department of Psychogeriatrics, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
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Some cognitive neuroscientific hypotheses might concern neural responses occurring during particular periods of time in a behavioral trial. Here, these particular periods of time are referred to as temporal components of the trial. A difficulty in using BOLD fMRI to test hypotheses about neural responses during temporal components is that some information is irretrievably lost when neural responses are hemodynamically transformed. As a result, one cannot in general use the fMRI signal to unambiguously specify if there was a neural response during a given temporal component. However, adoption of a linear-time invariant model for the transform from neural signal to fMRI signal and constraint of the space of underlying neural waveforms might allow one to ask such questions. Here, the basic theory relevant to this issue and a corresponding method are discussed. The application of this method to fMRI time series data collected during the performance of a delayed-response trial is provided as an illustrative example.
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- E Zarahn
- Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, USA
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Jenkins IH, Jahanshahi M, Jueptner M, Passingham RE, Brooks DJ. Self-initiated versus externally triggered movements. II. The effect of movement predictability on regional cerebral blood flow. Brain 2000; 123 ( Pt 6):1216-28. [PMID: 10825359 DOI: 10.1093/brain/123.6.1216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 347] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Event-related potential studies in man suggest a role for the supplementary motor area (SMA) in movement preparation, particularly when movements are internally generated. In a previous study combining PET with recording of movement-related cortical potentials, we found similar SMA activation and early pre-movement negativity during self-initiated and predictably paced index finger extensions. Early pre-movement negativity was absent when finger movements were paced by unpredictable cues. We postulated that preparation preceding self-initiated and predictably cued movements was responsible for equivalent levels of SMA activation in these two conditions. To test this, we have performed further studies on six normal volunteers with H2(15)O-PET. Twelve measurements of regional cerebral blood flow were made in each subject under three conditions: rest; self-initiated right index finger extension at a variable rate of once every 2-7 s; and finger extension triggered by pacing tones at unpredictable intervals (at a rate yoked to the self-initiated movements). Activation associated with these conditions was compared using analysis of covariance and t statistics. Compared with rest, unpredictably cued movements activated the contralateral primary sensorimotor cortex, caudal SMA and contralateral putamen. Self-initiated movements additionally activated rostral SMA, adjacent anterior cingulate cortex and bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). Direct comparison of the two motor tasks confirmed significantly greater activation of these areas and of caudal SMA in the self-initiated condition. These results, combined with our previous data, suggest that rostral SMA plays a primary role in movement preparation while caudal SMA is a motor executive area. In this experiment and in our earlier study, DLPFC was activated only during the self-initiated task, in which decisions were required about the timing of movements.
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- I H Jenkins
- MRC Cyclotron Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
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Apkarian AV, Gelnar PA, Krauss BR, Szeverenyi NM. Cortical responses to thermal pain depend on stimulus size: a functional MRI study. J Neurophysiol 2000; 83:3113-22. [PMID: 10805705 DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.83.5.3113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Cortical activity patterns to thermal painful stimuli of two different sizes were examined in normal volunteers using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Seven right-handed subjects were studied when the painful stimulus applied to the right hand fingers covered either 1,074-mm(2)-area large stimulator or 21-mm(2)-area small stimulator. Stimulus temperatures were adjusted to give rise to equivalent moderately painful ratings. fMRI signal increases and decreases were determined for the contralateral parietal and motor areas. When the overall activity in these regions was compared across subjects, increased fMRI activity was observed over more brain volume with the larger stimulator, whereas decreased fMRI activity was seen in more brain volume for the smaller stimulator. The individual subject and group-averaged activity patterns indicated regional specific differences in increased and decreased fMRI activity. The small stimulator resulted in decreased fMRI responses throughout the upper body representation in both primary somatosensory and motor cortices. In contrast, no decreased fMRI signals were seen in the secondary somatosensory cortex and in the insula. In another seven volunteers, the effects of the size of the thermal painful stimulus on vibrotactile thresholds were examined psychophysically. Painful stimuli were delivered to the fingers and vibrotactile thresholds were measured on the arm just distal to the elbow. Consistent with the fMRI results in the primary somatosensory cortex, painful thermal stimuli using the small stimulator increased vibrotactile thresholds on the forearm, whereas similarly painful stimuli using the large stimulator had no effect on forearm vibrotactile thresholds. These results are discussed in relation to the cortical dynamics for pain perception and in relation to the center-surround organization of cortical neurons.
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- A V Apkarian
- Department of Neurosurgery, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210, USA
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Araki S, Kawano A, Seldon HL, Shepherd RK, Funasaka S, Clark GM. Effects of intracochlear factors on spiral ganglion cells and auditory brain stem response after long-term electrical stimulation in deafened kittens. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2000; 122:425-33. [PMID: 10699822 DOI: 10.1016/s0194-5998(00)70060-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Using an animal model, we have studied the response of the auditory brain stem to cochlear implantation and the effect of intracochlear factors on this response. Neonatally, pharmacologically deafened cats (100 to more than 180 days old) were implanted with a 4-electrode array in both cochleas. Then, the left cochlea of each cat was electrically stimulated for total periods of up to 1000 hours. After a terminal (14)C-2-deoxyglucose (2DG) experiment, the fraction of the right inferior colliculus with a significant accumulation of 2DG label was calculated. Using 3-dimensional computer-aided reconstruction, we examined the cochleas of these animals for spiral ganglion cell (SGC) survival and intracochlear factors such as electrode positions, degeneration of the organ of Corti, and the degree of fibrosis of the scala tympani. The distribution of each parameter was calculated along the organ of Corti from the basal end. There was a positive correlation between SGC survival and the level of fibrosis in the scala tympani, and a negative correlation between SGC survival and the degree of organ of Corti degeneration. Finally, there was a negative correlation between the 2DG-labeled inferior colliculus volume fraction and the degree of fibrosis, particularly in the 1-mm region nearest the pair of electrodes, and presumably in the basal turn.
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- S Araki
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Melbourne, Australia
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Taylor J, Krause B, Shah N, Horwitz B, Mueller-Gaertner HW. On the relation between brain images and brain neural networks. Hum Brain Mapp 2000. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0193(200003)9:3<165::aid-hbm5>3.0.co;2-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Yue GH, Liu JZ, Siemionow V, Ranganathan VK, Ng TC, Sahgal V. Brain activation during human finger extension and flexion movements. Brain Res 2000; 856:291-300. [PMID: 10677638 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(99)02385-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Corticospinal projections to the motor neuron pool of upper-limb extensor muscles have been reported to differ from those of the flexor muscles in humans and other primates. The influence of this difference on the central nervous system control for extension and flexion movements is unknown. Cortical activation during thumb extension and flexion movements of eight human volunteers was measured using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which detects signal changes caused by an alteration in the local blood oxygenation level. Although the relative activity of the extensor and flexor muscles of the thumb was similar, the brain volume activated during extension was substantially larger than that during flexion. These fMRI results were confirmed by measurements of EEG-derived movement-related cortical potential. Higher brain activity during thumb extension movement may be a result of differential corticospinal, and possibly other pathway projections to the motoneuron pools of extensor and flexor muscles of upper the extremities.
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- G H Yue
- Department of Biomedical Engineering/ND20, The Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, USA.
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Localizing sensorimotor areas with high resolution functional MRI is of considerable interest for a wide range of medical applications from the preoperative planning of neurosurgical interventions to determining the course of neuroplastic reorganisation after brain lesions. We examined the effect of the stimulation frequency on the blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) fMRI response and on perfusion weighted fMRI using electrical median nerve stimulation at 5, 15, 40, and 100 Hz. BOLD fMRI was performed using a single shot gradient echo EPI sequence to acquire 15 contiguous slices. For the qualitative flow sensitive studies, a single slice inversion recovery prepared spin echo echoplanar sequence (IR-SE EPI) was used. In the primary sensorimotor cortex, a linear increase of the fMRI-BOLD response, affecting both the number of activated pixels and the amplitude of the signal changes, was seen with increasing stimulation frequencies. The qualitative in-flow sensitive studies, using the IR-SE EPI sequence, indicate that the tissue perfusion also increases over the same range of frequencies. This implicates that larger fMRI responses can be obtained if electrical median nerve stimulation is performed at higher frequencies. The results are compared with electrophysiological data, which show a decrease of the early somatosensory evoked potentials at higher frequencies.
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- K K Kampe
- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, München, Germany.
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Katsumi Y, Hayashi T, Oyanagi C, Nagahama Y, Yamauchi H, Ono S, Fukuyama H, Shibasaki H. Glucose metabolism in the rat frontal cortex recovered without the recovery of choline acetyltransferase activity after lesioning of the nucleus basalis magnocellularis. Neurosci Lett 2000; 280:9-12. [PMID: 10696799 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(99)00993-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We measured the cerebral metabolic rate of glucose (CMRglc) by using positron emission tomography (PET) with [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and the choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) activity at 3 days and 3 months after destruction of the nucleus basalis magnocellularis (NBM). Although the frontal ChAT activity remained 20% lower than that of controls even at 3 months post-lesioning, the frontal CMRglc, which was reduced by 40% at 3 days, returned to normal at 3 months, namely CMRglc recovered with time without the recovery of ChAT activity with time. Since glucose metabolism reflects mainly presynaptic neuronal activity, we speculate that presynaptic rearrangement may have some relation to the recovery of CMRglc.
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- Y Katsumi
- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
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Knecht S, Deppe M, Dräger B, Bobe L, Lohmann H, Ringelstein E, Henningsen H. Language lateralization in healthy right-handers. Brain 2000; 123 ( Pt 1):74-81. [PMID: 10611122 DOI: 10.1093/brain/123.1.74] [Citation(s) in RCA: 305] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Our knowledge about the variability of cerebral language lateralization is derived from studies of patients with brain lesions and thus possible secondary reorganization of cerebral functions. In healthy right-handed subjects 'atypical', i.e. right hemisphere language dominance, has generally been assumed to be exceedingly rare. To test this assumption we measured language lateralization in 188 healthy subjects with moderate and strong right-handedness (59% females) by a new non-invasive, quantitative technique previously validated by direct comparison with the intracarotid amobarbital procedure. During a word generation task the averaged hemispheric perfusion differences within the territories of the middle cerebral arteries were determined. (i) The natural distribution of language lateralization was found to occur along a bimodal continuum. (ii) Lateralization was equivalent in men and women. (iii) Right hemisphere dominance was found in 7.5% of subjects. These findings indicate that atypical language dominance in healthy right-handed subjects of either sex is considerably more common than previously suspected.
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- S Knecht
- Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Germany.
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Tagamets MA, Horwitz B. Functional brain imaging and modeling of brain disorders. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 1999; 121:185-200. [PMID: 10551027 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)63074-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- M A Tagamets
- Georgetown Institute for Cognitive and Computational Science, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20007, USA.
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Verhoeff NP, Soares JC, D'Souza CD, Gil R, Degen K, Abi-Dargham A, Zoghbi SS, Fujita M, Rajeevan N, Seibyl JP, Krystal JH, van Dyck CH, Charney DS, Innis RB. [123I]Iomazenil SPECT benzodiazepine receptor imaging in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res 1999; 91:163-73. [PMID: 10641580 DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4927(99)00027-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Deficient inhibitory neurotransmission of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) has been implicated in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia based on postmortem studies. However, in vivo studies have shown predominantly negative or conflicting results. The goal of this study was to better characterize possible changes of the regional GABA(A)-benzodiazepine receptor distribution volume (BZR V3-p) in schizophrenia in vivo, using a larger sample size than previous studies. Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with [123I]iomazenil was used with a constant infusion paradigm to measure the BZR V3-p under sustained radiotracer equilibrium conditions. Twenty-five patients with schizophrenia and 24 matched healthy control subjects were studied. Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) ratings were done in all subjects. Statistical parametric mapping (SPM) 96 was used to compare patients and control subjects as well as to study the relationship between SPECT results and composite PANSS scores based on two factorial models: the pentagonal model (positive, negative, dysphoric mood, activation, and autistic preoccupation factors) and the taxometric model (disorganized dimension). On the basis of 'absolute' values of V3-p with no normalization for total brain uptake, the schizophrenic patients showed no significant differences in BZR levels compared to the healthy control subjects. With a global normalization procedure, which is more sensitive to relative regional differences in activity, BZR V3-p was significantly decreased in the patients in the left precentral gyrus (BA 6). The relative BZR V3-p showed a significant positive correlation with duration of illness in the superior occipital gyri (BA 19). No significant correlations were observed between either absolute or relative BZR V3-p and either age or any of the composite PANSS scores based on any of the two factorial models in either patients or control subjects. No significant differences were observed between cigarette smoking vs. non-smoking patients, nor between the patients on atypical antipsychotics vs. on typical antipsychotics vs. not on any antipsychotics. In general, no significant differences in BZR V3-p were observed between patients and control subjects, except for a decrease in relative BZR V3-p in the left precentral gyrus. Grey matter atrophy is unlikely to be the cause for this decrease. However, we could not exclude that possibility. The positive correlation with duration of illness might reflect the relative preservation of neurons expressing BZR in the superior occipital gyri as compared to other cortical brain regions in schizophrenia.
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- N P Verhoeff
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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Formidable difficulties exist in interpreting positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) hemodynamic signals in terms of the underlying neural activity. These include issues of spatial and temporal resolution and problems relating neuronal activity (i.e., action potentials) measured in nonhuman studies by single unit electrodes to hemodynamic measurements reflecting synaptic activity. Also, regional hemodynamic measurements correspond to a mixture of local and afferent synaptic activity. To surmount these difficulties, we propose using large-scale neurobiologically realistic models in which data at various spatial and temporal levels can be simulated and cross-validated by multiple disciplines, including functional neuroimaging. A delayed match-to-sample visual task is used to illustrate this approach.
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- B Horwitz
- Language Section, Voice, Speech and Language Branch, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Musso M, Weiller C, Kiebel S, Müller SP, Bülau P, Rijntjes M. Training-induced brain plasticity in aphasia. Brain 1999; 122 ( Pt 9):1781-90. [PMID: 10468516 DOI: 10.1093/brain/122.9.1781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 336] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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It has long been a matter of debate whether recovery from aphasia after left perisylvian lesions is mediated by the preserved left hemispheric language zones or by the homologous right hemisphere regions. Using PET, we investigated the short-term changes in the cortical network involved in language comprehension during recovery from aphasia. In 12 consecutive measurements of regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF), four patients with Wernicke's aphasia, caused by a posterior left middle cerebral artery infarction, were tested with a language comprehension task. Comprehension was estimated directly after each scan with a modified version of the Token Test. In the interval between the scans, the patients participated in brief, intense language comprehension training. A significant improvement in performance was observed in all patients. We correlated changes in blood flow measured during the language comprehension task with the scores achieved in the Token Test. The regions which best correlated with the training-induced improvement in verbal comprehension were the posterior part of the right superior temporal gyrus and the left precuneus. This study supports the role of the right hemisphere in recovery from aphasia and demonstrates that the improvement in auditory comprehension induced by specific training is associated with functional brain reorganization.
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- M Musso
- Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Waldbreitbach, Germany.
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Nelles G, Spiekermann G, Jueptner M, Leonhardt G, Müller S, Gerhard H, Diener HC. Reorganization of sensory and motor systems in hemiplegic stroke patients. A positron emission tomography study. Stroke 1999; 30:1510-6. [PMID: 10436092 DOI: 10.1161/01.str.30.8.1510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cortical reorganization of motor systems has been found in recovered stroke patients. Reorganization in nonrecovered hemiplegic stroke patients early after stroke, however, is less well described. We used positron emission tomography to study the functional reorganization of motor and sensory systems in hemiplegic stroke patients before motor recovery. METHODS Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was measured in 6 hemiplegic stroke patients with a single, subcortical infarct and 3 normal subjects with the [(15)O]H(2)O injection technique. Brain activation was achieved by passive elbow movements driven by a torque motor. Increases of rCBF comparing passive movements and rest were assessed with statistical parametric mapping. Significant differences were defined at P<0.01. RESULTS In normal subjects, significant increases of rCBF were found in the contralateral sensorimotor cortex, supplementary motor area, cingulate cortex, and bilaterally in the inferior parietal cortex. In stroke patients, significant activation was observed bilaterally in the inferior parietal cortex and in the contralateral sensorimotor cortex, ipsilateral prefrontal cortex, supplementary motor area, and cingulate cortex. Significantly larger increases of rCBF in patients compared with normal subjects were found bilaterally in the sensorimotor cortex, stronger in the ipsilateral, unaffected hemisphere, and in both parietal lobes, including the ipsilateral precuneus. CONCLUSIONS Passive movements in hemiplegic stroke patients before clinical recovery elicit some of the brain activation patterns that have been described during active movements after substantial motor recovery. Changes of cerebral activation in sensory and motor systems occur early after stroke and may be a first step toward restoration of motor function after stroke.
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- G Nelles
- Department of Neurology, University of Essen, Germany.
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Howseman AM, Bowtell RW. Functional magnetic resonance imaging: imaging techniques and contrast mechanisms. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 1999; 354:1179-94. [PMID: 10466145 PMCID: PMC1692627 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1999.0473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a widely used technique for generating images or maps of human brain activity. The applications of the technique are widespread in cognitive neuroscience and it is hoped they will eventually extend into clinical practice. The activation signal measured with fMRI is predicated on indirectly measuring changes in the concentration of deoxyhaemoglobin which arise from an increase in blood oxygenation in the vicinity of neuronal firing. The exact mechanisms of this blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) contrast are highly complex. The signal measured is dependent on both the underlying physiological events and the imaging physics. BOLD contrast, although sensitive, is not a quantifiable measure of neuronal activity. A number of different imaging techniques and parameters can be used for fMRI, the choice of which depends on the particular requirements of each functional imaging experiment. The high-speed MRI technique, echo-planar imaging provides the basis for most fMRI experiments. The problems inherent to this method and the ways in which these may be overcome are particularly important in the move towards performing functional studies on higher field MRI systems. Future developments in techniques and hardware are also likely to enhance the measurement of brain activity using MRI.
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- A M Howseman
- Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology, Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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