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Xu J, Zhang X, Cheng Q, Zhang H, Zhong L, Luo Y, Zhang Y, Ou Z, Yan Z, Peng K, Liu G. Abnormal supplementary motor areas are associated with idiopathic and acquired blepharospasm. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2024; 121:106029. [PMID: 38394948 DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2024.106029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2023] [Revised: 02/07/2024] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
Abstract
Blepharospasm is a common form of focal dystonia characterized by excessive and involuntary spasms of the orbicularis oculi. In addition to idiopathic blepharospasm, lesions in various brain regions can also cause acquired blepharospasm. Whether these two types of blepharospasm share a common brain network remains largely unknown. Herein, we performed lesion coactivation network mapping, based on meta-analytic connectivity modeling, to test whether lesions causing blepharospasm could be mapped to a common coactivation brain network. We then tested the abnormality of the network in patients with idiopathic blepharospasm (n = 42) compared with healthy controls (n = 44). We identified 21 cases of lesion-induced blepharospasms through a systematic literature search. Although these lesions were heterogeneous, they were part of a co-activated brain network that mainly included the bilateral supplementary motor areas. Coactivation of these regions defines a single brain network that encompasses or is adjacent to most heterogeneous lesions causing blepharospasm. Moreover, the bilateral supplementary motor area is primarily associated with action execution, visual motion, and imagination, and participates in finger tapping and saccades. They also reported decreased functional connectivity with the left posterior cingulate cortex in patients with idiopathic blepharospasm. These results demonstrate a common convergent abnormality of the supplementary motor area across idiopathic and acquired blepharospasms, providing additional evidence that the supplementary motor area is an important brain region that is pathologically impaired in patients with blepharospasm.
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- Jinping Xu
- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China; Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen, 518000, China
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, 510060, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Neurological Diseases, National Key Clinical Department and Key Discipline of Neurology, Guangzhou, 510080, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Neurological Diseases, National Key Clinical Department and Key Discipline of Neurology, Guangzhou, 510080, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Neurological Diseases, National Key Clinical Department and Key Discipline of Neurology, Guangzhou, 510080, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Neurological Diseases, National Key Clinical Department and Key Discipline of Neurology, Guangzhou, 510080, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, 510060, China.
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Neurological Diseases, National Key Clinical Department and Key Discipline of Neurology, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
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Sun S, Xiao S, Guo Z, Gong J, Tang G, Huang L, Wang Y. Meta-analysis of cortical thickness reduction in adult schizophrenia. J Psychiatry Neurosci 2023; 48:E461-E470. [PMID: 38123240 PMCID: PMC10743639 DOI: 10.1503/jpn.230081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Revised: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Numerous neuroimaging studies using surface-based morphometry analyses have reported altered cortical thickness among patients with schizophrenia, but the results have been inconsistent. We sought to provide a whole-brain meta-analysis, which may help enhance the spatial accuracy of identification. METHODS We conducted a meta-analysis of whole-brain studies that explored cortical thickness alteration among adult patients with schizophrenia, including first-episode patients with schizophrenia, and patients with chronic schizophrenia, compared with healthy controls by using the seed-based d mapping with permutation of subject images (SDM-PSI) software. RESULTS A systematic literature search identified 25 studies (33 data sets) of cortical thickness, including 2008 patients with schizophrenia and 2004 healthy controls. Overall, patients with schizophrenia showed decreased cortical thickness in the right inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) and bilateral insula extending to the superior temporal gyrus (STG). Subgroup meta-analysis reported that patients with chronic schizophrenia showed decreased cortical thickness in the right insula extending to the right IFG. There was no significant cortical thickness difference between first-episode patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls. LIMITATIONS The results of meta-regression analyses should be viewed cautiously since they were driven by a small number of studies or did not overlap with the between-group differences found in the primary analyses. CONCLUSION The meta-analysis suggested robust cortical thickness reduction in the IFG, insula and STG among adult patients with schizophrenia, particularly in those with chronic schizophrenia. The results provide useful insights to understanding the underlying pathophysiology of schizophrenia.
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- Shilin Sun
- From the Medical Imaging Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China (Sun, Xiao, Guo, Tang, Huang, Wang); the Institute of Molecular and Functional Imaging, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China (Sun, Xiao, Guo, Gong, Tang, Huang, Wang); the Department of Radiology, Six Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China (Gong)
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- From the Medical Imaging Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China (Sun, Xiao, Guo, Tang, Huang, Wang); the Institute of Molecular and Functional Imaging, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China (Sun, Xiao, Guo, Gong, Tang, Huang, Wang); the Department of Radiology, Six Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China (Gong)
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- From the Medical Imaging Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China (Sun, Xiao, Guo, Tang, Huang, Wang); the Institute of Molecular and Functional Imaging, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China (Sun, Xiao, Guo, Gong, Tang, Huang, Wang); the Department of Radiology, Six Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China (Gong)
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- From the Medical Imaging Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China (Sun, Xiao, Guo, Tang, Huang, Wang); the Institute of Molecular and Functional Imaging, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China (Sun, Xiao, Guo, Gong, Tang, Huang, Wang); the Department of Radiology, Six Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China (Gong)
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- From the Medical Imaging Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China (Sun, Xiao, Guo, Tang, Huang, Wang); the Institute of Molecular and Functional Imaging, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China (Sun, Xiao, Guo, Gong, Tang, Huang, Wang); the Department of Radiology, Six Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China (Gong)
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- From the Medical Imaging Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China (Sun, Xiao, Guo, Tang, Huang, Wang); the Institute of Molecular and Functional Imaging, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China (Sun, Xiao, Guo, Gong, Tang, Huang, Wang); the Department of Radiology, Six Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China (Gong)
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- From the Medical Imaging Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China (Sun, Xiao, Guo, Tang, Huang, Wang); the Institute of Molecular and Functional Imaging, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China (Sun, Xiao, Guo, Gong, Tang, Huang, Wang); the Department of Radiology, Six Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China (Gong)
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Cheng B, Wang X, Roberts N, Zhou Y, Wang S, Deng P, Meng Y, Deng W, Wang J. Abnormal dynamics of resting-state functional activity and couplings in postpartum depression with and without anxiety. Cereb Cortex 2022; 32:5597-5608. [PMID: 35174863 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhac038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2021] [Revised: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Postpartum depression (PPD) and PPD comorbid with anxiety (PPD-A) are highly prevalent and severe mental health problems in postnatal women. PPD and PPD-A share similar pathopsychological features, leading to ongoing debates regarding the diagnostic and neurobiological uniqueness. This paper aims to delineate common and disorder-specific neural underpinnings and potential treatment targets for PPD and PPD-A by characterizing functional dynamics with resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging in 138 participants (45 first-episode, treatment-naïve PPD; 31 PDD-A patients; and 62 healthy postnatal women [HPW]). PPD-A group showed specifically increased dynamic amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation in the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (sgACC) and increased dynamic functional connectivity (dFC) between the sgACC and superior temporal sulcus. PPD group exhibited specifically increased static FC (sFC) between the sgACC and ventral anterior insula. Common disrupted sFC between the sgACC and middle temporal gyrus was found in both PPD and PPD-A patients. Interestingly, dynamic changes in dFC between the sgACC and superior temporal gyrus could differentiate PPD, PPD-A, and HPW. Our study presents initial evidence on specifically abnormal functional dynamics of limbic, emotion regulation, and social cognition systems in patients with PDD and PPD-A, which may facilitate understanding neurophysiological mechanisms, diagnosis, and treatment for PPD and PPD-A.
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- Bochao Cheng
- Department of Radiology, West China Second University Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.,Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Fourth People's Hospital of Chengdu, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Edinburgh Imaging facility, The Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI), School of Clinical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.,Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Radiology, West China Second University Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research, Institute of Primate Translational Medicine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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Bulut T. Meta-analytic connectivity modeling of the left and right inferior frontal gyri. Cortex 2022; 155:107-131. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2022.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2022] [Revised: 05/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Pang Y, Zhao S, Li Z, Li N, Yu J, Zhang R, Lu F, Chen H, Wu F, Zheng W, Gao J, Yang Y, Wu H, Wang J. Enduring effect of abuse: Childhood maltreatment links to altered theory of mind network among adults. Hum Brain Mapp 2022; 43:2276-2288. [PMID: 35089635 PMCID: PMC8996351 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.25787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Childhood maltreatment (CM) confers a great risk of maladaptive development outcomes later in life, however, the neurobiological mechanism underlying this vulnerability is still unclear. The present study aimed to investigate the long-term consequences of CM on neural connectivity while controlling for psychiatric conditions, medication, and, substance abuse. A sample including adults with (n = 40) and without CM (n = 50) completed Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), personality questionnaires, and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging scan were recruited for the current study. The whole-brain functional connectivity (FC) was evaluated using an unbiased, data-driven, multivariate pattern analysis method. Relative to controls, adults with CM suffered a higher level of temperament and impulsivity and showed decreased FC between the insula and superior temporal gyrus (STG) and between inferior parietal lobule (IPL) and middle frontal gyrus, STG, and dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC), while increased FC between IPL and cuneus and superior frontal gyrus (SFG) regions. The FCs of IPL with dACC and SFG were correlated with the anxious and cyclothymic temperament and attentional impulsivity. Moreover, these FCs partially mediated the relationship between CM and attentional impulsivity. Our results suggest that CM has a significant effect on the modulation of FC within theory of mind (ToM) network even decades later in adulthood, and inform a new framework to account for how CM results in the development of impulsivity. The novel findings reveal the neurobiological consequences of CM and provide new clues to the prevention and intervention strategy to reduce the risk of the development of psychopathology.
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- Yajing Pang
- School of Electrical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Electrical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Electrical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Electrical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Electrical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Electrical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- School of medicine, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital), Guangzhou, China.,Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Translational Medicine of Mental Disorders, Guangzhou, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital), Guangzhou, China.,Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Translational Medicine of Mental Disorders, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Information and Communication Engineer, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Henan Mental Hospital, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China.,Henan Key Lab of Biological Psychiatry, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China.,International Joint Research Laboratory for Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Henan, Xinxiang, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital), Guangzhou, China.,Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Translational Medicine of Mental Disorders, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research, Institute of Primate Translational Medicine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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Yin X, Chen L, Ma M, Zhang H, Gao M, Wu X, Li Y. Altered Brain Structure and Spontaneous Functional Activity in Children With Concomitant Strabismus. Front Hum Neurosci 2021; 15:777762. [PMID: 34867247 PMCID: PMC8634149 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2021.777762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Strabismus occurs in about 2% of children and may result in amblyopia or lazy eyes and loss of depth perception. However, whether/how long-term strabismus shapes the brain structure and functions in children with concomitant strabismus (CS) is still unclear. In this study, a total of 26 patients with CS and 28 age-, sex-, and education-matched healthy controls (HCs) underwent structural and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging examination. The cortical thickness and amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) were calculated to assess the structural and functional plasticity in children with CS. Compared with HCs group, patients with CS showed increased cortical thickness in the precentral gyrus and angular gyrus while decreased cortical thickness in the left intraparietal sulcus, parieto-occipital sulcus, superior and middle temporal gyrus, right ventral premotor cortex, anterior insula, orbitofrontal cortex, and paracentral lobule. Meanwhile, CS patients exhibited increased ALFF in the prefrontal cortex and superior temporal gyrus, and decreased ALFF in the caudate and hippocampus. These results show that children with CS have abnormal structure and function in brain regions subserving eye movement, controls, and high-order cognitive functions. Our findings revealed the structural and functional abnormalities induced by CS and may provide new insight into the underlying neural mechanisms for CS.
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- Xiaohui Yin
- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Xi'an Central Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Radiology, Gaoling District Hospital, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Xi'an Central Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Xi'an Central Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Xi'an Central Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Xi'an Central Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of CT and MRI, Weinan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Weinan, China
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Wang J, Wang Z, Zhang H, Feng S, Lu Y, Wang S, Wang H, Sun YE, Chen Y. White Matter Structural and Network Topological Changes Underlying the Behavioral Phenotype of MECP2 Mutant Monkeys. Cereb Cortex 2021; 31:5396-5410. [PMID: 34117744 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhab166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Revised: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
To explore the brain structural basis underlying the behavioral abnormalities associated with Rett syndrome (RTT), we carried out detailed longitudinal noninvasive magnetic resonance imaging analyses of RTT monkey models created by gene-editing, from weaning, through adolescence, till sexual maturation. Here, we report abnormal developmental dynamics of brain white matter (WM) microstructures and network topological organizations via diffusion tensor imaging. Specifically, disrupted WM microstructural integrity was observed at 9 months, but recovered thereafter, whereas WM network topological properties showed persistent abnormal dynamics from 9 to 37 months. Changes in the WM microstructure and WM network topology were correlated well with RTT-associated behavioral abnormalities including sleep latency, environmental exploration, and conflict encounters. Deleterious and protracted early WM myelination process likely lead to abnormal synaptic pruning, resulting in poor functional segregations. Together, this study provides initial evidence for changes in WM microstructure and network topological organization, which may underlie the neuro-patho-etilogy of RTT.
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- Jiaojian Wang
- Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research, Institute of Primate Translational Medicine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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- Department of MRI, The First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, The Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research, Institute of Primate Translational Medicine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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- The Department of Medical Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650500, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research, Institute of Primate Translational Medicine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research, Institute of Primate Translational Medicine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200120, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research, Institute of Primate Translational Medicine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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Wang L, Wei Q, Wang C, Xu J, Wang K, Tian Y, Wang J. Altered functional connectivity patterns of insular subregions in major depressive disorder after electroconvulsive therapy. Brain Imaging Behav 2021; 14:753-761. [PMID: 30610527 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-018-0013-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Although electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an efficient treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD), however, it also brings memory impairment. The insula is a critical brain structure for coordinating affective, cognitive memory, saliency processing, and attention switching suggesting functional activity of insula maybe an important indicator to delineate the treatment and side effects of ECT. Here, Resting-state functional connectivity analyses of insular subregions were performed to reveal the changes of connectivity in 23 MDD patients before and after ECT and 25 healthy control (HC) and identified significantly increased functional connectivity of the right ventral anterior insular subregion with bilateral caudate, angular gyrus, and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex after ECT. Granger causality analyses identified significantly increased effective connectivity from dorsolateral prefrontal cortex to right angular gyrus in MDD patients after ECT. Furthermore, increased effective connectivity from dorsolateral prefrontal cortex to right angular gyrus exhibited significantly positive correlation with changed Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression scores. These results showed that ECT can normalize abnormal functional connectivity and effective connectivity in MDD. Our findings also indicated that the right ventral anterior insula and effective connectivity from dorsolateral prefrontal cortex to right angular gyrus are biomarkers of antidepressant effects during ECT of MDD.
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- Lijie Wang
- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 625014, China.,School of life Science and technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 625014, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, China
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- College of Psychology and Sociology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, China.,Department of Medical Psychology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, China.,Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Cognition and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Hefei, 230022, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Mental Health, Hefei, 230022, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, China.
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 625014, China. .,School of life Science and technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 625014, China.
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Olszewska AM, Gaca M, Herman AM, Jednoróg K, Marchewka A. How Musical Training Shapes the Adult Brain: Predispositions and Neuroplasticity. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:630829. [PMID: 33776638 PMCID: PMC7987793 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.630829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Learning to play a musical instrument is a complex task that integrates multiple sensory modalities and higher-order cognitive functions. Therefore, musical training is considered a useful framework for the research on training-induced neuroplasticity. However, the classical nature-or-nurture question remains, whether the differences observed between musicians and non-musicians are due to predispositions or result from the training itself. Here we present a review of recent publications with strong focus on experimental designs to better understand both brain reorganization and the neuronal markers of predispositions when learning to play a musical instrument. Cross-sectional studies identified structural and functional differences between the brains of musicians and non-musicians, especially in regions related to motor control and auditory processing. A few longitudinal studies showed functional changes related to training while listening to and producing music, in the motor network and its connectivity with the auditory system, in line with the outcomes of cross-sectional studies. Parallel changes within the motor system and between the motor and auditory systems were revealed for structural connectivity. In addition, potential predictors of musical learning success were found including increased brain activation in the auditory and motor systems during listening, the microstructure of the arcuate fasciculus, and the functional connectivity between the auditory and the motor systems. We show that “the musical brain” is a product of both the natural human neurodiversity and the training practice.
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- Alicja M Olszewska
- Laboratory of Brain Imaging, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Brain Imaging, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Brain Imaging, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Language Neurobiology, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Brain Imaging, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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Song L, Ge Y, Long J, Dong P. Altered Intrinsic and Casual Functional Connectivities of the Middle Temporal Visual Motion Area Subregions in Chess Experts. Front Neurosci 2020; 14:605986. [PMID: 33335474 PMCID: PMC7736603 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.605986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 10/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
An outstanding chess player needs to accumulate massive visual and spatial information for chess configurations. Visual motion area (MT) is considered as a brain region specialized for visual motion perception and visuospatial attention processing. However, how long-term chess training shapes the functional connectivity patterns of MT, especially its functional subregions, has rarely been investigated. In our study, using resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) and Granger causality analysis (GCA), we studied the changed functional couplings of MT subregions between 28 chess master players and 27 gender- and age-matched healthy novices to reveal the neural basis of long-term professional chess training. RSFC analysis identified decreased functional connections between right dorsal-anterior subregion (CI1.R) and left angular gyrus, and increased functional connections between right ventral-anterior MT subregion (CI2.R) and right superior temporal gyrus in chess experts. Moreover, GCA analyses further found increased mutual interactions of left angular gyrus and CI1.R in chess experts compared to novice players. These findings demonstrate that long-term professional chess training could enhance spatial perception and reconfiguration and semantic processing efficiency for superior performance.
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- Limei Song
- School of Medical Imaging, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China
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- Medical Imaging Center, Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China
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- School of Medical Imaging, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China
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- School of Medical Imaging, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China
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Zeng M, Yu M, Qi G, Zhang S, Ma J, Hu Q, Zhang J, Li H, Wu H, Xu J. Concurrent alterations of white matter microstructure and functional activities in medication-free major depressive disorder. Brain Imaging Behav 2020; 15:2159-2167. [PMID: 33155171 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-020-00411-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Revised: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
Although numerous studies have revealed the structural and functional alterations in major depressive disorder (MDD) using unimodal diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or functional MRI, however, the potential associations between changed microstructure and corresponding functional activities in the MDD has been largely uninvestigated. Herein, 27 medication-free MDD patients and 54 gender-, age-, and educational level-matched healthy controls (HC) were used to investigate the concurrent alterations of white matter microstructure and functional activities using tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) analyses, fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (fALFF), and degree centrality (DC). The TBSS analyses revealed significantly decreased fractional anisotropy (FA) in the superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF I) in the MDD patients compared to HC. Correlation analyses showed that decreased FA in the SLF I was significantly correlated with fALFF in left pre/postcentral gyrus and binary, weighted DC in right posterior cerebellum. Moreover, the fALFF in left pre/postcentral gyrus significantly reduced in MDD patients while binary and weighted DC in right posterior cerebellum significantly increased in MDD patients. Our results revealed concurrent structural and functional changes in MDD patients suggesting that the underlying structural disruptions are an important indicator of functional abnormalities.
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- Min Zeng
- Department of Radiology, Pidu District People's Hospital, Chengdu, 625014, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Neonatology, Changzhou Children's Hospital, Changzhou, 213003, China
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- Department of Radiology, Pidu District People's Hospital, Chengdu, 625014, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Pidu District People's Hospital, Chengdu, 625014, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Pidu District People's Hospital, Chengdu, 625014, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 518055, Shenzhen, China.,CAS Key Laboratory of Human-Machine Intelligence-Synergy Systems, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 518055, Shenzhen, China
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 518055, Shenzhen, China.,The Fourth Clinical Medical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, 518000, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Neonatology, Changzhou Children's Hospital, Changzhou, 213003, China.
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital), 510370, Guangzhou, China.
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 518055, Shenzhen, China.
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Wang J, Yang Y, Zhao X, Zuo Z, Tan LH. Evolutional and developmental anatomical architecture of the left inferior frontal gyrus. Neuroimage 2020; 222:117268. [PMID: 32818615 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Revised: 07/17/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
The left inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) including Broca's area is involved in the processing of many language subdomains, and thus, research on the evolutional and human developmental characteristics of the left IFG will shed light on how language emerges and maturates. In this study, we used diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) and resting-state functional MRI (fMRI) to investigate the evolutional and developmental patterns of the left IFG in humans (age 6-8, age 11-13, and age 16-18 years) and macaques. Tractography-based parcellation was used to define the subcomponents of left IFG and consistently identified four subregions in both humans and macaques. This parcellation scheme for left IFG in human was supported by specific coactivation patterns and functional characterization for each subregion. During evolution and development, we found increased functional balance, amplitude of low frequency fluctuations, functional integration, and functional couplings. We also observed higher fractional anisotropy values, i.e. better myelination of dorsal and ventral white matter language pathways during evolution and development. We assume that the resting-state functional connectivity and task-related coactivation mapping are associated with hierarchical language processing. Our findings have shown the evolutional and human developmental patterns of left IFG, and will contribute to the understanding of how the human language evolves and how atypical language developmental disorders may occur.
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- Jiaojiang Wang
- School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 625014, China; Center for Language and Brain, Shenzhen Institute of Neuroscience, Shenzhen 518057, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Center for Brain Science and Learning Difficulties, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
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- Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration and Ministry of Education CNS Regeneration Collaborative Joint Laboratory, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China; Center for Language and Brain, Shenzhen Institute of Neuroscience, Shenzhen 518057, China.
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Simmank F, Avram M, Fehse K, Sander T, Zaytseva Y, Paolini M, Bao Y, Silveira S. Morality in advertising: An fMRI study on persuasion in communication. Psych J 2020; 9:629-643. [PMID: 32515144 DOI: 10.1002/pchj.358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2018] [Revised: 11/01/2019] [Accepted: 11/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
Advertising slogans serve the function of persuasive communication by presenting catchy phrases. To decide whether a slogan is convincing or not, cognitive reasoning is assumed to be complemented by a more implicit and intuitive route of information processing, presumably similar to evaluating normative judgments in moral statements. We employed functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while Western male subjects judged advertising slogans and moral statements as another decision task with subjective nature. Compared to a neutral control condition that targeted declarative memory and to an aesthetic-related condition, the evaluation processes in both domains engaged the anterior medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), which is associated with decision-making incorporating personal value. Conjoint activations were also observed in the left temporoparietal junction (TPJ) when compared to the aesthetics condition. Results are discussed with reference to domain-independence, a suspected difference to aesthetic-like appreciations, and functional organization in the mPFC and the TPJ.
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- Fabian Simmank
- Institute of Medical Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.,Human Science Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany.,TUM-NIC Neuroimaging Center, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.,Human Science Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.,Human Science Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.,National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic.,Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, 3rd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.,Human Science Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.,School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Medical Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.,Human Science Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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Bellucci G, Camilleri JA, Iyengar V, Eickhoff SB, Krueger F. The emerging neuroscience of social punishment: Meta-analytic evidence. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2020; 113:426-439. [PMID: 32302599 PMCID: PMC7291369 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2020] [Revised: 04/08/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Social punishment (SOP)-third-party punishment (TPP) and second-party punishment (SPP)-sanctions norm-deviant behavior. The hierarchical punishment model (HPM) posits that TPP is an extension of SPP and both recruit common processes engaging large-scale domain-general brain networks. Here, we provided meta-analytic evidence to the HPM by combining the activation likelihood estimation approach with connectivity analyses and hierarchical clustering analyses. Although both forms of SOP engaged the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and bilateral anterior insula (AI), a functional differentiation also emerged with TPP preferentially engaging social cognitive regions (temporoparietal junction) and SPP affective regions (AI). Further, although both TPP and SPP recruit domain-general networks (salience, default-mode, and central-executive networks), some specificity in network organization was observed. By revealing differences and commonalities of the neural networks consistently activated by different types of SOP, our findings contribute to a better understanding of the neuropsychological mechanisms of social punishment behavior--one of the most peculiar human behaviors.
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- Gabriele Bellucci
- Department of Computational Neuroscience, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany.
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- Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-7), Research Center Jülich, Germany; Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Administration for Community Living/Administration on Aging, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington DC, USA
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- Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-7), Research Center Jülich, Germany; Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA; Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA.
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Gao J, Zeng M, Dai X, Yang X, Yu H, Chen K, Hu Q, Xu J, Cheng B, Wang J. Functional Segregation of the Middle Temporal Visual Motion Area Revealed With Coactivation-Based Parcellation. Front Neurosci 2020; 14:427. [PMID: 32536850 PMCID: PMC7269029 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Traditionally, the visual motion area (MT) is considered as a brain region specialized for visual motion perception. However, accumulating evidence showed that MT is also related to various functions, suggesting that it is a complex functional area and different functional subregions might exist in this area. To delineate functional subregions of this area, left and right masks of MT were defined using meta-analysis in the BrainMap database, and coactivation-based parcellation was then performed on these two masks. Two dorsal subregions (Cl1 and Cl2) and one ventral subregion (Cl3) of left MT, as well as two dorsal-anterior subregions (Cl1 and Cl2), one ventral-anterior subregion (Cl3), and an additional posterior subregion (Cl4) of right MT were identified. In addition to vision motion, distinct and specific functions were identified in different subregions characterized by task-dependent functional connectivity mapping and forward/reverse inference on associated functions. These results not only were in accordance with the previous findings of a hemispheric asymmetry of MT, but also strongly confirmed the existence of subregions in this region with distinct and specific functions. Furthermore, our results extend the special role of visual motion perception on this area and might facilitate future cognitive study.
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- Jingjing Gao
- School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Pidu District People's Hospital, Chengdu, China
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- School of Automation, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- School of Public Affairs, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Shenzhen Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Automation Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China.,CAS Key Laboratory of Human-Machine Intelligence-Synergy Systems, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Human-Machine Intelligence-Synergy Systems, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Radiology, West China Second University Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- School of Life Sciences and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.,Center for Language and Brain, Shenzhen Institute of Neuroscience, Shenzhen, China
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Corresponding anatomical and coactivation architecture of the human precuneus showing similar connectivity patterns with macaques. Neuroimage 2019; 200:562-574. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2019] [Revised: 06/03/2019] [Accepted: 07/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Xu J, Lyu H, Li T, Xu Z, Fu X, Jia F, Wang J, Hu Q. Delineating functional segregations of the human middle temporal gyrus with resting-state functional connectivity and coactivation patterns. Hum Brain Mapp 2019; 40:5159-5171. [PMID: 31423713 PMCID: PMC6865466 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2019] [Revised: 07/25/2019] [Accepted: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Although the middle temporal gyrus (MTG) has been parcellated into subregions with distinguished anatomical connectivity patterns, whether the structural topography of MTG can inform functional segregations of this area remains largely unknown. Accumulating evidence suggests that the brain's underlying organization and function can be directly and effectively delineated with resting‐state functional connectivity (RSFC) by identifying putative functional boundaries between cortical areas. Here, RSFC profiles were used to explore functional segregations of the MTG and defined four subregions from anterior to posterior in two independent datasets, which showed a similar pattern with MTG parcellation scheme obtained using anatomical connectivity. The functional segregations of MTG were further supported by whole brain RSFC, coactivation, and specific RFSC, and coactivation mapping. Furthermore, the fingerprint with predefined 10 networks and functional characterizations of each subregion using meta‐analysis also identified functional distinction between subregions. The specific connectivity analysis and functional characterization indicated that the bilateral most anterior subregions mainly participated in social cognition and semantic processing; the ventral middle subregions were involved in social cognition in left hemisphere and auditory processing in right hemisphere; the bilateral ventro‐posterior subregions participated in action observation, whereas the left subregion was also involved in semantic processing; both of the dorsal subregions in superior temporal sulcus were involved in language, social cognition, and auditory processing. Taken together, our findings demonstrated MTG sharing similar structural and functional topographies and provide more detailed information about the functional organization of the MTG, which may facilitate future clinical and cognitive research on this area.
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- Jinping Xu
- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Radiology Department, Shenzhen Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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Xia X, Fan L, Hou B, Zhang B, Zhang D, Cheng C, Deng H, Dong Y, Zhao X, Li H, Jiang T. Fine-Grained Parcellation of the Macaque Nucleus Accumbens by High-Resolution Diffusion Tensor Tractography. Front Neurosci 2019; 13:709. [PMID: 31354418 PMCID: PMC6635473 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2019] [Accepted: 06/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Limited in part by the spatial resolution of typical in vivo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data, recent neuroimaging studies have only identified a connectivity-based shell-core-like partitioning of the nucleus accumbens (Acb) in humans. This has hindered the process of making a more refined description of the Acb using non-invasive neuroimaging technologies and approaches. In this study, high-resolution ex vivo macaque brain diffusion MRI data were acquired to investigate the tractography-based parcellation of the Acb. Our results identified a shell-core-like partitioning in macaques that is similar to that in humans as well as an alternative solution that subdivided the Acb into four parcels, the medial shell, the lateral shell, the ventral core, and the dorsal core. Furthermore, we characterized the specific anatomical and functional connectivity profiles of these Acb subregions and generalized their specialized functions to establish a fine-grained macaque Acb brainnetome atlas. This atlas should be helpful in neuroimaging, stereotactic surgery, and comparative neuroimaging studies to reveal the neurophysiological substrates of various diseases and cognitive functions associated with the Acb.
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- Xiaoluan Xia
- College of Information and Computer, Taiyuan University of Technology, Jinzhong, China.,Brainnetome Center, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Brainnetome Center, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Brainnetome Center, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Brainnetome Center, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Core Facility, Center of Biomedical Analysis, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- College of Information and Computer, Taiyuan University of Technology, Jinzhong, China.,Brainnetome Center, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Information and Computer, Taiyuan University of Technology, Jinzhong, China
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- College of Information and Computer, Taiyuan University of Technology, Jinzhong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Information and Computer, Taiyuan University of Technology, Jinzhong, China
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- Brainnetome Center, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.,Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Wang L, Yu L, Wu F, Wu H, Wang J. Altered whole brain functional connectivity pattern homogeneity in medication-free major depressive disorder. J Affect Disord 2019; 253:18-25. [PMID: 31009844 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.04.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2019] [Revised: 03/11/2019] [Accepted: 04/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Many previous studies have revealed abnormal functional connectivity patterns between brain areas underlying the onset of major depressive disorder (MDD) using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI). However, how to exactly characterize the voxel-wise whole brain functional connectivity pattern changes in MDD remains unclear, which will provide more convincing evidence for localizing the exactly functional connectivity abnormality in MDD. METHODS In this study, we employed our newly developed whole brain functional connectivity homogeneity (FcHo) method to identify the voxel-wise changes of functional connectivity patterns in 27 medication-free MDD patients and 34 gender-, age-, and education level-matched healthy controls (HC). Furthermore, seed-based functional connectivity analysis was then used to identify the alteration of corresponding functional connectivity. RESULTS Significantly decreased FcHo values in right ventral anterior insula (INS) and medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) were identified in MDD patients. The ensuing functional connectivity analyses identified decreased functional connectivity between MPFC and left angular gyrus (AG) in MDD patients. Moreover, both decreased FcHo values in INS, MPFC and functional connectivity between MPFC and left AG showed significant negative correlations with Hamilton depression rating scale (HDRS) scores. The FcHo values in INS were also negatively correlated with disease duration. Finally, meta-analysis based functional characterization found that these brain areas are mainly involved in emotion, theory of mind and reward processing. CONCLUSIONS Our findings revealed abnormal whole brain FcHo in INS and MPFC and functional interactions between MPFC and AG in MDD and suggested that dysfunctions of INS and MPFC play an important role in the neuropathology of MDD.
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- Lijie Wang
- School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China.
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital), Guangzhou 510370, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital), Guangzhou 510370, China; Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Translational Medicine of Mental Disorders, Guangzhou 510370, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital), Guangzhou 510370, China; Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Translational Medicine of Mental Disorders, Guangzhou 510370, China.
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- School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China.
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Neurofeedback of core language network nodes modulates connectivity with the default-mode network: A double-blind fMRI neurofeedback study on auditory verbal hallucinations. Neuroimage 2019; 189:533-542. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.01.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2018] [Revised: 12/16/2018] [Accepted: 01/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Goldbeck F, Haipt A, Rosenbaum D, Rohe T, Fallgatter AJ, Hautzinger M, Ehlis AC. The Positive Brain - Resting State Functional Connectivity in Highly Vital and Flourishing Individuals. Front Hum Neurosci 2019; 12:540. [PMID: 30692922 PMCID: PMC6339902 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2018.00540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
The World Health Organization has defined health as “complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (World Health Organization, 1948). An increasing number of studies have therefore started to investigate “the good life.” However, the underlying variation in brain activity has rarely been examined. The goal of this study was to assess differences in resting state functional connectivity (RSFC) between regular healthy individuals and healthy individuals with a high occurrence of flourishing and subjective vitality. Together, flourishing, a broad measure of psycho-social functioning and subjective vitality, an organismic marker of subjective well-being comprise the phenomenological opposite of a major depressive disorder. Out of a group of 43 participants, 20 high-flourishing (highFl) and 18 high-vital (highSV) individuals underwent a 7-min resting state period, where cortical activity in posterior brain areas was assessed using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). Network-based statistics (NBS) of FC yielded significantly different FC patterns for the highFl and highSV individuals compared to their healthy comparison group. The networks converged at areas of the posterior default mode network and differed in hub nodes in the left middle temporal/fusiform gyrus (flourishing) and the left primary/secondary somatosensory cortex (subjective vitality). The attained networks are discussed with regard to recent neuroscientific findings for other well-being measures and potential mechanisms of action based on social information processing and body-related self-perception.
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- Florens Goldbeck
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.,LEAD Graduate School and Research Network, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.,LEAD Graduate School and Research Network, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Song L, Peng Q, Liu S, Wang J. Changed hub and functional connectivity patterns of the posterior fusiform gyrus in chess experts. Brain Imaging Behav 2019; 14:797-805. [PMID: 30612341 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-018-0020-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
The hubs of the brain network play a key role in integrating and transferring information between different functional modules. However, the effects of long-term practice on functional network hubs in chess experts are largely undefined. Here, we investigated whether alterations of hubs can be detected in chess experts using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) and graph theory methods. We first mapped the whole-brain voxel-wise functional connectivity and calculated the functional connectivity strength (FCS) map in each of the 28 chess players and 27 gender- and age-matched healthy novice players. Whole-brain resting-state functional connectivity analyses for the changed hub areas were conducted to further elucidate the corresponding changes of functional connectivity patterns in chess players. The hub analysis revealed increased FCS in the right posterior fusiform gyrus of the chess players, which was supported by analyses of this area's regional homogeneity (ReHo), amplitude of low frequency fluctuations (ALFF), and fractional amplitude of low frequency fluctuations (fALFF). The following functional connectivity analyses revealed increased functional connectivities between the right posterior fusiform gyrus and the visuospatial attention and motor networks in chess players. These findings demonstrate that cognitive expertise has a positive influence on the functions of the brain regions associated with the chess expertise and that increased functional connections might in turn facilitate within and between networks communication for expert behavior to get superior performance.
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- Limei Song
- Research Center for Sectional and Imaging Anatomy, Shandong University Cheeloo College of Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- School of Electronic Information and Communications, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Research Center for Sectional and Imaging Anatomy, Shandong University Cheeloo College of Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China.
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
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Zhang L, Wu H, Xu J, Shang J. Abnormal Global Functional Connectivity Patterns in Medication-Free Major Depressive Disorder. Front Neurosci 2018; 12:692. [PMID: 30356761 PMCID: PMC6189368 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2018] [Accepted: 09/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Mounting studies have applied resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) to study major depressive disorder (MDD) and have identified abnormal functional activities. However, how the global functional connectivity patterns change in MDD is still unknown. Using rs-fMRI, we investigated the alterations of global resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) patterns in MDD using weighted global brain connectivity (wGBC) method. First, a whole brain voxel-wise wGBC map was calculated for 23 MDD patients and 34 healthy controls. Two-sample t-tests were applied to compare the wGBC and RSFC maps and the significant level was set at p < 0.05, cluster-level correction with voxel-level p < 0.001. MDD patients showed significantly decreased wGBC in left temporal pole (TP) and increased wGBC in right parahippocampus (PHC). Subsequent RSFC analyses showed decreased functional interaction between TP and right posterior superior temporal cortex and increased functional interaction between PHC and right inferior frontal gyrus in MDD patients. These results revealed the abnormal global FC patterns and its corresponding disrupted functional connectivity in MDD. Our findings present new evidence for the functional interruption in MDD.
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- Lu Zhang
- Lab of Learning Sciences, Graduate School of Education, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Hui'ai Hospital), Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Lab of Learning Sciences, Graduate School of Education, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Cheng C, Fan L, Xia X, Eickhoff SB, Li H, Li H, Chen J, Jiang T. Rostro-caudal organization of the human posterior superior temporal sulcus revealed by connectivity profiles. Hum Brain Mapp 2018; 39:5112-5125. [PMID: 30273447 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Revised: 07/20/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The posterior superior temporal sulcus (pSTS) plays an important role in biological motion perception but is also thought to be essential for speech and facial processing. However, although there are many previous investigations of distinct functional modules within the pSTS, the functional organization of the pSTS in its full functional heterogeneity has not yet been established. Here we applied a connectivity-based parcellation strategy to delineate the human pSTS subregions based on distinct anatomical connectivity profiles and divided it into rostral and caudal subregions using diffusion tensor imaging. Subsequent multimodal connection pattern analyses revealed distinct subregional connectivity profiles. From this we inferred that the two subregions are involved in distinct functional circuits, the language processing loop and the cognition attention network. These results indicate a convergent functional architecture of the pSTS that can be revealed based on different types of connectivity and is reflected in different functions and interactions. In addition, when the subregions were performing their processing in the different functional circuits, we found asymmetry in the bilateral pSTS. Our findings may improve the understanding of the functional organization of the pSTS and provide new insights into its interactions and integration of information at the subregional level.
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- Chen Cheng
- College of Computer Science and Technology, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, China.,Brainnetome Center, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Brainnetome Center, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Computer Science and Technology, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, China.,Brainnetome Center, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.,Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Brain & Behaviour (INM-7), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Brainnetome Center, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Computer Science and Technology, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, China
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- College of Computer Science and Technology, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, China
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- Brainnetome Center, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,The Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Bellucci G, Feng C, Camilleri J, Eickhoff SB, Krueger F. The role of the anterior insula in social norm compliance and enforcement: Evidence from coordinate-based and functional connectivity meta-analyses. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2018; 92:378-389. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.06.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2017] [Revised: 03/29/2018] [Accepted: 06/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Schaefer A, Kong R, Gordon EM, Laumann TO, Zuo XN, Holmes AJ, Eickhoff SB, Yeo BTT. Local-Global Parcellation of the Human Cerebral Cortex from Intrinsic Functional Connectivity MRI. Cereb Cortex 2018; 28:3095-3114. [PMID: 28981612 PMCID: PMC6095216 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhx179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1379] [Impact Index Per Article: 229.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2016] [Revised: 04/26/2017] [Accepted: 06/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
A central goal in systems neuroscience is the parcellation of the cerebral cortex into discrete neurobiological "atoms". Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) offers the possibility of in vivo human cortical parcellation. Almost all previous parcellations relied on 1 of 2 approaches. The local gradient approach detects abrupt transitions in functional connectivity patterns. These transitions potentially reflect cortical areal boundaries defined by histology or visuotopic fMRI. By contrast, the global similarity approach clusters similar functional connectivity patterns regardless of spatial proximity, resulting in parcels with homogeneous (similar) rs-fMRI signals. Here, we propose a gradient-weighted Markov Random Field (gwMRF) model integrating local gradient and global similarity approaches. Using task-fMRI and rs-fMRI across diverse acquisition protocols, we found gwMRF parcellations to be more homogeneous than 4 previously published parcellations. Furthermore, gwMRF parcellations agreed with the boundaries of certain cortical areas defined using histology and visuotopic fMRI. Some parcels captured subareal (somatotopic and visuotopic) features that likely reflect distinct computational units within known cortical areas. These results suggest that gwMRF parcellations reveal neurobiologically meaningful features of brain organization and are potentially useful for future applications requiring dimensionality reduction of voxel-wise fMRI data. Multiresolution parcellations generated from 1489 participants are publicly available (https://github.com/ThomasYeoLab/CBIG/tree/master/stable_projects/brain_parcellation/Schaefer2018_LocalGlobal).
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- Alexander Schaefer
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, ASTAR-NUS Clinical Imaging Research Centre, Singapore Institute for Neurotechnology and Memory Networks Program, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, ASTAR-NUS Clinical Imaging Research Centre, Singapore Institute for Neurotechnology and Memory Networks Program, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- VISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans, Waco, TX, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Sciences, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Brain and Behaviour (INM-7), Research Center Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, ASTAR-NUS Clinical Imaging Research Centre, Singapore Institute for Neurotechnology and Memory Networks Program, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA
- Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
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Wang J, Feng X, Wu J, Xie S, Li L, Xu L, Zhang Y, Ren X, Hu Z, Lv L, Hu X, Jiang T. Alterations of Gray Matter Volume and White Matter Integrity in Maternal Deprivation Monkeys. Neuroscience 2018; 384:14-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2017] [Revised: 05/10/2018] [Accepted: 05/15/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Ogawa A, Osada T, Tanaka M, Hori M, Aoki S, Nikolaidis A, Milham MP, Konishi S. Striatal subdivisions that coherently interact with multiple cerebrocortical networks. Hum Brain Mapp 2018; 39:4349-4359. [PMID: 29975005 PMCID: PMC6220841 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2018] [Revised: 06/03/2018] [Accepted: 06/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
The striatum constitutes the cortical‐basal ganglia loop and receives input from the cerebral cortex. Previous MRI studies have parcellated the human striatum using clustering analyses of structural/functional connectivity with the cerebral cortex. However, it is currently unclear how the striatal regions functionally interact with the cerebral cortex to organize cortical functions in the temporal domain. In the present human functional MRI study, the striatum was parcellated using boundary mapping analyses to reveal the fine architecture of the striatum by focusing on local gradient of functional connectivity. Boundary mapping analyses revealed approximately 100 subdivisions of the striatum. Many of the striatal subdivisions were functionally connected with specific combinations of cerebrocortical functional networks, such as somato‐motor (SM) and ventral attention (VA) networks. Time‐resolved functional connectivity analyses further revealed coherent interactions of multiple connectivities between each striatal subdivision and the cerebrocortical networks (i.e., a striatal subdivision‐SM connectivity and the same striatal subdivision‐VA connectivity). These results suggest that the striatum contains a large number of subdivisions that mediate functional coupling between specific combinations of cerebrocortical networks.
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- Akitoshi Ogawa
- Department of Neurophysiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Research Institute for Diseases of Old Age, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Sportology Center, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for the Developing Brain, Child Mind Institute, New York, New York, USA
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- Center for the Developing Brain, Child Mind Institute, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Research Institute for Diseases of Old Age, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Sportology Center, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Bodwin BK, Zhang K, Nobel A. A TESTING BASED APPROACH TO THE DISCOVERY OF DIFFERENTIALLY CORRELATED VARIABLE SETS. Ann Appl Stat 2018; 12:1180-1203. [PMID: 31871518 PMCID: PMC6927674 DOI: 10.1214/17-aoas1083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Given data obtained under two sampling conditions, it is often of interest to identify variables that behave differently in one condition than in the other. We introduce a method for differential analysis of second-order behavior called Differential Correlation Mining (DCM). The DCM method identifies differentially correlated sets of variables, with the property that the average pairwise correlation between variables in a set is higher under one sample condition than the other. DCM is based on an iterative search procedure that adaptively updates the size and elements of a candidate variable set. Updates are performed via hypothesis testing of individual variables, based on the asymptotic distribution of their average differential correlation. We investigate the performance of DCM by applying it to simulated data as well as to recent experimental datasets in genomics and brain imaging.
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- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Wang L, Xu J, Wang C, Wang J. Whole Brain Functional Connectivity Pattern Homogeneity Mapping. Front Hum Neurosci 2018; 12:164. [PMID: 29740305 PMCID: PMC5928195 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2018.00164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Accepted: 04/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Mounting studies have demonstrated that brain functions are determined by its external functional connectivity patterns. However, how to characterize the voxel-wise similarity of whole brain functional connectivity pattern is still largely unknown. In this study, we introduced a new method called functional connectivity homogeneity (FcHo) to delineate the voxel-wise similarity of whole brain functional connectivity patterns. FcHo was defined by measuring the whole brain functional connectivity patterns similarity of a given voxel with its nearest 26 neighbors using Kendall's coefficient concordance (KCC). The robustness of this method was tested in four independent datasets selected from a large repository of MRI. Furthermore, FcHo mapping results were further validated using the nearest 18 and six neighbors and intra-subject reproducibility with each subject scanned two times. We also compared FcHo distribution patterns with local regional homogeneity (ReHo) to identify the similarity and differences of the two methods. Finally, FcHo method was used to identify the differences of whole brain functional connectivity patterns between professional Chinese chess players and novices to test its application. FcHo mapping consistently revealed that the high FcHo was mainly distributed in association cortex including parietal lobe, frontal lobe, occipital lobe and default mode network (DMN) related areas, whereas the low FcHo was mainly found in unimodal cortex including primary visual cortex, sensorimotor cortex, paracentral lobule and supplementary motor area. These results were further supported by analyses of the nearest 18 and six neighbors and intra-subject similarity. Moreover, FcHo showed both similar and different whole brain distribution patterns compared to ReHo. Finally, we demonstrated that FcHo can effectively identify the whole brain functional connectivity pattern differences between professional Chinese chess players and novices. Our findings indicated that FcHo is a reliable method to delineate the whole brain functional connectivity pattern similarity and may provide a new way to study the functional organization and to reveal neuropathological basis for brain disorders.
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- Lijie Wang
- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.,School of Life Science and Technology, Center for Information in Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- College of Psychology and Sociology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.,School of Life Science and Technology, Center for Information in Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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Liu C, Wang J, Hou Y, Qi Z, Wang L, Zhan S, Wang R, Wang Y. Mapping the changed hubs and corresponding functional connectivity in idiopathic restless legs syndrome. Sleep Med 2018; 45:132-139. [PMID: 29680421 DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2017.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2017] [Revised: 12/19/2017] [Accepted: 12/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The hubs of the brain network play a key role in integrating and transferring information between different functional modules. However, whether the changed pattern in functional network hubs contributes to the onset of leg discomfort symptoms in restless legs syndrome (RLS) patients remains unclear. Using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) and graph theory methods, we investigated whether alterations of hubs can be detected in RLS. METHODS First, we constructed the whole-brain voxelwise functional connectivity and calculated a functional connectivity strength (FCS) map in each of 16 drug-naive idiopathic RLS patients and 26 gender- and age-matched healthy control (HC) subjects. Next, a two-sample t test was applied to compare the FCS maps between HC and RLS patients, and to identify significant changes in FCS in RLS patients. To further elucidate the corresponding changes in the functional connectivity patterns of the aberrant hubs in RLS patients, whole-brain resting-state functional connectivity analyses for the hub areas were performed. RESULTS The hub analysis revealed decreased FCS in the cuneus, fusiform gyrus, paracentral lobe, and precuneus, and increased FCS in the superior frontal gyrus and thalamus in idiopathic drug-naive RLS patients. Subsequent functional connectivity analyses revealed decreased functional connectivity in sensorimotor and visual processing networks and increased functional connectivity in the affective cognitive network and cerebellar-thalamic circuit. Furthermore, the mean FCS value in the superior frontal gyrus was significantly correlated with Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale scores in RLS patients, and the mean FCS value in the fusiform gyrus was significantly correlated with Hamilton Depression Rating Scale scores. CONCLUSIONS These findings may provide novel insight into the pathophysiology of RLS.
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- Chunyan Liu
- Department of Neurology, Xuan Wu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Neuromodulation, Beijing, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xuan Wu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xuan Wu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xuan Wu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xuan Wu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Central Laboratory, Xuan Wu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Center of Alzheimer's Disease, Beijing, China; Beijing Geriatric Medical Research Center, Key Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Disease of Ministry of Education, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Neurology, Xuan Wu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Neuromodulation, Beijing, China.
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Wang J, Wei Q, Wang L, Zhang H, Bai T, Cheng L, Tian Y, Wang K. Functional reorganization of intra- and internetwork connectivity in major depressive disorder after electroconvulsive therapy. Hum Brain Mapp 2017; 39:1403-1411. [PMID: 29266749 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2017] [Revised: 11/17/2017] [Accepted: 12/11/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective and rapid treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD). However, the neurobiological underpinnings of ECT are still largely unknown. Recent studies have identified dysregulated brain networks in MDD. Therefore, we hypothesized that ECT may improve MDD symptoms through reorganizing these networks. To test this hypothesis, we used resting-state functional connectivity to investigate changes to the intra- and internetwork architecture of five reproducible resting-state networks: the default mode network (DMN), dorsal attention network (DAN), executive control network (CON), salience network (SAL), and sensory-motor network. Twenty-three MDD patients were assessed before and after ECT, along with 25 sex-, age-, and education-matched healthy controls. At the network level, enhanced intranetwork connectivities were found in the CON in MDD patients after ECT. Furthermore, enhanced internetwork connectivities between the DMN and SAL, and between the CON and DMN, DAN, and SAL were also identified. At the nodal level, the posterior cingulate cortex had increased connections with the left posterior cerebellum, right posterior intraparietal sulcus (rpIPS), and right anterior prefrontal cortex. The rpIPS had increased connections with the medial PFC (mPFC) and left anterior cingulate cortex. The left lateral parietal had increased connections with the dorsal mPFC (dmPFC), left anterior prefrontal cortex, and right anterior cingulate cortex. The dmPFC had increased connection with the left anterolateral prefrontal cortex. Our findings indicate that enhanced interactions in intra- and internetworks may contribute to the ECT response in MDD patients. These findings provide novel and important insights into the neurobiological mechanisms underlying ECT.
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- Jiaojian Wang
- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 625014, China.,School of life Science and Technology, Center for Information in Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 625014, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, China
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- School of life Science and Technology, Center for Information in Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 625014, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, China
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- Anhui Mental Health Center, Hefei, 230022, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, China.,Department of Neurology, Shannan People's Hospital, Shannan, 856000, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, China.,Department of Medical Psychology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, China.,Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Cognition and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Hefei, 230022, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Mental Health, Hefei, 230022, China
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Igelström KM, Graziano MS. The inferior parietal lobule and temporoparietal junction: A network perspective. Neuropsychologia 2017; 105:70-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2016] [Revised: 12/28/2016] [Accepted: 01/02/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Parcellation of Macaque Cortex with Anatomical Connectivity Profiles. Brain Topogr 2017; 31:161-173. [DOI: 10.1007/s10548-017-0576-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2017] [Accepted: 07/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Fjaeldstad A, Fernandes HM, Van Hartevelt TJ, Gleesborg C, Møller A, Ovesen T, Kringelbach ML. Brain fingerprints of olfaction: a novel structural method for assessing olfactory cortical networks in health and disease. Sci Rep 2017; 7:42534. [PMID: 28195241 PMCID: PMC5307346 DOI: 10.1038/srep42534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2016] [Accepted: 01/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Olfactory deficits are a common (often prodromal) symptom of neurodegenerative or psychiatric disorders. As such, olfaction could have great potential as an early biomarker of disease, for example using neuroimaging to investigate the breakdown of structural connectivity profile of the primary olfactory networks. We investigated the suitability for this purpose in two existing neuroimaging maps of olfactory networks. We found problems with both existing neuroimaging maps in terms of their structural connectivity to known secondary olfactory networks. Based on these findings, we were able to merge the existing maps to a new template map of olfactory networks with connections to all key secondary olfactory networks. We introduce a new method that combines diffusion tensor imaging with probabilistic tractography and pattern recognition techniques. This method can obtain comprehensive and reliable fingerprints of the structural connectivity underlying the neural processing of olfactory stimuli in normosmic adults. Combining the novel proposed method for structural fingerprinting with the template map of olfactory networks has great potential to be used for future neuroimaging investigations of olfactory function in disease. With time, the proposed method may even come to serve as structural biomarker for early detection of disease.
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- A. Fjaeldstad
- Flavour Institute, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Regional Hospital Unit West Jutland, Holstebro, Denmark
- Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Flavour Institute, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Center for Music in the Brain, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Flavour Institute, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Center for Music in the Brain, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Flavour Institute, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Flavour Institute, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Nuclear Medicine & PET-Centre, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Flavour Institute, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Regional Hospital Unit West Jutland, Holstebro, Denmark
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- Flavour Institute, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Center for Music in the Brain, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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Wang J, Xie S, Guo X, Becker B, Fox PT, Eickhoff SB, Jiang T. Correspondent Functional Topography of the Human Left Inferior Parietal Lobule at Rest and Under Task Revealed Using Resting-State fMRI and Coactivation Based Parcellation. Hum Brain Mapp 2017; 38:1659-1675. [PMID: 28045222 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2016] [Revised: 11/27/2016] [Accepted: 11/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The human left inferior parietal lobule (LIPL) plays a pivotal role in many cognitive functions and is an important node in the default mode network (DMN). Although many previous studies have proposed different parcellation schemes for the LIPL, the detailed functional organization of the LIPL and the exact correspondence between the DMN and LIPL subregions remain unclear. Mounting evidence indicates that spontaneous fluctuations in the brain are strongly associated with cognitive performance at the behavioral level. However, whether a consistent functional topographic organization of the LIPL during rest and under task can be revealed remains unknown. Here, they used resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) and task-related coactivation patterns separately to parcellate the LIPL and identified seven subregions. Four subregions were located in the supramarginal gyrus (SMG) and three subregions were located in the angular gyrus (AG). The subregion-specific networks and functional characterization revealed that the four anterior subregions were found to be primarily involved in sensorimotor processing, movement imagination and inhibitory control, audition perception and speech processing, and social cognition, whereas the three posterior subregions were mainly involved in episodic memory, semantic processing, and spatial cognition. The results revealed a detailed functional organization of the LIPL and suggested that the LIPL is a functionally heterogeneous area. In addition, the present study demonstrated that the functional architecture of the LIPL during rest corresponds with that found in task processing. Hum Brain Mapp 38:1659-1675, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Jiaojian Wang
- Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 625014, China
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- Brainnetome Center, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 625014, China
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- Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 625014, China
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- Research Imaging Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany.,Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Medical Psychology, Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 625014, China.,Brainnetome Center, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,The Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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Wu H, Sun H, Xu J, Wu Y, Wang C, Xiao J, She S, Huang J, Zou W, Peng H, Lu X, Huang G, Jiang T, Ning Y, Wang J. Changed Hub and Corresponding Functional Connectivity of Subgenual Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Major Depressive Disorder. Front Neuroanat 2016; 10:120. [PMID: 28018183 PMCID: PMC5159433 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2016.00120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Accepted: 11/30/2016] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Major depressive disorder (MDD) is one of the most prevalent mental disorders. In the brain, the hubs of the brain network play a key role in integrating and transferring information between different functional modules. However, whether the changed pattern in functional network hubs contributes to the onset of MDD remains unclear. Using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) and graph theory methods, we investigated whether alterations of hubs can be detected in MDD. First, we constructed the whole-brain voxel-wise functional networks and calculated a functional connectivity strength (FCS) map in each subject in 34 MDD patients and 34 gender-, age- and education level-matched healthy controls (HCs). Next, the two-sample t-test was applied to compare the FCS maps between HC and MDD patients and identified significant decrease of FCS in subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (sgACC) in MDD patients. Subsequent functional connectivity analyses of sgACC showed disruptions in functional connectivity with posterior insula, middle and inferior temporal gyrus, lingual gyrus and cerebellum in MDD patients. Furthermore, the changed FCS of sgACC and functional connections to sgACC were significantly correlated with the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) scores in MDD patients. The results of the present study revealed the abnormal hub of sgACC and its corresponding disrupted frontal-limbic-visual cognitive-cerebellum functional networks in MDD. These findings may provide a new insight for the diagnosis and treatment of MDD.
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- Huawang Wu
- Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChengdu, China; Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital)Guangzhou, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, School of Education, Capital Normal University Beijing, China
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- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen, China
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- Sichuan Applied Psychology Research Centre, Chengdu Medical College Chengdu, China
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- School of Psychology and Sociology, Shenzhen University Shenzhen, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, School of Education, Capital Normal University Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital) Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital) Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital) Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital) Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital) Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital) Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Chengdu, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital) Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Chengdu, China
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Tremblay P, Dick AS. Broca and Wernicke are dead, or moving past the classic model of language neurobiology. BRAIN AND LANGUAGE 2016; 162:60-71. [PMID: 27584714 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2016.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2016] [Revised: 06/20/2016] [Accepted: 08/16/2016] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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With the advancement of cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychological research, the field of language neurobiology is at a cross-roads with respect to its framing theories. The central thesis of this article is that the major historical framing model, the Classic "Wernicke-Lichtheim-Geschwind" model, and associated terminology, is no longer adequate for contemporary investigations into the neurobiology of language. We argue that the Classic model (1) is based on an outdated brain anatomy; (2) does not adequately represent the distributed connectivity relevant for language, (3) offers a modular and "language centric" perspective, and (4) focuses on cortical structures, for the most part leaving out subcortical regions and relevant connections. To make our case, we discuss the issue of anatomical specificity with a focus on the contemporary usage of the terms "Broca's and Wernicke's area", including results of a survey that was conducted within the language neurobiology community. We demonstrate that there is no consistent anatomical definition of "Broca's and Wernicke's Areas", and propose to replace these terms with more precise anatomical definitions. We illustrate the distributed nature of the language connectome, which extends far beyond the single-pathway notion of arcuate fasciculus connectivity established in Geschwind's version of the Classic Model. By illustrating the definitional confusion surrounding "Broca's and Wernicke's areas", and by illustrating the difficulty integrating the emerging literature on perisylvian white matter connectivity into this model, we hope to expose the limits of the model, argue for its obsolescence, and suggest a path forward in defining a replacement.
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- Pascale Tremblay
- Département de Réadaptation, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada; Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec, Québec City, QC, Canada
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Piccolo LR, Merz EC, He X, Sowell ER, Noble KG. Age-Related Differences in Cortical Thickness Vary by Socioeconomic Status. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0162511. [PMID: 27644039 PMCID: PMC5028041 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2016] [Accepted: 08/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Recent findings indicate robust associations between socioeconomic status (SES) and brain structure in children, raising questions about the ways in which SES may modify structural brain development. In general, cortical thickness and surface area develop in nonlinear patterns across childhood and adolescence, with developmental patterns varying to some degree by cortical region. Here, we examined whether age-related nonlinear changes in cortical thickness and surface area varied by SES, as indexed by family income and parental education. We hypothesized that SES disparities in age-related change may be particularly evident for language- and literacy-supporting cortical regions. Participants were 1148 typically-developing individuals between 3 and 20 years of age. Results indicated that SES factors moderate patterns of age-associated change in cortical thickness but not surface area. Specifically, at lower levels of SES, associations between age and cortical thickness were curvilinear, with relatively steep age-related decreases in cortical thickness earlier in childhood, and subsequent leveling off during adolescence. In contrast, at high levels of SES, associations between age and cortical thickness were linear, with consistent reductions across the age range studied. Notably, this interaction was prominent in the left fusiform gyrus, a region that is critical for reading development. In a similar pattern, SES factors significantly moderated linear age-related change in left superior temporal gyrus, such that higher SES was linked with steeper age-related decreases in cortical thickness in this region. These findings suggest that SES may moderate patterns of age-related cortical thinning, especially in language- and literacy-supporting cortical regions.
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- Luciane R. Piccolo
- Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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Sato K, Fukuda M, Sato Y, Hiraishi T, Takao T, Fujii Y. Cortico-cortical evoked hemodynamic responses in human language systems using intraoperative near-infrared spectroscopy during direct cortical stimulation. Neurosci Lett 2016; 630:136-140. [PMID: 27453057 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2016.07.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2016] [Revised: 07/20/2016] [Accepted: 07/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Understanding of cortico-cortical activity in eloquent areas intraoperatively is crucial for neurosurgical procedures. Here, we used intraoperative near-infrared spectroscopy (iNIRS) during direct cortical stimulation as a robust tool to better understand the cortico-cortical connectivity in language systems. METHODS We applied iNIRS to 3 patients who underwent epilepsy surgery due to lesions (cavernous angioma, epidermoid cyst, and low-grade glioma) located in language areas. Using iNIRS, we measured the blood concentration changes of oxyhemoglobin (HbO2) and deoxyhemoglobin (HbR) in the lateral temporal cortex during direct cortical stimulation (50Hz) at the inferior frontal area where Broca's area was probabilistically located. RESULTS In all patients, 50Hz stimulation elicited hemodynamic changes in the superior temporal gyrus (STG). During 0.8-4.8s after stimulation, HbO2 increased and HbR decreased in the posterior part of the STG (Wernicke's area). Similar responses were observed in the anterior part of the STG 1.3-8.0s after stimulation. Finally, these changes were disappeared in the middle temporal gyrus. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that cortical stimulation of Broca's area elicits hemodynamic responses in Wernicke's area via cortico-cortical connectivity. We demonstrated cortico-cortical evoked responses in language systems using iNIRS during direct cortical stimulation. Our iNIRS data will provide useful information about cortico-cortical networks underlying human brain functions intraoperatively and will contribute to neurosurgical treatment in eloquent areas.
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- Keisuke Sato
- Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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Wang J, Zhang J, Rong M, Wei X, Zheng D, Fox PT, Eickhoff SB, Jiang T. Functional topography of the right inferior parietal lobule structured by anatomical connectivity profiles. Hum Brain Mapp 2016; 37:4316-4332. [PMID: 27411386 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2015] [Revised: 06/23/2016] [Accepted: 06/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The nature of the relationship between structure and function is a fundamental question in neuroscience, especially at the macroscopic neuroimaging level. Although mounting studies have revealed that functional connectivity reflects structural connectivity, whether similar structural and functional connectivity patterns can reveal corresponding similarities in the structural and functional topography remains an open problem. In our current study, we used the right inferior parietal lobule (RIPL), which has been demonstrated to have similar anatomical and functional connectivity patterns at the subregional level, to directly test the hypothesis that similar structural and functional connectivity patterns can inform the corresponding topography of this area. In addition, since the association between the RIPL regions and particular functions and networks is still largely unknown, post-hoc functional characterizations and connectivity analyses were performed to identify the main functions and cortical networks in which each subregion participated. Anatomical and functional connectivity-based parcellations of the RIPL have consistently identified five subregions. Our functional characterization using meta-analysis-based behavioral and connectivity analyses revealed that the two anterior subregions (Cl1 and Cl2) primarily participate in interoception and execution, respectively; whereas the posterior subregion (Cl3) in the SMG primarily participates in attention and action inhibition. The two posterior subregions (Cl4, Cl5) in the AG were primarily involved in social cognition and spatial cognition, respectively. These results indicated that similar anatomical and functional connectivity patterns of the RIPL are reflected in corresponding structural and functional topographies. The identified cortical connectivity and functional characterization of each subregion may facilitate RIPL-related clinical research. Hum Brain Mapp 37:4316-4332, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Jiaojian Wang
- Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 625014, China
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- Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 625014, China
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- Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 625014, China
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- Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 625014, China
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- Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 625014, China
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- Research Imaging Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany.,Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Medical Psychology, Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 625014, China.,Brainnetome Center, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,The Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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Koppehele-Gossel J, Schnuerch R, Gibbons H. A brain electrical signature of left-lateralized semantic activation from single words. BRAIN AND LANGUAGE 2016; 157-158:35-43. [PMID: 27156035 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2016.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2015] [Revised: 03/18/2016] [Accepted: 04/10/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Lesion and imaging studies consistently indicate a left-lateralization of semantic language processing in human temporo-parietal cortex. Surprisingly, electrocortical measures, which allow a direct assessment of brain activity and the tracking of cognitive functions with millisecond precision, have not yet been used to capture this hemispheric lateralization, at least with respect to posterior portions of this effect. Using event-related potentials, we employed a simple single-word reading paradigm to compare neural activity during three tasks requiring different degrees of semantic processing. As expected, we were able to derive a simple temporo-parietal left-right asymmetry index peaking around 300ms into word processing that neatly tracks the degree of semantic activation. The validity of this measure in specifically capturing verbal semantic activation was further supported by a significant relation to verbal intelligence. We thus posit that it represents a promising tool to monitor verbal semantic processing in the brain with little technological effort and in a minimal experimental setup.
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Amad A, Seidman J, Draper SB, Bruchhage MMK, Lowry RG, Wheeler J, Robertson A, Williams SCR, Smith MS. Motor Learning Induces Plasticity in the Resting Brain—Drumming Up a Connection. Cereb Cortex 2016; 27:2010-2021. [DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhw048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Fan L, Li H, Yu S, Jiang T. Human Brainnetome Atlas and Its Potential Applications in Brain-Inspired Computing. LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-50862-7_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Tractography-based Parcellation of the Human Middle Temporal Gyrus. Sci Rep 2015; 5:18883. [PMID: 26689815 PMCID: PMC4686935 DOI: 10.1038/srep18883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2015] [Accepted: 11/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The middle temporal gyrus (MTG) participates in a variety of functions, suggesting the existence of distinct functional subregions. In order to further delineate the functions of this brain area, we parcellated the MTG based on its distinct anatomical connectivity profiles and identified four distinct subregions, including the anterior (aMTG), middle (mMTG), posterior (pMTG), and sulcus (sMTG). Both the anatomical connectivity patterns and the resting-state functional connectivity patterns revealed distinct connectivity profiles for each subregion. The aMTG was primarily involved in the default mode network, sound recognition, and semantic retrieval. The mMTG was predominantly involved in the semantic memory and semantic control networks. The pMTG seems to be a part of the traditional sensory language area. The sMTG appears to be associated with decoding gaze direction and intelligible speech. Interestingly, the functional connectivity with Brodmann's Area (BA) 40, BA 44, and BA 45 gradually increased from the anterior to the posterior MTG, a finding which indicated functional topographical organization as well as implying that language processing is functionally segregated in the MTG. These proposed subdivisions of the MTG and its functions contribute to understanding the complex functions of the MTG at the subregional level.
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Yang Y, Fan L, Chu C, Zhuo J, Wang J, Fox PT, Eickhoff SB, Jiang T. Identifying functional subdivisions in the human brain using meta-analytic activation modeling-based parcellation. Neuroimage 2015; 124:300-309. [PMID: 26296500 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.08.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2015] [Revised: 07/22/2015] [Accepted: 08/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Parcellation of the human brain into fine-grained units by grouping voxels into distinct clusters has been an effective approach for delineating specific brain regions and their subregions. Published neuroimaging studies employing coordinate-based meta-analyses have shown that the activation foci and their corresponding behavioral categories may contain useful information about the anatomical-functional organization of brain regions. Inspired by these developments, we proposed a new parcellation scheme called meta-analytic activation modeling-based parcellation (MAMP) that uses meta-analytically obtained information. The raw meta data, including the experiments and the reported activation coordinates related to a brain region of interest, were acquired from the Brainmap database. Using this data, we first obtained the "modeled activation" pattern by modeling the voxel-wise activation probability given spatial uncertainty for each experiment that featured at least one focus within the region of interest. Then, we processed these "modeled activation" patterns across the experiments with a K-means clustering algorithm to group the voxels into different subregions. In order to verify the reliability of the method, we employed our method to parcellate the amygdala and the left Brodmann area 44 (BA44). The parcellation results were quite consistent with previous cytoarchitectonic and in vivo neuroimaging findings. Therefore, the MAMP proposed in the current study could be a useful complement to other methods for uncovering the functional organization of the human brain.
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- Yong Yang
- Brainnetome Center, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China.,National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
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- Brainnetome Center, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
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- Brainnetome Center, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China.,National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
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- Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 625014, PR China
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- Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 625014, PR China
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- Research Imaging Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Research Centre Juelich, 52425 Juelich, Germany.,Institute for Clinical Neuroscience and Medical Psychology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Brainnetome Center, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China.,National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China.,CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China.,Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 625014, PR China.,The Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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