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Bonetti L, Vænggård AK, Iorio C, Vuust P, Lumaca M. Decreased inter-hemispheric connectivity predicts a coherent retrieval of auditory symbolic material. Biol Psychol 2024; 193:108881. [PMID: 39332661 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2024.108881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2024] [Revised: 09/19/2024] [Accepted: 09/24/2024] [Indexed: 09/29/2024]
Abstract
Investigating the transmission of information between individuals is essential to better understand how humans communicate. Coherent information transmission (i.e., transmission without significant modifications or loss of fidelity) helps preserving cultural traits and traditions over time, while innovation may lead to new cultural variants. Although much research has focused on the cognitive mechanisms underlying cultural transmission, little is known on the brain features which correlates with coherent transmission of information. To address this gap, we combined structural (from high-resolution diffusion imaging) and functional connectivity (from resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging [fMRI]) with a laboratory model of cultural transmission, the signalling games, implemented outside the MRI scanner. We found that individuals who exhibited more coherence in the transmission of auditory symbolic information were characterized by lower levels of both structural and functional inter-hemispheric connectivity. Specifically, higher coherence negatively correlated with the strength of bilateral structural connections between frontal and subcortical, insular and temporal brain regions. Similarly, we observed increased inter-hemispheric functional connectivity between inferior frontal brain regions derived from structural connectivity analysis in individuals who exhibited lower transmission coherence. Our results suggest that lateralization of cognitive processes involved in semantic mappings in the brain may be related to the stability over time of auditory symbolic systems.
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- Leonardo Bonetti
- Center for Music in the Brain, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University & The Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg, Denmark; Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing, Linacre College, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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- Center for Music in the Brain, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University & The Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg, Denmark
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- Center for Music in the Brain, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University & The Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg, Denmark; LEAD-CNRS UMR 5022, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon 21000, France
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- Center for Music in the Brain, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University & The Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg, Denmark
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- Center for Music in the Brain, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University & The Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg, Denmark.
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Li J, Jin S, Li Z, Zeng X, Yang Y, Luo Z, Xu X, Cui Z, Liu Y, Wang J. Morphological Brain Networks of White Matter: Mapping, Evaluation, Characterization, and Application. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 11:e2400061. [PMID: 39005232 PMCID: PMC11425219 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202400061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2024] [Revised: 06/27/2024] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
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Although white matter (WM) accounts for nearly half of adult brain, its wiring diagram is largely unknown. Here, an approach is developed to construct WM networks by estimating interregional morphological similarity based on structural magnetic resonance imaging. It is found that morphological WM networks showed nontrivial topology, presented good-to-excellent test-retest reliability, accounted for phenotypic interindividual differences in cognition, and are under genetic control. Through integration with multimodal and multiscale data, it is further showed that morphological WM networks are able to predict the patterns of hamodynamic coherence, metabolic synchronization, gene co-expression, and chemoarchitectonic covariance, and associated with structural connectivity. Moreover, the prediction followed WM functional connectomic hierarchy for the hamodynamic coherence, is related to genes enriched in the forebrain neuron development and differentiation for the gene co-expression, and is associated with serotonergic system-related receptors and transporters for the chemoarchitectonic covariance. Finally, applying this approach to multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders, it is found that both diseases exhibited morphological dysconnectivity, which are correlated with clinical variables of patients and are able to diagnose and differentiate the diseases. Altogether, these findings indicate that morphological WM networks provide a reliable and biologically meaningful means to explore WM architecture in health and disease.
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- Junle Li
- Institute for Brain Research and RehabilitationSouth China Normal UniversityGuangzhou510631China
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- Institute for Brain Research and RehabilitationSouth China Normal UniversityGuangzhou510631China
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- Institute for Brain Research and RehabilitationSouth China Normal UniversityGuangzhou510631China
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- Institute for Brain Research and RehabilitationSouth China Normal UniversityGuangzhou510631China
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- Institute for Brain Research and RehabilitationSouth China Normal UniversityGuangzhou510631China
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- Institute for Brain Research and RehabilitationSouth China Normal UniversityGuangzhou510631China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and LearningBeijing Normal UniversityBeijing100875China
- Chinese Institute for Brain ResearchBeijing102206China
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- Chinese Institute for Brain ResearchBeijing102206China
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- Department of RadiologyBeijing Tiantan HospitalBeijing100070China
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- Institute for Brain Research and RehabilitationSouth China Normal UniversityGuangzhou510631China
- Key Laboratory of BrainCognition and Education SciencesMinistry of EducationGuangzhou510631China
- Center for Studies of Psychological ApplicationSouth China Normal UniversityGuangzhou510631China
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive ScienceSouth China Normal UniversityGuangzhou510631China
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Ma X, Li J, Yang Y, Qiu X, Sheng J, Han N, Wu C, Xu G, Jiang G, Tian J, Weng X, Wang J. Enhanced cerebral blood flow similarity of the somatomotor network in chronic insomnia: Transcriptomic decoding, gut microbial signatures and phenotypic roles. Neuroimage 2024; 297:120762. [PMID: 39089603 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2024] [Revised: 07/24/2024] [Accepted: 07/26/2024] [Indexed: 08/04/2024] Open
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Chronic insomnia (CI) is a complex disease involving multiple factors including genetics, gut microbiota, and brain structure and function. However, there lacks a unified framework to elucidate how these factors interact in CI. By combining data of clinical assessment, sleep behavior recording, cognitive test, multimodal MRI (structural, functional, and perfusion), gene, and gut microbiota, this study demonstrated that enhanced cerebral blood flow (CBF) similarities of the somatomotor network (SMN) acted as a key mediator to link multiple factors in CI. Specifically, we first demonstrated that only CBF but not morphological or functional networks exhibited alterations in patients with CI, characterized by increases within the SMN and between the SMN and higher-order associative networks. Moreover, these findings were highly reproducible and the CBF similarity method was test-retest reliable. Further, we showed that transcriptional profiles explained 60.4 % variance of the pattern of the increased CBF similarities with the most correlated genes enriched in regulation of cellular and protein localization and material transport, and gut microbiota explained 69.7 % inter-individual variance in the increased CBF similarities with the most contributions from Negativicutes and Lactobacillales. Finally, we found that the increased CBF similarities were correlated with clinical variables, accounted for sleep behaviors and cognitive deficits, and contributed the most to the patient-control classification (accuracy = 84.4 %). Altogether, our findings have important implications for understanding the neuropathology of CI and may inform ways of developing new therapeutic strategies for the disease.
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- Xiaofen Ma
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Jinan University Affiliated Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Jinan University Affiliated Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Jinan University Affiliated Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China; Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education, China; Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China; Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education, China; Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.
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Chu DY, Imhoff‐Smith TP, Nair VA, Choi T, Adluru A, Garcia‐Ramos C, Dabbs K, Mathis J, Nencka AS, Conant L, Binder JR, Meyerand ME, Alexander AL, Struck AF, Hermann B, Prabhakaran V, Adluru N. Characterizing white matter connectome abnormalities in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy using threshold-free network-based statistics. Brain Behav 2024; 14:e3643. [PMID: 39099405 PMCID: PMC11298711 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.3643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2024] [Accepted: 07/12/2024] [Indexed: 08/06/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Emerging evidence illustrates that temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) involves network disruptions represented by hyperexcitability and other seizure-related neural plasticity. However, these associations are not well-characterized. Our study characterizes the whole brain white matter connectome abnormalities in TLE patients compared to healthy controls (HCs) from the prospective Epilepsy Connectome Project study. Furthermore, we assessed whether aberrant white matter connections are differentially related to cognitive impairment and a history of focal-to-bilateral tonic-clonic (FBTC) seizures. METHODS Multi-shell connectome MRI data were preprocessed using the DESIGNER guidelines. The IIT Destrieux gray matter atlas was used to derive the 162 × 162 structural connectivity matrices (SCMs) using MRTrix3. ComBat data harmonization was applied to harmonize the SCMs from pre- and post-scanner upgrade acquisitions. Threshold-free network-based statistics were used for statistical analysis of the harmonized SCMs. Cognitive impairment status and FBTC seizure status were then correlated with these findings. RESULTS We employed connectome measurements from 142 subjects, including 92 patients with TLE (36 males, mean age = 40.1 ± 11.7 years) and 50 HCs (25 males, mean age = 32.6 ± 10.2 years). Our analysis revealed overall significant decreases in cross-sectional area (CSA) of the white matter tract in TLE group compared to controls, indicating decreased white matter tract integrity and connectivity abnormalities in addition to apparent differences in graph theoretic measures of connectivity and network-based statistics. Focal and generalized cognitive impaired TLE patients showcased higher trend-level abnormalities in the white matter connectome via decreased CSA than those with no cognitive impairment. Patients with a positive FBTC seizure history also showed trend-level findings of association via decreased CSA. CONCLUSIONS Widespread global aberrant white matter connectome changes were observed in TLE patients and characterized by seizure history and cognitive impairment, laying a foundation for future studies to expand on and validate the novel biomarkers and further elucidate TLE's impact on brain plasticity.
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- Daniel Y Chu
- Department of RadiologyUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWisconsinUSA
- Department of NeurologyUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWisconsinUSA
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- Department of RadiologyUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWisconsinUSA
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- Department of RadiologyUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWisconsinUSA
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- Department of RadiologyUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWisconsinUSA
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- Department of RadiologyUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWisconsinUSA
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- Department of NeurologyUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWisconsinUSA
- Department of Medical PhysicsUniversity of Wisconsin MadisonMadisonWisconsinUSA
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- Department of NeurologyUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWisconsinUSA
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- Department of NeurologyMedical College of WisconsinMilwaukeeWisconsinUSA
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- Department of RadiologyMedical College of WisconsinMilwaukeeWisconsinUSA
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- Department of NeurologyMedical College of WisconsinMilwaukeeWisconsinUSA
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- Department of NeurologyMedical College of WisconsinMilwaukeeWisconsinUSA
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- Department of Medical PhysicsUniversity of Wisconsin MadisonMadisonWisconsinUSA
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- Department of NeurologyUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWisconsinUSA
- Department of NeurologyWilliam S. Middleton Veterans HospitalMadisonWisconsinUSA
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- Department of NeurologyUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWisconsinUSA
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- Department of RadiologyUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWisconsinUSA
- Department of NeurologyUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWisconsinUSA
- Department of NeurologyMedical College of WisconsinMilwaukeeWisconsinUSA
- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWisconsinUSA
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- Department of RadiologyUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWisconsinUSA
- Waisman CenterUniversity of Wisconsin MadisonMadisonWisconsinUSA
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Lin Q, Jin S, Yin G, Li J, Asgher U, Qiu S, Wang J. Cortical Morphological Networks Differ Between Gyri and Sulci. Neurosci Bull 2024:10.1007/s12264-024-01262-7. [PMID: 39044060 DOI: 10.1007/s12264-024-01262-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2024] [Indexed: 07/25/2024] Open
Abstract
This study explored how the human cortical folding pattern composed of convex gyri and concave sulci affected single-subject morphological brain networks, which are becoming an important method for studying the human brain connectome. We found that gyri-gyri networks exhibited higher morphological similarity, lower small-world parameters, and lower long-term test-retest reliability than sulci-sulci networks for cortical thickness- and gyrification index-based networks, while opposite patterns were observed for fractal dimension-based networks. Further behavioral association analysis revealed that gyri-gyri networks and connections between gyral and sulcal regions significantly explained inter-individual variance in Cognition and Motor domains for fractal dimension- and sulcal depth-based networks. Finally, the clinical application showed that only sulci-sulci networks exhibited morphological similarity reductions in major depressive disorder for cortical thickness-, fractal dimension-, and gyrification index-based networks. Taken together, these findings provide novel insights into the constraint of the cortical folding pattern to the network organization of the human brain.
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- Qingchun Lin
- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- Department of Air Transport, Faculty of Transportation Sciences, Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU), Prague, 128 00, Czech Republic
- School of Interdisciplinary Engineering and Sciences (SINES), National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510405, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China.
- Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, 510631, China.
- Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China.
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China.
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Roy JC, Hédouin R, Desmidt T, Dam S, Mirea-Grivel I, Weyl L, Bannier E, Barantin L, Drapier D, Batail JM, David R, Coloigner J, Robert GH. Quantifying Apathy in Late-Life Depression: Unraveling Neurobehavioral Links Through Daily Activity Patterns and Brain Connectivity Analysis. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROIMAGING 2024; 9:639-649. [PMID: 38615911 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2024.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2023] [Revised: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 04/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/16/2024]
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BACKGROUND Better understanding apathy in late-life depression would help improve prediction of poor prognosis of diseases such as dementia. Actimetry provides an objective and ecological measure of apathy from patients' daily motor activity. We aimed to determine whether patterns of motor activity were associated with apathy and brain connectivity in networks that underlie goal-directed behaviors. METHODS Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging and diffusion magnetic resonance imaging were collected from 38 nondemented participants with late-life depression. Apathy was evaluated using the diagnostic criteria for apathy, Apathy Evaluation Scale, and Apathy Motivation Index. Functional principal components (fPCs) of motor activity were derived from actimetry recordings taken for 72 hours. Associations between fPCs and apathy were estimated by linear regression. Subnetworks whose connectivity was significantly associated with fPCs were identified via threshold-free network-based statistics. The relationship between apathy and microstructure metrics was estimated along fibers by diffusion tensor imaging and a multicompartment model called neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging via tractometry. RESULTS We found 2 fPCs associated with apathy: mean diurnal activity, negatively associated with Apathy Evaluation Scale scores, and an early chronotype, negatively associated with Apathy Motivation Index scores. Mean diurnal activity was associated with increased connectivity in the default mode, cingulo-opercular, and frontoparietal networks, while chronotype was associated with a more heterogeneous connectivity pattern in the same networks. We did not find significant associations between microstructural metrics and fPCs. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that mean diurnal activity and chronotype could provide indirect ambulatory measures of apathy in late-life depression, associated with modified functional connectivity of brain networks that underlie goal-directed behaviors.
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- Jean-Charles Roy
- Centre Hospitalier Guillaume Régnier, Pôle Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie Adulte, Rennes, France; Centre d'Investigation Clinique 1414, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Rennes, France; Université de Rennes, Inria, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IRISA, INSERM, Empenn U1228 ERL, Rennes, France.
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- Université de Rennes, Inria, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IRISA, INSERM, Empenn U1228 ERL, Rennes, France
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- CHU de Tours, Tours, France; UMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France; Centre d'Investigation Clinique 1415, CHU de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France
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- Université de Rennes, Inria, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IRISA, INSERM, Empenn U1228 ERL, Rennes, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Guillaume Régnier, Pôle Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie Adulte, Rennes, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Guillaume Régnier, Pôle Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie Adulte, Rennes, France
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- Université de Rennes, Inria, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IRISA, INSERM, Empenn U1228 ERL, Rennes, France; CHU de Rennes, Service de Radiologie, Rennes, France
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- CHU de Tours, Tours, France; UMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Guillaume Régnier, Pôle Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie Adulte, Rennes, France; Centre d'Investigation Clinique 1414, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Rennes, France; Faculté de Médecine, Rennes Université, Rennes, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Guillaume Régnier, Pôle Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie Adulte, Rennes, France; Centre d'Investigation Clinique 1414, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Rennes, France; Faculté de Médecine, Rennes Université, Rennes, France
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- CHU de Nice, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France
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- Université de Rennes, Inria, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IRISA, INSERM, Empenn U1228 ERL, Rennes, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Guillaume Régnier, Pôle Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie Adulte, Rennes, France; Centre d'Investigation Clinique 1414, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Rennes, France; Université de Rennes, Inria, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IRISA, INSERM, Empenn U1228 ERL, Rennes, France; Faculté de Médecine, Rennes Université, Rennes, France
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Dam S, Batail JM, Robert GH, Drapier D, Maurel P, Coloigner J. Structural Brain Connectivity and Treatment Improvement in Mood Disorder. Brain Connect 2024; 14:239-251. [PMID: 38534988 DOI: 10.1089/brain.2023.0063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2024] Open
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Background: The treatment of depressive episodes is well established, with clearly demonstrated effectiveness of antidepressants and psychotherapies. However, more than one-third of depressed patients do not respond to treatment. Identifying the brain structural basis of treatment-resistant depression could prevent useless pharmacological prescriptions, adverse events, and lost therapeutic opportunities. Methods: Using diffusion magnetic resonance imaging, we performed structural connectivity analyses on a cohort of 154 patients with mood disorder (MD) and 77 sex- and age-matched healthy control (HC) participants. To assess illness improvement, the patients with MD went through two clinical interviews at baseline and at 6-month follow-up and were classified based on the Clinical Global Impression-Improvement score into improved or not-improved (NI). First, the threshold-free network-based statistics (NBS) was conducted to measure the differences in regional network architecture. Second, nonparametric permutations tests were performed on topological metrics based on graph theory to examine differences in connectome organization. Results: The threshold-free NBS revealed impaired connections involving regions of the basal ganglia in patients with MD compared with HC. Significant increase of local efficiency and clustering coefficient was found in the lingual gyrus, insula, and amygdala in the MD group. Compared with the NI, the improved displayed significantly reduced network integration and segregation, predominately in the default-mode regions, including the precuneus, middle temporal lobe, and rostral anterior cingulate. Conclusions: This study highlights the involvement of regions belonging to the basal ganglia, the fronto-limbic network, and the default mode network, leading to a better understanding of MD disease and its unfavorable outcome.
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- Sébastien Dam
- Univ Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA, INSERM, Empenn U1228 ERL, Rennes, France
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- Academic Psychiatry Department, Centre Hospitalier Guillaume Régnier, Rennes, France
- CIC 1414, CHU de Rennes, INSERM, Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA, INSERM, Empenn U1228 ERL, Rennes, France
- Academic Psychiatry Department, Centre Hospitalier Guillaume Régnier, Rennes, France
- CIC 1414, CHU de Rennes, INSERM, Rennes, France
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- Academic Psychiatry Department, Centre Hospitalier Guillaume Régnier, Rennes, France
- CIC 1414, CHU de Rennes, INSERM, Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA, INSERM, Empenn U1228 ERL, Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA, INSERM, Empenn U1228 ERL, Rennes, France
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Normand F, Gajwani M, Côté DC, Allard A. NBS-SNI, an extension of the network-based statistic: Abnormal functional connections between important structural actors. Netw Neurosci 2024; 8:44-80. [PMID: 38562286 PMCID: PMC10861162 DOI: 10.1162/netn_a_00344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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Elucidating the coupling between the structure and the function of the brain and its development across maturation has attracted a lot of interest in the field of network neuroscience in the last 15 years. Mounting evidence supports the hypothesis that the onset of certain brain disorders is linked with the interplay between the structural architecture of the brain and its functional processes, often accompanied with unusual connectivity features. This paper introduces a method called the network-based statistic-simultaneous node investigation (NBS-SNI) that integrates both representations into a single framework, and identifies connectivity abnormalities in case-control studies. With this method, significance is given to the properties of the nodes, as well as to their connections. This approach builds on the well-established network-based statistic (NBS) proposed in 2010. We uncover and identify the regimes in which NBS-SNI offers a gain in statistical resolution to identify a contrast of interest using synthetic data. We also apply our method on two real case-control studies, one consisting of individuals diagnosed with autism and the other consisting of individuals diagnosed with early psychosis. Using NBS-SNI and node properties such as the closeness centrality and local information dimension, we found hypo- and hyperconnected subnetworks and show that our method can offer a 9 percentage points gain in prediction power over the standard NBS.
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- Francis Normand
- Centre de Recherche CERVO, Québec, Canada
- Centre Interdisciplinaire en Modélisation Mathématique, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- The Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health and Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- The Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health and Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre de Recherche CERVO, Québec, Canada
- Département de Physique, de Génie Physique et d’Optique, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Centre Interdisciplinaire en Modélisation Mathématique, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- Département de Physique, de Génie Physique et d’Optique, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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Li T, Feng C, Wang J. Reconfiguration of the costly punishment network architecture in punishment decision-making. Psychophysiology 2024; 61:e14458. [PMID: 37941501 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.14458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Revised: 09/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
Abstract
Human costly punishment is rooted in multiple regions across large-scale functional systems, a collection of which constitutes the costly punishment network (CPN). Our previous study found that the CPN is intrinsically organized in an optimized and reliable manner to support individual costly punishment propensity. However, it remains unknown how the CPN is reconfigured in response to external cognitive demands in punishment decision-making. Here, we combined resting-state and task-functional magnetic resonance imaging to examine the task-related reconfigurations of intrinsic organizations of the CPN when participants made decisions of costly punishment in the Ultimatum Game. Although a strong consistency was observed in the overall pattern and each nodal profile between the intrinsic (task-free) and extrinsic (task-evoked) functional connectivity of the CPN, condition-general and condition-specific reconfigurations were also evident. Specifically, both unfair and fair conditions induced increases in functional connectivity between a few specific pairs of regions, and the unfair condition additionally induced increases in network efficiency of the CPN. Intriguingly, the specific changes in global efficiency of the CPN in the unfair condition were associated with individual differences in costly punishment after adjusting for the corresponding results in the fair condition, which were further identified for females but not for males. These findings were largely reproducible on independent samples. Collectively, our findings provide novel insights into how the CPN adaptively reconfigures its network architecture to support costly punishment.
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- Ting Li
- Institute of Brain and Psychological Sciences, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China
- Sichuan Key Laboratory of Psychology and Behavior of Discipline Inspection and Supervision, Chengdu, China
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- School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China
- Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China
- Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
- Institute of Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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Ramanan S, Halai AD, Garcia-Penton L, Perry AG, Patel N, Peterson KA, Ingram RU, Storey I, Cappa SF, Catricala E, Patterson K, Rowe JB, Garrard P, Ralph MAL. The neural substrates of transdiagnostic cognitive-linguistic heterogeneity in primary progressive aphasia. Alzheimers Res Ther 2023; 15:219. [PMID: 38102724 PMCID: PMC10724982 DOI: 10.1186/s13195-023-01350-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Clinical variants of primary progressive aphasia (PPA) are diagnosed based on characteristic patterns of language deficits, supported by corresponding neural changes on brain imaging. However, there is (i) considerable phenotypic variability within and between each diagnostic category with partially overlapping profiles of language performance between variants and (ii) accompanying non-linguistic cognitive impairments that may be independent of aphasia magnitude and disease severity. The neurobiological basis of this cognitive-linguistic heterogeneity remains unclear. Understanding the relationship between these variables would improve PPA clinical/research characterisation and strengthen clinical trial and symptomatic treatment design. We address these knowledge gaps using a data-driven transdiagnostic approach to chart cognitive-linguistic differences and their associations with grey/white matter degeneration across multiple PPA variants. METHODS Forty-seven patients (13 semantic, 15 non-fluent, and 19 logopenic variant PPA) underwent assessment of general cognition, errors on language performance, and structural and diffusion magnetic resonance imaging to index whole-brain grey and white matter changes. Behavioural data were entered into varimax-rotated principal component analyses to derive orthogonal dimensions explaining the majority of cognitive variance. To uncover neural correlates of cognitive heterogeneity, derived components were used as covariates in neuroimaging analyses of grey matter (voxel-based morphometry) and white matter (network-based statistics of structural connectomes). RESULTS Four behavioural components emerged: general cognition, semantic memory, working memory, and motor speech/phonology. Performance patterns on the latter three principal components were in keeping with each variant's characteristic profile, but with a spectrum rather than categorical distribution across the cohort. General cognitive changes were most marked in logopenic variant PPA. Regardless of clinical diagnosis, general cognitive impairment was associated with inferior/posterior parietal grey/white matter involvement, semantic memory deficits with bilateral anterior temporal grey/white matter changes, working memory impairment with temporoparietal and frontostriatal grey/white matter involvement, and motor speech/phonology deficits with inferior/middle frontal grey matter alterations. CONCLUSIONS Cognitive-linguistic heterogeneity in PPA closely relates to individual-level variations on multiple behavioural dimensions and grey/white matter degeneration of regions within and beyond the language network. We further show that employment of transdiagnostic approaches may help to understand clinical symptom boundaries and reveal clinical and neural profiles that are shared across categorically defined variants of PPA.
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- Siddharth Ramanan
- Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge, CB2 7EF, UK.
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- Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge, CB2 7EF, UK
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- Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge, CB2 7EF, UK
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St. George's, University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Division of Psychology and Mental Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St. George's, University of London, London, UK
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- IUSS Cognitive Neuroscience Center (ICoN), University Institute of Advanced Studies IUSS, Pavia, Italy
- Dementia Research Center, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- IUSS Cognitive Neuroscience Center (ICoN), University Institute of Advanced Studies IUSS, Pavia, Italy
- Dementia Research Center, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge, CB2 7EF, UK
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- Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge, CB2 7EF, UK
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St. George's, University of London, London, UK
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- Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge, CB2 7EF, UK
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Li Z, Li J, Wang N, Lv Y, Zou Q, Wang J. Single-subject cortical morphological brain networks: Phenotypic associations and neurobiological substrates. Neuroimage 2023; 283:120434. [PMID: 37907157 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Revised: 10/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/28/2023] [Indexed: 11/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Although single-subject morphological brain networks provide an important way for human connectome studies, their roles and origins are poorly understood. Combining cross-sectional and repeated structural magnetic resonance imaging scans from adults, children and twins with behavioral and cognitive measures and brain-wide transcriptomic, cytoarchitectonic and chemoarchitectonic data, this study examined phenotypic associations and neurobiological substrates of single-subject morphological brain networks. We found that single-subject morphological brain networks explained inter-individual variance and predicted individual outcomes in Motor and Cognition domains, and distinguished individuals from each other. The performance can be further improved by integrating different morphological indices for network construction. Low-moderate heritability was observed for single-subject morphological brain networks with the highest heritability for sulcal depth-derived networks and higher heritability for inter-module connections. Furthermore, differential roles of genetic, cytoarchitectonic and chemoarchitectonic factors were observed for single-subject morphological brain networks. Cortical thickness-derived networks were related to the three factors with contributions from genes enriched in membrane and transport related functions, genes preferentially located in supragranular and granular layers, overall thickness in the molecular layer and thickness of wall in the infragranular layers, and metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 and dopamine transporter; fractal dimension-, gyrification index- and sulcal depth-derived networks were only associated with the chemoarchitectonic factor with contributions from different sets of neurotransmitter receptors. Most results were reproducible across different parcellation schemes and datasets. Altogether, this study demonstrates phenotypic associations and neurobiological substrates of single-subject morphological brain networks, which provide intermediate endophenotypes to link molecular and cellular architecture and behavior and cognition.
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- Zhen Li
- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Psychological Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Center for MRI Research, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China; Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education, China; Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.
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Held NR, Bauer T, Reiter JT, Hoppe C, Keil VCW, Radbruch A, Helmstaedter C, Surges R, Rüber T. Globally altered microstructural properties and network topology in Rasmussen's encephalitis. Brain Commun 2023; 5:fcad290. [PMID: 37953836 PMCID: PMC10638105 DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcad290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Revised: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023] Open
Abstract
Rasmussen's encephalitis is an immune-mediated brain disorder characterised by progressive unilateral cerebral atrophy, neuroinflammation, drug-resistant seizures and cognitive decline. However, volumetric changes and epileptiform EEG activity were also observed in the contralateral hemisphere, raising questions about the aetiology of contralateral involvement. In this study, we aim to investigate alterations of white matter integrity, structural network topology and network efficiency in Rasmussen's encephalitis using diffusion-tensor imaging. Fourteen individuals with Rasmussen's encephalitis (11 female, median onset 6 years, range 4-22, median disease duration at MRI 5 years, range 0-42) and 20 healthy control subjects were included. All subjects underwent T1-weighted structural and diffusion-tensor imaging. Diffusion-tensor images were analysed using the fixel-based analysis framework included in the MRtrix3 toolbox. Fibre density and cross-section served as a quantitative measure for microstructural white matter integrity. T1-weighted structural images were processed using FreeSurfer, subcortical segmentations and cortical parcellations using the Desikan-Killiany atlas served as nodes in a structural network model, edge weights were determined based on streamline count between pairs of nodes and compared using network-based statistics. Global efficiency was used to quantify network integration on an intrahemispheric level. All metrics were compared cross-sectionally between individuals with Rasmussen's encephalitis and healthy control subjects using sex and age as regressors and within the Rasmussen's encephalitis group using linear regression including age at onset and disease duration as independent variables. Relative to healthy control subjects, individuals with Rasmussen's encephalitis showed significantly (family-wise-error-corrected P < 0.05) lower fibre density and cross-section as well as edge weights in intrahemispheric connections within the ipsilesional hemisphere and in interhemispheric connections. Lower edge weights were noted in the contralesional hemisphere and in interhemispheric connections, with the latter being mainly affected within the first 2 years after disease onset. With longer disease duration, fibre density and cross-section significantly (uncorrected P < 0.01) decreased in both hemispheres. In the contralesional corticospinal tract, fibre density and cross-section significantly (uncorrected P < 0.01) increased with disease duration. Intrahemispheric edge weights (uncorrected P < 0.01) and global efficiency significantly increased with disease duration in both hemispheres (ipsilesional r = 0.74, P = 0.001; contralesional r = 0.67, P = 0.012). Early disease onset was significantly (uncorrected P < 0.01) negatively correlated with lower fibre density and cross-section bilaterally. Our results show that the disease process of Rasmussen's encephalitis is not limited to the cortex of the lesioned hemisphere but should be regarded as a network disease affecting white matter across the entire brain and causing degenerative as well as compensatory changes on a network level.
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- Nina R Held
- Department of Epileptology, University Hospital Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Epileptology, University Hospital Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Epileptology, University Hospital Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Epileptology, University Hospital Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Brain Imaging, Amsterdam UMC, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Cancer Center Amsterdam, Brain Tumor Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Epileptology, University Hospital Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Epileptology, University Hospital Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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Roy JC, Desmidt T, Dam S, Mirea-Grivel I, Weyl L, Bannier E, Barantin L, Drapier D, Batail JM, David R, Coloigner J, Robert GH. Connectivity patterns of the core resting-state networks associated with apathy in late-life depression. J Psychiatry Neurosci 2023; 48:E404-E413. [PMID: 37914222 PMCID: PMC10620011 DOI: 10.1503/jpn.230008] [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: 01/15/2023] [Revised: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Apathy is associated with reduced antidepressant response and dementia in late-life depression (LLD). However, the functional cerebral basis of apathy is understudied in LLD. We investigated the functional connectivity of 5 resting-state networks (RSN) hypothesized to underlie apathy in LLD. METHODS Resting-state functional MRI data were collected from individuals with LLD who did not have dementia as well as healthy older adults between October 2019 and April 2022. Apathy was evaluated using the diagnostic criteria for apathy (DCA), the Apathy Evaluation Scale (AES) and the Apathy Motivation Index (AMI). Subnetworks whose connectivity was significantly associated with each apathy measure were identified via the threshold-free network-based statistics. Regions that were consistently associated with apathy across the measures were reported as robust findings. RESULTS Our sample included 39 individuals with LLD who did not have dementia and 26 healthy older adults. Compared with healthy controls, individuals with LLD had an altered intra-RSN and inter-RNS connectivity in the default mode, the cingulo-opercular and the frontoparietal networks. All 3 apathy measurements showed associations with modified intra-RSN connectivity in these networks, except for the DCA in the cingulo-opercular network. The AMI scores showed stronger associations with the cingulo-opercular and frontoparietal networks, whereas the AES had stronger associations with the default mode network and the goal-oriented behaviour network. LIMITATIONS The study was limited by the small number of participants without apathy according to the DCA, which may have reduced the statistical power of between-group comparisons. Additionally, the reliance on specific apathy measures may have influenced the observed overlap in brain regions. CONCLUSION Our findings indicate that apathy in LLD is consistently associated with changes in both intra-RSN and inter-RSN connectivity of brain regions implicated in goal-oriented behaviours. These results corroborate previous findings of altered functional RSN connectivity in severe LLD.
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- Jean-Charles Roy
- From the Centre Hospitalier Guillaume Régnier, Pôle Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie Adulte, Rennes, France (Roy, Mirea-Grivel, Louise, Drapier, Batail, Robert); the Centre d'investigation clinique (CIC) de Rennes 1414, CHU de Rennes, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM), Rennes, France (Roy, Drapier, Batail, Robert); l'Université de Rennes, Inria Centre, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IRISA, INSERM, Empenn U1228 ERL, Rennes, France (Roy, Dam, Bannier, Coloigner, Robert); the Service de Radiologie, CHU Rennes, Rennes, France (Bannier); the CHU de Tours, Tours, France (Desmidt, Barantin); the UMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France (Desmidt, Barantin); the CIC 1415, CHU de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France (Desmidt); the CoBTeK (Cognition Behaviour Technology) Lab, University Côte d'Azur, Nice, France (David)
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- From the Centre Hospitalier Guillaume Régnier, Pôle Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie Adulte, Rennes, France (Roy, Mirea-Grivel, Louise, Drapier, Batail, Robert); the Centre d'investigation clinique (CIC) de Rennes 1414, CHU de Rennes, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM), Rennes, France (Roy, Drapier, Batail, Robert); l'Université de Rennes, Inria Centre, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IRISA, INSERM, Empenn U1228 ERL, Rennes, France (Roy, Dam, Bannier, Coloigner, Robert); the Service de Radiologie, CHU Rennes, Rennes, France (Bannier); the CHU de Tours, Tours, France (Desmidt, Barantin); the UMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France (Desmidt, Barantin); the CIC 1415, CHU de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France (Desmidt); the CoBTeK (Cognition Behaviour Technology) Lab, University Côte d'Azur, Nice, France (David)
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- From the Centre Hospitalier Guillaume Régnier, Pôle Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie Adulte, Rennes, France (Roy, Mirea-Grivel, Louise, Drapier, Batail, Robert); the Centre d'investigation clinique (CIC) de Rennes 1414, CHU de Rennes, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM), Rennes, France (Roy, Drapier, Batail, Robert); l'Université de Rennes, Inria Centre, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IRISA, INSERM, Empenn U1228 ERL, Rennes, France (Roy, Dam, Bannier, Coloigner, Robert); the Service de Radiologie, CHU Rennes, Rennes, France (Bannier); the CHU de Tours, Tours, France (Desmidt, Barantin); the UMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France (Desmidt, Barantin); the CIC 1415, CHU de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France (Desmidt); the CoBTeK (Cognition Behaviour Technology) Lab, University Côte d'Azur, Nice, France (David)
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- From the Centre Hospitalier Guillaume Régnier, Pôle Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie Adulte, Rennes, France (Roy, Mirea-Grivel, Louise, Drapier, Batail, Robert); the Centre d'investigation clinique (CIC) de Rennes 1414, CHU de Rennes, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM), Rennes, France (Roy, Drapier, Batail, Robert); l'Université de Rennes, Inria Centre, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IRISA, INSERM, Empenn U1228 ERL, Rennes, France (Roy, Dam, Bannier, Coloigner, Robert); the Service de Radiologie, CHU Rennes, Rennes, France (Bannier); the CHU de Tours, Tours, France (Desmidt, Barantin); the UMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France (Desmidt, Barantin); the CIC 1415, CHU de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France (Desmidt); the CoBTeK (Cognition Behaviour Technology) Lab, University Côte d'Azur, Nice, France (David)
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- From the Centre Hospitalier Guillaume Régnier, Pôle Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie Adulte, Rennes, France (Roy, Mirea-Grivel, Louise, Drapier, Batail, Robert); the Centre d'investigation clinique (CIC) de Rennes 1414, CHU de Rennes, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM), Rennes, France (Roy, Drapier, Batail, Robert); l'Université de Rennes, Inria Centre, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IRISA, INSERM, Empenn U1228 ERL, Rennes, France (Roy, Dam, Bannier, Coloigner, Robert); the Service de Radiologie, CHU Rennes, Rennes, France (Bannier); the CHU de Tours, Tours, France (Desmidt, Barantin); the UMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France (Desmidt, Barantin); the CIC 1415, CHU de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France (Desmidt); the CoBTeK (Cognition Behaviour Technology) Lab, University Côte d'Azur, Nice, France (David)
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- From the Centre Hospitalier Guillaume Régnier, Pôle Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie Adulte, Rennes, France (Roy, Mirea-Grivel, Louise, Drapier, Batail, Robert); the Centre d'investigation clinique (CIC) de Rennes 1414, CHU de Rennes, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM), Rennes, France (Roy, Drapier, Batail, Robert); l'Université de Rennes, Inria Centre, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IRISA, INSERM, Empenn U1228 ERL, Rennes, France (Roy, Dam, Bannier, Coloigner, Robert); the Service de Radiologie, CHU Rennes, Rennes, France (Bannier); the CHU de Tours, Tours, France (Desmidt, Barantin); the UMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France (Desmidt, Barantin); the CIC 1415, CHU de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France (Desmidt); the CoBTeK (Cognition Behaviour Technology) Lab, University Côte d'Azur, Nice, France (David)
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- From the Centre Hospitalier Guillaume Régnier, Pôle Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie Adulte, Rennes, France (Roy, Mirea-Grivel, Louise, Drapier, Batail, Robert); the Centre d'investigation clinique (CIC) de Rennes 1414, CHU de Rennes, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM), Rennes, France (Roy, Drapier, Batail, Robert); l'Université de Rennes, Inria Centre, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IRISA, INSERM, Empenn U1228 ERL, Rennes, France (Roy, Dam, Bannier, Coloigner, Robert); the Service de Radiologie, CHU Rennes, Rennes, France (Bannier); the CHU de Tours, Tours, France (Desmidt, Barantin); the UMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France (Desmidt, Barantin); the CIC 1415, CHU de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France (Desmidt); the CoBTeK (Cognition Behaviour Technology) Lab, University Côte d'Azur, Nice, France (David)
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- From the Centre Hospitalier Guillaume Régnier, Pôle Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie Adulte, Rennes, France (Roy, Mirea-Grivel, Louise, Drapier, Batail, Robert); the Centre d'investigation clinique (CIC) de Rennes 1414, CHU de Rennes, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM), Rennes, France (Roy, Drapier, Batail, Robert); l'Université de Rennes, Inria Centre, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IRISA, INSERM, Empenn U1228 ERL, Rennes, France (Roy, Dam, Bannier, Coloigner, Robert); the Service de Radiologie, CHU Rennes, Rennes, France (Bannier); the CHU de Tours, Tours, France (Desmidt, Barantin); the UMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France (Desmidt, Barantin); the CIC 1415, CHU de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France (Desmidt); the CoBTeK (Cognition Behaviour Technology) Lab, University Côte d'Azur, Nice, France (David)
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- From the Centre Hospitalier Guillaume Régnier, Pôle Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie Adulte, Rennes, France (Roy, Mirea-Grivel, Louise, Drapier, Batail, Robert); the Centre d'investigation clinique (CIC) de Rennes 1414, CHU de Rennes, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM), Rennes, France (Roy, Drapier, Batail, Robert); l'Université de Rennes, Inria Centre, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IRISA, INSERM, Empenn U1228 ERL, Rennes, France (Roy, Dam, Bannier, Coloigner, Robert); the Service de Radiologie, CHU Rennes, Rennes, France (Bannier); the CHU de Tours, Tours, France (Desmidt, Barantin); the UMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France (Desmidt, Barantin); the CIC 1415, CHU de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France (Desmidt); the CoBTeK (Cognition Behaviour Technology) Lab, University Côte d'Azur, Nice, France (David)
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- From the Centre Hospitalier Guillaume Régnier, Pôle Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie Adulte, Rennes, France (Roy, Mirea-Grivel, Louise, Drapier, Batail, Robert); the Centre d'investigation clinique (CIC) de Rennes 1414, CHU de Rennes, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM), Rennes, France (Roy, Drapier, Batail, Robert); l'Université de Rennes, Inria Centre, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IRISA, INSERM, Empenn U1228 ERL, Rennes, France (Roy, Dam, Bannier, Coloigner, Robert); the Service de Radiologie, CHU Rennes, Rennes, France (Bannier); the CHU de Tours, Tours, France (Desmidt, Barantin); the UMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France (Desmidt, Barantin); the CIC 1415, CHU de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France (Desmidt); the CoBTeK (Cognition Behaviour Technology) Lab, University Côte d'Azur, Nice, France (David)
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- From the Centre Hospitalier Guillaume Régnier, Pôle Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie Adulte, Rennes, France (Roy, Mirea-Grivel, Louise, Drapier, Batail, Robert); the Centre d'investigation clinique (CIC) de Rennes 1414, CHU de Rennes, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM), Rennes, France (Roy, Drapier, Batail, Robert); l'Université de Rennes, Inria Centre, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IRISA, INSERM, Empenn U1228 ERL, Rennes, France (Roy, Dam, Bannier, Coloigner, Robert); the Service de Radiologie, CHU Rennes, Rennes, France (Bannier); the CHU de Tours, Tours, France (Desmidt, Barantin); the UMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France (Desmidt, Barantin); the CIC 1415, CHU de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France (Desmidt); the CoBTeK (Cognition Behaviour Technology) Lab, University Côte d'Azur, Nice, France (David)
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- From the Centre Hospitalier Guillaume Régnier, Pôle Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie Adulte, Rennes, France (Roy, Mirea-Grivel, Louise, Drapier, Batail, Robert); the Centre d'investigation clinique (CIC) de Rennes 1414, CHU de Rennes, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM), Rennes, France (Roy, Drapier, Batail, Robert); l'Université de Rennes, Inria Centre, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IRISA, INSERM, Empenn U1228 ERL, Rennes, France (Roy, Dam, Bannier, Coloigner, Robert); the Service de Radiologie, CHU Rennes, Rennes, France (Bannier); the CHU de Tours, Tours, France (Desmidt, Barantin); the UMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France (Desmidt, Barantin); the CIC 1415, CHU de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France (Desmidt); the CoBTeK (Cognition Behaviour Technology) Lab, University Côte d'Azur, Nice, France (David)
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Lama RK, Kwon GR. Resting-State Functional Connectivity Difference in Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment Using Threshold-Free Cluster Enhancement. Diagnostics (Basel) 2023; 13:3074. [PMID: 37835817 PMCID: PMC10572464 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics13193074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2023] [Revised: 09/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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The disruption of functional connectivity is one of the early events that occurs in the brains of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. This paper reports a study on the clustering structure of functional connectivity in eight important brain networks in healthy, AD, and prodromal stage subjects. We used the threshold-free cluster enhancement (TFCE) method to explore the connectivity from resting-state functional MR images (rs-fMRIs). We conducted the study on a total of 32 AD, 32 HC, and 31 MCI subjects. We modeled the brain as a graph-based network to study these impairments, and pairwise Pearson's correlation-based functional connectivity was used to construct the brain network. The study found that connections in the sensory motor network (SMN), dorsal attention network (DAN), salience network (SAN), default mode network (DMN), and cerebral network were severely affected in AD and MCI. The disruption in these networks may serve as potential biomarkers for distinguishing AD and MCI from HC. The study suggests that alterations in functional connectivity in these networks may contribute to cognitive deficits observed in AD and MCI. Additionally, a negative correlation was observed between the global clinical dementia rating (CDR) score and the Z-score of functional connectivity within identified clusters in AD subjects. These findings provide compelling evidence suggesting that the neurodegenerative disruption of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) connectivity is extensively distributed across multiple networks in individuals diagnosed with AD.
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- Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Chosun University, 309 Pilmundaero, Gwangju 61452, Republic of Korea;
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Qiu X, Li J, Pan F, Yang Y, Zhou W, Chen J, Wei N, Lu S, Weng X, Huang M, Wang J. Aberrant single-subject morphological brain networks in first-episode, treatment-naive adolescents with major depressive disorder. PSYCHORADIOLOGY 2023; 3:kkad017. [PMID: 38666133 PMCID: PMC10939346 DOI: 10.1093/psyrad/kkad017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Revised: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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Background Neuroimaging-based connectome studies have indicated that major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with disrupted topological organization of large-scale brain networks. However, the disruptions and their clinical and cognitive relevance are not well established for morphological brain networks in adolescent MDD. Objective To investigate the topological alterations of single-subject morphological brain networks in adolescent MDD. Methods Twenty-five first-episode, treatment-naive adolescents with MDD and 19 healthy controls (HCs) underwent T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and a battery of neuropsychological tests. Single-subject morphological brain networks were constructed separately based on cortical thickness, fractal dimension, gyrification index, and sulcus depth, and topologically characterized by graph-based approaches. Between-group differences were inferred by permutation testing. For significant alterations, partial correlations were used to examine their associations with clinical and neuropsychological variables in the patients. Finally, a support vector machine was used to classify the patients from controls. Results Compared with the HCs, the patients exhibited topological alterations only in cortical thickness-based networks characterized by higher nodal centralities in parietal (left primary sensory cortex) but lower nodal centralities in temporal (left parabelt complex, right perirhinal ectorhinal cortex, right area PHT and right ventral visual complex) regions. Moreover, decreased nodal centralities of some temporal regions were correlated with cognitive dysfunction and clinical characteristics of the patients. These results were largely reproducible for binary and weighted network analyses. Finally, topological properties of the cortical thickness-based networks were able to distinguish the MDD adolescents from HCs with 87.6% accuracy. Conclusion Adolescent MDD is associated with disrupted topological organization of morphological brain networks, and the disruptions provide potential biomarkers for diagnosing and monitoring the disease.
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- Xiaofan Qiu
- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310013, China
- The Key Laboratory of Mental Disorder's Management of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310013, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310013, China
- The Key Laboratory of Mental Disorder's Management of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310013, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310013, China
- The Key Laboratory of Mental Disorder's Management of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310013, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310013, China
- The Key Laboratory of Mental Disorder's Management of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310013, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310013, China
- The Key Laboratory of Mental Disorder's Management of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310013, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
- Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou 510631, China
- Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, Guangzhou 510631, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310013, China
- The Key Laboratory of Mental Disorder's Management of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310013, China
- Zhejiang Engineering Center for Mathematical Mental Health, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
- Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou 510631, China
- Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, Guangzhou 510631, China
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Chu DY, Adluru N, Nair VA, Choi T, Adluru A, Garcia-Ramos C, Dabbs K, Mathis J, Nencka AS, Gundlach C, Conant L, Binder JR, Meyerand ME, Alexander AL, Struck AF, Hermann B, Prabhakaran V. Association of neighborhood deprivation with white matter connectome abnormalities in temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia 2023; 64:2484-2498. [PMID: 37376741 PMCID: PMC10530287 DOI: 10.1111/epi.17702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Revised: 06/25/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Social determinants of health, including the effects of neighborhood disadvantage, impact epilepsy prevalence, treatment, and outcomes. This study characterized the association between aberrant white matter connectivity in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and disadvantage using a US census-based neighborhood disadvantage metric, the Area Deprivation Index (ADI), derived from measures of income, education, employment, and housing quality. METHODS Participants including 74 TLE patients (47 male, mean age = 39.2 years) and 45 healthy controls (27 male, mean age = 31.9 years) from the Epilepsy Connectome Project were classified into ADI-defined low and high disadvantage groups. Graph theoretic metrics were applied to multishell connectome diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) measurements to derive 162 × 162 structural connectivity matrices (SCMs). The SCMs were harmonized using neuroCombat to account for interscanner differences. Threshold-free network-based statistics were used for analysis, and findings were correlated with ADI quintile metrics. A decrease in cross-sectional area (CSA) indicates reduced white matter integrity. RESULTS Sex- and age-adjusted CSA in TLE groups was significantly reduced compared to controls regardless of disadvantage status, revealing discrete aberrant white matter tract connectivity abnormalities in addition to apparent differences in graph measures of connectivity and network-based statistics. When comparing broadly defined disadvantaged TLE groups, differences were at trend level. Sensitivity analyses of ADI quintile extremes revealed significantly lower CSA in the most compared to least disadvantaged TLE group. SIGNIFICANCE Our findings demonstrate (1) the general impact of TLE on DWI connectome status is larger than the association with neighborhood disadvantage; however, (2) neighborhood disadvantage, indexed by ADI, revealed modest relationships with white matter structure and integrity on sensitivity analysis in TLE. Further studies are needed to explore this relationship and determine whether the white matter relationship with ADI is driven by social drift or environmental influences on brain development. Understanding the etiology and course of the disadvantage-brain integrity relationship may serve to inform care, management, and policy for patients.
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- Daniel Y Chu
- Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- William S. Middleton Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Tranfa M, Iasevoli F, Cocozza S, Ciccarelli M, Barone A, Brunetti A, de Bartolomeis A, Pontillo G. Neural substrates of verbal memory impairment in schizophrenia: A multimodal connectomics study. Hum Brain Mapp 2023; 44:2829-2840. [PMID: 36852587 PMCID: PMC10089087 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2022] [Revised: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/01/2023] Open
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While verbal memory is among the most compromised cognitive domains in schizophrenia (SZ), its neural substrates remain elusive. Here, we explored the structural and functional brain network correlates of verbal memory impairment in SZ. We acquired diffusion and resting-state functional MRI data of 49 SZ patients, classified as having preserved (VMP, n = 22) or impaired (VMI, n = 26) verbal memory based on the List Learning task, and 55 healthy controls (HC). Structural and functional connectivity matrices were obtained and analyzed to assess associations with disease status (SZ vs. HC) and verbal memory impairment (VMI vs. VMP) using two complementary data-driven approaches: threshold-free network-based statistics (TFNBS) and hybrid connectivity independent component analysis (connICA). TFNBS showed altered connectivity in SZ patients compared with HC (p < .05, FWER-corrected), with distributed structural changes and functional reorganization centered around sensorimotor areas. Specifically, functional connectivity was reduced within the visual and somatomotor networks and increased between visual areas and associative and subcortical regions. Only a tiny cluster of increased functional connectivity between visual and bilateral parietal attention-related areas correlated with verbal memory dysfunction. Hybrid connICA identified four robust traits, representing fundamental patterns of joint structural-functional connectivity. One of these, mainly capturing the functional connectivity profile of the visual network, was significantly associated with SZ (HC vs. SZ: Cohen's d = .828, p < .0001) and verbal memory impairment (VMP vs. VMI: Cohen's d = -.805, p = .01). We suggest that aberrant connectivity of sensorimotor networks may be a key connectomic signature of SZ and a putative biomarker of SZ-related verbal memory impairment, in consistency with bottom-up models of cognitive disruption.
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- Mario Tranfa
- Department of Advanced Biomedical SciencesUniversity “Federico II”NaplesItaly
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- Section of Psychiatry ‐ Unit of Treatment Resistant Psychosis ‐ Laboratory of Molecular and Translational Psychiatry ‐ Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological SciencesUniversity “Federico II”NaplesItaly
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical SciencesUniversity “Federico II”NaplesItaly
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- Section of Psychiatry ‐ Unit of Treatment Resistant Psychosis ‐ Laboratory of Molecular and Translational Psychiatry ‐ Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological SciencesUniversity “Federico II”NaplesItaly
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- Section of Psychiatry ‐ Unit of Treatment Resistant Psychosis ‐ Laboratory of Molecular and Translational Psychiatry ‐ Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological SciencesUniversity “Federico II”NaplesItaly
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical SciencesUniversity “Federico II”NaplesItaly
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- Section of Psychiatry ‐ Unit of Treatment Resistant Psychosis ‐ Laboratory of Molecular and Translational Psychiatry ‐ Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological SciencesUniversity “Federico II”NaplesItaly
- Staff of UNESCO Chair on Health Education and Sustainable DevelopmentUniversity “Federico II”NaplesItaly
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical SciencesUniversity “Federico II”NaplesItaly
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (DIETI)University “Federico II”NaplesItaly
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Helwegen K, Libedinsky I, van den Heuvel MP. Statistical power in network neuroscience. Trends Cogn Sci 2023; 27:282-301. [PMID: 36725422 DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2022.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Revised: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Network neuroscience has emerged as a leading method to study brain connectivity. The success of these investigations is dependent not only on approaches to accurately map connectivity but also on the ability to detect real effects in the data - that is, statistical power. We review the state of statistical power in the field and discuss sample size, effect size, measurement error, and network topology as key factors that influence the power of brain connectivity investigations. We use the term 'differential power' to describe how power can vary between nodes, edges, and graph metrics, leaving traces in both positive and negative connectome findings. We conclude with strategies for working with, rather than around, power in connectivity studies.
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- Koen Helwegen
- Department of Complex Trait Genetics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Complex Trait Genetics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Complex Trait Genetics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Schulze M, Aslan B, Farrher E, Grinberg F, Shah N, Schirmer M, Radbruch A, Stöcker T, Lux S, Philipsen A. Network-Based Differences in Top-Down Multisensory Integration between Adult ADHD and Healthy Controls-A Diffusion MRI Study. Brain Sci 2023; 13:388. [PMID: 36979198 PMCID: PMC10046412 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13030388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Revised: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 02/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder neurobiologically conceptualized as a network disorder in white and gray matter. A relatively new branch in ADHD research is sensory processing. Here, altered sensory processing i.e., sensory hypersensitivity, is reported, especially in the auditory domain. However, our perception is driven by a complex interplay across different sensory modalities. Our brain is specialized in binding those different sensory modalities to a unified percept-a process called multisensory integration (MI) that is mediated through fronto-temporal and fronto-parietal networks. MI has been recently described to be impaired for complex stimuli in adult patients with ADHD. The current study relates MI in adult ADHD with diffusion-weighted imaging. Connectome-based and graph-theoretic analysis was applied to investigate a possible relationship between the ability to integrate multimodal input and network-based ADHD pathophysiology. METHODS Multishell, high-angular resolution diffusion-weighted imaging was performed on twenty-five patients with ADHD (six females, age: 30.08 (SD: 9.3) years) and twenty-four healthy controls (nine females; age: 26.88 (SD: 6.3) years). Structural connectome was created and graph theory was applied to investigate ADHD pathophysiology. Additionally, MI scores, i.e., the percentage of successful multisensory integration derived from the McGurk paradigm, were groupwise correlated with the structural connectome. RESULTS Structural connectivity was elevated in patients with ADHD in network hubs mirroring altered default-mode network activity typically reported for patients with ADHD. Compared to controls, MI was associated with higher connectivity in ADHD between Heschl's gyrus and auditory parabelt regions along with altered fronto-temporal network integrity. CONCLUSION Alterations in structural network integrity in adult ADHD can be extended to multisensory behavior. MI and the respective network integration in ADHD might represent the maturational cortical delay that extends to adulthood with respect to sensory processing.
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- Marcel Schulze
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany
- Faculty of Psychology and Sports Science, Bielefeld University, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine 4, INM-4, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine 4, INM-4, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine 4, INM-4, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- Department of Neurology, RWTH Aachen University, 50264 Aachen, Germany
- JARA-BRAIN-Translational Medicine, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine 11, INM–11, JARA, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Clinic for Neuroradiology, University Hospital Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
- J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Clinic for Neuroradiology, University Hospital Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany
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Rodriguez RX, Noble S, Tejavibulya L, Scheinost D. Leveraging edge-centric networks complements existing network-level inference for functional connectomes. Neuroimage 2022; 264:119742. [PMID: 36368501 PMCID: PMC9838718 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Revised: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The human connectome is modular with distinct brain regions clustering together to form large-scale communities, or networks. This concept has recently been leveraged in novel inferencing procedures by averaging the edge-level statistics within networks to induce more powerful inferencing at the network level. However, these networks are constructed based on the similarity between pairs of nodes. Emerging work has described novel edge-centric networks, which instead use the similarity between pairs of edges to construct networks. In this work, we use these edge-centric networks in a network-level inferencing procedure and compare this novel method to traditional inferential procedures and the network-level procedure using node-centric networks. We use data from the Human Connectome Project, the Healthy Brain Network, and the Philadelphia Neurodevelopmental Cohort and use a resampling technique with various sample sizes (n=40, 80, 120) to probe the power and specificity of each method. Across datasets and sample sizes, using the edge-centric networks outperforms using node-centric networks for inference as well as edge-level FDR correction and NBS. Additionally, the edge-centric networks were found to be more consistent in clustering effect sizes of similar values as compared to node-centric networks, although node-centric networks often had a lower average within-network effect size variability. Together, these findings suggest that using edge-centric networks for network-level inference can procure relatively powerful results while remaining similarly accurate to the underlying edge-level effects across networks, complementing previous inferential methods.
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- Raimundo X. Rodriguez
- Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA,Corresponding author. (R.X. Rodriguez)
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, 330 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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- Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA,Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, 330 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science, 17 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, USA,Department of Statistics and Data Science, Yale University, 24 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, USA,Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, 230 South Frontage Road, New Haven, CT 06519, USA,Wu Tsai Institute, Yale University, 100 College Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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Kim YJ, Park CW, Shin HW, Lee HS, Kim YJ, Yun M, Lee PH, Sohn YH, Jeong Y, Chung SJ. Identifying the white matter structural network of motor reserve in early Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2022; 102:108-114. [PMID: 35987039 DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2022.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2022] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Motor reserve refers to the individual capacity to cope with nigrostriatal dopamine depletion in Parkinson's disease (PD). This study aimed to explore the white matter structural network associated with motor reserve in patients with newly diagnosed PD. METHODS A total of 238 patients with early-stage drug-naïve PD who underwent 18F-FP-CIT PET and brain MRI scans at initial assessment were enrolled. We estimated individual motor reserve based on the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale Part III (UPDRS-III) scores and dopamine transporter availability in the posterior putamen using a residual model. Then, we performed threshold-free network-based statistics (TFNBS) analysis to identify the structural brain network associated with the estimated motor reserve. We also assessed the effect of the network connectivity strength on the longitudinal increase in levodopa-equivalent dose (LED). RESULTS The mean age at PD symptom onset was 69.10 ± 9.03 years and the mean UPDRS-III score at the time of PD diagnosis was 22.44 ± 9.72. TFNBS analysis identified a motor reserve-associated structural network whose nodes were mainly in the frontal region and cerebellum. Higher network strength (i.e., greater motor reserve) was associated with a slower longitudinal increase in LED during a 3-year follow-up period. CONCLUSION The structural brain network is associated with motor reserve in patients with PD. Connectivity strength within the identified network indicates the individual's capacity to tolerate PD-related pathologies, which is maintained with disease progression and affects the long-term motor prognosis of PD.
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- Yae Ji Kim
- Program of Brain and Cognitive Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea; KI for Health Science and Technology, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea; Department of Physiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Biostatistics Collaboration Unit, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea; Department of Neurology, Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Yongin, South Korea; YONSEI BEYOND LAB, Yongin, South Korea
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Program of Brain and Cognitive Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea; KI for Health Science and Technology, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea; Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea.
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea; Department of Neurology, Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Yongin, South Korea; YONSEI BEYOND LAB, Yongin, South Korea.
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Uribe C, Escrichs A, de Filippi E, Sanz-Perl Y, Junque C, Gomez-Gil E, Kringelbach ML, Guillamon A, Deco G. Whole-brain dynamics differentiate among cisgender and transgender individuals. Hum Brain Mapp 2022; 43:4103-4115. [PMID: 35583382 PMCID: PMC9374880 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.25905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2021] [Revised: 04/25/2022] [Accepted: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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How the brain represents gender identity is largely unknown, but some neural differences have recently been discovered. We used an intrinsic ignition framework to investigate whether there are gender differences in the propagation of neural activity across the whole-brain and within resting-state networks. Studying 29 trans men and 17 trans women with gender incongruence, 22 cis women, and 19 cis men, we computed the capability of a given brain area in space to propagate activity to other areas (mean-ignition), and the variability across time for each brain area (node-metastability). We found that both measurements differentiated all groups across the whole brain. At the network level, we found that compared to the other groups, cis men showed higher mean-ignition of the dorsal attention network and node-metastability of the dorsal and ventral attention, executive control, and temporal parietal networks. We also found higher mean-ignition values in cis men than in cis women within the executive control network, but higher mean-ignition in cis women than cis men and trans men for the default mode. Node-metastability was higher in cis men than cis women in the somatomotor network, while both mean-ignition and node-metastability were higher for cis men than trans men in the limbic network. Finally, we computed correlations between these measurements and a body image satisfaction score. Trans men's dissatisfaction as well as cis men's and cis women's satisfaction toward their own body image were distinctively associated with specific networks in each group. Overall, the study of the whole-brain network dynamical complexity discriminates gender identity groups, functional dynamic approaches could help disentangle the complex nature of the gender dimension in the brain.
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- Carme Uribe
- Unitat de Psicologia Medica, Departament de Medicina, Institute of Neuroscience, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.,Research Imaging Centre, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Computational Neuroscience Group, Center for Brain and Cognition, Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Computational Neuroscience Group, Center for Brain and Cognition, Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Computational Neuroscience Group, Center for Brain and Cognition, Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Unitat de Psicologia Medica, Departament de Medicina, Institute of Neuroscience, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Center for Music in the Brain, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Departamento de Psicobiologia, Facultad de Psicologia, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Madrid, Spain
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- Computational Neuroscience Group, Center for Brain and Cognition, Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,Institució Catalana de la Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,Department of Neuropsychology, Max Planck Institute for human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.,Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Moderates the Association between Sleep Quality and Dorsostriatal-Sensorimotor Resting State Functional Connectivity in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Pain Res Manag 2022; 2022:4347759. [PMID: 35432664 PMCID: PMC9010216 DOI: 10.1155/2022/4347759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Revised: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 03/22/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Aging is associated with poor sleep quality and greater chronic pain prevalence, with age-related changes in brain function as potential underlying mechanisms. Objective. The following cross-sectional study aimed to determine whether self-reported chronic musculoskeletal pain in community-dwelling older adults moderates the association between sleep quality and resting state functional brain connectivity (rsFC). Methods. Community-dwelling older individuals (mean age = 73.29 years) part of the NEPAL study who completed the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and a rsFC scan were included (n = 48) in the present investigation. To that end, we tested the effect of chronic pain-by-PSQI interaction on rsFC among atlas-based brain regions-of-interest, controlling for age and sex. Results and Discussion. A significant network connecting the bilateral putamen and left caudate with bilateral precentral gyrus, postcentral gyrus, and juxtapositional lobule cortex, survived global multiple comparisons (FDR; q < 0.05) and threshold-free network-based-statistics. Greater PSQI scores were significantly associated with greater dorsostriatal-sensorimotor rsFC in the no-pain group, suggesting that a state of somatomotor hyperarousal may be associated with poorer sleep quality in this group. However, in the pain group, greater PSQI scores were associated with less dorsostriatal-sensorimotor rsFC, possibly due to a shift of striatal functions toward regulation sensorimotor aspects of the pain experience, and/or aberrant cortico-striatal loops in the presence of chronic pain. This preliminary investigation advances knowledge about the neurobiology underlying the associations between chronic pain and sleep in community-dwelling older adults that may contribute to the development of effective therapies to decrease disability in geriatric populations.
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Fekonja LS, Wang Z, Cacciola A, Roine T, Aydogan DB, Mewes D, Vellmer S, Vajkoczy P, Picht T. Network analysis shows decreased ipsilesional structural connectivity in glioma patients. Commun Biol 2022; 5:258. [PMID: 35322812 PMCID: PMC8943189 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03190-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Gliomas that infiltrate networks and systems, such as the motor system, often lead to substantial functional impairment in multiple systems. Network-based statistics (NBS) allow to assess local network differences and graph theoretical analyses enable investigation of global and local network properties. Here, we used network measures to characterize glioma-related decreases in structural connectivity by comparing the ipsi- with the contralesional hemispheres of patients and correlated findings with neurological assessment. We found that lesion location resulted in differential impairment of both short and long connectivity patterns. Network analysis showed reduced global and local efficiency in the ipsilesional hemisphere compared to the contralesional hemispheric networks, which reflect the impairment of information transfer across different regions of a network. Tumors and their location distinctly alter both local and global brain connectivity within the ipsilesional hemisphere of glioma patients.
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- Lucius S Fekonja
- Department of Neurosurgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany. .,Cluster of Excellence: "Matters of Activity. Image Space Material", Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical, Dental Sciences and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University School of Science, Espoo, Finland.,Turku Brain and Mind Center, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University School of Science, Espoo, Finland.,Department of Psychiatry, Helsinki University and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Cluster of Excellence: "Matters of Activity. Image Space Material", Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
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Disrupted functional connectivity in PD with probable RBD and its cognitive correlates. Sci Rep 2021; 11:24351. [PMID: 34934134 PMCID: PMC8692356 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-03751-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Recent studies associated rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD) in Parkinson’s disease (PD) with severe cognitive impairment and brain atrophy. However, whole-brain functional connectivity has never been explored in this group of PD patients. In this study, whole-brain network-based statistics and graph-theoretical approaches were used to characterize resting-state interregional functional connectivity in PD with probable RBD (PD-pRBD) and its relationship with cognition. Our sample consisted of 30 healthy controls, 32 PD without probable RBD (PD-non pRBD), and 27 PD-pRBD. The PD-pRBD group showed reduced functional connectivity compared with controls mainly involving cingulate areas with temporal, frontal, insular, and thalamic regions (p < 0.001). Also, the PD-pRBD group showed reduced functional connectivity between right ventral posterior cingulate and left medial precuneus compared with PD-non pRBD (p < 0.05). We found increased normalized characteristic path length in PD-pRBD compared with PD-non pRBD. In the PD-pRBD group, mean connectivity strength from reduced connections correlated with visuoperceptual task and normalized characteristic path length correlated with processing speed and verbal memory tasks. This work demonstrates the existence of disrupted functional connectivity in PD-pRBD, together with abnormal network integrity, that supports its consideration as a severe PD subtype.
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NBS-Predict: A prediction-based extension of the network-based statistic. Neuroimage 2021; 244:118625. [PMID: 34610435 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118625] [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: 05/03/2021] [Revised: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Graph models of the brain hold great promise as a framework to study functional and structural brain connectivity across scales and species. The network-based statistic (NBS) is a well-known tool for performing statistical inference on brain graphs, which controls the family-wise error rate in a mass univariate analysis by combining the cluster-based permutation technique and the graph-theoretical concept of connected components. As the NBS is based on group-level inference statistics, it does not inherently enable informed decisions at the level of individuals, which is, however, necessary for the realm of precision medicine. Here we introduce NBS-Predict, a new approach that combines the powerful features of machine learning (ML) and the NBS in a user-friendly graphical user interface (GUI). By combining ML models with connected components in a cross-validation (CV) structure, the new methodology provides a fast and convenient tool to identify generalizable neuroimaging-based biomarkers. The purpose of this paper is to (i) introduce NBS-Predict and evaluate its performance using two sets of simulated data with known ground truths, (ii) demonstrate the application of NBS-Predict in a real case-control study, including resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) data acquired from patients with schizophrenia, (iii) evaluate NBS-Predict using rs-fMRI data from the Human Connectome Project 1200 subjects release. We found that: (i) NBS-Predict achieved good statistical power on two sets of simulated data; (ii) NBS-Predict classified schizophrenia with an accuracy of 90% using subjects' functional connectivity matrices and identified a subnetwork with reduced connections in the group with schizophrenia, mainly comprising brain regions localized in frontotemporal, visual, and motor areas, as well as in the subcortex; (iii) NBS-Predict also predicted general intelligence scores from resting-state fMRI connectivity matrices with a prediction score of r = 0.2 and identified a large-scale subnetwork associated with general intelligence. Overall results showed that NBS-Predict performed comparable to or better than pre-existing feature selection algorithms (lasso, elastic net, top 5%, p-value thresholding) and connectome-based predictive modeling (CPM) in terms of identifying relevant features and prediction accuracy.
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Brain connectivity dynamics in cisgender and transmen people with gender incongruence before gender affirmative hormone treatment. Sci Rep 2021; 11:21036. [PMID: 34702875 PMCID: PMC8548343 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-00508-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Large-scale brain network interactions have been described between trans- and cis-gender binary identities. However, a temporal perspective of the brain's spontaneous fluctuations is missing. We investigated the functional connectivity dynamics in transmen with gender incongruence and its relationship with interoceptive awareness. We describe four states in native and meta-state spaces: (i) one state highly prevalent with sparse overall connections; (ii) a second with strong couplings mainly involving components of the salience, default, and executive control networks. Two states with global sparse connectivity but positive couplings (iii) within the sensorimotor network, and (iv) between salience network regions. Transmen had more dynamical fluidity than cismen, while cismen presented less meta-state fluidity and range dynamism than transmen and ciswomen. A positive association between attention regulation and fluidity and meta-state range dynamism was found in transmen. There exist gender differences in the temporal brain dynamism, characterized by distinct interrelations of the salience network as catalyst interacting with other networks. We offer a functional explanation from the neurodevelopmental cortical hypothesis of a gendered-self.
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Lumaca M, Vuust P, Baggio G. Network Analysis of Human Brain Connectivity Reveals Neural Fingerprints of a Compositionality Bias in Signaling Systems. Cereb Cortex 2021; 32:1704-1720. [PMID: 34476458 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhab307] [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: 04/28/2021] [Revised: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Compositionality is a hallmark of human language and other symbolic systems: a finite set of meaningful elements can be systematically combined to convey an open-ended array of ideas. Compositionality is not uniformly distributed over expressions in a language or over individuals' communicative behavior: at both levels, variation is observed. Here, we investigate the neural bases of interindividual variability by probing the relationship between intrinsic characteristics of brain networks and compositional behavior. We first collected functional resting-state and diffusion magnetic resonance imaging data from a large participant sample (N = 51). Subsequently, participants took part in two signaling games. They were instructed to learn and reproduce an auditory symbolic system of signals (tone sequences) associated with affective meanings (human faces expressing emotions). Signal-meaning mappings were artificial and had to be learned via repeated signaling interactions. We identified a temporoparietal network in which connection length was related to the degree of compositionality introduced in a signaling system by each player. Graph-theoretic analysis of resting-state functional connectivity revealed that, within that network, compositional behavior was associated with integration measures in 2 semantic hubs: the left posterior cingulate cortex and the left angular gyrus. Our findings link individual variability in compositional biases to variation in the anatomy of semantic networks and in the functional topology of their constituent units.
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- Massimo Lumaca
- Center for Music in the Brain, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University & The Royal Academy of Music, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Center for Music in the Brain, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University & The Royal Academy of Music, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Language Acquisition and Language Processing Lab, Department of Language and Literature, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7941 Trondheim, Norway
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Inguanzo A, Segura B, Sala-Llonch R, Monte-Rubio G, Abos A, Campabadal A, Uribe C, Baggio HC, Marti MJ, Valldeoriola F, Compta Y, Bargallo N, Junque C. Impaired Structural Connectivity in Parkinson's Disease Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Study Based on Probabilistic Tractography. Brain Connect 2021; 11:380-392. [PMID: 33626962 PMCID: PMC8215419 DOI: 10.1089/brain.2020.0939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Background: Probabilistic tractography, in combination with graph theory, has been used to reconstruct the structural whole-brain connectome. Threshold-free network-based statistics (TFNBS) is a useful technique to study structural connectivity in neurodegenerative disorders; however, there are no previous studies using TFNBS in Parkinson's disease (PD) with and without mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Materials and Methods: Sixty-two PD patients, 27 of whom classified as PD-MCI, and 51 healthy controls (HC) underwent diffusion-weighted 3T magnetic resonance imaging. Probabilistic tractography, using FMRIB Software Library (FSL), was used to compute the number of streamlines (NOS) between regions. NOS matrices were used to find group differences with TFNBS, and to calculate global and local measures of network integrity using graph theory. A binominal logistic regression was then used to assess the discrimination between PD with and without MCI using non-overlapping significant tracts. Tract-based spatial statistics were also performed with FSL to study changes in fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity. Results: PD-MCI showed 37 white matter connections with reduced connectivity strength compared with HC, mainly involving temporal/occipital regions. These were able to differentiate PD-MCI from PD without MCI with an area under the curve of 83-85%. PD without MCI showed disrupted connectivity in 18 connections involving frontal/temporal regions. No significant differences were found in graph measures. Only PD-MCI showed reduced FA compared with HC. Discussion: TFNBS based on whole-brain probabilistic tractography can detect structural connectivity alterations in PD with and without MCI. Reduced structural connectivity in fronto-striatal and posterior cortico-cortical connections is associated with PD-MCI.
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- Anna Inguanzo
- Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED: CB06/05/0018-ISCIII), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Department of Biomedicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Research Imaging Centre, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED: CB06/05/0018-ISCIII), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Movement Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Institut de Neurociències, University of Barcelona, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED: CB06/05/0018-ISCIII), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Movement Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Institut de Neurociències, University of Barcelona, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED: CB06/05/0018-ISCIII), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Movement Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Institut de Neurociències, University of Barcelona, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Centre de Diagnostic per la Imatge, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Magnetic Resonance Core Facility, Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED: CB06/05/0018-ISCIII), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Statistical and Machine Learning Link Selection Methods for Brain Functional Networks: Review and Comparison. Brain Sci 2021; 11:brainsci11060735. [PMID: 34073098 PMCID: PMC8227272 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11060735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Revised: 05/24/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Network-based representations have introduced a revolution in neuroscience, expanding the understanding of the brain from the activity of individual regions to the interactions between them. This augmented network view comes at the cost of high dimensionality, which hinders both our capacity of deciphering the main mechanisms behind pathologies, and the significance of any statistical and/or machine learning task used in processing this data. A link selection method, allowing to remove irrelevant connections in a given scenario, is an obvious solution that provides improved utilization of these network representations. In this contribution we review a large set of statistical and machine learning link selection methods and evaluate them on real brain functional networks. Results indicate that most methods perform in a qualitatively similar way, with NBS (Network Based Statistics) winning in terms of quantity of retained information, AnovaNet in terms of stability and ExT (Extra Trees) in terms of lower computational cost. While machine learning methods are conceptually more complex than statistical ones, they do not yield a clear advantage. At the same time, the high heterogeneity in the set of links retained by each method suggests that they are offering complementary views to the data. The implications of these results in neuroscience tasks are finally discussed.
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Has Silemek AC, Ranjeva J, Audoin B, Heesen C, Gold SM, Kühn S, Weygandt M, Stellmann J. Delayed access to conscious processing in multiple sclerosis: Reduced cortical activation and impaired structural connectivity. Hum Brain Mapp 2021; 42:3379-3395. [PMID: 33826184 PMCID: PMC8249884 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.25440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2021] [Revised: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Although multiple sclerosis (MS) is frequently accompanied by visuo‐cognitive impairment, especially functional brain mechanisms underlying this impairment are still not well understood. Consequently, we used a functional MRI (fMRI) backward masking task to study visual information processing stratifying unconscious and conscious in MS. Specifically, 30 persons with MS (pwMS) and 34 healthy controls (HC) were shown target stimuli followed by a mask presented 8–150 ms later and had to compare the target to a reference stimulus. Retinal integrity (via optical coherence tomography), optic tract integrity (visual evoked potential; VEP) and whole brain structural connectivity (probabilistic tractography) were assessed as complementary structural brain integrity markers. On a psychophysical level, pwMS reached conscious access later than HC (50 vs. 16 ms, p < .001). The delay increased with disease duration (p < .001, β = .37) and disability (p < .001, β = .24), but did not correlate with conscious information processing speed (Symbol digit modality test, β = .07, p = .817). No association was found for VEP and retinal integrity markers. Moreover, pwMS were characterized by decreased brain activation during unconscious processing compared with HC. No group differences were found during conscious processing. Finally, a complementary structural brain integrity analysis showed that a reduced fractional anisotropy in corpus callosum and an impaired connection between right insula and primary visual areas was related to delayed conscious access in pwMS. Our study revealed slowed conscious access to visual stimulus material in MS and a complex pattern of functional and structural alterations coupled to unconscious processing of/delayed conscious access to visual stimulus material in MS.
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- Arzu C. Has Silemek
- Institut für Neuroimmunologie und Multiple Sklerose (INIMS)Universitätsklinikum Hamburg‐Eppendorf (UKE)HamburgGermany
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- Aix‐Marseille UniversityCNRS, CRMBMMarseille CedexFrance
- APHMHopital de la Timone, CEMEREMMarseilleFrance
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- Aix‐Marseille UniversityCNRS, CRMBMMarseille CedexFrance
- APHMHopital de la Timone, CEMEREMMarseilleFrance
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- Institut für Neuroimmunologie und Multiple Sklerose (INIMS)Universitätsklinikum Hamburg‐Eppendorf (UKE)HamburgGermany
- Klinik und Poliklinik für NeurologieUniversitätsklinikum Hamburg‐EppendorfHamburgGermany
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- Institut für Neuroimmunologie und Multiple Sklerose (INIMS)Universitätsklinikum Hamburg‐Eppendorf (UKE)HamburgGermany
- Charité ‐ Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität BerlinHumboldt Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Klinik für Psychiatrie & Psychotherapie und Medizinische Klinik m.S. Psychosomatik, Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF)BerlinGermany
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- Clinic for Psychiatry and PsychotherapyUniversity Medical Center Hamburg‐EppendorfHamburgGermany
- Lise Meitner Group for Environmental NeuroscienceMax Planck Institute for Human DevelopmentBerlinGermany
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- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität BerlinHumboldt‐Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Experimental and Clinical Research CenterBerlinGermany
- Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität BerlinHumboldt‐Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, NeuroCure Clinical Research CenterBerlinGermany
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- Institut für Neuroimmunologie und Multiple Sklerose (INIMS)Universitätsklinikum Hamburg‐Eppendorf (UKE)HamburgGermany
- Aix‐Marseille UniversityCNRS, CRMBMMarseille CedexFrance
- APHMHopital de la Timone, CEMEREMMarseilleFrance
- Klinik und Poliklinik für NeurologieUniversitätsklinikum Hamburg‐EppendorfHamburgGermany
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Noble S, Scheinost D. The Constrained Network-Based Statistic: A New Level of Inference for Neuroimaging. MEDICAL IMAGE COMPUTING AND COMPUTER-ASSISTED INTERVENTION : MICCAI ... INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MEDICAL IMAGE COMPUTING AND COMPUTER-ASSISTED INTERVENTION 2020; 12267:458-468. [PMID: 33870336 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-59728-3_45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Neuroimaging research aimed at dissecting the network organization of the brain is poised to flourish under major initiatives, but converging evidence suggests more accurate inferential procedures are needed to promote discovery. Inference is typically performed at the cluster level with a network-based statistic (NBS) that boosts power by leveraging known dependence within the local neighborhood. However, existing NBS methods overlook another important form of dependence-shared membership in large-scale brain networks. Here, we propose a new level of inference that pools information within predefined large-scale networks: the Constrained Network-Based Statistic (cNBS). We evaluated sensitivity and specificity of cNBS against existing standard NBS and threshold-free NBS by resampling task data from the largest openly available fMRI database: the Human Connectome Project. cNBS was most sensitive to effect sizes below medium, which accounts for the majority of ground truth effects. In contrast, threshold-free NBS was most sensitive to higher effect sizes. Ground truth maps showed grouping of effects within large-scale networks, supporting the relevance of cNBS. All methods controlled FWER as intended. In summary, cNBS is a promising new level of inference for promoting more valid inference, a critical step towards more reproducible discovery in neuroscience.
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- Stephanie Noble
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.,Department of Statistics and Data Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.,Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.,Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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Uribe C, Junque C, Gómez-Gil E, Abos A, Mueller SC, Guillamon A. Data for functional MRI connectivity in transgender people with gender incongruence and cisgender individuals. Data Brief 2020; 31:105691. [PMID: 32490070 PMCID: PMC7262419 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.105691] [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: 03/09/2020] [Revised: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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We provide T2*-weighted and T1-weighted images acquired on a 3T MRI scanner obtained from 17 transwomen and 29 transmen with gender incongruence; and 22 ciswomen and 19 cismen that identified themselves to the sex assigned at birth. Data from three different techniques that describe global and regional connectivity differences within functional resting-state networks in transwomen and transmen with early-in-life onset gender incongruence are provided: (1) we obtained spatial maps from data-driven independent component analysis using the melodic tool from FSL software; (2) we provide the functional networks interactions of two functional atlases’ seeds from a seed-to-seed approach; (3) and global graph-theoretical metrics such as the smallworld organization, and the segregation and integration properties of the networks. Interpretations of the present dataset can be found in the original article, doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116613[1]. The original and processed nifti images are available in Mendeley datasets. In addition, correlation matrices for the seed-to-seed and graph-theory analyses as well as the graph-theoretical measures were made available in Matlab files. Finally, we present supplementary information for the original article.
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- Carme Uribe
- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, Barcelona
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- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, Barcelona.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED: CB06/05/0018-ISCIII), Barcelona.,Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona
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- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, Barcelona
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- Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Personality, Psychological Assessment and Treatment, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain
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- Departamento de Psicobiologia, Facultad de Psicologia, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Madrid, Spain
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Uribe C, Junque C, Gómez-Gil E, Abos A, Mueller SC, Guillamon A. Brain network interactions in transgender individuals with gender incongruence. Neuroimage 2020; 211:116613. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Chen G, Taylor PA, Cox RW, Pessoa L. Fighting or embracing multiplicity in neuroimaging? neighborhood leverage versus global calibration. Neuroimage 2020; 206:116320. [PMID: 31698079 PMCID: PMC6980934 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2019] [Revised: 10/23/2019] [Accepted: 10/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Neuroimaging faces the daunting challenge of multiple testing - an instance of multiplicity - that is associated with two other issues to some extent: low inference efficiency and poor reproducibility. Typically, the same statistical model is applied to each spatial unit independently in the approach of massively univariate modeling. In dealing with multiplicity, the general strategy employed in the field is the same regardless of the specifics: trust the local "unbiased" effect estimates while adjusting the extent of statistical evidence at the global level. However, in this approach, modeling efficiency is compromised because each spatial unit (e.g., voxel, region, matrix element) is treated as an isolated and independent entity during massively univariate modeling. In addition, the required step of multiple testing "correction" by taking into consideration spatial relatedness, or neighborhood leverage, can only partly recoup statistical efficiency, resulting in potentially excessive penalization as well as arbitrariness due to thresholding procedures. Moreover, the assigned statistical evidence at the global level heavily relies on the data space (whole brain or a small volume). The present paper reviews how Stein's paradox (1956) motivates a Bayesian multilevel (BML) approach that, rather than fighting multiplicity, embraces it to our advantage through a global calibration process among spatial units. Global calibration is accomplished via a Gaussian distribution for the cross-region effects whose properties are not a priori specified, but a posteriori determined by the data at hand through the BML model. Our framework therefore incorporates multiplicity as integral to the modeling structure, not a separate correction step. By turning multiplicity into a strength, we aim to achieve five goals: 1) improve the model efficiency with a higher predictive accuracy, 2) control the errors of incorrect magnitude and incorrect sign, 3) validate each model relative to competing candidates, 4) reduce the reliance and sensitivity on the choice of data space, and 5) encourage full results reporting. Our modeling proposal reverberates with recent proposals to eliminate the dichotomization of statistical evidence ("significant" vs. "non-significant"), to improve the interpretability of study findings, as well as to promote reporting the full gamut of results (not only "significant" ones), thereby enhancing research transparency and reproducibility.
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- Gang Chen
- Scientific and Statistical Computing Core, National Institute of Mental Health, USA.
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- Scientific and Statistical Computing Core, National Institute of Mental Health, USA
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- Scientific and Statistical Computing Core, National Institute of Mental Health, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, USA; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, USA; Maryland Neuroimaging Center, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
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Campabadal A, Abos A, Segura B, Serradell M, Uribe C, Baggio HC, Gaig C, Santamaria J, Compta Y, Bargallo N, Junque C, Iranzo A. Disruption of posterior brain functional connectivity and its relation to cognitive impairment in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder. NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL 2019; 25:102138. [PMID: 31911344 PMCID: PMC6948254 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2019.102138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2019] [Revised: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 12/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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There is a reduced brain posterior functional connectivity in IRBD patients. Reduced temporo-parietal connectivity correlates with mental processing slowness. Left superior parietal lobule has reduced centrality in IRBD patients.
Background Resting-state functional MRI has been proposed as a new biomarker of prodromal neurodegenerative disorders, but it has been poorly investigated in the idiopathic form of rapid-eye-movement sleep behavior disorder (IRBD), a clinical harbinger of subsequent synucleinopathy. Particularly, a complex-network approach has not been tested to study brain functional connectivity in IRBD patients. Objectives The aim of the current work is to characterize resting-state functional connectivity in IRBD patients using a complex-network approach and to determine its possible relation to cognitive impairment. Method Twenty patients with IRBD and 27 matched healthy controls (HC) underwent resting-state functional MRI with a 3T scanner and a comprehensive neuropsychological battery. The functional connectome was studied using threshold-free network-based statistics. Global and local network parameters were calculated based on graph theory and compared between groups. Head motion, age and sex were introduced as covariates in all analyses. Results IRBD patients showed reduced cortico-cortical functional connectivity strength in comparison with HC in edges located in posterior regions (p <0.05, FWE corrected). This regional pattern was also shown in an independent analysis comprising posterior areas where a decreased connectivity in 51 edges was found, whereas no significant results were detected when an anterior network was considered (p <0.05, FWE corrected). In the posterior network, the left superior parietal lobule had reduced centrality in IRBD. Functional connectivity strength between left inferior temporal lobe and right superior parietal lobule positively correlated with mental processing speed in IRBD (r = .633; p = .003). No significant correlations were found in the HC group. Conclusion : Our findings support the presence of disrupted posterior functional brain connectivity of IRBD patients similar to that found in synucleinopathies. Moreover, connectivity reductions in IRBD were associated with lower performance in mental processing speed domain.
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- A Campabadal
- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine. Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona. Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine. Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona. Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine. Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona. Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED:CB06/05/0018-ISCIII) Barcelona, Spain; Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS). Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED:CB06/05/0018-ISCIII) Barcelona, Spain; Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS). Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.; Multidisciplinary Sleep Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine. Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona. Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine. Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona. Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED:CB06/05/0018-ISCIII) Barcelona, Spain; Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS). Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.; Multidisciplinary Sleep Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED:CB06/05/0018-ISCIII) Barcelona, Spain; Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS). Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.; Multidisciplinary Sleep Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED:CB06/05/0018-ISCIII) Barcelona, Spain; Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS). Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.; Parkinson's disease & Movement Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Centre de Diagnòstic per la Imatge, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine. Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona. Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED:CB06/05/0018-ISCIII) Barcelona, Spain; Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS). Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain..
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED:CB06/05/0018-ISCIII) Barcelona, Spain; Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS). Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.; Multidisciplinary Sleep Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Differentiation of multiple system atrophy from Parkinson's disease by structural connectivity derived from probabilistic tractography. Sci Rep 2019; 9:16488. [PMID: 31712681 PMCID: PMC6848175 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-52829-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2019] [Accepted: 10/02/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Recent studies combining diffusion tensor-derived metrics and machine learning have shown promising results in the discrimination of multiple system atrophy (MSA) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients. This approach has not been tested using more complex methodologies such as probabilistic tractography. The aim of this work is assessing whether the strength of structural connectivity between subcortical structures, measured as the number of streamlines (NOS) derived from tractography, can be used to classify MSA and PD patients at the single-patient level. The classification performance of subcortical FA and MD was also evaluated to compare the discriminant ability between diffusion tensor-derived metrics and NOS. Using diffusion-weighted images acquired in a 3 T MRI scanner and probabilistic tractography, we reconstructed the white matter tracts between 18 subcortical structures from a sample of 54 healthy controls, 31 MSA patients and 65 PD patients. NOS between subcortical structures were compared between groups and entered as features into a machine learning algorithm. Reduced NOS in MSA compared with controls and PD were found in connections between the putamen, pallidum, ventral diencephalon, thalamus, and cerebellum, in both right and left hemispheres. The classification procedure achieved an overall accuracy of 78%, with 71% of the MSA subjects and 86% of the PD patients correctly classified. NOS features outperformed the discrimination performance obtained with FA and MD. Our findings suggest that structural connectivity derived from tractography has the potential to correctly distinguish between MSA and PD patients. Furthermore, NOS measures obtained from tractography might be more useful than diffusion tensor-derived metrics for the detection of MSA.
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MRtrix3: A fast, flexible and open software framework for medical image processing and visualisation. Neuroimage 2019; 202:116137. [PMID: 31473352 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1281] [Impact Index Per Article: 256.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2019] [Revised: 08/05/2019] [Accepted: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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MRtrix3 is an open-source, cross-platform software package for medical image processing, analysis and visualisation, with a particular emphasis on the investigation of the brain using diffusion MRI. It is implemented using a fast, modular and flexible general-purpose code framework for image data access and manipulation, enabling efficient development of new applications, whilst retaining high computational performance and a consistent command-line interface between applications. In this article, we provide a high-level overview of the features of the MRtrix3 framework and general-purpose image processing applications provided with the software.
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Abos A, Segura B, Baggio HC, Campabadal A, Uribe C, Garrido A, Camara A, Muñoz E, Valldeoriola F, Marti MJ, Junque C, Compta Y. Disrupted structural connectivity of fronto-deep gray matter pathways in progressive supranuclear palsy. NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL 2019; 23:101899. [PMID: 31229940 PMCID: PMC6593210 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2019.101899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2019] [Revised: 06/09/2019] [Accepted: 06/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Background Structural connectivity is a promising methodology to detect patterns of neural network dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases. This approach has not been tested in progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). Objectives The aim of this study is reconstructing the structural connectome to characterize and detect the pathways of degeneration in PSP patients compared with healthy controls and their correlation with clinical features. The second objective is to assess the potential of structural connectivity measures to distinguish between PSP patients and healthy controls at the single-subject level. Methods Twenty healthy controls and 19 PSP patients underwent diffusion-weighted MRI with a 3T scanner. Structural connectivity, represented by number of streamlines, was derived from probabilistic tractography. Global and local network metrics were calculated based on graph theory. Results Reduced numbers of streamlines were predominantly found in connections between frontal areas and deep gray matter (DGM) structures in PSP compared with controls. Significant changes in structural connectivity correlated with clinical features in PSP patients. An abnormal small-world architecture was detected in the subnetwork comprising the frontal lobe and DGM structures in PSP patients. The classification procedure achieved an overall accuracy of 82.23% with 94.74% sensitivity and 70% specificity. Conclusion Our findings suggest that modelling the brain as a structural connectome is a useful method to detect changes in the organization and topology of white matter tracts in PSP patients. Secondly, measures of structural connectivity have the potential to correctly discriminate between PSP patients and healthy controls. Reduced structural connectivity in PSP patients compared with healthy controls Connectivity reductions in fronto-DGM tracts correlate with PSPRS and FAB scores PSP patients present abnormal small-world architecture in the fronto-DGM network.
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- Alexandra Abos
- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona.Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona.Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona.Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona.Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona.Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Movement Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Movement Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Movement Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS). Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Movement Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS). Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Movement Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS). Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona.Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS). Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Movement Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS). Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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Chen G, Bürkner PC, Taylor PA, Li Z, Yin L, Glen DR, Kinnison J, Cox RW, Pessoa L. An integrative Bayesian approach to matrix-based analysis in neuroimaging. Hum Brain Mapp 2019; 40:4072-4090. [PMID: 31188535 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Revised: 03/29/2019] [Accepted: 05/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Understanding the correlation structure associated with brain regions is a central goal in neuroscience, as it informs about interregional relationships and network organization. Correlation structure can be conveniently captured in a matrix that indicates the relationships among brain regions, which could involve electroencephalogram sensors, electrophysiology recordings, calcium imaging data, or functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI) data-We call this type of analysis matrix-based analysis, or MBA. Although different methods have been developed to summarize such matrices across subjects, including univariate general linear models (GLMs), the available modeling strategies tend to disregard the interrelationships among the regions, leading to "inefficient" statistical inference. Here, we develop a Bayesian multilevel (BML) modeling framework that simultaneously integrates the analyses of all regions, region pairs (RPs), and subjects. In this approach, the intricate relationships across regions as well as across RPs are quantitatively characterized. The adoption of the Bayesian framework allows us to achieve three goals: (a) dissolve the multiple testing issue typically associated with seeking evidence for the effect of each RP under the conventional univariate GLM; (b) make inferences on effects that would be treated as "random" under the conventional linear mixed-effects framework; and (c) estimate the effect of each brain region in a manner that indexes their relative "importance". We demonstrate the BML methodology with an FMRI dataset involving a cognitive-emotional task and compare it to the conventional GLM approach in terms of model efficiency, performance, and inferences. The associated program MBA is available as part of the AFNI suite for general use.
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- Gang Chen
- Scientific and Statistical Computing Core, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Scientific and Statistical Computing Core, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- School of Psychology and Sociology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Psychology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Scientific and Statistical Computing Core, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
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- Scientific and Statistical Computing Core, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.,Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.,Maryland Neuroimaging Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
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Quatto P, Margaritella N, Costantini I, Baglio F, Garegnani M, Nemni R, Pugnetti L. Brain networks construction using Bayes FDR and average power function. Stat Methods Med Res 2019; 29:866-878. [PMID: 31088219 DOI: 10.1177/0962280219844288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Brain functional connectivity is a widely investigated topic in neuroscience. In recent years, the study of brain connectivity has been largely aided by graph theory. The link between time series recorded at multiple locations in the brain and the construction of a graph is usually an adjacency matrix. The latter converts a measure of the connectivity between two time series, typically a correlation coefficient, into a binary choice on whether the two brain locations are functionally connected or not. As a result, the choice of a threshold τ over the correlation coefficient is key. In the present work, we propose a multiple testing approach to the choice of τ that uses the Bayes false discovery rate and a new estimator of the statistical power called average power function to balance the two types of statistical error. We show that the proposed average power function estimator behaves well both in case of independence and weak dependence of the tests and it is reliable under several simulated dependence conditions. Moreover, we propose a robust method for the choice of τ using the 5% and 95% percentiles of the average power function and False Discovery Rate bootstrap distributions, respectively, to improve stability. We applied our approach to functional magnetic resonance imaging and high density electroencephalogram data.
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- Piero Quatto
- Department of Economics, Management and Statistics, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan, Italy
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- Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory, IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan, Italy
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- Neurological Rehabilitation Unit, IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan, Italy
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- Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory, IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan, Italy
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Baggio HC, Abos A, Segura B, Campabadal A, Garcia‐Diaz A, Uribe C, Compta Y, Marti MJ, Valldeoriola F, Junque C. Statistical inference in brain graphs using threshold-free network-based statistics. Hum Brain Mapp 2018; 39:2289-2302. [PMID: 29450940 PMCID: PMC6619254 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2017] [Revised: 01/30/2018] [Accepted: 02/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The description of brain networks as graphs where nodes represent different brain regions and edges represent a measure of connectivity between a pair of nodes is an increasingly used approach in neuroimaging research. The development of powerful methods for edge-wise group-level statistical inference in brain graphs while controlling for multiple-testing associated false-positive rates, however, remains a difficult task. In this study, we use simulated data to assess the properties of threshold-free network-based statistics (TFNBS). The TFNBS combines threshold-free cluster enhancement, a method commonly used in voxel-wise statistical inference, and network-based statistic (NBS), which is frequently used for statistical analysis of brain graphs. Unlike the NBS, TFNBS generates edge-wise significance values and does not require the a priori definition of a hard cluster-defining threshold. Other test parameters, nonetheless, need to be set. We show that it is possible to find parameters that make TFNBS sensitive to strong and topologically clustered effects, while appropriately controlling false-positive rates. Our results show that the TFNBS is an adequate technique for the statistical assessment of brain graphs.
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- Hugo C. Baggio
- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine, Institute of NeuroscienceUniversity of BarcelonaBarcelonaCataloniaSpain
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- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine, Institute of NeuroscienceUniversity of BarcelonaBarcelonaCataloniaSpain
| | - Barbara Segura
- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine, Institute of NeuroscienceUniversity of BarcelonaBarcelonaCataloniaSpain
| | - Anna Campabadal
- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine, Institute of NeuroscienceUniversity of BarcelonaBarcelonaCataloniaSpain
| | - Anna Garcia‐Diaz
- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine, Institute of NeuroscienceUniversity of BarcelonaBarcelonaCataloniaSpain
| | - Carme Uribe
- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine, Institute of NeuroscienceUniversity of BarcelonaBarcelonaCataloniaSpain
| | - Yaroslau Compta
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Hospital Clínic de BarcelonaBarcelonaCataloniaSpain
- Movement Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. Institute of Neuroscience, University of BarcelonaBarcelonaCataloniaSpain
| | - Maria Jose Marti
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Hospital Clínic de BarcelonaBarcelonaCataloniaSpain
- Movement Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. Institute of Neuroscience, University of BarcelonaBarcelonaCataloniaSpain
| | - Francesc Valldeoriola
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Hospital Clínic de BarcelonaBarcelonaCataloniaSpain
- Movement Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. Institute of Neuroscience, University of BarcelonaBarcelonaCataloniaSpain
| | - Carme Junque
- Medical Psychology Unit, Department of Medicine, Institute of NeuroscienceUniversity of BarcelonaBarcelonaCataloniaSpain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Hospital Clínic de BarcelonaBarcelonaCataloniaSpain
- Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)BarcelonaCataloniaSpain
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