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Elliott BL, Mohyee RA, Ballard IC, Olson IR, Ellman LM, Murty VP. In vivo structural connectivity of the reward system along the hippocampal long axis. Hippocampus 2024; 34:327-341. [PMID: 38700259 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.23608] [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: 09/13/2023] [Revised: 03/11/2024] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024]
Abstract
Recent work has identified a critical role for the hippocampus in reward-sensitive behaviors, including motivated memory, reinforcement learning, and decision-making. Animal histology and human functional neuroimaging have shown that brain regions involved in reward processing and motivation are more interconnected with the ventral/anterior hippocampus. However, direct evidence examining gradients of structural connectivity between reward regions and the hippocampus in humans is lacking. The present study used diffusion MRI (dMRI) and probabilistic tractography to quantify the structural connectivity of the hippocampus with key reward processing regions in vivo. Using a large sample of subjects (N = 628) from the human connectome dMRI data release, we found that connectivity profiles with the hippocampus varied widely between different regions of the reward circuit. While the dopaminergic midbrain (ventral tegmental area) showed stronger connectivity with the anterior versus posterior hippocampus, the ventromedial prefrontal cortex showed stronger connectivity with the posterior hippocampus. The limbic (ventral) striatum demonstrated a more homogeneous connectivity profile along the hippocampal long axis. This is the first study to generate a probabilistic atlas of the hippocampal structural connectivity with reward-related networks, which is essential to investigating how these circuits contribute to normative adaptive behavior and maladaptive behaviors in psychiatric illness. These findings describe nuanced structural connectivity that sets the foundation to better understand how the hippocampus influences reward-guided behavior in humans.
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- Blake L Elliott
- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Skandalakis GP, Linn W, Yeh F, Kazim SF, Komaitis S, Neromyliotis E, Dimopoulos D, Drosos E, Hadjipanayis CG, Kongkham PN, Zadeh G, Stranjalis G, Koutsarnakis C, Kogan M, Evans LT, Kalyvas A. Unveiling the axonal connectivity between the precuneus and temporal pole: Structural evidence from the cingulum pathways. Hum Brain Mapp 2024; 45:e26771. [PMID: 38925589 PMCID: PMC11199201 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26771] [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: 10/30/2023] [Revised: 04/17/2024] [Accepted: 06/08/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Neuroimaging studies have consistently demonstrated concurrent activation of the human precuneus and temporal pole (TP), both during resting-state conditions and various higher-order cognitive functions. However, the precise underlying structural connectivity between these brain regions remains uncertain despite significant advancements in neuroscience research. In this study, we investigated the connectivity of the precuneus and TP by employing parcellation-based fiber micro-dissections in human brains and fiber tractography techniques in a sample of 1065 human subjects and a sample of 41 rhesus macaques. Our results demonstrate the connectivity between the posterior precuneus area POS2 and the areas 35, 36, and TG of the TP via the fifth subcomponent of the cingulum (CB-V) also known as parahippocampal cingulum. This finding contributes to our understanding of the connections within the posteromedial cortices, facilitating a more comprehensive integration of anatomy and function in both normal and pathological brain processes. PRACTITIONER POINTS: Our investigation delves into the intricate architecture and connectivity patterns of subregions within the precuneus and temporal pole, filling a crucial gap in our knowledge. We revealed a direct axonal connection between the posterior precuneus (POS2) and specific areas (35, 35, and TG) of the temporal pole. The direct connections are part of the CB-V pathway and exhibit a significant association with the cingulum, SRF, forceps major, and ILF. Population-based human tractography and rhesus macaque fiber tractography showed consistent results that support micro-dissection outcomes.
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- Georgios P. Skandalakis
- Section of NeurosurgeryDartmouth Hitchcock Medical CenterLebanonNew HampshireUSA
- Department of NeurosurgeryNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of MedicineAthensGreece
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- Department of Neurological SurgeryUniversity of PittsburghPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of Neurological SurgeryUniversity of PittsburghPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of NeurosurgeryUniversity of New Mexico HospitalAlbuquerqueNew MexicoUSA
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- Department of NeurosurgeryNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of MedicineAthensGreece
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- Department of NeurosurgeryNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of MedicineAthensGreece
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- Department of NeurosurgeryNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of MedicineAthensGreece
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- Department of NeurosurgeryNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of MedicineAthensGreece
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- Department of NeurosurgeryToronto Western Hospital, University Health NetworkTorontoOntarioCanada
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- Department of NeurosurgeryToronto Western Hospital, University Health NetworkTorontoOntarioCanada
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- Department of NeurosurgeryNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of MedicineAthensGreece
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- Department of NeurosurgeryNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of MedicineAthensGreece
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- Department of NeurosurgeryUniversity of New Mexico HospitalAlbuquerqueNew MexicoUSA
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- Section of NeurosurgeryDartmouth Hitchcock Medical CenterLebanonNew HampshireUSA
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- Department of NeurosurgeryToronto Western Hospital, University Health NetworkTorontoOntarioCanada
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Devignes Q, Ren B, Clancy KJ, Howell K, Pollmann Y, Martinez-Sanchez L, Beard C, Kumar P, Rosso IM. Trauma-related intrusive memories and anterior hippocampus structural covariance: an ecological momentary assessment study in posttraumatic stress disorder. Transl Psychiatry 2024; 14:74. [PMID: 38307849 PMCID: PMC10837434 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-024-02795-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Revised: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 02/04/2024] Open
Abstract
Trauma-related intrusive memories (TR-IMs) are hallmark symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but their neural correlates remain partly unknown. Given its role in autobiographical memory, the hippocampus may play a critical role in TR-IM neurophysiology. The anterior and posterior hippocampi are known to have partially distinct functions, including during retrieval of autobiographical memories. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between TR-IM frequency and the anterior and posterior hippocampi morphology in PTSD. Ninety-three trauma-exposed adults completed daily ecological momentary assessments for fourteen days to capture their TR-IM frequency. Participants then underwent anatomical magnetic resonance imaging to obtain measures of anterior and posterior hippocampal volumes. Partial least squares analysis was applied to identify a structural covariance network that differentiated the anterior and posterior hippocampi. Poisson regression models examined the relationship of TR-IM frequency with anterior and posterior hippocampal volumes and the resulting structural covariance network. Results revealed no significant relationship of TR-IM frequency with hippocampal volumes. However, TR-IM frequency was significantly negatively correlated with the expression of a structural covariance pattern specifically associated with the anterior hippocampus volume. This association remained significant after accounting for the severity of PTSD symptoms other than intrusion symptoms. The network included the bilateral inferior temporal gyri, superior frontal gyri, precuneus, and fusiform gyri. These novel findings indicate that higher TR-IM frequency in individuals with PTSD is associated with lower structural covariance between the anterior hippocampus and other brain regions involved in autobiographical memory, shedding light on the neural correlates underlying this core symptom of PTSD.
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- Quentin Devignes
- Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Disorders, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA.
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Psychiatric Biostatistics Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
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- Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Disorders, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Disorders, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
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- Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Disorders, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Depression and Anxiety Disorders, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
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- Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Disorders, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Disorders, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA.
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Barnett AJ, Nguyen M, Spargo J, Yadav R, Cohn-Sheehy BI, Ranganath C. Hippocampal-cortical interactions during event boundaries support retention of complex narrative events. Neuron 2024; 112:319-330.e7. [PMID: 37944517 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2023.10.010] [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: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 10/08/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
Abstract
According to most memory theories, encoding involves continuous communication between the hippocampus and neocortex, but recent work has shown that key moments at the end of an event, called event boundaries, may be especially critical for memory formation. We sought to determine how communication between the hippocampus and neocortical regions during the encoding of naturalistic events related to subsequent retrieval of those events and whether this was particularly important at event boundaries. Participants encoded and recalled two cartoon movies during fMRI scanning. Higher functional connectivity between the hippocampus and the posterior medial network (PMN) at an event's offset is related to the subsequent successful recall of that event. Furthermore, hippocampal-PMN offset connectivity also predicted the amount of detail retrieved after a 2-day delay. These data demonstrate that the relationship between memory encoding and hippocampal-neocortical interaction is dynamic and biased toward boundaries.
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- University of California, Davis, Center for Neuroscience, Davis, CA, USA
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- University of California, Davis, Department of Psychology, Davis, CA, USA
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- University of California, Davis, Department of Psychology, Davis, CA, USA
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- University of California, Davis, Center for Neuroscience, Davis, CA, USA; University of California, Davis, Department of Psychology, Davis, CA, USA
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Hurtado H, Hansen M, Strack J, Vainik U, Decker AL, Khundrakpam B, Duncan K, Finn AS, Mabbott DJ, Merz EC. Polygenic risk for depression and anterior and posterior hippocampal volume in children and adolescents. J Affect Disord 2024; 344:619-627. [PMID: 37858734 PMCID: PMC10842073 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.10.068] [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: 04/07/2023] [Revised: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Depression has frequently been associated with smaller hippocampal volume. The hippocampus varies in function along its anterior-posterior axis, with the anterior hippocampus more strongly associated with stress and emotion processing. The goals of this study were to examine the associations among parental history of anxiety/depression, polygenic risk scores for depression (PGS-DEP), and anterior and posterior hippocampal volumes in children and adolescents. To examine specificity to PGS-DEP, we examined associations of educational attainment polygenic scores (PGS-EA) with anterior and posterior hippocampal volume. METHODS Participants were 350 3- to 21-year-olds (46 % female). PGS-DEP and PGS-EA were computed based on recent, large-scale genome-wide association studies. High-resolution, T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data were acquired, and a semi-automated approach was used to segment the hippocampus into anterior and posterior subregions. RESULTS Children and adolescents with higher polygenic risk for depression were more likely to have a parent with a history of anxiety/depression. Higher polygenic risk for depression was significantly associated with smaller anterior but not posterior hippocampal volume. PGS-EA was not associated with anterior or posterior hippocampal volumes. LIMITATIONS Participants in these analyses were all of European ancestry. CONCLUSIONS Polygenic risk for depression may lead to smaller anterior but not posterior hippocampal volume in children and adolescents, and there may be specificity of these effects to PGS-DEP rather than PGS-EA. These findings may inform the earlier identification of those in need of support and the design of more effective, personalized treatment strategies. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST none. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST None.
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- Hailee Hurtado
- Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia; Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Neurosciences and Mental Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Department of Psychology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
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Raud L, Sneve MH, Vidal-Piñeiro D, Sørensen Ø, Folvik L, Ness HT, Mowinckel AM, Grydeland H, Walhovd KB, Fjell AM. Hippocampal-cortical functional connectivity during memory encoding and retrieval. Neuroimage 2023; 279:120309. [PMID: 37544416 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120309] [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: 04/04/2023] [Revised: 07/16/2023] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Memory encoding and retrieval are critical sub-processes of episodic memory. While the hippocampus is involved in both, less is known about its connectivity with the neocortex during memory processing in humans. This is partially due to variations in demands in common memory tasks, which inevitably recruit cognitive processes other than episodic memory. Conjunctive analysis of data from different tasks with the same core elements of encoding and retrieval can reduce the intrusion of patterns related to subsidiary perceptual and cognitive processing. Leveraging data from two large-scale functional resonance imaging studies with different episodic memory tasks (514 and 237 participants), we identified hippocampal-cortical networks active during memory tasks. Whole-brain functional connectivity maps were similar during resting state, encoding, and retrieval. Anterior and posterior hippocampus had distinct connectivity profiles, which were also stable across resting state and memory tasks. When contrasting encoding and retrieval connectivity, conjunctive encoding-related connectivity was sparse. During retrieval hippocampal connectivity was increased with areas known to be active during recollection, including medial prefrontal, inferior parietal, and parahippocampal cortices. This indicates that the stable functional connectivity of the hippocampus along its longitudinal axis is superposed by increased functional connectivity with the recollection network during retrieval, while auxiliary encoding connectivity likely reflects contextual factors.
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- Liisa Raud
- Center for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, 0373 Oslo, Norway.
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- Center for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, 0373 Oslo, Norway
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- Center for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, 0373 Oslo, Norway
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- Center for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, 0373 Oslo, Norway
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- Center for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, 0373 Oslo, Norway
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- Center for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, 0373 Oslo, Norway
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- Center for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, 0373 Oslo, Norway
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- Center for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, 0373 Oslo, Norway
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- Center for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, 0373 Oslo, Norway; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, 0372 Oslo, Norway
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- Center for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, 0373 Oslo, Norway; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, 0372 Oslo, Norway
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Koslov SR, Kable JW, Foster BL. Dissociable contributions of the medial parietal cortex to recognition memory. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.09.12.557048. [PMID: 37745317 PMCID: PMC10515876 DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.12.557048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
Abstract
Human neuroimaging studies of episodic memory retrieval routinely observe the engagement of specific cortical regions beyond the medial temporal lobe. Of these, medial parietal cortex (MPC) is of particular interest given its ubiquitous, and yet distinct, functional characteristics during different types of retrieval tasks. Specifically, while recognition memory and autobiographical recall tasks are both used to probe episodic retrieval, these paradigms consistently drive distinct patterns of response within MPC. This dissociation adds to growing evidence suggesting a common principle of functional organization across memory related brain structures, specifically regarding the control or content demands of memory-based decisions. To carefully examine this putative organization, we used a high-resolution fMRI dataset collected at ultra-high field (7T) while subjects performed thousands of recognition-memory trials to identify MPC regions responsive to recognition-decisions or semantic content of stimuli within and across individuals. We observed interleaving, though distinct, functional subregions of MPC where responses were sensitive to either recognition decisions or the semantic representation of stimuli, but rarely both. In addition, this functional dissociation within MPC was further accentuated by distinct profiles of connectivity bias with the hippocampus during task and rest. Finally, we show that recent observations of person and place selectivity within MPC reflect category specific responses from within identified semantic regions that are sensitive to mnemonic demands. Together, these data better account for how distinct patterns of MPC responses can occur as a result of task demands during episodic retrieval and may reflect a common principle of organization throughout hippocampal-neocortical memory systems.
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- Seth R. Koslov
- Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, USA
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- Department of Psychology; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, USA
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Elmer S, Schmitt R, Giroud N, Meyer M. The neuroanatomical hallmarks of chronic tinnitus in comorbidity with pure-tone hearing loss. Brain Struct Funct 2023; 228:1511-1534. [PMID: 37349539 PMCID: PMC10335971 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-023-02669-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
Abstract
Tinnitus is one of the main hearing impairments often associated with pure-tone hearing loss, and typically manifested in the perception of phantom sounds. Nevertheless, tinnitus has traditionally been studied in isolation without necessarily considering auditory ghosting and hearing loss as part of the same syndrome. Hence, in the present neuroanatomical study, we attempted to pave the way toward a better understanding of the tinnitus syndrome, and compared two groups of almost perfectly matched individuals with (TIHL) and without (NTHL) pure-tone tinnitus, but both characterized by pure-tone hearing loss. The two groups were homogenized in terms of sample size, age, gender, handedness, education, and hearing loss. Furthermore, since the assessment of pure-tone hearing thresholds alone is not sufficient to describe the full spectrum of hearing abilities, the two groups were also harmonized for supra-threshold hearing estimates which were collected using temporal compression, frequency selectivity und speech-in-noise tasks. Regions-of-interest (ROI) analyses based on key brain structures identified in previous neuroimaging studies showed that the TIHL group exhibited increased cortical volume (CV) and surface area (CSA) of the right supramarginal gyrus and posterior planum temporale (PT) as well as CSA of the left middle-anterior part of the superior temporal sulcus (STS). The TIHL group also demonstrated larger volumes of the left amygdala and of the left head and body of the hippocampus. Notably, vertex-wise multiple linear regression analyses additionally brought to light that CSA of a specific cluster, which was located in the left middle-anterior part of the STS and overlapped with the one found to be significant in the between-group analyses, was positively associated with tinnitus distress level. Furthermore, distress also positively correlated with CSA of gray matter vertices in the right dorsal prefrontal cortex and the right posterior STS, whereas tinnitus duration was positively associated with CSA and CV of the right angular gyrus (AG) and posterior part of the STS. These results provide new insights into the critical gray matter architecture of the tinnitus syndrome matrix responsible for the emergence, maintenance and distress of auditory phantom sensations.
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- Stefan Elmer
- Department of Computational Linguistics, Computational Neuroscience of Speech & Hearing, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Competence Center Language & Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Computational Linguistics, Computational Neuroscience of Speech & Hearing, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Computational Linguistics, Computational Neuroscience of Speech & Hearing, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Center for Neuroscience Zurich, University and ETH of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Competence Center Language & Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Comparative Language Science, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Center for Neuroscience Zurich, University and ETH of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language Evolution (ISLE), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Cognitive Psychology Unit, Alpen-Adria University, Klagenfurt, Austria
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Huang L, Li H, Shu Y, Li K, Xie W, Zeng Y, Long T, Zeng L, Liu X, Peng D. Changes in Functional Connectivity of Hippocampal Subregions in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea after Six Months of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment. Brain Sci 2023; 13:brainsci13050838. [PMID: 37239310 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13050838] [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: 04/02/2023] [Revised: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Previous studies have shown that the structural and functional impairments of hippocampal subregions in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are related to cognitive impairment. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment can improve the clinical symptoms of OSA. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate functional connectivity (FC) changes in hippocampal subregions of patients with OSA after six months of CPAP treatment (post-CPAP) and its relationship with neurocognitive function. We collected and analyzed baseline (pre-CPAP) and post-CPAP data from 20 patients with OSA, including sleep monitoring, clinical evaluation, and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. The results showed that compared with pre-CPAP OSA patients, the FC between the right anterior hippocampal gyrus and multiple brain regions, and between the left anterior hippocampal gyrus and posterior central gyrus were reduced in post-CPAP OSA patients. By contrast, the FC between the left middle hippocampus and the left precentral gyrus was increased. The changes in FC in these brain regions were closely related to cognitive dysfunction. Therefore, our findings suggest that CPAP treatment can effectively change the FC patterns of hippocampal subregions in patients with OSA, facilitating a better understanding of the neural mechanisms of cognitive function improvement, and emphasizing the importance of early diagnosis and timely treatment of OSA.
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- Ling Huang
- Medical Imaging Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330000, China
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- Medical Imaging Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330000, China
- PET Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330000, China
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- Medical Imaging Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330000, China
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- Medical Imaging Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330000, China
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- Medical Imaging Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330000, China
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- Medical Imaging Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330000, China
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- Medical Imaging Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330000, China
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- Medical Imaging Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330000, China
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- Medical Imaging Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330000, China
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- Medical Imaging Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330000, China
- PET Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330000, China
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Nichols ES, Blumenthal A, Kuenzel E, Skinner JK, Duerden EG. Hippocampus long-axis specialization throughout development: A meta-analysis. Hum Brain Mapp 2023. [PMID: 37209288 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/04/2023] [Indexed: 05/22/2023] Open
Abstract
The human adult hippocampus can be subdivided into the head, or anterior hippocampus and its body and tail, or posterior hippocampus, and a wealth of functional differences along the longitudinal axis have been reported. One line of literature emphasizes specialization for different aspects of cognition, whereas another emphasizes the unique role of the anterior hippocampus in emotional processing. While some research suggests that functional differences in memory between the anterior and posterior hippocampus appear early in development, it remains unclear whether this is also the case for functional differences in emotion processing. The goal of this meta-analysis was to determine whether the long-axis functional specialization observed in adults is present earlier in development. Using a quantitative meta-analysis, long-axis functional specialization was assessed using the data from 26 functional magnetic resonance imaging studies, which included 39 contrasts and 804 participants ranging in age from 4 to 21 years. Results indicated that emotion was more strongly localized to the anterior hippocampus, with memory being more strongly localized to the posterior hippocampus, demonstrating long-axis specialization with regard to memory and emotion in children similar to that seen in adults. An additional analysis of laterality indicated that while memory was left dominant, emotion was processed bilaterally.
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- Emily S Nichols
- Faculty of Education, Western University, London, Canada
- Western Institute for Neuroscience, Western University, London, Canada
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- Cervo Brain Research Centre, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
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- Faculty of Education, Western University, London, Canada
- Western Institute for Neuroscience, Western University, London, Canada
- Pediatrics, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Canada
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Sugimoto H, Sekiguchi T, Otake-Matsuura M. Association between social comparison orientation and hippocampal properties in older adults: A multimodal MRI study. Soc Neurosci 2023; 17:544-557. [PMID: 36692233 DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2023.2166580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
Social comparison orientation (SCO) refers to the tendency to compare oneself with others and has two distinct dimensions: one about opinions and the other about abilities. Although dissociable neural mechanisms underlying the two dimensions of social comparison can be assumed, little is known about how each dimension of SCO is associated with cognitive and brain health among older adults. To investigate this, we analyzed the SCO scale questionnaire data, neuropsychological assessment data, and multimodal MRI data collected from 90 community-dwelling older adults. We found that global cognitive performance was positively correlated with the score of the opinion subscale but not with the score of the ability subscale and the total score. Similarly, hippocampal volume was positively correlated with opinion score alone. Additionally, the resting-state functional connectivity between the hippocampal seed and the default mode network showed a positive correlation only with the opinion score. Moreover, fractional anisotropy in the hippocampal cingulum was positively correlated with opinion score only. These findings suggest that global cognition and hippocampal properties in older age are associated with the SCO of opinion, which could reflect a regular habit of performing the types of cognitively demanding activities involved in evaluation of self and other opinions.
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- Hikaru Sugimoto
- Center for Advanced Intelligence Project, RIKEN, Tokyo, Japan
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Ayoub LJ, Zhu J, Lee SJ, Mugisha N, Patel K, Duerden EG, Stinson J, Verriotis M, Noel M, Kong D, Moayedi M, McAndrews MP. Age-related effects on the anterior and posterior hippocampal volumes in 6-21 year olds: A model selection approach. Hippocampus 2023; 33:37-46. [PMID: 36519826 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.23487] [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: 03/25/2022] [Revised: 11/24/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
Although recent studies support significant differences in intrinsic structure, function, and connectivity along the longitudinal axis of the hippocampus, few studies have investigated the normative development of this dimension. In addition, factors known to influence hippocampal structure, such as sex or puberty, have yet to be characterized when assessing age-related effects on its subregions. This study addresses this gap by investigating the relationship of the anterior (antHC) and posterior (postHC) hippocampus volumes with age, and how these are moderated by sex or puberty, in structural magnetic resonance imaging scans from 183 typically developing participants aged 6-21 years. Based on previous literature, we first anticipated that non-linear models would best represent the relationship between age and the antHC and postHC volumes. We found that age-related effects are region-specific, such that the antHC volume remains stable with increasing age, while the postHC shows a cubic function characterized by overall volume increase with age but a slower rate during adolescence. Second, we hypothesized that models, which include biological sex or pubertal status would best describe these relationships. Contrary to expectation, models comprising either biological sex or pubertal status did not significantly improve model performance. Further longitudinal research is needed to evaluate their effects on the antHC and postHC development.
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- Lizbeth J Ayoub
- Centre for Multimodal Sensorimotor and Pain Research, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,University of Toronto Centre for the Study of Pain, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Division of Clinical and Computational Neuroscience, Krembil Brain Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Multimodal Sensorimotor and Pain Research, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Multimodal Sensorimotor and Pain Research, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Clinical and Computational Neuroscience, Krembil Brain Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Applied Psychology, Faculty of Education, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Pain Research, Developmental Neurosciences, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK.,Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.,Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.,Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Multimodal Sensorimotor and Pain Research, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,University of Toronto Centre for the Study of Pain, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Division of Clinical and Computational Neuroscience, Krembil Brain Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Dentistry, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Clinical and Computational Neuroscience, Krembil Brain Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Dalton MA, D'Souza A, Lv J, Calamante F. New insights into anatomical connectivity along the anterior–posterior axis of the human hippocampus using in vivo quantitative fibre tracking. eLife 2022; 11:76143. [PMID: 36345716 PMCID: PMC9643002 DOI: 10.7554/elife.76143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
The hippocampus supports multiple cognitive functions including episodic memory. Recent work has highlighted functional differences along the anterior–posterior axis of the human hippocampus, but the neuroanatomical underpinnings of these differences remain unclear. We leveraged track-density imaging to systematically examine anatomical connectivity between the cortical mantle and the anterior–posterior axis of the in vivo human hippocampus. We first identified the most highly connected cortical areas and detailed the degree to which they preferentially connect along the anterior–posterior axis of the hippocampus. Then, using a tractography pipeline specifically tailored to measure the location and density of streamline endpoints within the hippocampus, we characterised where these cortical areas preferentially connect within the hippocampus. Our results provide new and detailed insights into how specific regions along the anterior–posterior axis of the hippocampus are associated with different cortical inputs/outputs and provide evidence that both gradients and circumscribed areas of dense extrinsic anatomical connectivity exist within the human hippocampus. These findings inform conceptual debates in the field and emphasise the importance of considering the hippocampus as a heterogeneous structure. Overall, our results represent a major advance in our ability to map the anatomical connectivity of the human hippocampus in vivo and inform our understanding of the neural architecture of hippocampal-dependent memory systems in the human brain. The brain allows us to perceive and interact with our environment and to create and recall memories about our day-to-day lives. A sea-horse shaped structure in the brain, called the hippocampus, is critical for translating our perceptions into memories, and it does so in coordination with other brain regions. For example, different regions of the cerebral cortex (the outer layer of the brain) support different aspects of cognition, and pathways of information flow between the cerebral cortex and hippocampus underpin the healthy functioning of memory. Decades of research conducted into the brains of non-human primates show that specific regions of the cerebral cortex anatomically connect with different parts of the hippocampus to support this information flow. These insights form the foundation for existing theoretical models of how networks of neurons in the hippocampus and the cerebral cortex are connected. However, the human cerebral cortex has greatly expanded during our evolution, meaning that patterns of connectivity in the human brain may diverge from those in the brains of non-human primates. Deciphering human brain circuits in greater detail is crucial if we are to gain a better understanding of the structure and operation of the healthy human brain. However, obtaining comprehensive maps of anatomical connections between the hippocampus and cerebral cortex has been hampered by technical limitations. For example, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), an approach that can be used to study the living human brain, suffers from insufficient image resolution. To overcome these issues, Dalton et al. used an imaging technique called diffusion weighted imaging which is used to study white matter pathways in the brain. They developed a tailored approach to create high-resolution maps showing how the hippocampus anatomically connects with the cerebral cortex in the healthy human brain. Dalton et al. produced detailed maps illustrating which areas of the cerebral cortex have high anatomical connectivity with the hippocampus and how different parts of the hippocampus preferentially connect to different neural circuits in the cortex. For example, the experiments demonstrate that highly connected areas in a cortical region called the temporal cortex connect to very specific, circumscribed regions within the hippocampus. These findings suggest that the hippocampus may consist of different neural circuits, each preferentially linked to defined areas of the cortex which are, in turn, associated with specific aspects of cognition. These observations further our knowledge of hippocampal-dependant memory circuits in the human brain and provide a foundation for the study of memory decline in aging and neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Marshall A Dalton
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney
- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney
- School of Psychology, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Translational Research Collective, The University of Sydney
- Sydney Imaging, University of Sydney
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney
- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney
- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney
- Sydney Imaging, University of Sydney
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Setton R, Mwilambwe-Tshilobo L, Sheldon S, Turner GR, Spreng RN. Hippocampus and temporal pole functional connectivity is associated with age and individual differences in autobiographical memory. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2203039119. [PMID: 36191210 PMCID: PMC9564102 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2203039119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Recollection of one's personal past, or autobiographical memory (AM), varies across individuals and across the life span. This manifests in the amount of episodic content recalled during AM, which may reflect differences in associated functional brain networks. We take an individual differences approach to examine resting-state functional connectivity of temporal lobe regions known to coordinate AM content retrieval with the default network (anterior and posterior hippocampus, temporal pole) and test for associations with AM. Multiecho resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and autobiographical interviews were collected for 158 younger and 105 older healthy adults. Interviews were scored for internal (episodic) and external (semantic) details. Age group differences in connectivity profiles revealed that older adults had lower connectivity within anterior hippocampus, posterior hippocampus, and temporal pole but greater connectivity with regions across the default network compared with younger adults. This pattern was positively related to posterior hippocampal volumes in older adults, which were smaller than younger adult volumes. Connectivity associations with AM showed two significant patterns. The first dissociated connectivity related to internal vs. external AM across participants. Internal AM was related to anterior hippocampus and temporal pole connectivity with orbitofrontal cortex and connectivity within posterior hippocampus. External AM was related to temporal pole connectivity with regions across the lateral temporal cortex. In the second pattern, younger adults displayed temporal pole connectivity with regions throughout the default network associated with more detailed AMs overall. Our findings provide evidence for discrete ensembles of brain regions that scale with systematic variation in recollective styles across the healthy adult life span.
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- Roni Setton
- Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138
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- Montreal Neurological Institute, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 1G1, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, ON, M3J 1P3, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4, Canada
- Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 1G1, Canada
- McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 1A1, Canada
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Verdun, QC, H4H 1R3, Canada
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Schemas provide a scaffold for neocortical integration of new memories over time. Nat Commun 2022; 13:5795. [PMID: 36184668 PMCID: PMC9527246 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33517-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Memory transformation is increasingly acknowledged in theoretical accounts of systems consolidation, yet how memory quality and neural representation change over time and how schemas influence this process remains unclear. We examined the behavioral quality and neural representation of schema-congruent and incongruent object-scene pairs retrieved across 10-minutes and 72-hours using fMRI. When a congruent schema was available, memory became coarser over time, aided by post-encoding coupling between the anterior hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). Only schema-congruent representations were integrated in the mPFC over time, and were organized according to schematic context. In the hippocampus, pattern similarity changed across 72-hours such that the posterior hippocampus represented specific details and the anterior hippocampus represented the general context of specific memories, irrespective of congruency. Our findings suggest schemas are used as a scaffold to facilitate neocortical integration of congruent information, and illustrate evolution in hippocampal organization of detailed contextual memory over time.
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Liu X, Chen L, Duan W, Li H, Kong L, Shu Y, Li P, Li K, Xie W, Zeng Y, Peng D. Abnormal Functional Connectivity of Hippocampal Subdivisions in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:850940. [PMID: 35546892 PMCID: PMC9082679 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.850940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
Abstract
The hippocampus is involved in various cognitive function, including memory. Hippocampal structural and functional abnormalities have been observed in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), but the functional connectivity (FC) patterns among hippocampal subdivisions in OSA patients remain unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes in FC between hippocampal subdivisions and their relationship with neurocognitive function in male patients with OSA. Resting-state fMRI were obtained from 46 male patients with untreated severe OSA and 46 male good sleepers. The hippocampus was divided into anterior, middle, and posterior parts, and the differences in FC between hippocampal subdivisions and other brain regions were determined. Correlation analysis was used to explore the relationships between abnormal FC of hippocampal subdivisions and clinical characteristics in patients with OSA. Our results revealed increased FC in the OSA group between the left anterior hippocampus and left middle temporal gyrus; between the left middle hippocampus and the left inferior frontal gyrus, right anterior central gyrus, and left anterior central gyrus; between the left posterior hippocampus and right middle frontal gyrus; between the right middle hippocampus and left inferior frontal gyrus; and between the right posterior hippocampus and left middle frontal gyrus. These FC abnormalities predominantly manifested in the sensorimotor network, fronto-parietal network, and semantic/default mode network, which are closely related to the neurocognitive impairment observed in OSA patients. This study advances our understanding of the potential pathophysiological mechanism of neurocognitive dysfunction in OSA.
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- Xiang Liu
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Medical Imaging Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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Ye Q, Chen H, Liu R, Qin R, Luo C, Li M, Xu Y, Zhao H, Bai F. Lateralized Contributions of Medial Prefrontal Cortex Network to Episodic Memory Deficits in Subjects With Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment. Front Aging Neurosci 2021; 13:756241. [PMID: 34867283 PMCID: PMC8635729 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2021.756241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Both episodic memory and executive function are impaired in amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) subjects, but it is unclear if these impairments are independent or interactive. The present study aimed to explore the relationship between episodic memory deficits and executive function deficits, and the underlying functional mechanisms in aMCI subjects. Thirty-one aMCI subjects and 27 healthy subjects underwent neuropsychological tests and multimodal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. Hippocampal networks and medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) networks were identified based on resting-sate functional MRI (fMRI) data. AMCI subjects displayed lower episodic memory scores and executive function scores than control subjects, and the episodic memory scores were positively correlated with the executive function scores in aMCI subjects. Brain network analyses showed an interaction between the hippocampal networks and the MPFC networks, and the interaction was significantly associated with the episodic memory scores and the executive function scores. Notably, aMCI subjects displayed higher functional connectivity (FC) of the right hippocampal network with the right prefrontal cortex than did control subjects, but this difference disappeared when controlling for the MPFC networks. Furthermore, the effects of the MPFC networks on the hippocampal networks were significantly associated with the episodic memory scores in aMCI subjects. The present findings suggested that the episodic memory deficits in aMCI subjects could be partially underpinned by the modulation of the MPFC networks on the hippocampal networks.
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- Qing Ye
- Department of Neurology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China.,The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Institute of Brain Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.,Jiangsu Province Stroke Center for Diagnosis and Therapy, Nanjing, China.,Nanjing Neuropsychiatry Clinic Medical Center, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China.,The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Institute of Brain Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.,Jiangsu Province Stroke Center for Diagnosis and Therapy, Nanjing, China.,Nanjing Neuropsychiatry Clinic Medical Center, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China.,Department of Radiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China.,The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Institute of Brain Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.,Jiangsu Province Stroke Center for Diagnosis and Therapy, Nanjing, China.,Nanjing Neuropsychiatry Clinic Medical Center, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China.,The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Institute of Brain Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.,Jiangsu Province Stroke Center for Diagnosis and Therapy, Nanjing, China.,Nanjing Neuropsychiatry Clinic Medical Center, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China.,The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Institute of Brain Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.,Jiangsu Province Stroke Center for Diagnosis and Therapy, Nanjing, China.,Nanjing Neuropsychiatry Clinic Medical Center, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China.,The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Institute of Brain Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.,Jiangsu Province Stroke Center for Diagnosis and Therapy, Nanjing, China.,Nanjing Neuropsychiatry Clinic Medical Center, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China.,The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Institute of Brain Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.,Jiangsu Province Stroke Center for Diagnosis and Therapy, Nanjing, China.,Nanjing Neuropsychiatry Clinic Medical Center, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China.,The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Institute of Brain Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.,Jiangsu Province Stroke Center for Diagnosis and Therapy, Nanjing, China.,Nanjing Neuropsychiatry Clinic Medical Center, Nanjing, China
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Genon S, Bernhardt BC, La Joie R, Amunts K, Eickhoff SB. The many dimensions of human hippocampal organization and (dys)function. Trends Neurosci 2021; 44:977-989. [PMID: 34756460 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2021.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Revised: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
The internal organization of hippocampal formation has been studied for more than a century. Although early accounts emphasized its subfields along the medial-lateral axis, findings in recent decades have highlighted also the anterior-to-posterior (i.e., longitudinal) axis as a key contributor to this brain region's functional organization. Hence, understanding of hippocampal function likely demands characterizing both medial-to-lateral and anterior-to-posterior axes, an approach that has been concretized by recent advances in in vivo parcellation and gradient mapping techniques. Following a short historical overview, we review the evidence provided by these approaches in brain-mapping studies, as well as the perspectives they open for addressing the behavioral relevance of the interacting organizational axes in healthy and clinical populations.
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- Sarah Genon
- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Brain and Behaviour (INM-7), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany; Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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- Memory and Aging Center, Weill Institute for Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Structural and Functional Organisation of the Brain (INM-1), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany; C. & O. Vogt Institute for Brain Research, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Brain and Behaviour (INM-7), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany; Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Zhang J, Xu D, Cui H, Zhao T, Chu C, Wang J. Group-guided individual functional parcellation of the hippocampus and application to normal aging. Hum Brain Mapp 2021; 42:5973-5984. [PMID: 34529323 PMCID: PMC8596973 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.25662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2021] [Revised: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 09/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Aging is closely associated with cognitive decline affecting attention, memory and executive functions. The hippocampus is the core brain area for human memory, learning, and cognition processing. To delineate the individual functional patterns of hippocampus is pivotal to reveal the neural basis of aging. In this study, we developed a group‐guided individual parcellation approach based on semisupervised affinity propagation clustering using the resting‐state functional magnetic resonance imaging to identify individual functional subregions of hippocampus and to identify the functional patterns of each subregion during aging. A three‐way group parcellation was yielded and was taken as prior information to guide individual parcellation of hippocampus into head, body, and tail in each subject. The superiority of individual parcellation of hippocampus is validated by higher intraregional functional similarities by compared to group‐level parcellation results. The individual variations of hippocampus were associated with coactivation patterns of three typical functions of hippocampus. Moreover, the individual functional connectivities of hippocampus subregions with predefined target regions could better predict age than group‐level functional connectivities. Our study provides a novel framework for individual brain functional parcellations, which may facilitate the future individual researches for brain cognitions and brain disorders and directing accurate neuromodulation.
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- Jiang Zhang
- College of Electrical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Electrical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Electrical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Electrical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research, Institute of Primate Translational Medicine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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Bocchetta M, Malpetti M, Todd EG, Rowe JB, Rohrer JD. Looking beneath the surface: the importance of subcortical structures in frontotemporal dementia. Brain Commun 2021; 3:fcab158. [PMID: 34458729 PMCID: PMC8390477 DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcab158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Whilst initial anatomical studies of frontotemporal dementia focussed on cortical involvement, the relevance of subcortical structures to the pathophysiology of frontotemporal dementia has been increasingly recognized over recent years. Key structures affected include the caudate, putamen, nucleus accumbens, and globus pallidus within the basal ganglia, the hippocampus and amygdala within the medial temporal lobe, the basal forebrain, and the diencephalon structures of the thalamus, hypothalamus and habenula. At the most posterior aspect of the brain, focal involvement of brainstem and cerebellum has recently also been shown in certain subtypes of frontotemporal dementia. Many of the neuroimaging studies on subcortical structures in frontotemporal dementia have been performed in clinically defined sporadic cases. However, investigations of genetically- and pathologically-confirmed forms of frontotemporal dementia are increasingly common and provide molecular specificity to the changes observed. Furthermore, detailed analyses of sub-nuclei and subregions within each subcortical structure are being added to the literature, allowing refinement of the patterns of subcortical involvement. This review focuses on the existing literature on structural imaging and neuropathological studies of subcortical anatomy across the spectrum of frontotemporal dementia, along with investigations of brain–behaviour correlates that examine the cognitive sequelae of specific subcortical involvement: it aims to ‘look beneath the surface’ and summarize the patterns of subcortical involvement have been described in frontotemporal dementia.
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- Martina Bocchetta
- Dementia Research Centre, Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College 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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- Dementia Research Centre, Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.,Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Dementia Research Centre, Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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Noorani A, Hung PSP, Zhang JY, Sohng K, Laperriere N, Moayedi M, Hodaie M. Pain relief reverses hippocampal abnormalities in trigeminal neuralgia. THE JOURNAL OF PAIN 2021; 23:141-155. [PMID: 34380093 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2021.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Revised: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Chronic pain patients frequently report memory and concentration difficulties. Objective testing in this population points to poor performance on memory and cognitive tests, and increased comorbid anxiety and depression. Recent evidence has suggested convergence between chronic pain and memory deficits onto the hippocampus. The hippocampus consists of heterogenous subfields involved in memory consolidation, behavior regulation, and stress modulation. Despite significant studies outlining hippocampal changes in human and chronic pain animal models, the effect of pain relief on hippocampal abnormalities remains unknown. Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a chronic neuropathic pain disorder which is highly amenable to surgical interventions, providing a unique opportunity to investigate the effect of pain relief. This study investigates the effect of pain relief on hippocampal subfields in TN. Anatomical MR images of 61 TN patients were examined before and 6 months after surgery. Treatment responders (n=47) reported 95% pain relief, whereas non-responders (n=14) reported 40% change in pain on average. At baseline, patients had smaller hippocampal volumes, compared to controls. After surgery, responders' hippocampal volumes normalized, largely driven by CA2/3, CA4 and dentate gyrus, which are involved in memory consolidation and neurogenesis. We propose that hippocampal atrophy in TN is pain-driven and successful treatment normalizes such abnormalities.
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- Alborz Noorani
- Division of Brain, Imaging, and Behaviour - Systems Neuroscience, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Ontario, Canada; Department of Surgery and Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collaborative Program in Neuroscience, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Brain, Imaging, and Behaviour - Systems Neuroscience, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Ontario, Canada; Department of Surgery and Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collaborative Program in Neuroscience, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Brain, Imaging, and Behaviour - Systems Neuroscience, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Ontario, Canada; Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Collaborative Program in Neuroscience, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Centre for Multimodal Sensorimotor and Pain Research, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; University of Toronto Centre for the Study of Pain, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Clinical & Computational Neuroscience, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Ontario Canada
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- Division of Brain, Imaging, and Behaviour - Systems Neuroscience, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Ontario, Canada; Department of Surgery and Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collaborative Program in Neuroscience, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Neurosurgery, Krembil Brain Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Ontario, Canada.
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Panitz DY, Berkovich-Ohana A, Mendelsohn A. Age-related functional connectivity along the hippocampal longitudinal axis. Hippocampus 2021; 31:1115-1127. [PMID: 34319631 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.23377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Revised: 07/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
Abstract
Accumulated evidence points toward a long-axis functional division of the hippocampus, with its anterior part primarily associated with emotional processes and the posterior with navigation and cognition. It is yet unclear, however, how functional connectivity between areas along the hippocampal longitudinal axis and other brain regions differ, and how they are affected by age. Applying an anatomically driven general linear model-based functional connectivity analysis on a large database of resting-state fMRI data, we demonstrate that independent of age, the posterior hippocampus is functionally connected primarily with sensory and motor areas, the middle hippocampus with the default mode network, and the anterior with limbic and prefrontal regions. Along with an age-related disintegration of intra-hippocampal BOLD signal uniformity, the middle and posterior sub-regions exhibit mostly decreases in their functional connectivity with cortical regions, whereas the anterior hippocampus and ventral striatum appear to become more synchronized with age. These findings indicate that long-axis hippocampal areas are tuned to particular functional networks, which do not age in a unified manner.
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- Daniel Yochai Panitz
- Sagol Department of Neurobiology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.,The Institute of Information Processing and Decision Making (IIPDM), University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Faculty of Education, Department of Learning, Instruction and Teacher Education, and Department of Counseling and Human Development, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.,Edmond Safra Brain Research Center, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.,The Integrated Brain and Behavior Research Center (IBBRC), University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Sagol Department of Neurobiology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.,The Institute of Information Processing and Decision Making (IIPDM), University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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A short review on emotion processing: a lateralized network of neuronal networks. Brain Struct Funct 2021; 227:673-684. [PMID: 34216271 PMCID: PMC8844151 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-021-02331-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Emotions are valenced mental responses and associated physiological reactions that occur spontaneously and automatically in response to internal or external stimuli, and can influence our behavior, and can themselves be modulated to a certain degree voluntarily or by external stimuli. They are subserved by large-scale integrated neuronal networks with epicenters in the amygdala and the hippocampus, and which overlap in the anterior cingulate cortex. Although emotion processing is accepted as being lateralized, the specific role of each hemisphere remains an issue of controversy, and two major hypotheses have been proposed. In the right-hemispheric dominance hypothesis, all emotions are thought to be processed in the right hemisphere, independent of their valence or of the emotional feeling being processed. In the valence lateralization hypothesis, the left is thought to be dominant for the processing of positively valenced stimuli, or of stimuli inducing approach behaviors, whereas negatively valenced stimuli, or stimuli inducing withdrawal behaviors, would be processed in the right hemisphere. More recent research points at the existence of multiple interrelated networks, each associated with the processing of a specific component of emotion generation, i.e., its generation, perception, and regulation. It has thus been proposed to move from hypotheses supporting an overall hemispheric specialization for emotion processing toward dynamic models incorporating multiple interrelated networks which do not necessarily share the same lateralization patterns.
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Barnett AJ, Reilly W, Dimsdale-Zucker HR, Mizrak E, Reagh Z, Ranganath C. Intrinsic connectivity reveals functionally distinct cortico-hippocampal networks in the human brain. PLoS Biol 2021; 19:e3001275. [PMID: 34077415 PMCID: PMC8202937 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Revised: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Episodic memory depends on interactions between the hippocampus and interconnected neocortical regions. Here, using data-driven analyses of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data, we identified the networks that interact with the hippocampus-the default mode network (DMN) and a "medial temporal network" (MTN) that included regions in the medial temporal lobe (MTL) and precuneus. We observed that the MTN plays a critical role in connecting the visual network to the DMN and hippocampus. The DMN could be further divided into 3 subnetworks: a "posterior medial" (PM) subnetwork comprised of posterior cingulate and lateral parietal cortices; an "anterior temporal" (AT) subnetwork comprised of regions in the temporopolar and dorsomedial prefrontal cortex; and a "medial prefrontal" (MP) subnetwork comprised of regions primarily in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). These networks vary in their functional connectivity (FC) along the hippocampal long axis and represent different kinds of information during memory-guided decision-making. Finally, a Neurosynth meta-analysis of fMRI studies suggests new hypotheses regarding the functions of the MTN and DMN subnetworks, providing a framework to guide future research on the neural architecture of episodic memory.
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- Alexander J. Barnett
- Center for Neuroscience, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Center for Neuroscience, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Center for Neuroscience, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Center for Neuroscience, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Department of Neurology, University of California at Davis, Sacramento, California, United States of America
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- Center for Neuroscience, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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Ezama L, Hernández-Cabrera JA, Seoane S, Pereda E, Janssen N. Functional connectivity of the hippocampus and its subfields in resting-state networks. Eur J Neurosci 2021; 53:3378-3393. [PMID: 33786931 PMCID: PMC8252772 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.15213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2020] [Revised: 02/14/2021] [Accepted: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Many neuroimaging studies have shown that the hippocampus participates in a resting‐state network called the default mode network. However, how the hippocampus connects to the default mode network, whether the hippocampus connects to other resting‐state networks and how the different hippocampal subfields take part in resting‐state networks remains poorly understood. Here, we examined these issues using the high spatial‐resolution 7T resting‐state fMRI dataset from the Human Connectome Project. We used data‐driven techniques that relied on spatially‐restricted Independent Component Analysis, Dual Regression and linear mixed‐effect group‐analyses based on participant‐specific brain morphology. The results revealed two main activity hotspots inside the hippocampus. The first hotspot was located in an anterior location and was correlated with the somatomotor network. This network was subserved by co‐activity in the CA1, CA3, CA4 and Dentate Gyrus fields. In addition, there was an activity hotspot that extended from middle to posterior locations along the hippocampal long‐axis and correlated with the default mode network. This network reflected activity in the Subiculum, CA4 and Dentate Gyrus fields. These results show how different sections of the hippocampus participate in two known resting‐state networks and how these two resting‐state networks depend on different configurations of hippocampal subfield co‐activity.
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- Laura Ezama
- Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de la Laguna, La Laguna, Spain.,Instituto de Tecnologías Biomédicas, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain.,Instituto Universitario de Neurociencia, Universidad de la Laguna, La Laguna, Spain
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- Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de la Laguna, La Laguna, Spain.,Instituto Universitario de Neurociencia, Universidad de la Laguna, La Laguna, Spain.,Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language, San Sebastián, Spain
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- Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de la Laguna, La Laguna, Spain.,Instituto de Tecnologías Biomédicas, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain.,Instituto Universitario de Neurociencia, Universidad de la Laguna, La Laguna, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnologías Biomédicas, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain.,Instituto Universitario de Neurociencia, Universidad de la Laguna, La Laguna, Spain.,Facultad de Ingeniería Industrial, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain
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- Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de la Laguna, La Laguna, Spain.,Instituto de Tecnologías Biomédicas, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain.,Instituto Universitario de Neurociencia, Universidad de la Laguna, La Laguna, Spain
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Whitten A, Jacobs ML, Englot DJ, Rogers BP, Levine KK, González HFJ, Morgan VL. Resting-state hippocampal networks related to language processing reveal unique patterns in temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav 2021; 117:107834. [PMID: 33610102 PMCID: PMC8035309 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.107834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Revised: 01/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) commonly experience a broad range of language impairments. These deficits are thought to arise from repeated seizure activity that damages language regions. However, connectivity between the seizure onset region in the hippocampus and regions related to language processing has rarely been studied, and could also have a strong impact on language function. The purpose of this study was to use resting-state functional connectivity (FC) measures to assess hippocampal network patterns and their relation to language abilities in patients with right TLE (RLTE), left TLE (LTLE), and healthy controls. METHODS Presurgical resting-state 3T functional MRI data were acquired from 40 patients with mesial TLE (27 RTLE, 13 LTLE) and 54 controls. The regions of interest were the anterior and posterior bilateral hippocampi and eleven regions grouped by frontal or temporo-parietal locations, including large areas of language-related cortex. FC values were computed with the right/left anterior and posterior hippocampi as the seeds and frontal and temporo-parietal regions as targets. Resting-state lateralization indices were also calculated (LI-Rest), and all FC measures were correlated to neuropsychological language scores and measures related to manifestation of epilepsy including age of onset, duration of disease, monthly seizure frequency, and hippocampal volume. RESULTS We found significant group differences between the anterior hippocampi and temporo-parietal regions closest to the seizure focus, in which RTLE and LTLE showed stronger connectivity to their contralateral hippocampus, while controls showed similar connectivity to both hippocampi. In addition, LI-Rest demonstrated significantly more right lateralization in LTLE compared to RTLE for temporo-parietal regions only. In LTLE, we found significant associations between stronger hippocampal network resting-state FC and later age of onset and decreased left anterior hippocampal volume. SIGNIFICANCE The results of our study indicate that the presence of TLE impacts hippocampal-temporo-parietal networks relevant to language processing.
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- Allison Whitten
- Institute of Imaging Science, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA
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- Institute of Imaging Science, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA; Department of Neurological Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, USA
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- Institute of Imaging Science, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, USA
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- Institute of Imaging Science, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA
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- Institute of Imaging Science, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, USA
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- Institute of Imaging Science, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA; Department of Neurological Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, USA.
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Gyger L, Regen F, Ramponi C, Marquis R, Mall JF, Swierkosz-Lenart K, von Gunten A, Toni N, Kherif F, Heuser I, Draganski B. Gradient of electro-convulsive therapy's antidepressant effects along the longitudinal hippocampal axis. Transl Psychiatry 2021; 11:191. [PMID: 33782387 PMCID: PMC8007583 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-021-01310-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2020] [Revised: 02/12/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Despite decades of successful treatment of therapy-resistant depression and major scientific advances in the field, our knowledge about electro-convulsive therapy's (ECT) mechanisms of action is still scarce. Building on strong empirical evidence for ECT-induced hippocampus anatomy changes, we sought to test the hypothesis that ECT has a differential impact along the hippocampus longitudinal axis. We acquired behavioural and brain anatomy magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data in patients with depressive episode undergoing ECT (n = 9) or pharmacotherapy (n = 24) and healthy controls (n = 30) at two time points 3 months apart. Using whole-brain voxel-based statistical parametric mapping and topographic analysis focused on the hippocampus, we observed ECT-induced gradient of grey matter volume increase along the hippocampal longitudinal axis with predominant impact on its anterior portion. Clinical outcome measures showed strong correlations with both baseline volume and rate of ECT-induced change exclusively for the anterior, but not posterior hippocampus. We interpret our findings confined to the anterior hippocampus and amygdala as additional evidence of the regional specific impact of ECT that unfolds its beneficial effect on depression via the "limbic" system. Main limitations of the study are patients' polypharmacy, heterogeneity of psychiatric diagnosis, and long-time interval between scans.
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- Lucien Gyger
- LREN, Dept. of clinical neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Charité-Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- LREN, Dept. of clinical neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- EEG and Epilepsy Unit, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University Hospital of Geneva and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Old Age Psychiatry service, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Old Age Psychiatry service, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Old Age Psychiatry service, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Centre for Psychiatric Neurosciences, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and Lausanne University, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- LREN, Dept. of clinical neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Charité-Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- LREN, Dept. of clinical neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Neurology Department, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.
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Gender differences in functional connectivity during emotion regulation. Neuropsychologia 2021; 156:107829. [PMID: 33744320 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.107829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 02/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Gender differences in emotion regulation (ER) have been postulated, yet their neural basis remains poorly understood. The goal of this study was to investigate this issue from a functional connectivity (FC) perspective. Utilizing a region of interest (ROI) analysis, we investigated whether men and women (N = 48) differed in their FC pattern while viewing versus regulating negative emotion induced by highly salient pictures, and whether this pattern related to their self-reported negative affect and suppression success. Despite women reporting more negative affect, both genders had comparable suppression success. Moreover, differences emerged between men and women's FC patterns. During the regulation of negative emotion, better suppression in women was associated with stronger FC within a cingulo-opercular network, while men exhibited stronger FC within posterior regions of the ventral attentional network. We conclude that due to their propensity for higher emotional reactivity, women may employ a frontal top-down control network to downregulate negative emotion, while men may redirect attention away from the negative stimulus by using posterior regions of the ventral attention network. The findings may have significant implications for understanding women's vulnerability for developing affective disorders and developing targeted individualized treatment.
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Nordin K, Nyberg L, Andersson M, Karalija N, Riklund K, Bäckman L, Salami A. Distinct and Common Large-Scale Networks of the Hippocampal Long Axis in Older Age: Links to Episodic Memory and Dopamine D2 Receptor Availability. Cereb Cortex 2021; 31:3435-3450. [PMID: 33676372 PMCID: PMC8196260 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhab023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2020] [Revised: 01/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The hippocampal longitudinal axis has been linked to dissociated functional networks relevant to episodic memory. However, the organization of axis-dependent networks and their relation to episodic memory in aging remains less explored. Moreover, age-related deterioration of the dopamine (DA) system, affecting memory and functional network properties, might constitute a source of reduced specificity of hippocampal networks in aging. Here, we characterized axis-dependent large-scale hippocampal resting-state networks, their relevance to episodic memory, and links to DA in older individuals (n = 170, 64–68 years). Partial least squares identified 2 dissociated networks differentially connected to the anterior and posterior hippocampus. These overlapped with anterior–temporal/posterior–medial networks in young adults, indicating preserved organization of axis-dependent connectivity in old age. However, axis-specific networks were overall unrelated to memory and hippocampal DA D2 receptor availability (D2DR) measured with [11C]-raclopride positron emission tomography. Further analyses identified a memory-related network modulated by hippocampal D2DR, equally connected to anterior–posterior regions. This network included medial frontal, posterior parietal, and striatal areas. The results add to the current understanding of large-scale hippocampal connectivity in aging, demonstrating axis-dependent connectivity with dissociated anterior and posterior networks, as well as a primary role in episodic memory of connectivity shared by regions along the hippocampalaxis.
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- Kristin Nordin
- Umeå Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden.,Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden.,Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine, Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden
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- Umeå Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden.,Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden.,Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine, Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden.,Department of Radiation Sciences, Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden
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- Umeå Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden.,Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden
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- Umeå Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden.,Department of Radiation Sciences, Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden
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- Umeå Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden.,Department of Radiation Sciences, Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden
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- Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, S-11330 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Umeå Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden.,Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden.,Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine, Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden.,Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, S-11330 Stockholm, Sweden
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Sugimoto H, Dolcos F, Tsukiura T. Memory of my victory and your defeat: Contributions of reward- and memory-related regions to the encoding of winning events in competitions with others. Neuropsychologia 2020; 152:107733. [PMID: 33347912 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Revised: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Social interactions enhance human memories, but little is known about how the neural mechanisms underlying episodic memories are modulated by rewarding outcomes in social interactions. To investigate this, fMRI data were recorded while healthy young adults encoded unfamiliar faces in either a competition or a control task. In the competition task, participants encoded opponents' faces in the rock-paper-scissors game, where trial-by-trial outcomes of Win, Draw, and Lose for participants were shown by facial expressions of opponents (Angry, Neutral, and Happy). In the control task, participants encoded faces by assessing facial expressions. After encoding, participants recognized faces previously learned. Behavioral data showed that emotional valence for opponents' Angry faces as the Win outcome was rated positively in the competition task, whereas the rating for Angry faces was rated negatively in the control task, and that Angry faces were remembered more accurately than Neutral or Happy faces in both tasks. fMRI data showed that activation in the medial orbitofrontal cortex (mOFC) paralleled the pattern of valence ratings, with greater activation for the Win than Draw or Lose conditions of the competition task, and the Angry condition of the control task. Moreover, functional connectivity between the mOFC and hippocampus was increased in Win compared to Angry, and the mOFC-hippocampus functional connectivity predicted individual differences in subsequent memory performance only in Win of the competition task, but not in any other conditions of the two tasks. These results demonstrate that the memory enhancement by context-dependent social rewards involves interactions between reward- and memory-related regions.
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- Hikaru Sugimoto
- Department of Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project, Tokyo, Japan; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Psychology Department and Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA; Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
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- Department of Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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Neural correlates of resilience to the effects of hippocampal atrophy on memory. NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL 2020; 29:102526. [PMID: 33360019 PMCID: PMC7770959 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2020] [Revised: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Higher reserve scores relate to activation of the right inferior temporal gyri. Higher reserve scores relate to activation of the left occipital fusiform gyri. The temporal activation moderates the effect of hippocampal volume on memory. Recruitment of the temporal lobe protects against hippocampal atrophy. Temporal activation supports cognitive reserve to sustains memory performance.
Introduction Cognitive reserve can be defined as a property of the brain that enables an individual to sustain cognitive performance in spite of age-related neural changes. This study uses brain imaging to identify which cognitive reserve mechanisms protect against the detrimental effect of hippocampal atrophy on associative memory. Methods The study included 108 older adults from the Quebec Consortium for the early identification of Alzheimer’s disease. They received a magnetic resonance imaging examination to measure memory-related activations and hippocampal volume. Participants also completed a reserve-proxy questionnaire, and received a comprehensive clinical assessment. Results Higher scores on the reserve questionnaire were associated with more activation in the right inferior temporal and left occipital fusiform gyri. The activation of the right temporal gyrus moderated the relationship between the volume of the hippocampus and face-name memory. A smaller volume was associated with weaker memory in participants with lower activation, but not in those with greater activation. Discussion Recruitment of the temporal lobe protects against the detrimental effect of hippocampal atrophy on associative memory and contributes to cognitive reserve.
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The medial temporal lobe in nociception: a meta-analytic and functional connectivity study. Pain 2020; 160:1245-1260. [PMID: 30747905 DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Recent neuroimaging studies implicate the medial temporal lobe (MTL) in nociception and pain modulation. Here, we aim to identify which subregions of the MTL are involved in human pain and to test its connectivity in a cohort of chronic low-back pain patients (CBP). We conducted 2 coordinate-based meta-analyses to determine which regions within the MTL showed consistent spatial patterns of functional activation (1) in response to experimental pain in healthy participants and (2) in chronic pain compared with healthy participants. We followed PRISMA guidelines and performed activation likelihood estimate (ALE) meta-analyses. The first meta-analysis revealed consistent activation in the right anterior hippocampus (right antHC), parahippocampal gyrus, and amygdala. The second meta-analysis revealed consistently less activation in patients' right antHC, compared with healthy participants. We then conducted a seed-to-voxel resting state functional connectivity of the right antHC seed with the rest of the brain in 77 CBP and 79 age-matched healthy participants. We found that CBP had significantly weaker antHC functional connectivity to the medial prefrontal cortex compared with healthy participants. Taken together, these data indicate that the antHC has abnormally lower activity in chronic pain and reduced connectivity to the medial prefrontal cortex in CBP. Future studies should investigate the specific role of the antHC in the development and management of chronic pain.
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Ritchey M, Cooper RA. Deconstructing the Posterior Medial Episodic Network. Trends Cogn Sci 2020; 24:451-465. [PMID: 32340798 DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2020.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Revised: 03/20/2020] [Accepted: 03/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Our ability to remember or imagine specific events involves the construction of complex mental representations, a process that engages cortical and hippocampal regions in a core posterior medial (PM) brain network. Existing theoretical approaches have described the overarching contributions of the PM network, but less is known about how episodic content is represented and transformed throughout this system. Here, we review evidence of key functional interactions among PM regions and their relation to the core cognitive operations and representations supporting episodic construction. Recent demonstrations of intranetwork functional diversity are integrated with existing accounts to inform a network-based model of episodic construction, in which PM regions flexibly share and manipulate event information to support the variable phenomenology of episodic memory and simulation.
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- Maureen Ritchey
- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Boston College, 300 McGuinn Hall, 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA.
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Boston College, 300 McGuinn Hall, 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA.
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Wagner K, Gau K, Metternich B, Geiger MJ, Wendling AS, Kadish NE, Reuner G, Mayer H, Mader I, Beck J, Zentner J, Urbach H, Schulze-Bonhage A, Kaller CP, Foit NA. Effects of hippocampus-sparing resections in the temporal lobe: Hippocampal atrophy is associated with a decline in memory performance. Epilepsia 2020; 61:725-734. [PMID: 32162320 DOI: 10.1111/epi.16473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2019] [Revised: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVE In patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) with a nonlesional and nonepileptogenic hippocampus (HC), in order to preserve functionally intact brain tissue, the HC is not resected. However, some patients experience postoperative memory decline, possibly due to disruption of the extrahippocampal memory network and secondary hippocampal volume (HV) loss. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of hippocampal atrophy ipsilateral and contralateral to the side of the surgery and its relation to memory outcomes. METHODS Hippocampal volume and verbal as well as visual memory performance were retrospectively examined in 55 patients (mean age ± standard deviation [SD] 30 ± 15 years, 25 female, 31 left) before and 5 months after surgery within the temporal lobe that spared the entire HC. HV was extracted based on prespecified templates, and resection volumes were also determined. RESULTS HV loss was found both ipsilateral and contralateral to the side of surgery (P < .001). Postoperative left HV loss was a significant predictor of postoperative verbal memory deterioration after left-sided surgery (P < .01). Together with the preoperative verbal memory performance, postoperative left HV explained almost 60% of the variance (P < .0001). However, right HV was not a clear predictor of visual memory performance. Larger resection volumes were associated with smaller postoperative HV, irrespective of side of surgery (left: P < .05, right: P < .01). SIGNIFICANCE A disruption of the memory network by any resection within the TL, especially within the language-dominant hemisphere, may lead to HC atrophy and memory decline. These findings may further improve the counseling of patients concerning their postoperative memory outcome before TL resections sparing the entire HC.
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- Kathrin Wagner
- Epilepsy Centre, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Freiburg Brain Imaging, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Epilepsy Centre, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Freiburg Brain Imaging, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Epilepsy Centre, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Freiburg Brain Imaging, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Epilepsy Centre, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Freiburg Brain Imaging, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neuropediatrics, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany.,Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute for Education Studies, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.,Division of Neuropediatrics and Metabolic Medicine, Clinic I, Centre for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Epilepsy Centre Kork, Kehl-Kork, Germany
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- Freiburg Brain Imaging, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Department of Neuroradiology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Freiburg Brain Imaging, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Department of Neuroradiology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Epilepsy Centre, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Freiburg Brain Imaging, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Freiburg Brain Imaging, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Department of Neuroradiology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Freiburg Brain Imaging, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Vogel JW, La Joie R, Grothe MJ, Diaz-Papkovich A, Doyle A, Vachon-Presseau E, Lepage C, Vos de Wael R, Thomas RA, Iturria-Medina Y, Bernhardt B, Rabinovici GD, Evans AC. A molecular gradient along the longitudinal axis of the human hippocampus informs large-scale behavioral systems. Nat Commun 2020; 11:960. [PMID: 32075960 PMCID: PMC7031290 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14518-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2019] [Accepted: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The functional organization of the hippocampus is distributed as a gradient along its longitudinal axis that explains its differential interaction with diverse brain systems. We show that the location of human tissue samples extracted along the longitudinal axis of the adult human hippocampus can be predicted within 2mm using the expression pattern of less than 100 genes. Futhermore, this model generalizes to an external set of tissue samples from prenatal human hippocampi. We examine variation in this specific gene expression pattern across the whole brain, finding a distinct anterioventral-posteriodorsal gradient. We find frontal and anterior temporal regions involved in social and motivational behaviors, and more functionally connected to the anterior hippocampus, to be clearly differentiated from posterior parieto-occipital regions involved in visuospatial cognition and more functionally connected to the posterior hippocampus. These findings place the human hippocampus at the interface of two major brain systems defined by a single molecular gradient.
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- Jacob W Vogel
- Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.
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- Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Rostock, Germany
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- McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Quantitative Life Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 0G1, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Anesthesia, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain (AECRP), McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.
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Investigating microstructural variation in the human hippocampus using non-negative matrix factorization. Neuroimage 2020; 207:116348. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2019] [Revised: 11/05/2019] [Accepted: 11/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Plachti A, Eickhoff SB, Hoffstaedter F, Patil KR, Laird AR, Fox PT, Amunts K, Genon S. Multimodal Parcellations and Extensive Behavioral Profiling Tackling the Hippocampus Gradient. Cereb Cortex 2019; 29:4595-4612. [PMID: 30721944 PMCID: PMC6917521 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhy336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2018] [Revised: 03/12/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The hippocampus displays a complex organization and function that is perturbed in many neuropathologies. Histological work revealed a complex arrangement of subfields along the medial-lateral and the ventral-dorsal dimension, which contrasts with the anterior-posterior functional differentiation. The variety of maps has raised the need for an integrative multimodal view. We applied connectivity-based parcellation to 1) intrinsic connectivity 2) task-based connectivity, and 3) structural covariance, as complementary windows into structural and functional differentiation of the hippocampus. Strikingly, while functional properties (i.e., intrinsic and task-based) revealed similar partitions dominated by an anterior-posterior organization, structural covariance exhibited a hybrid pattern reflecting both functional and cytoarchitectonic subdivision. Capitalizing on the consistency of functional parcellations, we defined robust functional maps at different levels of partitions, which are openly available for the scientific community. Our functional maps demonstrated a head-body and tail partition, subdivided along the anterior-posterior and medial-lateral axis. Behavioral profiling of these fine partitions based on activation data indicated an emotion-cognition gradient along the anterior-posterior axis and additionally suggested a self-world-centric gradient supporting the role of the hippocampus in the construction of abstract representations for spatial navigation and episodic memory.
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- Anna Plachti
- Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1, INM-7), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1, INM-7), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1, INM-7), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1, INM-7), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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- Research Imaging Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1, INM-7), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany
- C. & O. Vogt Institute for Brain Research, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf. Germany
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- Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1, INM-7), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany
- GIGA-CRC In vivo Imaging, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium
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Grady CL. Meta-analytic and functional connectivity evidence from functional magnetic resonance imaging for an anterior to posterior gradient of function along the hippocampal axis. Hippocampus 2019; 30:456-471. [PMID: 31589003 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.23164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2019] [Revised: 08/27/2019] [Accepted: 09/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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There is considerable evidence from non-human animal studies that the anterior and posterior regions of the hippocampus have different anatomical connections and support different behavioural functions. Although there are some recent human studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) that have addressed this idea directly in the memory and spatial processing domains and provided support for it, there has been no broader meta-analysis of the fMRI literature to determine if there is consistent evidence for functional dissociations in anterior and posterior hippocampus across all of the different cognitive domains in which the hippocampus participates. The purpose of this review is to address this gap in our knowledge using three approaches. One approach involved PubMed searches to identify relevant fMRI papers reporting hippocampal activation during episodic encoding and retrieval, semantic retrieval, working memory, spatial navigation, simulation/scene construction, transitive inference, and social cognition tasks. The second was to use a large meta-analytic database (neurosynth) to find text terms and coactivation maps associated with the anterior and posterior hippocampal regions identified in the literature search. The third approach was to contrast the resting-state functional connectivity of the anterior and posterior hippocampal regions using a publicly available database that includes a large sample of adults. These three approaches provided converging evidence that not only are cognitive processes differently distributed along the hippocampal axis, but there also are distinct areas coactivated and functionally connected with the anterior and posterior segments. This anterior/posterior distinction involving multiple cognitive domains is consistent with the animal literature and provides strong support from fMRI for the idea of functional dissociations across the long axis of the hippocampus.
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- Cheryl L Grady
- Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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A defining aspect of brain organization is its spatial heterogeneity, which gives rise to multiple topographies at different scales. Brain parcellation - defining distinct partitions in the brain, be they areas or networks that comprise multiple discontinuous but closely interacting regions - is thus fundamental for understanding brain organization and function. The past decade has seen an explosion of in vivo MRI-based approaches to identify and parcellate the brain on the basis of a wealth of different features, ranging from local properties of brain tissue to long-range connectivity patterns, in addition to structural and functional markers. Given the high diversity of these various approaches, assessing the convergence and divergence among these ensuing maps is a challenge. Inter-individual variability adds to this challenge but also provides new opportunities when coupled with cross-species and developmental parcellation studies.
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Barnett AJ, Man V, McAndrews MP. Parcellation of the Hippocampus Using Resting Functional Connectivity in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Front Neurol 2019; 10:920. [PMID: 31507522 PMCID: PMC6714062 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2019] [Accepted: 08/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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We have previously shown that the connectivity of the hippocampus to other regions of the default mode network (DMN) is a strong indicator of memory ability in people with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Recent work in the cognitive neuroscience literature has suggested that the anterior and posterior aspects of the hippocampus have distinct connections to the rest of the DMN and may support different memory operations. Further, structural analysis of epileptogenic hippocampi has found greater atrophy, characterized by mesial temporal sclerosis, in the anterior region of the hippocampus. Here, we used resting state FMRI data to parcellate the hippocampus according to its functional connectivity to the rest of the brain in people with left lateralized TLE (LTLE) and right lateralized TLE (RTLE), and in a group of neurologically healthy controls. We found similar anterior and posterior compartments in all groups. However, there was weaker connectivity of the epileptogenic hippocampus to multiple regions of the DMN. Both TLE groups showed reduced connectivity of the posterior hippocampus to key hubs of the DMN, the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) and the medial pre-frontal cortex (mPFC). In the LTLE group, the anterior hippocampus also showed reduced connectivity to the DMN, and this effect was influenced by the presence of mesial temporal sclerosis. When we explored brain-behavior relationships, we found that reduced connectivity of the left anterior hippocampus to the DMN hubs related to poorer verbal memory ability in people with LTLE, and reduced connectivity of the right posterior hippocampus to the PCC related to poorer visual memory ability in those with RTLE. These findings may inform models regarding functional distinctions of the hippocampal anteroposterior axis.
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- Alexander J Barnett
- Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
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- Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Frank LE, Bowman CR, Zeithamova D. Differential Functional Connectivity along the Long Axis of the Hippocampus Aligns with Differential Role in Memory Specificity and Generalization. J Cogn Neurosci 2019; 31:1958-1975. [PMID: 31397613 DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_01457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The hippocampus contributes to both remembering specific events and generalization across events. Recent work suggests that information may be represented along the longitudinal axis of the hippocampus at varied levels of specificity: detailed representations in the posterior hippocampus and generalized representations in the anterior hippocampus. Similar distinctions are thought to exist within neocortex, with lateral prefrontal and lateral parietal regions supporting memory specificity and ventromedial prefrontal and lateral temporal cortices supporting generalized memory. Here, we tested whether functional connectivity of anterior and posterior hippocampus with cortical memory regions is consistent with these proposed dissociations. We predicted greater connectivity of anterior hippocampus with putative generalization regions and posterior hippocampus with putative memory specificity regions. Furthermore, we tested whether differences in connectivity are stable under varying levels of task engagement. Participants learned to categorize a set of stimuli outside the scanner, followed by an fMRI session that included a rest scan, passive viewing runs, and category generalization task runs. Analyses revealed stronger connectivity of ventromedial pFC to anterior hippocampus and of angular gyrus and inferior frontal gyrus to posterior hippocampus. These differences remained relatively stable across the three phases (rest, passive viewing, category generalization). Whole-brain analyses further revealed widespread cortical connectivity with both anterior and posterior hippocampus, with relatively little overlap. These results contribute to our understanding of functional organization along the long axis of the hippocampus and suggest that distinct hippocampal-cortical connections are one mechanism by which the hippocampus represents both individual experiences and generalized knowledge.
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Bocchetta M, Iglesias JE, Scelsi MA, Cash DM, Cardoso MJ, Modat M, Altmann A, Ourselin S, Warren JD, Rohrer JD. Hippocampal Subfield Volumetry: Differential Pattern of Atrophy in Different Forms of Genetic Frontotemporal Dementia. J Alzheimers Dis 2019; 64:497-504. [PMID: 29889066 PMCID: PMC6027942 DOI: 10.3233/jad-180195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Background: Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a heterogeneous neurodegenerative disorder, with a strong genetic component. Previous research has shown that medial temporal lobe atrophy is a common feature of FTD. However, no study has so far investigated the differential vulnerability of the hippocampal subfields in FTD. Objectives: We aimed to investigate hippocampal subfield volumes in genetic FTD. Methods: We in6/2/2018vestigated hippocampal subfield volumes in a cohort of 75 patients with genetic FTD (age: mean (standard deviation) 59.3 (7.7) years; disease duration: 5.1 (3.4) years; 29 with MAPT, 28 with C9orf72, and 18 with GRN mutations) compared with 97 age-matched controls (age: 62.1 (11.1) years). We performed a segmentation of their volumetric T1-weighted MRI scans to extract hippocampal subfields volumes. Left and right volumes were summed and corrected for total intracranial volumes. Results: All three groups had smaller hippocampi than controls. The MAPT group had the most atrophic hippocampi, with the subfields showing the largest difference from controls being CA1-4 (24–27%, p < 0.0005). For C9orf72, the CA4, CA1, and dentate gyrus regions (8–11%, p < 0.0005), and for GRN the presubiculum and subiculum (10–14%, p < 0.0005) showed the largest differences from controls. Conclusions: The hippocampus was affected in all mutation types but a different pattern of subfield involvement was found in the three genetic groups, consistent with differential cortical-subcortical network vulnerability.
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- Martina Bocchetta
- Dementia Research Centre, Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Translational Imaging Group, Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, UK
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- Translational Imaging Group, Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, UK
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- Dementia Research Centre, Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK.,Translational Imaging Group, Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, UK
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- Translational Imaging Group, Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, UK
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- Translational Imaging Group, Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, UK
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- Translational Imaging Group, Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, UK
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- Translational Imaging Group, Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, UK
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- Dementia Research Centre, Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Dementia Research Centre, Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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Ge R, Kot P, Liu X, Lang DJ, Wang JZ, Honer WG, Vila-Rodriguez F. Parcellation of the human hippocampus based on gray matter volume covariance: Replicable results on healthy young adults. Hum Brain Mapp 2019; 40:3738-3752. [PMID: 31115118 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2018] [Revised: 03/25/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The hippocampus is a key brain region that participates in a range of cognitive and affective functions, and is involved in the etiopathogenesis of numerous neuropsychiatric disorders. The structural complexity and functional diversity of the hippocampus suggest the existence of structural and functional subdivisions within this structure. For the first time, we parcellated the human hippocampus with two independent data sets, each of which consisted of 198 T1-weighted structural magnetic resonance imaging (sMRI) images of healthy young subjects. The method was based on gray matter volume (GMV) covariance, which was quantified by a bivariate voxel-to-voxel linear correlation approach, as well as a multivariate masked independent component analysis approach. We subsequently interrogated the relationship between the GMV covariance patterns and the functional connectivity patterns of the hippocampal subregions using sMRI and resting-state functional MRI (fMRI) data from the same participants. Seven distinct GMV covariance-based subregions were identified for bilateral hippocampi, with robust reproducibility across the two data sets. We further demonstrated that the structural covariance patterns of the hippocampal subregions had a correspondence with the intrinsic functional connectivity patterns of these subregions. Together, our results provide a topographical configuration of the hippocampus with converging structural and functional support. The resulting subregions may improve our understanding of the hippocampal connectivity and functions at a subregional level, which provides useful parcellations and masks for future neuroscience and clinical research on the structural and/or functional connectivity of the hippocampus.
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- Ruiyang Ge
- Non-Invasive Neurostimulation Therapies (NINET) Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Non-Invasive Neurostimulation Therapies (NINET) Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Non-Invasive Neurostimulation Therapies (NINET) Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Non-Invasive Neurostimulation Therapies (NINET) Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Chong CD, Peplinski J, Berisha V, Ross K, Schwedt TJ. Differences in fibertract profiles between patients with migraine and those with persistent post-traumatic headache. Cephalalgia 2019; 39:1121-1133. [DOI: 10.1177/0333102418815650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Objectives Often, persistent post-traumatic headache and migraine are phenotypically similar. However, the similarities and differences in the neuropathological underpinnings of persistent post-traumatic headache and migraine require further understanding. We used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and a novel method for detecting subtle changes in fibertract integrity by measuring node-by-node parameters along each tract to compare fibertract profiles between those with migraine and those with persistent post-traumatic headache, and compared both cohorts to a group of controls. Methods Eighteen fibertracts were reconstructed for 131 subjects, including 49 patients with persistent post-traumatic headache attributed to mild traumatic brain injury, 41 with migraine, and 41 controls. Node-by-node diffusion parameters of mean diffusivity and radial diffusivity were calculated along each tract. Mean diffusivity and radial diffusivity measurements were averaged along quartiles of each tract for statistical interpretation and group comparison. Using a post-hoc analysis, correlations between tract quartile measurements and headache frequency were calculated. Results There were significant differences between migraine and persistent post-traumatic headache cohorts for quartile measurements of mean diffusivity or radial diffusivity in the bilateral anterior thalamic radiations, cingulum (angular bundles and cingulate gyri), inferior longitudinal fasciculi, and uncinate fasciculi, the left corticospinal tract, and the right superior longitudinal fasciculi-parietal portion. For migraine patients, there was a significant positive correlation between headache frequency and forceps major mean diffusivity, whereas for persistent post-traumatic headache there was a positive correlation between headache frequency and cingulum angular bundle mean diffusivity and radial diffusivity. Conclusions Quartile measurements of radial diffusivity and mean diffusivity indicate unique differences in fibertract profiles between those with migraine vs. persistent post-traumatic headache. Although for both migraine and persistent post-traumatic headache there was a positive relationship between fibertract alterations and headache frequency, there were disease-specific differences between headache frequency and fibertract injury patterns. These findings might suggest potential differences in the neuropathological mechanisms underlying migraine and persistent post-traumatic headache.
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- School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering and Department of Speech and Hearing Science, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering and Department of Speech and Hearing Science, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Phoenix VA Health Care System, Audiology and Speech Pathology Service, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Mayo Clinic Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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Zhong Q, Xu H, Qin J, Zeng LL, Hu D, Shen H. Functional parcellation of the hippocampus from resting-state dynamic functional connectivity. Brain Res 2019; 1715:165-175. [PMID: 30910629 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2019.03.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2018] [Revised: 01/27/2019] [Accepted: 03/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The hippocampus consists of functionally and structurally heterogeneous regions that are involved in multiple functions such as learning and memory. Previous studies on connectivity-based functional subdivisions of the hippocampus, however, overlooked the dynamic nature of resting-state functional connectivity (FC). In this study, we selected 50 subjects with the lowest head motion from the Human Connectome Project dataset and performed a two-stage spectral clustering technique to windowed FC correlations for identifying the potential covariant structures during the spontaneous fluctuation of hippocampal-cortical FC. The obtained covariant structures were believed to be functionally homogeneous by coupling with whole-brain regions in all transient connectivity states and consequently subdivided the left and right hippocampus into six and five functional subregions, respectively. Further, we demonstrated that this dynamic-FC-derived hippocampal parcellation exhibited significantly improved reproducibility of segmented subregions across subjects compared with static FC analysis. The findings extend our understanding to the functional organization within the hippocampus and provide a more comprehensive view of the functional flexibility of the hippocampus over time.
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- Qi Zhong
- College of Intelligence Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410073, China
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- College of Intelligence Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410073, China
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- College of Intelligence Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410073, China
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- College of Intelligence Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410073, China
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- College of Intelligence Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410073, China
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- College of Intelligence Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410073, China.
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Aberrant memory system connectivity and working memory performance in subjective cognitive decline. Neuroimage 2019; 185:556-564. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2018] [Revised: 10/03/2018] [Accepted: 10/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Audrain S, McAndrews MP. Cognitive and functional correlates of accelerated long-term forgetting in temporal lobe epilepsy. Cortex 2019; 110:101-114. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2018.03.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2017] [Revised: 12/24/2017] [Accepted: 03/19/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Li H, Jia X, Qi Z, Fan X, Ma T, Pang R, Ni H, Li CSR, Lu J, Li K. Disrupted Functional Connectivity of Cornu Ammonis Subregions in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Longitudinal Resting-State fMRI Study. Front Hum Neurosci 2018; 12:413. [PMID: 30420801 PMCID: PMC6216144 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2018.00413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background: The cornu ammonis (CA), as part of the hippocampal formation, represents a primary target region of neural degeneration in amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI). Previous studies have revealed subtle structural deficits of the CA subregions (CA1-CA3, bilateral) in aMCI; however, it is not clear how the network function is impacted by aMCI. The present study examined longitudinal changes in resting state functional connectivity (FC) of each CA subregion and how these changes relate to neuropsychological profiles in aMCI. Methods: Twenty aMCI and 20 healthy control (HC) participants underwent longitudinal cognitive assessment and resting state functional MRI scans at baseline and 15 months afterward. Imaging data were processed with published routines in SPM8 and CONN software. Two-way analysis of covariance was performed with covariates of age, gender, education level, follow up interval, gray matter volume, mean FD, as well as global correlation (GCOR). Pearson’s correlation was conducted to evaluate the relationship between the longitudinal changes in CA subregional FC and neuropsychological performance in aMCI subjects. Results: Resting state FC between the right CA1 and right middle temporal gyrus (MTG) as well as between the left CA2 and bilateral cuneal cortex (CC) were decreased in aMCI subjects as compared to HC. Longitudinal decrease in FC between the right CA1 and right MTG was correlated with reduced capacity of episodic memory in aMCI subjects. Conclusion: The current findings suggest functional alterations in the CA subregions. CA1 connectivity with the middle temporal cortex may represent an important neural marker of memory dysfunction in aMCI.
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- Hui Li
- Department of Radiology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of MRI and Brain Informatics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of MRI and Brain Informatics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States.,Department of Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States.,Beijing Huilongguan Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of MRI and Brain Informatics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of MRI and Brain Informatics, Beijing, China
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Petrušić I, Daković M, Kačar K, Mićić O, Zidverc-Trajković J. Migraine with aura and white matter tract changes. Acta Neurol Belg 2018; 118:485-491. [PMID: 30006859 DOI: 10.1007/s13760-018-0984-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2018] [Accepted: 07/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We aimed to explore whether a migraine with aura (MA) is associated with structural changes in tracts of a white matter and to compare parameters of diffusivity between subgroups in migraineurs. Forty-three MA and 20 healthy subjects (HS), balanced by sex and age, were selected for this study. Analysis of diffusion tensor parameters was used to identify differences between MA patients and HS, and then between MA subgroups. A diffusion tensor probabilistic tractography analysis showed that there is no difference between MA patients and HS. However, using more-liberal uncorrected statistical threshold, we noted a trend in MA patients toward lower diffusivity indices of selected white matter tracts located in the forceps minor and right anterior thalamic radiation (ATR), superior longitudinal fasciculus (temporal part) (SLFT), cingulum-cingulate tract, and left uncinate fasciculus. Migraineurs who experienced somatosensory and dysphasic aura, besides visual symptoms, had tendency toward lower diffusivity indices, relative to migraineurs who experienced only visual symptoms, in the right inferior longitudinal fasciculus, forceps minor, and right superior longitudinal fasciculus (parietal part), SLFT, and cingulum-angular bundle. Aura frequency were negatively correlated with axial diffusivity and mean diffusivity of the right ATR (partial correlation = - 0.474; p = 0.002; partial correlation = - 0.460; p = 0.002), respectively. There were no significant differences between MA patients and HS, neither between MA subgroups. Migraineurs with abundant symptoms during the aura possibly have more myelinated fibers relative to those who experience only visual symptoms. Lower diffusivity indices of the right ATR are linked to more frequent migraine with aura attacks.
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- Igor Petrušić
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
- Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
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- Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Radiology, Special hospital for prevention and Treatment of Cerebrovascular Diseases "Sveti Sava", Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
- Center for headaches, Neurology Clinic, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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McCormick C, Ciaramelli E, De Luca F, Maguire EA. Comparing and Contrasting the Cognitive Effects of Hippocampal and Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Damage: A Review of Human Lesion Studies. Neuroscience 2018; 374:295-318. [PMID: 28827088 PMCID: PMC6053620 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.07.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2017] [Revised: 07/24/2017] [Accepted: 07/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The hippocampus and ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) are closely connected brain regions whose functions are still debated. In order to offer a fresh perspective on understanding the contributions of these two brain regions to cognition, in this review we considered cognitive tasks that usually elicit deficits in hippocampal-damaged patients (e.g., autobiographical memory retrieval), and examined the performance of vmPFC-lesioned patients on these tasks. We then took cognitive tasks where performance is typically compromised following vmPFC damage (e.g., decision making), and looked at how these are affected by hippocampal lesions. Three salient motifs emerged. First, there are surprising gaps in our knowledge about how hippocampal and vmPFC patients perform on tasks typically associated with the other group. Second, while hippocampal or vmPFC damage seems to adversely affect performance on so-called hippocampal tasks, the performance of hippocampal and vmPFC patients clearly diverges on classic vmPFC tasks. Third, although performance appears analogous on hippocampal tasks, on closer inspection, there are significant disparities between hippocampal and vmPFC patients. Based on these findings, we suggest a tentative hierarchical model to explain the functions of the hippocampus and vmPFC. We propose that the vmPFC initiates the construction of mental scenes by coordinating the curation of relevant elements from neocortical areas, which are then funneled into the hippocampus to build a scene. The vmPFC then engages in iterative re-initiation via feedback loops with neocortex and hippocampus to facilitate the flow and integration of the multiple scenes that comprise the coherent unfolding of an extended mental event.
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- Cornelia McCormick
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, Institute of Neurology, University College London, 12 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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- Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Centro studi e ricerche di Neuroscienze Cognitive, Cesena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Centro studi e ricerche di Neuroscienze Cognitive, Cesena, Italy
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, Institute of Neurology, University College London, 12 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK.
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