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Chung S, Bacon T, Rath JF, Alivar A, Coelho S, Amorapanth P, Fieremans E, Novikov DS, Flanagan SR, Bacon JH, Lui YW. Callosal Interhemispheric Communication in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Mediation Analysis on WM Microstructure Effects. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2024; 45:788-794. [PMID: 38637026 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a8213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Because the corpus callosum connects the left and right hemispheres and a variety of WM bundles across the brain in complex ways, damage to the neighboring WM microstructure may specifically disrupt interhemispheric communication through the corpus callosum following mild traumatic brain injury. Here we use a mediation framework to investigate how callosal interhemispheric communication is affected by WM microstructure in mild traumatic brain injury. MATERIALS AND METHODS Multishell diffusion MR imaging was performed on 23 patients with mild traumatic brain injury within 1 month of injury and 17 healthy controls, deriving 11 diffusion metrics, including DTI, diffusional kurtosis imaging, and compartment-specific standard model parameters. Interhemispheric processing speed was assessed using the interhemispheric speed of processing task (IHSPT) by measuring the latency between word presentation to the 2 hemivisual fields and oral word articulation. Mediation analysis was performed to assess the indirect effect of neighboring WM microstructures on the relationship between the corpus callosum and IHSPT performance. In addition, we conducted a univariate correlation analysis to investigate the direct association between callosal microstructures and IHSPT performance as well as a multivariate regression analysis to jointly evaluate both callosal and neighboring WM microstructures in association with IHSPT scores for each group. RESULTS Several significant mediators in the relationships between callosal microstructure and IHSPT performance were found in healthy controls. However, patients with mild traumatic brain injury appeared to lose such normal associations when microstructural changes occurred compared with healthy controls. CONCLUSIONS This study investigates the effects of neighboring WM microstructure on callosal interhemispheric communication in healthy controls and patients with mild traumatic brain injury, highlighting that neighboring noncallosal WM microstructures are involved in callosal interhemispheric communication and information transfer. Further longitudinal studies may provide insight into the temporal dynamics of interhemispheric recovery following mild traumatic brain injury.
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- Sohae Chung
- From the Department of Radiology (S. Chung, A.A., S. Coelho, E.F., D.S.N., Y.W.L.), Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research, NY University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York
- Department of Radiology (S. Chung, A.A., S. Coehlo, E.F., D.S.N., Y.W.L.), Bernard and Irene Schwartz Center for Biomedical Imaging, NY University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Department of Neurology (T.B., J.H.B.), NY University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine (J.F.R., P.A., S.R.F.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- From the Department of Radiology (S. Chung, A.A., S. Coelho, E.F., D.S.N., Y.W.L.), Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research, NY University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York
- Department of Radiology (S. Chung, A.A., S. Coehlo, E.F., D.S.N., Y.W.L.), Bernard and Irene Schwartz Center for Biomedical Imaging, NY University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- From the Department of Radiology (S. Chung, A.A., S. Coelho, E.F., D.S.N., Y.W.L.), Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research, NY University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York
- Department of Radiology (S. Chung, A.A., S. Coehlo, E.F., D.S.N., Y.W.L.), Bernard and Irene Schwartz Center for Biomedical Imaging, NY University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine (J.F.R., P.A., S.R.F.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- From the Department of Radiology (S. Chung, A.A., S. Coelho, E.F., D.S.N., Y.W.L.), Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research, NY University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York
- Department of Radiology (S. Chung, A.A., S. Coehlo, E.F., D.S.N., Y.W.L.), Bernard and Irene Schwartz Center for Biomedical Imaging, NY University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- From the Department of Radiology (S. Chung, A.A., S. Coelho, E.F., D.S.N., Y.W.L.), Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research, NY University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York
- Department of Radiology (S. Chung, A.A., S. Coehlo, E.F., D.S.N., Y.W.L.), Bernard and Irene Schwartz Center for Biomedical Imaging, NY University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine (J.F.R., P.A., S.R.F.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Department of Neurology (T.B., J.H.B.), NY University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- From the Department of Radiology (S. Chung, A.A., S. Coelho, E.F., D.S.N., Y.W.L.), Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research, NY University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York
- Department of Radiology (S. Chung, A.A., S. Coehlo, E.F., D.S.N., Y.W.L.), Bernard and Irene Schwartz Center for Biomedical Imaging, NY University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York
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Feusner JD, Nowacka A, Ly R, Luders E, Kurth F. Corpus callosum morphology and relationships to illness phenotypes in individuals with anorexia nervosa. Sci Rep 2024; 14:11112. [PMID: 38750237 PMCID: PMC11096409 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-61841-6] [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: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024] Open
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Anorexia nervosa is an often-severe psychiatric illness characterized by significantly low body weight, fear of gaining weight, and distorted body image. Multiple neuroimaging studies have shown abnormalities in cortical morphology, mostly associated with the starvation state. Investigations of white matter, while more limited in number, have suggested global and regional volume reductions, as well as abnormal diffusivity in multiple regions including the corpus callosum. Yet, no study has specifically examined thickness of the corpus callosum, a large white matter tract instrumental in the inter-hemispheric integration of sensory, motor, and cognitive information. We analyzed MRI data from 48 adolescents and adults with anorexia nervosa and 50 healthy controls, all girls/women, to compare corpus callosum thickness and examined relationships with body mass index (BMI), illness duration, and eating disorder symptoms (controlling for BMI). There were no significant group differences in corpus callosum thickness. In the anorexia nervosa group, severity of body shape concerns was significantly, positively correlated with callosal thickness in the rostrum, genu, rostral body, isthmus, and splenium. In addition, there were significant positive correlations between eating disorder-related obsessions and compulsions and thickness of the anterior midbody, rostral body, and splenium. There were no significant associations between callosal thickness and BMI or illness duration. In sum, those with AN with worse concerns about bodily appearance and worse eating disorder-related obsessive thought patterns and compulsive behaviours have regionally thicker corpus callosum, independent of current weight status. These findings provide important neurobiological links to key, specific eating disorder behavioural phenotypes.
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- Jamie D Feusner
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 250 College St., Toronto, ON, M5T 1R8, Canada.
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- School of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- School of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- School of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Departments of Neuroradiology and Radiology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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Cai M, Ji Y, Zhao Q, Xue H, Sun Z, Wang H, Zhang Y, Chen Y, Zhao Y, Zhang Y, Lei M, Wang C, Zhuo C, Liu N, Liu H, Liu F. Homotopic functional connectivity disruptions in schizophrenia and their associated gene expression. Neuroimage 2024; 289:120551. [PMID: 38382862 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120551] [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: 12/11/2023] [Revised: 02/18/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024] Open
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It has been revealed that abnormal voxel-mirrored homotopic connectivity (VMHC) is present in patients with schizophrenia, yet there are inconsistencies in the relevant findings. Moreover, little is known about their association with brain gene expression profiles. In this study, transcription-neuroimaging association analyses using gene expression data from Allen Human Brain Atlas and case-control VMHC differences from both the discovery (meta-analysis, including 9 studies with a total of 386 patients and 357 controls) and replication (separate group-level comparisons within two datasets, including a total of 258 patients and 287 controls) phases were performed to identify genes associated with VMHC alterations. Enrichment analyses were conducted to characterize the biological functions and specific expression of identified genes, and Neurosynth decoding analysis was performed to examine the correlation between cognitive-related processes and VMHC alterations in schizophrenia. In the discovery and replication phases, patients with schizophrenia exhibited consistent VMHC changes compared to controls, which were correlated with a series of cognitive-related processes; meta-regression analysis revealed that illness duration was negatively correlated with VMHC abnormalities in the cerebellum and postcentral/precentral gyrus. The abnormal VMHC patterns were stably correlated with 1287 genes enriched for fundamental biological processes like regulation of cell communication, nervous system development, and cell communication. In addition, these genes were overexpressed in astrocytes and immune cells, enriched in extensive cortical regions and wide developmental time windows. The present findings may contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying VMHC alterations in patients with schizophrenia.
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- Mengjing Cai
- Department of Radiology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Department of Radiology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Department of Radiology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Department of Radiology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Department of Radiology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Department of Radiology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Department of Radiology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Department of Radiology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Department of Radiology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Department of Radiology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Department of Radiology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Department of Scientific Research, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Laboratory of Psychiatric-Neuroimaging-Genetic and Co-morbidity (PGNP_Lab), Tianjin Anding Hospital, Nankai University Affiliated Tianjin Anding Hospital, Tianjin Mental Health Center of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300222, China
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- Department of Radiology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China.
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- Department of Radiology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China.
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- Department of Radiology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China.
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Soon E, Siffredi V, Anderson PJ, Anderson VA, McIlroy A, Leventer RJ, Wood AG, Spencer-Smith MM. Inhibitory control in children with agenesis of the corpus callosum compared with typically developing children. J Int Neuropsychol Soc 2024; 30:18-26. [PMID: 37057871 DOI: 10.1017/s1355617723000218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The developmental absence (agenesis) of the corpus callosum (AgCC) is a congenital brain malformation associated with risk for a range of neuropsychological difficulties. Inhibitory control outcomes, including interference control and response inhibition, in children with AgCC are unclear. This study examined interference control and response inhibition: 1) in children with AgCC compared with typically developing (TD) children, 2) in children with different anatomical features of AgCC (complete vs. partial, isolated vs. complex), and 3) associations with white matter volume and microstructure of the anterior (AC) and posterior commissures (PC) and any remnant corpus callosum (CC). METHODS Participants were 27 children with AgCC and 32 TD children 8-16 years who completed inhibitory control assessments and brain MRI to define AgCC anatomical features and measure white matter volume and microstructure. RESULTS The AgCC cohort had poorer performance and higher rates of below average performance on inhibitory control measures than TD children. Children with complex AgCC had poorer response inhibition performance than children with isolated AgCC. While not statistically significant, there were select medium to large effect sizes for better inhibitory control associated with greater volume and microstructure of the AC and PC, and with reduced volume and microstructure of the remnant CC in partial AgCC. CONCLUSIONS This study provides evidence of inhibitory control difficulties in children with AgCC. While the sample was small, the study found preliminary evidence that the AC (f2=.18) and PC (f2=.30) may play a compensatory role for inhibitory control outcomes in the absence of the CC.
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- Emilyn Soon
- Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health and School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Division of Development and Growth, Department of Paediatrics, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
- Institute of Bioengineering, Center for Neuroprosthetics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
- Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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- Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health and School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Neurology, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- School of Psychology, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia
- Aston Institute for Health and Neurodevelopment, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
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- Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health and School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Wang R, Li T, Diao S, Chen C. Inhibition of the proteoglycan receptor PTPσ promotes functional recovery on a rodent model of preterm hypoxic-ischemic brain injury. Exp Neurol 2023; 370:114564. [PMID: 37806512 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2023.114564] [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: 06/25/2023] [Revised: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Preterm white matter injury (WMI) is the most common brain injury in preterm infants and is associated with long-term adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes. Protein tyrosine phosphatase sigma (PTPσ) was discovered as chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (CSPG) receptor that played roles in inhibiting myelin regeneration in spinal injury, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, and stroke models. However, the role of PTPσ in perinatal WMI is not well understood. AIMS This study examines the effect of PTPσ inhibition on neurodevelopmental outcomes, myelination, and neuroinflammation in a mouse model of preterm WMI. MATERIALS AND METHODS Modified Rice-Vannucci model was performed on postnatal day 3 (P3) C57BL/6 mice. Intracellular Sigma Peptide (ISP) or vehicle was administrated subcutaneously one hour after injury for an additional 14 consecutive days. A battery of behavioral tests was performed to evaluate the short- and long-term effects of ISP on neurobehavioral deficit. Real time qPCR, western blot, immunofluorescence, and transmission electron microscopy were performed to assess white matter development. qPCR and flow cytometry were performed to evaluate neuroinflammation and microglia/macrophage phenotype. RESULTS The expression of PTPσ was increased after preterm WMI. ISP improved short-term neurological outcomes and ameliorated long-term motor and cognitive function of mice after preterm WMI. ISP promoted oligodendrocyte differentiation, maturation, myelination, and improved microstructure of myelin after preterm WMI. Furthermore, ISP administration fostered a beneficial inflammatory response in the acute phase after preterm WMI, inhibited the infiltration of peripheral macrophages, and promoted anti-inflammatory phenotype of microglia/macrophages. CONCLUSION PTPσ inhibition can ameliorate neurofunctional deficit, promote white matter development, modulate neuroinflammation and microglia/macrophage phenotype after preterm WMI. Thus, ISP administration may be a potential therapeutic strategy to improve neurodevelopmental outcomes of perinatal WMI.
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- Ran Wang
- Department of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Key Laboratory of Neonatal Diseases, National Health Commission, China; Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Key Laboratory of Neonatal Diseases, National Health Commission, China
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- Department of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Key Laboratory of Neonatal Diseases, National Health Commission, China
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- Department of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Key Laboratory of Neonatal Diseases, National Health Commission, China.
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Sakakura K, Kuroda N, Sonoda M, Mitsuhashi T, Firestone E, Luat AF, Marupudi NI, Sood S, Asano E. Developmental atlas of phase-amplitude coupling between physiologic high-frequency oscillations and slow waves. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6435. [PMID: 37833252 PMCID: PMC10575956 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42091-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2023] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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We investigated the developmental changes in high-frequency oscillation (HFO) and Modulation Index (MI) - the coupling measure between HFO and slow-wave phase. We generated normative brain atlases, using subdural EEG signals from 8251 nonepileptic electrode sites in 114 patients (ages 1.0-41.5 years) who achieved seizure control following resective epilepsy surgery. We observed a higher MI in the occipital lobe across all ages, and occipital MI increased notably during early childhood. The cortical areas exhibiting MI co-growth were connected via the vertical occipital fasciculi and posterior callosal fibers. While occipital HFO rate showed no significant age-association, the temporal, frontal, and parietal lobes exhibited an age-inversed HFO rate. Assessment of 1006 seizure onset sites revealed that z-score normalized MI and HFO rate were higher at seizure onset versus nonepileptic electrode sites. We have publicly shared our intracranial EEG data to enable investigators to validate MI and HFO-centric presurgical evaluations to identify the epileptogenic zone.
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- Kazuki Sakakura
- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, 3058575, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
- Department of Epileptology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, 9808575, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Yokohama City University, Yokohama-shi, 2360004, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University, Tokyo, 1138421, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
- Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI, 48858, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA.
- Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA.
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Cheam C, Barisnikov K, Gentaz E, Lejeune F. Multisensory Texture Perception in Individuals with Williams Syndrome. CHILDREN (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 10:1494. [PMID: 37761455 PMCID: PMC10528637 DOI: 10.3390/children10091494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Revised: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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The sensory profile of people with Williams syndrome (WS) is characterised by atypical visual and auditory perceptions that affect their daily lives and learning. However, no research has been carried out on the haptic perception, in particular in multisensory (visual and haptic) situations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the communication of texture information from one modality to the other in people with WS. Children and adults with WS were included, as well as typically developing (TD) participants matched on chronological age (TD-CA), and TD children matched on mental age (TD-MA). All participants (N = 69) completed three matching tasks in which they had to compare two fabrics (same or different): visual, haptic and visuo-haptic. When the textures were different, the haptic and visual performances of people with WS were similar to those of TD-MA participants. Moreover, their visuo-haptic performances were lower than those of the two TD groups. These results suggest a delay in the acquisition of multisensory transfer abilities in individuals with WS. A positive link between MA and visual and visuo-haptic abilities only in people with WS suggests that they could benefit from an early intervention to develop their abilities to process and transfer multisensory information.
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- Caroline Cheam
- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland; (C.C.); (K.B.)
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland; (C.C.); (K.B.)
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- Sensorimotor, Affective and Social Development Unit (SMAS), Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland;
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- Sensorimotor, Affective and Social Development Unit (SMAS), Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland;
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Wang Y, Chen Z, Ma G, Wang L, Liu Y, Qin M, Fei X, Wu Y, Xu M, Zhang S. A frontal transcallosal inhibition loop mediates interhemispheric balance in visuospatial processing. Nat Commun 2023; 14:5213. [PMID: 37626171 PMCID: PMC10457336 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40985-5] [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: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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Interhemispheric communication through the corpus callosum is required for both sensory and cognitive processes. Impaired transcallosal inhibition causing interhemispheric imbalance is believed to underlie visuospatial bias after frontoparietal cortical damage, but the synaptic circuits involved remain largely unknown. Here, we show that lesions in the mouse anterior cingulate area (ACA) cause severe visuospatial bias mediated by a transcallosal inhibition loop. In a visual-change-detection task, ACA callosal-projection neurons (CPNs) were more active with contralateral visual field changes than with ipsilateral changes. Unilateral CPN inactivation impaired contralateral change detection but improved ipsilateral detection by altering interhemispheric interaction through callosal projections. CPNs strongly activated contralateral parvalbumin-positive (PV+) neurons, and callosal-input-driven PV+ neurons preferentially inhibited ipsilateral CPNs, thus mediating transcallosal inhibition. Unilateral PV+ neuron activation caused a similar behavioral bias to contralateral CPN activation and ipsilateral CPN inactivation, and bilateral PV+ neuron activation eliminated this bias. Notably, restoring interhemispheric balance by activating contralesional PV+ neurons significantly improved contralesional detection in ACA-lesioned animals. Thus, a frontal transcallosal inhibition loop comprising CPNs and callosal-input-driven PV+ neurons mediates interhemispheric balance in visuospatial processing, and enhancing contralesional transcallosal inhibition restores interhemispheric balance while also reversing lesion-induced bias.
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- Yanjie Wang
- Songjiang Research Institute, Shanghai Songjiang District Central Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China
- Center for Brain Science of Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, China
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- Songjiang Research Institute, Shanghai Songjiang District Central Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China
- Center for Brain Science of Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, China
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- Songjiang Research Institute, Shanghai Songjiang District Central Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China
- Center for Brain Science of Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, China
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- Songjiang Research Institute, Shanghai Songjiang District Central Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China
- Center for Brain Science of Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, China
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- Songjiang Research Institute, Shanghai Songjiang District Central Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China
- Center for Brain Science of Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China
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- Songjiang Research Institute, Shanghai Songjiang District Central Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China
- Center for Brain Science of Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China.
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- Songjiang Research Institute, Shanghai Songjiang District Central Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China.
- Center for Brain Science of Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, China.
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Shaji S, Palanisamy R, Swaminathan R. Structural irregularities in MR corpus callosal images and their association with cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in Mild Cognitive Impairments. Neurosci Lett 2023; 810:137329. [PMID: 37301466 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2023.137329] [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: 01/14/2023] [Revised: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In this study, irregularity measures from MR images of corpus callosal brain structures in healthy and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) conditions are extracted and their association with Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) biomarkers are analyzed. For this, MR images of healthy controls, Early MCI (EMCI) and Late MCI (LMCI) subjects are considered from a public database. The considered images are preprocessed and corpus callosal structure is segmented. Structural irregularity measures are extracted from the segmented regions using Fourier analysis. Statistical tests are performed to identify the significant features which can characterize the MCI stages. Association of these measures with CSF amyloid beta and tau concentrations are further investigated. Results demonstrate that Fourier spectral analysis is able to characterize the non-periodic variations in the corpus callosal structures of healthy, EMCI and LMCI MR images. The callosal irregularity measures increase as the disease progresses from healthy to LMCI. Phosphorylated tau concentrations in CSF demonstrate a positive correlation with irregularity measures across the diagnostic groups. Significant association of callosal measures and amyloid beta levels are found to be absent in MCI stages. As corpus callosal structural irregularities due to early MCI condition and their association with CSF markers remain uncharacterized in the literature, this study seems to be clinically significant for the timely intervention of pre-symptomatic MCI stages.
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- Sreelakshmi Shaji
- Non-Invasive Imaging and Diagnostic Laboratory, Biomedical Engineering Group, Department of Applied Mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.
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- Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram, Chennai, India.
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- Non-Invasive Imaging and Diagnostic Laboratory, Biomedical Engineering Group, Department of Applied Mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.
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Zhou W, He J, Zhang C, Pan Y, Sang T, Qiu X. Fiber-specific white matter alterations in Parkinson's disease patients with freezing of gait. Brain Res 2023:148440. [PMID: 37271491 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2023.148440] [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: 11/20/2022] [Revised: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Freezing of gait (FOG) is a gait disorder that usually occurs in advanced stages of Parkinson's disease (PD). Understanding the underlying mechanism of FOG is important for treatment and prevention. Previous studies have investigated white matter (WM) structure to explore the pathology of FOG. However, the pathology is still unclear, possibly due to the methodological limitation in identifying specific fiber tracts. This study aimed to investigate tract-specific WM structural changes in FOG patients and their relationships with clinical characteristics. We enrolled 19 PD patients with FOG (PD-FOG), 19 without FOG (PD-woFOG) and 21 controls. Fixel-based analysis is a novel framework to avoid the effect of crossing fibers, which provides the metrics to assess WM morphology. By combining a method for segmenting fibers, we identified abnormalities in the specific fiber tracts. Compared to PD-woFOG, PD-FOG showed significant increased fiber-bundle cross-section (FC) in the corpus callosum (CC), fornix (FX), inferior longitudinal fasciculus (ILF), striato-premotor (ST_PREM), superior thalamic radiation (STR), thalamo-premotor (T_PREM), increased fiber density and cross-section (FDC) in the STR, and decreased fiber density (FD) in the CC and ILF. Additionally, the ILF was correlated with motor, cognition and memory, the CC was correlated with anxiety, and the T_PREM was also correlated with cognition. In conclusion, in addition to impairments of WM found in PD-FOG, we found enhancements in WM, which may imply compensatory mechanisms. Furthermore, multiple fiber tracts were correlated with clinical characteristics, especially the ILF, validating the involvement of transmission circuits of multiple distinct information in mechanisms of FOG.
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- Wenyang Zhou
- Institute of Information Processing and Automation, College of Information Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Information Processing and Automation, College of Information Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Information Processing and Automation, College of Information Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Information Processing and Automation, College of Information Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Information Processing and Automation, College of Information Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Information Processing and Automation, College of Information Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, People's Republic of China; Department of Automation, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, People's Republic of China.
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Pitel AL, Laniepce A, Boudehent C, Poirel N. Impaired Global Precedence Effect in Severe Alcohol Use Disorder and Korsakoff's Syndrome: A Pilot Exploration through a Global/Local Visual Paradigm. J Clin Med 2023; 12:jcm12113655. [PMID: 37297850 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12113655] [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: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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In healthy populations, visual abilities are characterized by a faster and more efficient processing of global features in a stimulus compared to local ones. This phenomenon is known as the global precedence effect (GPE), which is demonstrated by (1) a global advantage, resulting in faster response times for global features than local features and (2) interference from global distractors during the identification of local targets, but not vice versa. This GPE is essential for adapting visual processing in everyday life (e.g., extracting useful information from complex scenes). We investigated how the GPE is affected in patients with Korsakoff's syndrome (KS) compared to patients with severe alcohol use disorder (sAUD). Three groups (including healthy controls, patients with KS and patients with sAUD) completed a global/local visual task in which predefined targets appeared at the global or local level during either congruent or incongruent (i.e., interference) situations. The results showed that healthy controls (N = 41) presented a classical GPE, while patients with sAUD (N = 16) presented neither a global advantage nor global interference effects. Patients with KS (N = 7) presented no global advantage and an inversion of the interference effect, characterized by strong interference from local information during global processing. The absence of the GPE in sAUD and the interference from local information in KS have implications in daily-life situations, providing preliminary data for a better understanding of how these patients perceive their visual world.
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- Anne Lise Pitel
- Normandie Université, UNICAEN, INSERM, U1237, PhIND "Physiopathology and Imaging of Neurological Disorders", Institut Blood and Brain @ Caen-Normandie, Cyceron, 14074 Caen, France
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- Normandie Université, UNICAEN, INSERM, U1237, PhIND "Physiopathology and Imaging of Neurological Disorders", Institut Blood and Brain @ Caen-Normandie, Cyceron, 14074 Caen, France
- Normandie Université, UNIROUEN, CRFDP (EA 7475), 76821 Rouen, France
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- Normandie Université, UNICAEN, INSERM, U1237, PhIND "Physiopathology and Imaging of Neurological Disorders", Institut Blood and Brain @ Caen-Normandie, Cyceron, 14074 Caen, France
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- Université Paris Cité, LaPsyDÉ, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
- GIP Cyceron, 14000 Caen, France
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Ono H, Sonoda M, Sakakura K, Kitazawa Y, Mitsuhashi T, Firestone E, Jeong JW, Luat AF, Marupudi NI, Sood S, Asano E. Dynamic cortical and tractography atlases of proactive and reactive alpha and high-gamma activities. Brain Commun 2023; 5:fcad111. [PMID: 37228850 PMCID: PMC10204271 DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcad111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Revised: 10/15/2022] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
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Alpha waves-posterior dominant rhythms at 8-12 Hz reactive to eye opening and closure-are among the most fundamental EEG findings in clinical practice and research since Hans Berger first documented them in the early 20th century. Yet, the exact network dynamics of alpha waves in regard to eye movements remains unknown. High-gamma activity at 70-110 Hz is also reactive to eye movements and a summary measure of local cortical activation supporting sensorimotor or cognitive function. We aimed to build the first-ever brain atlases directly visualizing the network dynamics of eye movement-related alpha and high-gamma modulations, at cortical and white matter levels. We studied 28 patients (age: 5-20 years) who underwent intracranial EEG and electro-oculography recordings. We measured alpha and high-gamma modulations at 2167 electrode sites outside the seizure onset zone, interictal spike-generating areas and MRI-visible structural lesions. Dynamic tractography animated white matter streamlines modulated significantly and simultaneously beyond chance, on a millisecond scale. Before eye-closure onset, significant alpha augmentation occurred at the occipital and frontal cortices. After eye-closure onset, alpha-based functional connectivity was strengthened, while high gamma-based connectivity was weakened extensively in both intra-hemispheric and inter-hemispheric pathways involving the central visual areas. The inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus supported the strengthened alpha co-augmentation-based functional connectivity between occipital and frontal lobe regions, whereas the posterior corpus callosum supported the inter-hemispheric functional connectivity between the occipital lobes. After eye-opening offset, significant high-gamma augmentation and alpha attenuation occurred at occipital, fusiform and inferior parietal cortices. High gamma co-augmentation-based functional connectivity was strengthened, whereas alpha-based connectivity was weakened in the posterior inter-hemispheric and intra-hemispheric white matter pathways involving central and peripheral visual areas. Our results do not support the notion that eye closure-related alpha augmentation uniformly reflects feedforward or feedback rhythms propagating from lower to higher order visual cortex, or vice versa. Rather, proactive and reactive alpha waves involve extensive, distinct white matter networks that include the frontal lobe cortices, along with low- and high-order visual areas. High-gamma co-attenuation coupled to alpha co-augmentation in shared brain circuitry after eye closure supports the notion of an idling role for alpha waves during eye closure. These normative dynamic tractography atlases may improve understanding of the significance of EEG alpha waves in assessing the functional integrity of brain networks in clinical practice; they also may help elucidate the effects of eye movements on task-related brain network measures observed in cognitive neuroscience research.
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- Hiroya Ono
- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
- Department of Pediatric Neurology, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Joint Graduate School of Tohoku University, Tokyo 1878551, Japan
- Department of Pediatrics, UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama 2360004, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 3058575, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
- Department of Neurology and Stroke Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2360004, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo 1138421, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
- Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
- Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI 48858, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
- Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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Zhang X, Li Y, Guan Q, Dong D, Zhang J, Meng X, Chen F, Luo Y, Zhang H. Distance-dependent reconfiguration of hubs in Alzheimer's disease: a cross-tissue functional network study. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.03.24.532772. [PMID: 36993290 PMCID: PMC10055319 DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.24.532772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
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The hubs of the intra-grey matter (GM) network were sensitive to anatomical distance and susceptible to neuropathological damage. However, few studies examined the hubs of cross-tissue distance-dependent networks and their changes in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Using resting-state fMRI data of 30 AD patients and 37 normal older adults (NC), we constructed the cross-tissue networks based on functional connectivity (FC) between GM and white matter (WM) voxels. In the full-ranged and distance-dependent networks (characterized by gradually increased Euclidean distances between GM and WM voxels), their hubs were identified with weight degree metrics (frWD and ddWD). We compared these WD metrics between AD and NC; using the resultant abnormal WDs as the seeds, we performed seed-based FC analysis. With increasing distance, the GM hubs of distance-dependent networks moved from the medial to lateral cortices, and the WM hubs spread from the projection fibers to longitudinal fascicles. Abnormal ddWD metrics in AD were primarily located in the hubs of distance-dependent networks around 20-100mm. Decreased ddWDs were located in the left corona radiation (CR), which had decreased FCs with the executive network's GM regions in AD. Increased ddWDs were located in the posterior thalamic radiation (PTR) and the temporal-parietal-occipital junction (TPO), and their FCs were larger in AD. Increased ddWDs were shown in the sagittal striatum, which had larger FCs with the salience network's GM regions in AD. The reconfiguration of cross-tissue distance-dependent networks possibly reflected the disruption in the neural circuit of executive function and the compensatory changes in the neural circuits of visuospatial and social-emotional functions in AD.
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- Xingxing Zhang
- Center for Brain Disorders and Cognitive Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
- School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Center for Brain Disorders and Cognitive Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
- School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Center for Brain Disorders and Cognitive Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
- School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
- Center for Neuroimaging, Shenzhen Institute of Neuroscience, Shenzhen, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Brain & Behaviour (INM-7), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Center for Brain Disorders and Cognitive Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
- School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shenzhen University General Hospital, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shenzhen Hospital of University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
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- Center for Brain Disorders and Cognitive Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
- School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Center for Brain Disorders and Cognitive Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
- School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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Serrien DJ, O'Regan L. Attention and Interhemispheric Communication: Implications for Language Dominance. Neuroscience 2023; 510:21-31. [PMID: 36521590 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2022.12.006] [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: 07/22/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Dominance of the left hemisphere for language processing is a prominent feature of brain organisation. Whereas structural models clarify the functional asymmetry due to direct access to local language circuits, dynamic models propose functional states of intrahemispheric activation and interhemispheric inhibition that are coupled with attentional processes. Real word settings often require modulations of lateralised neural processing and further express individual heterogeneity. In this research, we tested left- and right-handers, and used a behavioural paradigm with presentation of lateralised cue-target pairs to the same or opposite visual field. We observed that handedness distinctly affected word processing in the left hemisphere following contralateral cueing. Moreover, left-hemispheric dominance strengthened for right-handers vs abolished for left-handers, influencing behavioural efficiency. In combination with eye dominance recordings, these data suggest that attentional biases guided the processing strategies of both groups and in turn their achievements. Therefore, hand and eye dominance are both essential factors with a functional role in directing the communication of visual information between both hemispheres. Overall, the findings underline the importance of interacting hand-eye control systems in contributing to interhemispheric patterns in the context of language processing.
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- School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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Rogojin A, Gorbet DJ, Hawkins KM, Sergio LE. Differences in structural MRI and diffusion tensor imaging underlie visuomotor performance declines in older adults with an increased risk for Alzheimer's disease. Front Aging Neurosci 2023; 14:1054516. [PMID: 36711200 PMCID: PMC9877535 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.1054516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 12/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Introduction Visuomotor impairments have been demonstrated in preclinical AD in individuals with a positive family history of dementia and APOE e4 carriers. Previous behavioral findings have also reported sex-differences in performance of visuomotor tasks involving a visual feedback reversal. The current study investigated the relationship between grey and white matter changes and non-standard visuomotor performance, as well as the effects of APOE status, family history of dementia, and sex on these brain-behavior relationships. Methods Older adults (n = 49) with no cognitive impairments completed non-standard visuomotor tasks involving a visual feedback reversal, plane-change, or combination of the two. Participants with a family history of dementia or who were APOE e4 carriers were considered at an increased risk for AD. T1-weighted anatomical scans were used to quantify grey matter volume and thickness, and diffusion tensor imaging measures were used to quantify white matter integrity. Results In APOE e4 carriers, grey and white matter structural measures were associated with visuomotor performance. Regression analyses showed that visuomotor deficits were predicted by lower grey matter thickness and volume in areas of the medial temporal lobe previously implicated in visuomotor control (entorhinal and parahippocampal cortices). This finding was replicated in the diffusion data, where regression analyses revealed that lower white matter integrity (lower FA, higher MD, higher RD, higher AxD) was a significant predictor of worse visuomotor performance in the forceps minor, forceps major, cingulum, inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus (IFOF), inferior longitudinal fasciculus (ILF), superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF), and uncinate fasciculus (UF). Some of these tracts overlap with those important for visuomotor integration, namely the forceps minor, forceps major, SLF, IFOF, and ILF. Conclusion These findings suggest that measuring the dysfunction of brain networks underlying visuomotor control in early-stage AD may provide a novel behavioral target for dementia risk detection that is easily accessible, non-invasive, and cost-effective. The results also provide insight into the structural differences in inferior parietal lobule that may underlie previously reported sex-differences in performance of the visual feedback reversal task.
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- Alica Rogojin
- School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada,Centre for Vision Research, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada,Vision: Science to Applications (VISTA) Program, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada,Centre for Vision Research, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada,Centre for Vision Research, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada,*Correspondence: Lauren E. Sergio, ✉
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Souter NE, Wang X, Thompson H, Krieger-Redwood K, Halai AD, Lambon Ralph MA, Thiebaut de Schotten M, Jefferies E. Mapping lesion, structural disconnection, and functional disconnection to symptoms in semantic aphasia. Brain Struct Funct 2022; 227:3043-3061. [PMID: 35786743 PMCID: PMC9653334 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-022-02526-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 06/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
Patients with semantic aphasia have impaired control of semantic retrieval, often accompanied by executive dysfunction following left hemisphere stroke. Many but not all of these patients have damage to the left inferior frontal gyrus, important for semantic and cognitive control. Yet semantic and cognitive control networks are highly distributed, including posterior as well as anterior components. Accordingly, semantic aphasia might not only reflect local damage but also white matter structural and functional disconnection. Here, we characterise the lesions and predicted patterns of structural and functional disconnection in individuals with semantic aphasia and relate these effects to semantic and executive impairment. Impaired semantic cognition was associated with infarction in distributed left-hemisphere regions, including in the left anterior inferior frontal and posterior temporal cortex. Lesions were associated with executive dysfunction within a set of adjacent but distinct left frontoparietal clusters. Performance on executive tasks was also associated with interhemispheric structural disconnection across the corpus callosum. In contrast, poor semantic cognition was associated with small left-lateralized structurally disconnected clusters, including in the left posterior temporal cortex. Little insight was gained from functional disconnection symptom mapping. These results demonstrate that while left-lateralized semantic and executive control regions are often damaged together in stroke aphasia, these deficits are associated with distinct patterns of structural disconnection, consistent with the bilateral nature of executive control and the left-lateralized yet distributed semantic control network.
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- Department of Psychology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
- CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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- MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Brain Connectivity and Behaviour Laboratory, Sorbonne Universities, Paris, France
- Groupe d'Imagerie Neurofonctionnelle, Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives-UMR 5293, CNRS, CEA, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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Effects of long-term COVID-19 confinement and music stimulation on mental state and brain activity of young people. Neurosci Lett 2022; 791:136922. [PMID: 36272556 PMCID: PMC9580244 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2022.136922] [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: 09/08/2022] [Revised: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may have had a negative emotional impact on individuals. This study investigated the effect of long-term lockdown and music on young people’s mood and neurophysiological responses in the prefrontal cortex (PFC). Fifteen healthy young adults were recruited and PFC activation was acquired using functional near-infrared spectroscopy during the conditions of resting, Stroop and music stimulation. The Depression Anxiety Stress Scales mental scale scores were simultaneously recorded. Mixed effect models, paired t-tests, one-way ANOVAs and Spearman analyses were adopted to analyse the experimental parameters. Stress, anxiety and depression levels increased significantly from Day 30 to Day 40. In terms of reaction time, both Stroop1 and Stroop2 were faster on Day 40 than on Day 30 (P = 0.01, P = 0.003). The relative concentration changes of oxyhemoglobin were significantly higher during premusic conditions than music stimulation and postmusic Stroop. The intensity of functional connectivity shifted from inter- to intracerebral over time. In conclusion, the reduced hemodynamic response of the PFC in healthy young adults is associated with negative emotions, especially anxiety, during lockdown. Immediate music stimulation appears to improve efficiency by altering the pattern of connections in PFC.
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Roy B, Sahib AK, Kang D, Aysola RS, Kumar R. Brain tissue integrity mapping in adults with obstructive sleep apnea using T1-weighted and T2-weighted images. Ther Adv Neurol Disord 2022; 15:17562864221137505. [PMID: 36419869 PMCID: PMC9677310 DOI: 10.1177/17562864221137505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is accompanied by both gray and white matter differences in brain areas that regulate autonomic, cognitive, and mood functions, which are deficient in the condition. Such tissue changes have been examined through diffusion tensor and diffusion kurtosis imaging-based procedures. However, poor in-plane spatial resolution of these techniques precludes precise determination of the extent of tissue injury. Tissue texture maps derived from the ratio of T1-weighted and T2-weighted images can provide more adequate in-plane assessment of brain tissue differences. OBJECTIVES To examine brain tissue integrity in recently diagnosed, treatment-naïve OSA subjects, relative to age- and sex-comparable control subjects using T1-weighted and T2-weighted images. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. METHODS We examined the extent of tissue changes in 106 OSA over 115 control subjects using high-resolution T1- and T2-weighted images collected from a 3.0-Tesla scanner (analysis of covariance; covariates: age, sex, body-mass-index, Pittsburgh sleep quality index, Epworth sleepiness scale, Beck Anxiety Inventory, and Beck Depression Inventory II; false discovery rate corrected; p < 0.01). RESULTS OSA subjects showed significantly lowered tissue integrity in several brain regions, including the frontal, cingulate and insular cortices, cingulum bundle, thalamus, corpus callosum, caudate and putamen, pons, temporal, occipital, and parietal sites, cerebellar peduncles, and medial medullary sites, compared with controls. CONCLUSION OSA subjects show widespread lowered tissue integrity in autonomic, mood, and cognitive control sites over healthy controls. The pathological processes contributing to the alterations may include repetitive hypoxic and hypercarbic processes and excitotoxic injury, leading to altered brain tissue integrity in OSA.
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- Bhaswati Roy
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of
California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of
California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of
California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of
California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, David Geffen
School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, 56-141
CHS, 10833 Le Conte Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90095-1763, USA
- Department of Radiological Sciences, University
of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, University of
California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Brain Research Institute, University of
California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Leveraging manifold learning techniques to explore white matter anomalies: An application of the TractLearn pipeline in epilepsy. Neuroimage Clin 2022; 36:103209. [PMID: 36162235 PMCID: PMC9668609 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103209] [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: 05/22/2022] [Revised: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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An accurate description of brain white matter anatomy in vivo remains a challenge. However, technical progress allows us to analyze structural variations in an increasingly sophisticated way. Current methods of processing diffusion MRI data now make it possible to correct some limiting biases. In addition, the development of statistical learning algorithms offers the opportunity to analyze the data from a new perspective. We applied newly developed tractography models to extract quantitative white matter parameters in a group of patients with chronic temporal lobe epilepsy. Furthermore, we implemented a statistical learning workflow optimized for the MRI diffusion data - the TractLearn pipeline - to model inter-individual variability and predict structural changes in patients. Finally, we interpreted white matter abnormalities in the context of several other parameters reflecting clinical status, as well as neuronal and cognitive functioning for these patients. Overall, we show the relevance of such a diffusion data processing pipeline for the evaluation of clinical populations. The "global to fine scale" funnel statistical approach proposed in this study also contributes to the understanding of neuroplasticity mechanisms involved in refractory epilepsy, thus enriching previous findings.
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Bagattini C, Esposito M, Ferrari C, Mazza V, Brignani D. Connectivity alterations underlying the breakdown of pseudoneglect: New insights from healthy and pathological aging. Front Aging Neurosci 2022; 14:930877. [PMID: 36118681 PMCID: PMC9475001 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.930877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A right-hemisphere dominance for visuospatial attention has been invoked as the most prominent neural feature of pseudoneglect (i.e., the leftward visuospatial bias exhibited in neurologically healthy individuals) but the neurophysiological underpinnings of such advantage are still controversial. Previous studies investigating visuospatial bias in multiple-objects visual enumeration reported that pseudoneglect is maintained in healthy elderly and amnesic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), but not in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In this study, we aimed at investigating the neurophysiological correlates sustaining the rearrangements of the visuospatial bias along the progression from normal to pathological aging. To this aim, we recorded EEG activity during an enumeration task and analyzed intra-hemispheric fronto-parietal and inter-hemispheric effective connectivity adopting indexes from graph theory in patients with mild AD, patients with aMCI, and healthy elderly controls (HC). Results revealed that HC showed the leftward bias and stronger fronto-parietal effective connectivity in the right as compared to the left hemisphere. A breakdown of pseudoneglect in patients with AD was associated with both the loss of the fronto-parietal asymmetry and the reduction of inter-hemispheric parietal interactions. In aMCI, initial alterations of the attentional bias were associated with a reduction of parietal inter-hemispheric communication, but not with modulations of the right fronto-parietal connectivity advantage, which remained intact. These data provide support to the involvement of fronto-parietal and inter-parietal pathways in the leftward spatial bias, extending these notions to the complex neurophysiological alterations characterizing pathological aging.
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- Chiara Bagattini
- Neurophysiology Lab, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
- *Correspondence: Chiara Bagattini,
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- Neurophysiology Lab, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Unit of Statistics, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Center for Mind/Brain Sciences CIMeC, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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Khasawneh RR, Abu-El-Rub E, Alzu’bi A, Abdelhady GT, Al-Soudi HS. Corpus callosum anatomical changes in Alzheimer patients and the effect of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors on corpus callosum morphometry. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0269082. [PMID: 35895623 PMCID: PMC9328497 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The Corpus Callosum (CC) is an important structure that includes the majority of fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres. Several neurodegenerative diseases may alter CC size and morphology leading to its atrophy and malfunction which may play a role in the pathological manifestations found in these diseases. The purpose of the current study is to determine any possible changes in CC size in patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. The Study also investigated the effect of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChEIs) on the size of CC and its association with improvement in the Alzheimer disease severity scores. Midsagittal size of CC were recorded prospectively from 439 routine T1-weighted MRI brain images in normal individuals. The internal skull surface was measured to calculate CC/ internal skull surface ratio. Two groups of patients were studied: 300 (150 male / 150 female) were healthy subjects and 130 (55 males / 75 females) had Alzheimer disease. Out of the 130 Alzheimer disease pateints, 70 patients were treated with Donepezil or Rivastigmine or both. The size of the CC was measured based on T1-weighted MRI images after the treatment to investigate any possible improvement in CC size. The mean surface area of CC in controls was 6.53±1.105 cm2. There was no significant difference between males and females (P < 0.627), and CC/ internal skull surface ratio was 4.41±0.77%. Patients with mild or severe Alzheimer disease showed a significant reduction in CC size compared to healthy controls. Treating mild Alzheimer patients with either Donepezil or Rivastigmine exerts a comparable therapeutic effect in improving the CC size. There was more improvement in the size of CC in patients with severe Alzheimer disease by using combined therapy of Donepezil and Rivastigmine than using single a medication. we measured the mean size of the various portions of the corpus callosum in normal individuals and Alzheimer patients before and after taking Donepezil and Rivastigmine. Alzheimer patients have pronounced reduction in CC which is corrected after taking Donepezil and Rivastigmine leading to remarkable improvement in Alzheimer disease severity scores.
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- Ramada R. Khasawneh
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
- * E-mail:
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Nuclear Medicine, King Hussein Medical Center, Royal Medical Services, Amman, Jordan
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Yang A, Rolls ET, Dong G, Du J, Li Y, Feng J, Cheng W, Zhao XM. Longer screen time utilization is associated with the polygenic risk for Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder with mediation by brain white matter microstructure. EBioMedicine 2022; 80:104039. [PMID: 35509143 PMCID: PMC9079003 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2022] [Revised: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been reported to be associated with longer screen time utilization (STU) at the behavioral level. However, whether there are shared neural links between ADHD symptoms and prolonged STU is not clear and has not been explored in a single large-scale dataset. METHODS Leveraging the genetics, neuroimaging and behavioral data of 11,000+ children aged 9-11 from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development cohort, this study investigates the associations between the polygenic risk and trait for ADHD, STU, and white matter microstructure through cross-sectionally and longitudinal analyses. FINDINGS Children with higher polygenic risk scores for ADHD tend to have longer STU and more severe ADHD symptoms. Fractional anisotropy (FA) values in several white matter tracts are negatively correlated with both the ADHD polygenic risk score and STU, including the inferior frontal-striatal tract, inferior frontal-occipital fasciculus, superior longitudinal fasciculus and corpus callosum. Most of these tracts are linked to visual-related functions. Longitudinal analyses indicate a directional effect of white matter microstructure on the ADHD scale, and a bi-directional effect between the ADHD scale and STU. Furthermore, reduction of FA in several white matter tracts mediates the association between the ADHD polygenic risk score and STU. INTERPRETATION These findings shed new light on the shared neural overlaps between ADHD symptoms and prolonged STU, and provide evidence that the polygenic risk for ADHD is related, via white matter microstructure and the ADHD trait, to STU. FUNDING This study was mainly supported by NSFC and National Key R&D Program of China.
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- Anyi Yang
- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China; Key Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China; Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK; Oxford Centre for Computational Neuroscience, Oxford, UK
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China; Key Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China; Key Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China; Key Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China; Key Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China; Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK; Fudan ISTBI-ZJNU Algorithm Centre for Brain-inspired Intelligence, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China; MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Zhangjiang Fudan International Innovation Center, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China; Key Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China; Fudan ISTBI-ZJNU Algorithm Centre for Brain-inspired Intelligence, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China.
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China; Key Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China; MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Research Institute of Intelligent Complex Systems, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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Jacob J, Gupta R. Neuropsychological functions in a pediatric case of partial agenesis of the corpus callosum: Clinical implications. APPLIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGY: CHILD 2022; 12:165-176. [PMID: 35412920 DOI: 10.1080/21622965.2022.2059371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The corpus callosum (CC) is involved in several cognitive processes and the interhemispheric transfer of information. The current case study investigated neurocognitive and emotional processes in a 7-year-old female with partial agenesis of the corpus callosum, with an absent splenium and posterior body, with comorbid autism and ADHD. We measured cognitive functions, such as response inhibition, error monitoring, attentional disengagement, and attention capture by irrelevant emotional stimuli. We found that response inhibition was intact in the case. When happy faces were used as stop-signals, it interfered with response inhibition compared to angry-face-stop-signals. Similarly, happy faces (relative to angry faces) interfered with error monitoring; irrelevant angry faces captured attention more than happy faces. Attentional disengagement functions were impaired in the case compared to healthy controls. The findings give an insight into the interaction between cognition and emotion in pediatric partial agenesis of the CC, and have important clinical and theoretical implications.
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- Jemima Jacob
- Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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- Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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Zhang R, Tam SKTS, Wong NML, Wu J, Tao J, Chen L, Lin K, Lee TMC. Aberrant functional metastability and structural connectivity are associated with rumination in individuals with major depressive disorder. Neuroimage Clin 2022; 33:102916. [PMID: 34923200 PMCID: PMC8693354 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Revised: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Higher synchrony and lower metastability in adults with higher levels of rumination. Prefrontal white matter integrity deficits are also associated with rumination. Most prominent aberrations were found in the genu of the corpus callosum. Structural connectivity as the basis between dynamic connectivity and rumination. New outlook on altered structural integrity and metastability subserving rumination.
Rumination is a repetitive and compulsive thinking focusing on oneself, and the nature and consequences of distress. It is a core characteristic in psychiatric disorders characterized by affective dysregulation, and emerging evidence suggests that rumination is associated with aberrant dynamic functional connectivity and structural connectivity. However, the underlying neural mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here, we adopted a multimodal approach and tested the hypothesis that white matter connectivity forms the basis of the implications of temporal dynamics of functional connectivity in the rumination trait. Fifty-three depressed and ruminative individuals and a control group of 47 age- and gender-matched individuals with low levels of rumination underwent resting-state fMRI and diffusion tensor imaging. We found that lower global metastability and higher global synchrony of the dynamic functional connectivity were associated with higher levels of rumination. Specifically, the altered global synchrony and global metastability mediated the association between white matter integrity of the genu of the corpus callosum to rumination. Hence, our findings offered the first line of evidence for the intricate role of (sub)optimal transition of functional brain states in the connection of structural brain connectivity in ruminative thinking.
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- Ruibin Zhang
- Laboratory of Cognitive Control and Brain Healthy, Department of Psychology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Department of Psychiatry, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Laboratory of Neuropsychology and Human Neuroscience, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Laboratory of Neuropsychology and Human Neuroscience, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
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- Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Affective Disorders, Guangzhou Huiai Hospital, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Laboratory of Neuropsychology and Human Neuroscience, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Institute of Clinical Neuropsychology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
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Obando C, Rosso C, Siegel J, Corbetta M, De Vico Fallani F. Temporal exponential random graph models of longitudinal brain networks after stroke. J R Soc Interface 2022; 19:20210850. [PMID: 35232279 PMCID: PMC8889176 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2021.0850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Plasticity after stroke is a complex phenomenon. Functional reorganization occurs not only in the perilesional tissue but throughout the brain. However, the local connection mechanisms generating such global network changes remain largely unknown. To address this question, time must be considered as a formal variable of the problem rather than a simple repeated observation. Here, we hypothesized that the presence of temporal connection motifs, such as the formation of temporal triangles (T) and edges (E) over time, would explain large-scale brain reorganization after stroke. To test our hypothesis, we adopted a statistical framework based on temporal exponential random graph models (tERGMs), where the aforementioned temporal motifs were implemented as parameters and adapted to capture global network changes after stroke. We first validated the performance on synthetic time-varying networks as compared to standard static approaches. Then, using real functional brain networks, we showed that estimates of tERGM parameters were sufficient to reproduce brain network changes from 2 weeks to 1 year after stroke. These temporal connection signatures, reflecting within-hemisphere segregation (T) and between hemisphere integration (E), were associated with patients' future behaviour. In particular, interhemispheric temporal edges significantly correlated with the chronic language and visual outcome in subcortical and cortical stroke, respectively. Our results indicate the importance of time-varying connection properties when modelling dynamic complex systems and provide fresh insights into modelling of brain network mechanisms after stroke.
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- Catalina Obando
- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Paris Brain Institute, ICM, CNRS, Inria, Inserm, AP-HP, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, 75013 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Paris Brain Institute, ICM, CNRS, Inria, Inserm, AP-HP, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, 75013 Paris, France,AP-HP, Urgences Cerebro-Vasculaires, Hopital Pitie-Salpetriere, Paris, France,ICM Infrastructure Stroke Network, STAR team, Hopital Pitie-Salpetriere, Paris, France
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, Padova, Italy,Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM), Padova, Italy
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- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Paris Brain Institute, ICM, CNRS, Inria, Inserm, AP-HP, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, 75013 Paris, France
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Sex differences in microstructural alterations in the corpus callosum tracts in drug-naïve children with ADHD. Brain Imaging Behav 2022; 16:1592-1604. [PMID: 35102486 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-021-00556-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 09/05/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Widespread alterations in the corpus callosum (CC) microstructure and organization have been found in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); however, few studies have investigated the diffusion characteristics and volume of transcallosal fiber tracts defined by specific cortical projections in ADHD, which is important for identifying distinct functional interhemispheric connection abnormalities. In the current study, an automated fiber-tract quantification (AFQ) approach based on diffusion tensor imaging identified seven CC tracts according to their cortical projections and estimated diffusion parameters and volume among 76 drug-naïve ADHD patients (53 boys and 23 girls) and 37 typically developing children (TDC) (20 boys and 17 girls) matched for age, IQ, and handedness. We found significantly lower fractional anisotropy (FA) in the occipital and superior parietal tracts and higher mean diffusivity (MD) in the posterior, superior parietal and anterior frontal tracts in children with ADHD compared with TDC. In addition, lower FA and higher radial diffusivity (RD) in the occipital callosal tract were significantly associated with higher hyperactivity and impulsivity performance in ADHD. In addition, sex-by-diagnosis interactions were observed in the occipital, posterior and superior parietal tracts. Girls with ADHD showed decreased FA and volume in the occipital tract, which were significantly associated with increased impulsivity performance and poor response control, and increased MD in the posterior and superior parietal callosal tracts, which were significantly associated with increased inattention performance, whereas boys with ADHD merely showed decreased volume in the frontal tract. Our results elucidated that sex-specific alterations in the CC tracts potentially underlie ADHD symptomatology and further suggested a differential contribution of abnormalities in different CC tracts to impulsivity and inattention among girls with ADHD.
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Refined Analysis of Chronic White Matter Changes after Traumatic Brain Injury and Repeated Sports-Related Concussions: Of Use in Targeted Rehabilitative Approaches? J Clin Med 2022; 11:jcm11020358. [PMID: 35054052 PMCID: PMC8780504 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11020358] [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: 12/01/2021] [Revised: 01/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) or repeated sport-related concussions (rSRC) may lead to long-term memory impairment. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is helpful to reveal global white matter damage but may underestimate focal abnormalities. We investigated the distribution of post-injury regional white matter changes after TBI and rSRC. Six patients with moderate/severe TBI, and 12 athletes with rSRC were included ≥6 months post-injury, and 10 (age-matched) healthy controls (HC) were analyzed. The Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status was performed at the time of DTI. Major white matter pathways were tracked using q-space diffeomorphic reconstruction and analyzed for global and regional changes with a controlled false discovery rate. TBI patients displayed multiple classic white matter injuries compared with HC (p < 0.01). At the regional white matter analysis, the left frontal aslant tract, anterior thalamic radiation, and the genu of the corpus callosum displayed focal changes in both groups compared with HC but with different trends. Both TBI and rSRC displayed worse memory performance compared with HC (p < 0.05). While global analysis of DTI-based parameters did not reveal common abnormalities in TBI and rSRC, abnormalities to the fronto-thalamic network were observed in both groups using regional analysis of the white matter pathways. These results may be valuable to tailor individualized rehabilitative approaches for post-injury cognitive impairment in both TBI and rSRC patients.
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Chen YL, Hsu JH, Tai DHL, Yao ZF. Training-Associated Superior Visuomotor Integration Performance in Elite Badminton Players after Adjusting for Cardiovascular Fitness. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:468. [PMID: 35010725 PMCID: PMC8744752 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19010468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2021] [Revised: 12/25/2021] [Accepted: 12/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Badminton is recognized as the fastest racket sport in the world based on the speed of the birdie which can travel up to 426 km per hour. On the badminton court, players are not only required to track the moving badminton birdie (visual tracking and information integration) but also must anticipate the exact timing to hit it back (temporal estimation). However, the association of training experience related to visuomotor integration or temporal prediction ability remains unclear. In this study, we tested this hypothesis by examining the association between training experience and visuomotor performances after adjusting for age, education, and cardiovascular fitness levels. Twenty-eight professional badminton players were asked to perform a compensatory tracking task and a time/movement estimation task for measuring visuomotor integration and temporal prediction, respectively. Correlation analysis revealed a strong association between training experience and performance on visuomotor integration, indicating badminton training may be promoted to develop visuomotor integration ability. Furthermore, the regression model suggests training experience explains 32% of visuomotor integration performances. These behavioral findings suggest badminton training may facilitate the perceptual-cognitive performance related to visuomotor integration. Our findings highlight the potential training in visuomotor integration may apply to eye-hand coordination performance in badminton sport.
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- Yi-Liang Chen
- Graduate Institute of Sports Training, University of Taipei, Taipei City 111036, Taiwan; (Y.-L.C.); (J.-H.H.); (D.H.-L.T.)
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- Graduate Institute of Sports Training, University of Taipei, Taipei City 111036, Taiwan; (Y.-L.C.); (J.-H.H.); (D.H.-L.T.)
- Physical Education Office, National Tsing Hua University, Taipei City 300044, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Sports Training, University of Taipei, Taipei City 111036, Taiwan; (Y.-L.C.); (J.-H.H.); (D.H.-L.T.)
- Department of Physical Education, University of Taipei, Taipei City 111036, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Sports Training, University of Taipei, Taipei City 111036, Taiwan; (Y.-L.C.); (J.-H.H.); (D.H.-L.T.)
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Chaves AR, Kenny HM, Snow NJ, Pretty RW, Ploughman M. Sex-specific disruption in corticospinal excitability and hemispheric (a)symmetry in multiple sclerosis. Brain Res 2021; 1773:147687. [PMID: 34634288 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2021.147687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Revised: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a neurodegenerative disease in which pathophysiology and symptom progression presents differently between the sexes. In a cohort of people with MS (n = 110), we used transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to investigate sex differences in corticospinal excitability (CSE) and sex-specific relationships between CSE and cognitive function. Although demographics and disease characteristics did not differ between sexes, males were more likely to have cognitive impairment as measured by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA); 53.3% compared to females at 26.3%. Greater CSE asymmetry was noted in females compared to males. Females demonstrated higher active motor thresholds and longer silent periods in the hemisphere corresponding to the weaker hand which was more typical of hand dominance patterns in healthy individuals. Males, but not females, exhibited asymmetry of nerve conduction latency (delayed MEP latency in the hemisphere corresponding to the weaker hand). In males, there was also a relationship between delayed onset of ipsilateral silent period (measured in the hemisphere corresponding to the weaker hand) and MoCA, suggestive of cross-callosal disruption. Our findings support that a sex-specific disruption in CSE exists in MS, pointing to interhemispheric disruption as a potential biomarker of cognitive impairment and target for neuromodulating therapies.
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- Arthur R Chaves
- Recovery and Performance Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, L.A. Miller Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada.
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- Recovery and Performance Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, L.A. Miller Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada.
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- Recovery and Performance Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, L.A. Miller Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada.
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- Recovery and Performance Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, L.A. Miller Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada.
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- Recovery and Performance Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, L.A. Miller Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada.
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Esrael SMAM, Hamed AMM, Khedr EM, Soliman RK. Application of diffusion tensor imaging in Alzheimer’s disease: quantification of white matter microstructural changes. THE EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE 2021. [DOI: 10.1186/s43055-021-00460-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia in the aging population, responsible for 60–70% of all demented cases. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a very recent technique that allows the mapping of white matter (WM) microstructure changes in neurological disorders. The current study was conducted to compare DTI parameters between AD patients and healthy elderly subjects and to determine whether DTI can act as a potential biomarker for AD.
Results
There were significant differences in Modified Mini-Mental State Examination (MMMSE) and Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) between the two groups. As regards the DTI parameters, significant differences were found between AD patients versus healthy subjects, in the mean diffusivity (MD) of the splenium [(1.05 ± 0.19) vs. (0.92 ± 0.22) , P=0.03], the MD of the right uncinate fasciculus [(0.92 ± 0.04) vs. (0.87 ± 0.05), P= 0.01], and MD of the right arcuate fasciculus (AF) [(0.83 ± 0.04) vs. (0.79 ± 0.04) P =0.01], as well as the MD of the right and left inferior fronto-occipital fasiculus (IFOF) [(0.89 ± 0.06) vs. (0.83 ± 0.04), P=0.01]. In addition, there were significant differences in the fractional anisotropy (FA) of the right and left cingulum between both groups [(0.45 ± 0.02) vs. (0.47 ± 0.03), P=0.01 and (0.45 ± 0.03) vs. 0.49± 0.04), P=0.01, respectively]. The overall accuracy of the aforementioned parameters ranged between 73 and 81% with the MD of the left cingulum revealing the highest accuracy.
Conclusion
DTI proofed to be a useful tool in differentiating AD patients from healthy subjects. In our study, we found that the splenium, cingulum, IFOF, and the right UF and right AF are the main tracts involved in AD. The left cingulum provided the highest accuracy in differentiating AD from normal subjects.
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Talwar P, Kushwaha S, Chaturvedi M, Mahajan V. Systematic Review of Different Neuroimaging Correlates in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease. Clin Neuroradiol 2021; 31:953-967. [PMID: 34297137 DOI: 10.1007/s00062-021-01057-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a heterogeneous progressive neurocognitive disorder. Although different neuroimaging modalities have been used for the identification of early diagnostic and prognostic factors of AD, there is no consolidated view of the findings from the literature. Here, we aim to provide a comprehensive account of different neural correlates of cognitive dysfunction via magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), functional MRI (fMRI) (resting-state and task-related), positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) modalities across the cognitive groups i.e., normal cognition, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and AD. A total of 46 meta-analyses met the inclusion criteria, including relevance to MCI, and/or AD along with neuroimaging modality used with quantitative and/or functional data. Volumetric MRI identified early anatomical changes involving transentorhinal cortex, Brodmann area 28, followed by the hippocampus, which differentiated early AD from healthy subjects. A consistent pattern of disruption in the bilateral precuneus along with the medial temporal lobe and limbic system was observed in fMRI, while DTI substantiated the observed atrophic alterations in the corpus callosum among MCI and AD cases. Default mode network hypoconnectivity in bilateral precuneus (PCu)/posterior cingulate cortices (PCC) and hypometabolism/hypoperfusion in inferior parietal lobules and left PCC/PCu was evident. Molecular imaging revealed variable metabolite concentrations in PCC. In conclusion, the use of different neuroimaging modalities together may lead to identification of an early diagnostic and/or prognostic biomarker for AD.
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- Puneet Talwar
- Department of Neurology, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), 110095, Dilshad Garden, Delhi, India.
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- Department of Neurology, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), 110095, Dilshad Garden, Delhi, India.
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), 110095, Dilshad Garden, Delhi, India
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- Centre for Advanced Research in Imaging, Neuroscience and Genomics (CARING), Mahajan Imaging, New Delhi, India
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Evaluation of the corpus callosum shape in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep Breath 2021; 26:1201-1207. [PMID: 34665410 PMCID: PMC8524404 DOI: 10.1007/s11325-021-02502-0] [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: 04/28/2021] [Revised: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to examine whether or not there was a difference in corpus callosum shape between patients with mild to moderate and severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) compared with patients who have simple snoring. METHODS The landmark coordinate data was obtained from the mid-sagittal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images of 70 patients who underwent polysomnography. For comparisons, mild and moderate OSA groups were combined and analyses were performed on three groups; simple snoring/control group, mild or moderate OSA group, and severe OSA group. RESULTS The corpus callosum shape of controls was significantly different from that of the severe OSA group. The most prominent deformities were observed in the genu and rostral body of the corpus callosum for the patients with severe OSA. No significant difference was found between mild/moderate OSA group and simple snoring group in terms of global corpus callosum shape. CONCLUSION The data demonstrated that severe OSA patients have structural changes in the corpus callosum and deformities may vary as the severity of disease changes.
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Zhang Z, Gibson JR, Huber KM. Experience-dependent weakening of callosal synaptic connections in the absence of postsynaptic FMRP. eLife 2021; 10:71555. [PMID: 34617509 PMCID: PMC8526058 DOI: 10.7554/elife.71555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Reduced structural and functional interhemispheric connectivity correlates with the severity of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) behaviors in humans. Little is known of how ASD-risk genes regulate callosal connectivity. Here, we show that Fmr1, whose loss-of-function leads to Fragile X Syndrome (FXS), cell autonomously promotes maturation of callosal excitatory synapses between somatosensory barrel cortices in mice. Postnatal, cell-autonomous deletion of Fmr1 in postsynaptic Layer (L) 2/3 or L5 neurons results in a selective weakening of AMPA receptor- (R), but not NMDA receptor-, mediated callosal synaptic function, indicative of immature synapses. Sensory deprivation by contralateral whisker trimming normalizes callosal input strength, suggesting that experience-driven activity of postsynaptic Fmr1 KO L2/3 neurons weakens callosal synapses. In contrast to callosal inputs, synapses originating from local L4 and L2/3 circuits are normal, revealing an input-specific role for postsynaptic Fmr1 in regulation of synaptic connectivity within local and callosal neocortical circuits. These results suggest direct cell autonomous and postnatal roles for FMRP in development of specific cortical circuits and suggest a synaptic basis for long-range functional underconnectivity observed in FXS patients.
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- Zhe Zhang
- Department of Neuroscience, O'Donnell Brain Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, O'Donnell Brain Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, O'Donnell Brain Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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Structural properties of corpus callosum are associated differently with verbal creativity and visual creativity. Brain Struct Funct 2021; 226:2511-2521. [PMID: 34430997 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-021-02329-1] [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: 08/06/2020] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Recent neuroimaging studies demonstrate that creativity is related to brain regions across both hemispheres, and the corpus callosum forms the structural basis of inter-hemispheric information exchange. However, the findings regarding the relationship between inter-hemispheric interaction and creativity remain inconsistent, which may be caused by different types of creativity and neural features being adopted. To clarify the inconsistency, and understand how inter-hemispheric interactions are related to different kinds of creativity, we explored the correlation between eight structural measures of the corpus callosum (CC) and two different domains of creativity [verbal creativity (VerC) and visual creativity (VisC)] using a large healthy-adult sample (n = 446). The results showed that VerC was positively correlated with fractional anisotropy (FA) and negatively correlated with the radial diffusivity (RD) of CC; whereas there was no significant association between VisC and CC measures. These results persisted after regressing VisC from VerC, regressing VerC from VisC, and regress out general intelligence from both creativity measures. In summary, we showed that the structural properties of corpus collosum are associated in different ways with two domains of creativity, i.e., verbal creativity and visual creativity, which enriches our understanding of the underlying neural mechanism in different types of creativity.
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Schendel K, Herron TJ, Curran B, Dronkers NF, Ivanova M, Baldo J. Case study: A selective tactile naming deficit for letters and numbers due to interhemispheric disconnection. Neuroimage Clin 2021; 30:102614. [PMID: 33770548 PMCID: PMC8022252 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Revised: 02/05/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The role of white matter pathways in cognition is a topic of active investigation that is vital to both the fields of clinical neurology and cognitive neuroscience. White matter pathways provide critical connectivity amongst numerous specialized brain regions thereby enabling higher level cognition. While the effects of dissections and lesions of the corpus callosum have been reported, it is less understood how unilateral focal white matter lesions may impact cognitive processes. Here, we report a unique case study in which a small left lateralized stroke in the white matter adjacent to the body of the corpus callosum selectively impaired the ability to name letters and numbers presented to the ipsilesional, left hand. Naming of letters, numbers and objects was tested in both the visual and tactile modalities in both hands. Diffusion-weighted imaging showed a marked reduction in white matter pathway integrity through the body of the corpus callosum. Clinically, this case highlights the significant impact that a focal white matter lesion can have on higher-level cognition, specifically the integration of verbal and tactile information. Moreover, this case adds to prior reports on tactile agnosia by including DTI imaging data and emphasizing the role that white matter pathways through the body of the corpus callosum play in integrating tactile input from the right hemisphere with verbal naming capabilities of the left hemisphere. Finally, the findings also provoke fresh insight into alternative strategies for rehabilitating cognitive functioning when structural connectivity may be compromised.
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- VA Northern California Health Care System, United States
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- VA Northern California Health Care System, United States
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Music Playing and Interhemispheric Communication: Older Professional Musicians Outperform Age-Matched Non-Musicians in Fingertip Cross-Localization Test. J Int Neuropsychol Soc 2021; 27:282-292. [PMID: 32967757 DOI: 10.1017/s1355617720000946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Numerous investigations have documented that age-related changes in the integrity of the corpus callosum are associated with age-related decline in the interhemispheric transfer of information. Conversely, there is accumulating evidence for more efficient white matter organization of the corpus callosum in individuals with extensive musical training. However, the relationship between making music and accuracy in interhemispheric transfer remains poorly explored. METHODS To test the hypothesis that musicians show enhanced functional connectivity between the two hemispheres, 65 professional musicians (aged 56-90 years) and 65 age- and sex-matched non-musicians performed the fingertip cross-localization test. In this task, subjects must respond to a tactile stimulus presented to one hand using the ipsilateral (intra-hemispheric test) or contralateral (inter-hemispheric test) hand. Because the transfer of information from one hemisphere to another may imply a loss of accuracy, the value of the difference between the intrahemispheric and interhemispheric tests can be utilized as a reliable measure of the effectiveness of hemispheric interactions. RESULTS Older professional musicians show significantly greater accuracy in tactile interhemispheric transfer than non-musicians who suffer from age-related decline. CONCLUSIONS Musicians have more efficient interhemispheric communication than age-matched non-musicians. This finding is in keeping with studies showing that individuals with extensive musical training have a larger corpus callosum. The results are discussed in relation to relevant data suggesting that music positively influences aging brain plasticity.
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An I, Choi TK, Bang M, Lee SH. White Matter Correlates of Hostility and Aggression in the Visuospatial Function Network in Patients With Schizophrenia. Front Psychiatry 2021; 12:734488. [PMID: 34690840 PMCID: PMC8529184 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.734488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background: Violent acts in patients with schizophrenia are often associated with their hostility and aggression levels. Poor visuospatial processing has been suggested as a possible risk factor of violence in schizophrenia. However, studies investigating the relationship between hostility, aggression, and the visuospatial function have been lacking. Here, we aimed to investigate brain dysconnectivity associated with hostility and aggression in schizophrenia, particularly focusing on the visuospatial function network. Methods: Eighty-eight participants with schizophrenia and 42 healthy controls were enrolled. The visuospatial function network regions of interest were analyzed using Tract-Based Spatial Statistics. The hostility item from the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), aggressive, and agitated behavior item from the Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms (SAPS), and the Rey Complex Figure Test (R-CFT) were measured. Results: Among the participants with schizophrenia, the SAPS aggressive and agitated behavior scores were significantly correlated with fractional anisotropies (FAs) of the white matter regions in the splenium of the corpus callosum (CC), left posterior thalamic radiations (PTR), and left posterior corona radiata (PCR). Exploratory correlational analysis revealed significant negative correlations between FAs of the splenium of the CC and R-CFT copy and immediate recall scores. In addition, three regions including CC, PTR, and PCR that significantly correlated with the aggression scores showed significant correlations with the total PANSS scores. Conclusion: Our main finding suggests that aggression of patients with schizophrenia may be associated with poor visuospatial ability and underlying white matter dysconnectivity. These may help enhance understanding aggression in patients with schizophrenia.
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- Iseul An
- Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University School of Medicine, Seongnam, South Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University School of Medicine, Seongnam, South Korea.,Clinical Counseling Psychology Graduate School, CHA University, Seongnam, South Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University School of Medicine, Seongnam, South Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University School of Medicine, Seongnam, South Korea.,Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University School of Medicine, Seongnam, South Korea
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Ku RY, Torii M. New Molecular Players in the Development of Callosal Projections. Cells 2020; 10:cells10010029. [PMID: 33375263 PMCID: PMC7824101 DOI: 10.3390/cells10010029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2020] [Revised: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Cortical development in humans is a long and ongoing process that continuously modifies the neural circuitry into adolescence. This is well represented by the dynamic maturation of the corpus callosum, the largest white matter tract in the brain. Callosal projection neurons whose long-range axons form the main component of the corpus callosum are evolved relatively recently with a substantial, disproportionate increase in numbers in humans. Though the anatomy of the corpus callosum and cellular processes in its development have been intensively studied by experts in a variety of fields over several decades, the whole picture of its development, in particular, the molecular controls over the development of callosal projections, still has many missing pieces. This review highlights the most recent progress on the understanding of corpus callosum formation with a special emphasis on the novel molecular players in the development of axonal projections in the corpus callosum.
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- Ray Yueh Ku
- Center for Neuroscience Research, Children’s Research Institute, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC 20010, USA
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- Center for Neuroscience Research, Children’s Research Institute, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC 20010, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
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Sprung J, Warner DO, Knopman DS, Petersen RC, Mielke MM, Jack CR, Martin DP, Hanson AC, Schroeder DR, Przybelski SA, Schulte PJ, Laporta ML, Weingarten TN, Vemuri P. Brain MRI after critical care admission: A longitudinal imaging study. J Crit Care 2020; 62:117-123. [PMID: 33340966 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2020.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Revised: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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PURPOSE To investigate the association between episodes of critical care hospitalizations and delirium with structural brain changes in older adults. MATERIALS AND METHODS We included Mayo Clinic Study of Aging participants ≥60 years old at the time of study enrollment (October 29, 2004, through September 11, 2017) with available brain MRI and 'amyloid' positron emission tomography (PET) scans. We tested the hypothesis that a) intensive care unit (ICU) admission is associated with greater cortical thinning and atrophy in entorhinal cortex, inferior temporal cortex, middle temporal cortex, and fusiform cortex (Alzheimer''s disease-signature regions); b) atrophy in hippocampus and corpus callosum; c) delirium accelerates these changes; and d) ICU admission is not associated with increased deposition of cortical amyloid. RESULTS ICU admission was associated with cortical thinning in temporal, frontal, and parietal cortices, and decreases in hippocampal/corpus callosum volumes, but not Alzheimer''s disease-signature regions. For hippocampal volume, and 10 of 14 cortical thickness measurements, the change following ICU admission was significantly more pronounced for those who experienced delirium. ICU admission was not associated with an increased amyloid burden. CONCLUSIONS Critical care hospitalization is associated with accelerated brain atrophy in selected brain regions, without increases in amyloid deposition, suggesting a pathogenesis based on neurodegeneration unrelated to Alzheimer''s pathway.
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- Juraj Sprung
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA.
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA.
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA.
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA; Health Sciences Research, Division of Epidemiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA.
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- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA.
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- Health Sciences Research, Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA.
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- Health Sciences Research, Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA.
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- Health Sciences Research, Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA.
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- Health Sciences Research, Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA.
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- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA.
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Eye Movements and White Matter are Associated with Emotional Control in Children Treated for Brain Tumors. J Int Neuropsychol Soc 2020; 26:978-992. [PMID: 32456730 DOI: 10.1017/s1355617720000491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Children treated for brain tumors often experience social and emotional difficulties, including challenges with emotion regulation; our goal was to investigate the attention-related component processes of emotion regulation, using a novel eye-tracking measure, and to evaluate its relations with emotional functioning and white matter (WM) organization. METHOD Fifty-four children participated in this study; 36 children treated for posterior fossa tumors, and 18 typically developing children. Participants completed two versions of an emotion regulation eye-tracking task, designed to differentiate between implicit (i.e., automatic) and explicit (i.e., voluntary) subprocesses. The Emotional Control scale from the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function was used to evaluate emotional control in daily life, and WM organization was assessed with diffusion tensor imaging. RESULTS We found that emotional faces captured attention across all groups (F(1,51) = 32.18, p < .001, η2p = .39). However, unlike typically developing children, patients were unable to override the attentional capture of emotional faces when instructed to (emotional face-by-group interaction: F(2,51) = 5.58, p = .006, η2p = .18). Across all children, our eye-tracking measure of emotion regulation was modestly associated with the parent-report emotional control score (r = .29, p = .045), and in patients it was associated with WM microstructure in the body and splenium of the corpus callosum (all t > 3.03, all p < .05). CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that an attention-related component process of emotion regulation is disrupted in children treated for brain tumors, and that it may relate to their emotional difficulties and WM organization. This work provides a foundation for future theoretical and mechanistic investigations of emotional difficulties in brain tumor survivors.
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Siffredi V, Preti MG, Kebets V, Obertino S, Leventer RJ, McIlroy A, Wood AG, Anderson V, Spencer-Smith MM, Van De Ville D. Structural Neuroplastic Responses Preserve Functional Connectivity and Neurobehavioural Outcomes in Children Born Without Corpus Callosum. Cereb Cortex 2020; 31:1227-1239. [DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhaa289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2020] [Revised: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 09/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The corpus callosum is the largest white matter pathway in the brain connecting the two hemispheres. In the context of developmental absence (agenesis) of the corpus callosum (AgCC), a proposed candidate for neuroplastic response is strengthening of intrahemispheric pathways. To test this hypothesis, we assessed structural and functional connectivity in a uniquely large cohort of children with AgCC (n = 20) compared with typically developing controls (TDC, n = 29), and then examined associations with neurobehavioral outcomes using a multivariate data-driven approach (partial least squares correlation, PLSC). For structural connectivity, children with AgCC showed a significant increase in intrahemispheric connectivity in addition to a significant decrease in interhemispheric connectivity compared with TDC, in line with the aforementioned hypothesis. In contrast, for functional connectivity, children with AgCC and TDC showed a similar pattern of intrahemispheric and interhemispheric connectivity. In conclusion, we observed structural strengthening of intrahemispheric pathways in children born without corpus callosum, which seems to allow for functional connectivity comparable to a typically developing brain, and were relevant to explain neurobehavioral outcomes in this population. This neuroplasticity might be relevant to other disorders of axonal guidance, and developmental disorders in which corpus callosum alteration is observed.
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- Vanessa Siffredi
- Institute of Bioengineering, Center for Neuroprosthetics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Geneva, Geneva 1202, Switzerland
- Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Geneva 1206, Switzerland
- Brain and Mind Research, Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia
- Division of Development and Growth, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Geneva 1206, Switzerland
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- Institute of Bioengineering, Center for Neuroprosthetics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Geneva, Geneva 1202, Switzerland
- Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Geneva 1206, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Geneva 1206, Switzerland
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clinical Imaging Research Centre, N.1 Institute for Health and Memory Networks Program, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, Singapore
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- Institute of Bioengineering, Center for Neuroprosthetics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Geneva, Geneva 1202, Switzerland
- Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Geneva 1206, Switzerland
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
- Department of Neurology, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia
- Neuroscience Research, Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- Brain and Mind Research, Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- Brain and Mind Research, Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia
- School of Life and Health Sciences & Aston Neuroscience Institute, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK
- School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Melbourne Burwood Campus, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria 3217, Australia
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- Brain and Mind Research, Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia
- School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
- Neuroscience Research, Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia
- Department of Psychology, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- Brain and Mind Research, Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia
- Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- Institute of Bioengineering, Center for Neuroprosthetics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Geneva, Geneva 1202, Switzerland
- Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Geneva 1206, Switzerland
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Wang K, Smolker HR, Brown MS, Snyder HR, Hankin BL, Banich MT. Association of γ-aminobutyric acid and glutamate/glutamine in the lateral prefrontal cortex with patterns of intrinsic functional connectivity in adults. Brain Struct Funct 2020; 225:1903-1919. [PMID: 32803293 PMCID: PMC8765125 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-020-02084-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2019] [Accepted: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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This study examined how levels of neurotransmitters in the lateral prefrontal cortex (LPFC), a region underlying higher-order cognition, are related to the brain's intrinsic functional organization. Using magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), GABA+ and Glx (glutamate + glutamine) levels in the left dorsal (DLPFC) and left ventral (VLPFC) lateral prefrontal cortex were obtained in a sample of 64 female adults (mean age = 48.5). We measured intrinsic connectivity via resting-state fMRI in three ways: (a) via seed-based connectivity for each of the two spectroscopy voxels; (b) via the spatial configurations of 17 intrinsic networks defined by a well-known template; and (c) via examination of the temporal inter-relationships between these intrinsic networks. The results showed that different neurotransmitter indexes (Glx-specific, GABA+-specific, Glx-GABA+ average and Glx-GABA+ ratio) were associated with distinct patterns of intrinsic connectivity. Neurotransmitter levels in the left LPFC are mainly associated with connectivity of right hemisphere prefrontal (e.g., DLPFC) or striatal (e.g., putamen) regions, two areas of the brain connected to LPFC via large white matter tracts. While the directions of these associations were mixed, in most cases, higher Glx levels are related to reduced connectivity. Prefrontal neurotransmitter levels are also associated with the degree of connectivity between non-prefrontal regions. These results suggest robust relationships between the brain's intrinsic functional organization and local neurotransmitters in the LPFC which may be constrained by white matter neuroanatomy.
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- Kai Wang
- Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education, China; School of Psychology, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, No. 55 West Zhongshan Avenue, Guangzhou, 510631, Guangdong, China.
- Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Colorado Boulder, 344 UCB, Boulder, CO, 80309-0344, USA.
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- Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Colorado Boulder, 344 UCB, Boulder, CO, 80309-0344, USA
- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, E230 Muenzinger Hall, UCB 345, Boulder, CO, 80309-0345, USA
- Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado Boulder, 1480 30th Street, Boulder, CO, 80303, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, 12401 E 17th Place, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA, 02453, USA
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- Psychology Department, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, 603 E. Daniel Street, Champaign, IL, 61820, USA
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- Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Colorado Boulder, 344 UCB, Boulder, CO, 80309-0344, USA.
- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, E230 Muenzinger Hall, UCB 345, Boulder, CO, 80309-0345, USA.
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Reorganized Brain White Matter in Early- and Late-Onset Deafness With Diffusion Tensor Imaging. Ear Hear 2020; 42:223-234. [PMID: 32833702 DOI: 10.1097/aud.0000000000000917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Individuals with early- and late-onset deafness showed different functional and morphological brain changes, but white matter alterations in both deaf groups still need to be elucidated. This study aimed to investigate changes in white matter integrity and white matter anatomical connectivity in both early- and late-onset deaf groups compared with hearing group. DESIGN Diffusion tensor imaging data from 7 early-onset deaf (50.7 ± 6.5 years), 11 late-onset deaf (50.9 ± 12.3 years), and 9 hearing adults (48.9 ± 9.5 years) were preprocessed using FSL software. To find changes in white matter integrity, tract-based spatial statistics was used, which implemented on FSL software. Fractional anisotropy (FA), axial diffusivity (AD) and radial diffusivity (RD) were calculated and compared among the groups with age as a nuisance variable. To find out the effect of onset age or duration of deafness to the white matter integrity, onset-age or duration of deafness was treated as a variable of interest in the general linear model implemented on tract-based spatial statistics. White matter connectivity was constructed by a deterministic tractography and compared among the groups. RESULTS In comparison to the hearing group, the early-onset deaf group did not show any significant changes but the late-onset deaf group showed decreased FA and increased RD in the several white matter areas. AD in the late-onset deaf group was not significantly different compared with the hearing group. The regions included the corpus callosum, posterior and superior corona radiata, internal capsule, posterior thalamic radiation, superior longitudinal fasciculus, and tapetum of the right hemisphere. Increased RD was also additionally observed in the right external capsule, fornix, and cerebral peduncle. The onset age or duration of deafness was not significantly correlated with the white matter integrity in the early-onset deaf group. In contrast, the onset age showed a significantly positive correlation with the RD, and a negative correlation with the FA, in the late-onset deaf group. The correlated white matter areas were also similar to the findings of comparison with the hearing group. In comparison to the hearing group, the early-onset deaf group did not show altered white matter connectivity, while the late-onset deaf group showed decreased white matter connectivity in between the right lingual and hippocampal areas. CONCLUSIONS The present results suggest that late-onset deaf adults showed decreased FA and increased RD, and early-onset deaf adults showed no difference compared with the hearing group. In the late-onset deaf adults, onset-age showed a significantly positive correlation with RD and negative correlation with FA. Duration of deafness was not significantly correlated with the changes. Increased RD indicating demyelination occurred in the brain, and the changes were not limited to the auditory cortex but expanded to almost whole brain areas, suggesting significant effect of auditory deprivation on the brain later in life. The altered white matter connectivity in between the right limbic-occipital areas observed in the late-onset deaf group might be caused by altered language functions after auditory deprivation. Future studies are necessary incorporating functional and anatomical aspects of the brain changes in deaf group.
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Cabibel V, Héraud N, Perrey S, Oliver N, Alexandre F, Varray A. Is bilateral corticospinal connectivity impaired in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? J Physiol 2020; 598:4591-4602. [PMID: 32697330 DOI: 10.1113/jp279560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS During moderate and high levels of quadriceps force production, the ipsilateral motor cortex is concomitantly activated with the contralateral motor cortex throughout the corpus callosum to generate the motor command. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients display a structurally impaired corpus callosum that may explain the reduced motor command in this population, which in turn contributes to COPD-related muscle weakness of the knee extensors. The study aimed to determine whether bilateral connectivity was impaired and ipsilateral activation was lowered during unilateral strength production of the knee extensors. Our results indicate impaired bilateral connectivity but preserved ipsilateral activation in patients during unilateral isometric contractions of 50% of maximum voluntary strength. The preservation of ipsilateral activation during force production despite impaired bilateral connectivity is consistent with a reorganization of bilateral motor network function that drives unilateral strength production. ABSTRACT The contralateral primary motor cortex (M1) is not the only brain area implicated in motor command generation. During moderate and high levels of quadriceps force production, the ipsilateral M1 is concomitantly activated. Such activation is mediated by the corpus callosum, the main component of bilateral connectivity. Structural damage to the corpus callosum has been observed in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients, which might reduce ipsilateral activation and contribute to the lower motor command associated with COPD muscle weakness. We thus aimed to determine whether bilateral connectivity and ipsilateral activation were impaired in COPD. Twenty-two COPD patients and 21 healthy age-matched controls were evaluated by transcranial magnetic stimulation, at rest and during 50% of maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) of the dominant vastus lateralis muscle. Bilateral connectivity was determined by the ipsilateral silent period (iSP) during 50% MVIC. Ipsilateral activation was determined as the increase in ipsilateral excitability from rest to 50% MVIC. As expected, COPD patients had significantly lower MVIC (-25%, p = 0.03). These patients also showed a significantly lower iSP (-53%, p < 0.001) compared to controls. The ipsilateral excitability was increased in patients and controls (×2.5 and ×3.5, respectively, p < 0.001) but not differently between groups (p = 0.84). Despite impaired bilateral connectivity in COPD, ipsilateral activation was not increased. Reorganization in the patients' interhemispheric pathways could explain the preserved ipsilateral activation.
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- Vincent Cabibel
- EuroMov Digital Health in Motion, Univ Montpellier, IMT Mines Ales, Montpellier, France.,Les Cliniques du Souffle, Groupe 5 Santé, France
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- Les Cliniques du Souffle, Groupe 5 Santé, France
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- EuroMov Digital Health in Motion, Univ Montpellier, IMT Mines Ales, Montpellier, France
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- EuroMov Digital Health in Motion, Univ Montpellier, IMT Mines Ales, Montpellier, France
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Hsieh S, Yao ZF, Yang MH, Yang CT, Wang CH. Diffusion Tensor Imaging Revealing the Relation of Age-Related Differences in the Corpus Callosum With Cognitive Style. Front Hum Neurosci 2020; 14:285. [PMID: 32765246 PMCID: PMC7379874 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2020.00285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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People may differ in their ways of processing tasks or situations, which may be explained by cognitive styles that define individual differences in information processing strategies. The cognitive style ranges between two extremes: analytic and holistic processing style. The concept of cognitive style has been widely investigated in the literature, but its age-related differences in the neural substrates have remained elusive. In this study, we focused on the white matter structure of the corpus callosum and its possible link to age-related differences in cognitive style, given its functional ability to connect and facilitate efficient communication between the left and right cerebral hemispheres. Seventy-two participants aged 20–75 years participated in this study. Participants’ cognitive styles were measured by the Analysis-Holism Scale (AHS), and their white matter microstructures were acquired using diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging. The results revealed that older adults tend to have a more holistic processing style than younger adults. We then compared the white matter of tracts of interest between high and low AHS groups and found that the white matter microstructure in the genu of the corpus callosum can be used to distinguish between AHS subgroups. Interestingly, we found that age negatively correlated with the white matter tracts across the brain, indicating that aging is associated with reduced microstructure integrity. Together, our findings suggest that analytic-holistic cognitive styles of information processing possibly reflect that the microstructure development in the anterior part of the corpus callosum may influence the type of age-related information processing.
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- Shulan Hsieh
- Department of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.,Institute of Allied Health Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.,Department and Institute of Public Health, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Brain and Cognition, Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.,Institute of Allied Health Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Physical Education, Health and Leisure Studies, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Chen Y, Sobczak F, Pais-Roldán P, Schwarz C, Koretsky AP, Yu X. Mapping the Brain-Wide Network Effects by Optogenetic Activation of the Corpus Callosum. Cereb Cortex 2020; 30:5885-5898. [PMID: 32556241 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhaa164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Revised: 05/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Optogenetically driven manipulation of circuit-specific activity enables causality studies, but its global brain-wide effect is rarely reported. Here, we applied simultaneous functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and calcium recording with optogenetic activation of the corpus callosum (CC) connecting barrel cortices (BC). Robust positive BOLD was detected in the ipsilateral BC due to antidromic activity, spreading to the ipsilateral motor cortex (MC), and posterior thalamus (PO). In the orthodromic target, positive BOLD was reliably evoked by 2 Hz light pulses, whereas 40 Hz light pulses led to reduced calcium, indicative of CC-mediated inhibition. This presumed optogenetic CC-mediated inhibition was further elucidated by pairing light pulses with whisker stimulation at varied interstimulus intervals. Whisker-induced positive BOLD and calcium signals were reduced at intervals of 50/100 ms. The calcium-amplitude-modulation-based correlation with whole-brain fMRI signal revealed that the inhibitory effects spread to contralateral BC, ipsilateral MC, and PO. This work raises the need for fMRI to elucidate the brain-wide network activation in response to optogenetic stimulation.
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- Yi Chen
- Research Group of Translational Neuroimaging and Neural Control, High-field Magnetic Resonance, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany.,Graduate Training Centre of Neuroscience, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg 72074, Germany
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- Research Group of Translational Neuroimaging and Neural Control, High-field Magnetic Resonance, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany.,Graduate Training Centre of Neuroscience, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg 72074, Germany
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- Research Group of Translational Neuroimaging and Neural Control, High-field Magnetic Resonance, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany.,Graduate Training Centre of Neuroscience, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg 72074, Germany
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- Werner Reichardt Center for Integrative Neuroscience, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany
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- Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Research Group of Translational Neuroimaging and Neural Control, High-field Magnetic Resonance, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany.,Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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Corpus callosum metrics predict severity of visuospatial and neuromotor dysfunctions in ARID1B mutations with Coffin-Siris syndrome. Psychiatr Genet 2020; 29:237-242. [PMID: 30933046 DOI: 10.1097/ypg.0000000000000225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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ARID1B mutations in Coffin-Siris syndrome are a cause of intellectual disability (0.5-1%), with various degrees of autism and agenesis of the corpus callosum (10%). Little is known regarding the cognitive and motor consequences of ARID1B mutations in humans and no link has been made between corpus callosum anomalies and visuospatial and neuromotor dysfunctions. We have investigated the visuospatial and neuromotor phenotype in eight patients with ARID1B mutations. A paramedian sagittal section of the brain MRI was selected, and corpus callosum was measured in anteroposterior length, genu and trunk width. Spearman's rank order coefficients were used to explore correlations between visuospatial and social cognitive variables and dimensions of the corpus callosum. A significant correlation between genu width size and visual cognition was observed. Retrocerebellar cysts were associated with corpus callosum anomalies. Here, we show that corpus callosum anomalies caused in ARID1B mutations may be predictive of the visuospatial and motor phenotype in Coffin-Siris syndrome.
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Simon M, Campbell E, Genest F, MacLean MW, Champoux F, Lepore F. The Impact of Early Deafness on Brain Plasticity: A Systematic Review of the White and Gray Matter Changes. Front Neurosci 2020; 14:206. [PMID: 32292323 PMCID: PMC7135892 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background: Auditory deprivation alters cortical and subcortical brain regions, primarily linked to auditory and language processing, resulting in behavioral consequences. Neuroimaging studies have reported various degrees of structural changes, yet multiple variables in deafness profiles need to be considered for proper interpretation of results. To date, many inconsistencies are reported in the gray and white matter alterations following early profound deafness. The purpose of this study was to provide the first systematic review synthesizing gray and white matter changes in deaf individuals. Methods: We conducted a systematic review according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement in 27 studies comprising 626 deaf individuals. Results: Evidence shows that auditory deprivation significantly alters the white matter across the primary and secondary auditory cortices. The most consistent alteration across studies was in the bilateral superior temporal gyri. Furthermore, reductions in the fractional anisotropy of white matter fibers comprising in inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus, the superior longitudinal fasciculus, and the subcortical auditory pathway are reported. The reviewed studies also suggest that gray and white matter integrity is sensitive to early sign language acquisition, attenuating the effect of auditory deprivation on neurocognitive development. Conclusions: These findings suggest that understanding cortical reorganization through gray and white matter changes in auditory and non-auditory areas is an important factor in the development of auditory rehabilitation strategies in the deaf population.
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- Marie Simon
- Département de Psychologie, Centre de Recherche en Neuropsychologie et Cognition, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Département de Psychologie, Centre de Recherche en Neuropsychologie et Cognition, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Département de Psychologie, Centre de Recherche en Neuropsychologie et Cognition, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Département de Psychologie, Centre de Recherche en Neuropsychologie et Cognition, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- École d'Orthophonie et d'Audiologie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Département de Psychologie, Centre de Recherche en Neuropsychologie et Cognition, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Casula EP, Maiella M, Pellicciari MC, Porrazzini F, D'Acunto A, Rocchi L, Koch G. Novel TMS-EEG indexes to investigate interhemispheric dynamics in humans. Clin Neurophysiol 2020; 131:70-77. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2019.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2019] [Revised: 09/03/2019] [Accepted: 09/15/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Anterior and posterior commissures in agenesis of the corpus callosum: Alternative pathways for attention processes? Cortex 2019; 121:454-467. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2019.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2018] [Revised: 04/18/2019] [Accepted: 09/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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