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Xu T, Wu Y, Zhang Y, Zuo XN, Chen F, Zhou C. Reshaping the Cortical Connectivity Gradient by Long-Term Cognitive Training During Development. Neurosci Bull 2024; 40:50-64. [PMID: 37715923 PMCID: PMC10774512 DOI: 10.1007/s12264-023-01108-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/18/2023] Open
Abstract
The organization of the brain follows a topological hierarchy that changes dynamically during development. However, it remains unknown whether and how cognitive training administered over multiple years during development can modify this hierarchical topology. By measuring the brain and behavior of school children who had carried out abacus-based mental calculation (AMC) training for five years (starting from 7 years to 12 years old) in pre-training and post-training, we revealed the reshaping effect of long-term AMC intervention during development on the brain hierarchical topology. We observed the development-induced emergence of the default network, AMC training-promoted shifting, and regional changes in cortical gradients. Moreover, the training-induced gradient changes were located in visual and somatomotor areas in association with the visuospatial/motor-imagery strategy. We found that gradient-based features can predict the math ability within groups. Our findings provide novel insights into the dynamic nature of network recruitment impacted by long-term cognitive training during development.
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- Tianyong Xu
- Bio-X Laboratory, School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Qiushi Academy for Advanced Studies, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Bio-X Laboratory, School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- Developmental Population Neuroscience Research Center, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- Bio-X Laboratory, School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China.
- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Devices, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China.
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- Bio-X Laboratory, School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China.
- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Devices, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China.
- Department of Physics, Centre for Nonlinear Studies and Beijing-Hong Kong-Singapore Joint Centre for Nonlinear and Complex Systems (Hong Kong), Institute of Computational and Theoretical Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, 999077, China.
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Neige C, Vassiliadis P, Ali Zazou A, Dricot L, Lebon F, Brees T, Derosiere G. Connecting the dots: harnessing dual-site transcranial magnetic stimulation to quantify the causal influence of medial frontal areas on the motor cortex. Cereb Cortex 2023; 33:11339-11353. [PMID: 37804253 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhad370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 09/18/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Dual-site transcranial magnetic stimulation has been widely employed to investigate the influence of cortical structures on the primary motor cortex. Here, we leveraged this technique to probe the causal influence of two key areas of the medial frontal cortex, namely the supplementary motor area and the medial orbitofrontal cortex, on primary motor cortex. We show that supplementary motor area stimulation facilitates primary motor cortex activity across short (6 and 8 ms) and long (12 ms) inter-stimulation intervals, putatively recruiting cortico-cortical and cortico-subcortico-cortical circuits, respectively. Crucially, magnetic resonance imaging revealed that this facilitatory effect depended on a key morphometric feature of supplementary motor area: individuals with larger supplementary motor area volumes exhibited more facilitation from supplementary motor area to primary motor cortex for both short and long inter-stimulation intervals. Notably, we also provide evidence that the facilitatory effect of supplementary motor area stimulation at short intervals is unlikely to arise from spinal interactions of volleys descending simultaneously from supplementary motor area and primary motor cortex. On the other hand, medial orbitofrontal cortex stimulation moderately suppressed primary motor cortex activity at both short and long intervals, irrespective of medial orbitofrontal cortex volume. These results suggest that dual-site transcranial magnetic stimulation is a fruitful approach to investigate the differential influence of supplementary motor area and medial orbitofrontal cortex on primary motor cortex activity, paving the way for the multimodal assessment of these fronto-motor circuits in health and disease.
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- Cécilia Neige
- Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, INSERM UMR1093-CAPS, UFR des Sciences du Sport, F-21078, Dijon, France
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, INSERM, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon CRNL U1028 UMR5292, PsyR2 Team, F-69500, Bron, France
- Centre Hospitalier le Vinatier, 95 Boulevard Pinel, 300 3969678 Bron Cedex, France
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Université Catholique de Louvain, Avenue E. Mounier 53 & 73, 1200, Brussels, Belgium
- Defitech Chair for Clinical Neuroengineering, Neuro-X Institute (INX) and Brain Mind Institute (BMI), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1202, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Université Catholique de Louvain, Avenue E. Mounier 53 & 73, 1200, Brussels, Belgium
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Université Catholique de Louvain, Avenue E. Mounier 53 & 73, 1200, Brussels, Belgium
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- Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, INSERM UMR1093-CAPS, UFR des Sciences du Sport, F-21078, Dijon, France
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Université Catholique de Louvain, Avenue E. Mounier 53 & 73, 1200, Brussels, Belgium
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Université Catholique de Louvain, Avenue E. Mounier 53 & 73, 1200, Brussels, Belgium
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, INSERM, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon CRNL U1028 UMR5292, Impact Team, F-69500, Bron, France
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Olafson E, Russello G, Jamison KW, Liu H, Wang D, Bruss JE, Boes AD, Kuceyeski A. Frontoparietal network activation is associated with motor recovery in ischemic stroke patients. Commun Biol 2022; 5:993. [PMID: 36131012 PMCID: PMC9492673 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03950-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Strokes cause lesions that damage brain tissue, disrupt normal brain activity patterns and can lead to impairments in motor function. Although modulation of cortical activity is central to stimulation-based rehabilitative therapies, aberrant and adaptive patterns of brain activity after stroke have not yet been fully characterized. Here, we apply a brain dynamics analysis approach to study longitudinal brain activity patterns in individuals with ischemic pontine stroke. We first found 4 commonly occurring brain states largely characterized by high amplitude activations in the visual, frontoparietal, default mode, and motor networks. Stroke subjects spent less time in the frontoparietal state compared to controls. For individuals with dominant-hand CST damage, more time spent in the frontoparietal state from 1 week to 3-6 months post-stroke was associated with better motor recovery over the same time period, an association which was independent of baseline impairment. Furthermore, the amount of time spent in brain states was linked empirically to functional connectivity. This work suggests that when the dominant-hand CST is compromised in stroke, resting state configurations may include increased activation of the frontoparietal network, which may facilitate compensatory neural pathways that support recovery of motor function when traditional motor circuits of the dominant-hemisphere are compromised.
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- Emily Olafson
- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York City, NY, 10021, USA.
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- Pelham Memorial High School, 575 Colonial Ave, Village of Pelham, NY, 10803, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York City, NY, 10021, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York City, NY, 10021, USA
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