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Li CY, Chang WC, Chen MH, Tu PC, Chen TL, Chen CC, Chang YT, Chen YY, Bai YM. Correlation of Disease Severity, Proinflammatory Cytokines, and Reduced Brain Gray Matter Volumes in Patients with Atopic Dermatitis. Dermatitis 2024. [PMID: 38634841 DOI: 10.1089/derm.2023.0340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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Background: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease. However, few studies have investigated brain changes associated with chronic inflammation. We hypothesized that chronic inflammation might be related to brain structural alterations in patients with AD. Objectives: To investigate the association between disease severity (Eczema Area and Severity Index [EASI]), proinflammatory cytokines, and differences in brain gray matter (GM) volume in patients with AD. Methods: Nineteen patients with AD and 19 age- and sex-matched healthy subjects were enrolled. All participants underwent clinical assessment and brain magnetic resonance imaging. Voxel-based morphometry was performed to analyze GM volume differences. Results: Patients with AD exhibited significantly decreased GM volume in many brain regions, such as bilateral precentral gyrus, right frontal pole, and right middle temporal gyrus (P < 0.001), compared with healthy subjects. Notably, in patients with AD, the GM volume in right middle temporal gyrus was negatively associated with both EASI score and proinflammatory cytokines (sIL-2R [soluble interleukin 2 receptor] and TNF-α receptor-1), whereas the GM volume in left precentral gyrus was negatively associated with both EASI score and proinflammatory cytokines (sIL-2R and CRP). Conclusion: Patients with AD demonstrated significant brain GM volume reduction in many brain regions, which is related to disease severity and proinflammatory cytokines.
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- Cheng-Yuan Li
- From the Department of Dermatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Brain Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Brain Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Philosophy of Mind and Cognition, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- From the Department of Dermatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- From the Department of Dermatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- From the Department of Dermatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
- The Ph.D. Program for Neural Regenerative Medicine, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Brain Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Hanakawa T, Hotta F, Nakamura T, Shindo K, Ushiba N, Hirosawa M, Yamazaki Y, Moriyama Y, Takagi S, Mizuno K, Liu M. Macrostructural Cerebellar Neuroplasticity Correlates With Motor Recovery After Stroke. Neurorehabil Neural Repair 2023; 37:775-785. [PMID: 37882368 DOI: 10.1177/15459683231207356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Motor recovery varies across post-stroke individuals, some of whom require a better rehabilitation strategy. We hypothesized that macrostructural neuroplasticity of the motor control network including the cerebellum might underlie individual differences in motor recovery. Objectives. To gain insight into the macrostructural neuroplasticity after stroke, we examined 52 post-stroke individuals using both the Fugl-Meyer assessment and structural magnetic resonance imaging. METHODS We performed voxel-based lesion symptom mapping and cross-sectional voxel-based morphometry to correlate the motor scores with the lesion location and the gray matter volume (GMV), respectively. Longitudinal data were available at ~8 and/or 15 weeks after admission from 43 individuals with supratentorial lesions. We performed a longitudinal VBM analysis followed by a multiple regression analysis to correlate between the changes of the motor assessment scores and those of GMV overtime. RESULTS We found a cross-sectional correlation of residual motor functioning with GMV in the ipsilesional cerebellum and contralesional parietal cortex. Longitudinally, we found increases in GMV in the ipsilesional supplementary motor area, and the ipsilesional superior and inferior cerebellar zones, along with a GMV decrease in the ipsilesional thalamus. The motor recovery was correlated with the GMV changes in the superior and inferior cerebellar zones. The regaining of upper-limb motor functioning was correlated with the GMV changes of both superior and inferior cerebellum while that of lower-limb motor functioning with the GMV increase of the inferior cerebellum only. CONCLUSIONS The present findings support the hypothesis that macrostructural cerebellar neuroplasticity is correlated with individual differences in motor recovery after stroke.
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- Takashi Hanakawa
- Department of Integrated Neuroanatomy and Neuroimaging, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Advanced Neuroimaging, Integrative Brain Imaging Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan
- Tokyo Metropolitan Rehabilitation Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Tokyo Metropolitan Rehabilitation Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Integrated Neuroanatomy and Neuroimaging, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Advanced Neuroimaging, Integrative Brain Imaging Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan
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- Tokyo Metropolitan Rehabilitation Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hikarigaoka Hospital, Takaoka, Japan
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- Tokyo Metropolitan Rehabilitation Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Setagaya Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Tokyo Metropolitan Rehabilitation Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Physical Rehabilitation, National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Hospital, Kodaira, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Ishikuro K, Hattori N, Otomune H, Furuya K, Nakada T, Miyahara K, Shibata T, Noguchi K, Kuroda S, Nakatsuji Y, Nishijo H. Neural Mechanisms of Neuro-Rehabilitation Using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) over the Front-Polar Area. Brain Sci 2023; 13:1604. [PMID: 38002563 PMCID: PMC10670271 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13111604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2023] [Revised: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a noninvasive brain stimulation (NIBS) technique that applies a weak current to the scalp to modulate neuronal excitability by stimulating the cerebral cortex. The technique can produce either somatic depolarization (anodal stimulation) or somatic hyperpolarization (cathodal stimulation), based on the polarity of the current used by noninvasively stimulating the cerebral cortex with a weak current from the scalp, making it a NIBS technique that can modulate neuronal excitability. Thus, tDCS has emerged as a hopeful clinical neuro-rehabilitation treatment strategy. This method has a broad range of potential uses in rehabilitation medicine for neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease (PD). The present paper reviews the efficacy of tDCS over the front-polar area (FPA) in healthy subjects, as well as patients with PD, where tDCS is mainly applied to the primary motor cortex (M1 area). Multiple evidence lines indicate that the FPA plays a part in motor learning. Furthermore, recent studies have reported that tDCS applied over the FPA can improve motor functions in both healthy adults and PD patients. We argue that the application of tDCS to the FPA promotes motor skill learning through its effects on the M1 area and midbrain dopamine neurons. Additionally, we will review other unique outcomes of tDCS over the FPA, such as effects on persistence and motivation, and discuss their underlying neural mechanisms. These findings support the claim that the FPA could emerge as a new key brain region for tDCS in neuro-rehabilitation.
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- Koji Ishikuro
- Department of Rehabilitation, Toyama University Hospital, Toyama 930-0194, Japan; (K.I.); (N.H.); (H.O.); (K.F.); (T.N.)
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Toyama University Hospital, Toyama 930-0194, Japan; (K.I.); (N.H.); (H.O.); (K.F.); (T.N.)
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Toyama University Hospital, Toyama 930-0194, Japan; (K.I.); (N.H.); (H.O.); (K.F.); (T.N.)
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Toyama University Hospital, Toyama 930-0194, Japan; (K.I.); (N.H.); (H.O.); (K.F.); (T.N.)
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Toyama University Hospital, Toyama 930-0194, Japan; (K.I.); (N.H.); (H.O.); (K.F.); (T.N.)
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Toyama College of Medical Welfare, Toyama 930-0194, Japan;
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Toyama Nishi General Hospital, Toyama 939-2716, Japan;
- Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, Japan;
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, Japan;
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, Japan;
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- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, Japan;
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- Faculty of Human Sciences, University of East Asia, Shimonoseki 751-8503, Japan
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Zheng W, Guan X, Lu Z, Zhang X, Zhai H, Huang G, Gong J. Does right hemisphere compensate for the left in school-age children with large left middle fossa arachnoid cysts? BMC Pediatr 2023; 23:550. [PMID: 37919687 PMCID: PMC10623878 DOI: 10.1186/s12887-023-04148-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND To assess the cognitive function changes and brain network neuroplasticity in school-age children having large (diameter > 5 cm) left middle fossa arachnoid cyst (MFACs). METHODS Eleven patients and 22 normal controls (NC) between 6 and 14 years of age were included. The CNS Vital Signs (CNS VS) were administered for cognitive assessment. The differences of cognitive data and functional connectivity (FC) in resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) were compared between the patient group and the NC group. The correlations between the altered FC and cognitive data in the patient group were assessed. RESULTS Patient group had significantly poorer attention (including Complex Attention, Sustained Attention, Simple Attention, Cognitive Flexibility, and Executive Function) and memory function (Visual Memory and Working Memory) than the NC group (uncorrected p-value, p-unc < 0.05). Whole-brain local correlation (LCOR) analysis showed an extensively lower LCOR in the patient group (voxel threshold p-unc < 0.001, cluster-size threshold of false discovery rate adjusted p (p-FDR) < 0.001). Functional connectivity (FC) analysis showed that bilateral frontal and temporal lobes connectivity in the patient group was significantly lower than the NC group (p-FDR < 0.05). Seed-based FC analysis indicated that there was altered FC between the right temporal lobe and the left temporal-parietal/temporal-occipital area (p-FDR < 0.05). In the patient group, most of the altered FC had a negative correlation to the cognitive score, while the FC in the right temporal lobe-left temporal-occipital area positively correlated to Verbal/Visual Memory (r = 0.41-0.60, p-FDR < 0.05). In correlation analysis between clinical data and cognitive score, the only significant result was a low correlation between cyst size and Reaction Time (-0.30--0.36, P-FDR < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS School-aged children with large left MFAC showed significantly lower cognitive performance primarily in attention and memory domains. Distinct from neuroplasticity in a unilateral brain lesion, compensation in the healthy hemisphere in MFAC patients was sparse.
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- Wenjian Zheng
- Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100070, PR China
- Department of Neurosurgery, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, 518035, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100070, PR China
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- Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100070, PR China
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- MR Collaboration, Siemens Healthineers Ltd, Beijing, 100020, PR China
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- Beijing RIMAG Medical Imaging Center, Beijing, 100029, PR China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, 518035, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100070, PR China.
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Hongo T, Yakou T, Yoshinaga K, Kano T, Miyazaki M, Hanakawa T. Structural neuroplasticity in computer programming beginners. Cereb Cortex 2022; 33:5375-5381. [PMID: 36310094 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhac425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We examined the structural neuroplastic changes associated with the learning of computer programming in university students with no previous programming experience. They participated in a 15-week course (26 lessons) on the “Processing” computer programming language. We have conducted a longitudinal analysis of gray matter volume (GMV) in the magnetic resonance images obtained before and after learning computer programming. Significant neuroplastic changes appeared in the following 8 sites: the left frontal pole; the right frontal pole; the right medial frontal gyrus; the left cuneus; the left lateral cerebellum (posterior lobule and tuber); the medial cerebellum (uvula and tonsil); the right pallidum; and the left pallidum. The amount of change in the GMV of the right frontal pole correlated positively with the final product score. Furthermore, the amount of change in the GMV of the right medial frontal gyrus and the bilateral pallidum correlated positively with the test scores. Thus, the right frontal pole was presumably associated with the function of persistent attempts to accomplish tasks (goal achievement-related function). The right medial frontal gyrus and the bilateral pallidum were presumably related to deduction and reward functions, respectively. Therefore, multiple brain regions appear to be involved in programming learning through different functions.
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- Takeshi Hongo
- Faculty of Social Information Studies, Otsuma Women’s University , 12 Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8357, Japan
- Department of Advanced Neuroimaging , Integrative Brain Imaging Centre, , 4-4 Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8501, Japan
- National Centre of Neurology and Psychiatry , Integrative Brain Imaging Centre, , 4-4 Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8501, Japan
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo Denki University , 5 senjyu Asahi-cho, Adachi-ku, Tokyo 120-855, Japan
- Department of Advanced Neuroimaging , Integrative Brain Imaging Centre, , 4-4 Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8501, Japan
- National Centre of Neurology and Psychiatry , Integrative Brain Imaging Centre, , 4-4 Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8501, Japan
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- Department of Integrated Neuroanatomy and Neuroimaging, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-Cho, Sakyo-Ku , Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
- Department of Advanced Neuroimaging , Integrative Brain Imaging Centre, , 4-4 Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8501, Japan
- National Centre of Neurology and Psychiatry , Integrative Brain Imaging Centre, , 4-4 Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8501, Japan
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- Department of Media Creation, Kyoto Seika University , 137 Kino-cho, Iwakura, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8588, Japan
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- Faculty of Social Information Studies, Otsuma Women’s University , 12 Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8357, Japan
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- Department of Integrated Neuroanatomy and Neuroimaging, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-Cho, Sakyo-Ku , Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
- Department of Advanced Neuroimaging , Integrative Brain Imaging Centre, , 4-4 Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8501, Japan
- National Centre of Neurology and Psychiatry , Integrative Brain Imaging Centre, , 4-4 Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8501, Japan
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Yang Y, Li Q, Wang J, Liu Y, Xiao M, Luo L, Yi H, Yan Q, Li W, Chen H. The powerful brain: Neural correlates of sense of power and hope. Neuropsychologia 2022; 174:108317. [PMID: 35810881 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2022.108317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2022] [Revised: 06/13/2022] [Accepted: 07/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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A sense of power refers to the perception that one can control and influence others' states by providing or withholding valued resources in an asymmetrical way, and which has been associated with greater hope. However, little is known about the neural bases underlying this association. The present study aimed to examine these phenomena in 261 healthy adolescent students by assessing resting-state brain activity (i.e., the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations, ALFF) and connectivity (i.e., resting-state functional connectivity, RSFC). Whole-brain correlation analyses revealed that higher levels of perceived power were linked with reduced ALFF in the left thalamus and increased RSFC between the left thalamus and left superior temporal gyrus. Mediation analyses further showed that perceived power mediated the influence of the left thalamus activity on hope. Our results remained significant even after controlling for the head motion, age, and gender. Our findings contribute to the neurobiological basis of a sense of power and the neural mechanism underlying the relationship between a sense of power and hope.
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- Yue Yang
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
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Yang FPG, Liu TY, Liu CH, Murakami S, Nakai T. Verbal Training Induces Enhanced Functional Connectivity in Japanese Healthy Elderly Population. Front Hum Neurosci 2022; 16:786853. [PMID: 35308607 PMCID: PMC8930077 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.786853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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This study employs fMRI to examine the neural substrates of response to cognitive training in healthy old adults. Twenty Japanese healthy elders participated in a 4-week program and practiced a verbal articulation task on a daily basis. Functional connectivity analysis revealed that in comparison to age- and education-matched controls, elders who received the cognitive training demonstrated increased connectivity in the frontotemporal regions related with language and memory functions and showed significant correlations between the behavioral change in a linguistic task and connectivity in regions for goal-oriented persistence and lexical processing. The increased hippocampal connectivity was consistent with previous research showing efficacious memory improvement and change in hippocampal functioning. Moreover, the increased intra-network connectivity following cognitive training suggested an improved neural differentiation, in contrast to the inter-network activation pattern typical in the aging brain. This research not only validates the relationship of functional change in the frontal and temporal lobes to age-associated cognitive decline but also shows promise in turning neural change toward the right direction by cognitive training.
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- Fan-Pei Gloria Yang
- Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Center for Cognition and Mind Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
- *Correspondence: Fan-Pei Gloria Yang,
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- Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Center for Cognition and Mind Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Center for Cognition and Mind Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
- Institute of NeuroImaging and Informatics, Obu, Japan
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Gangwani R, Cain A, Collins A, Cassidy JM. Leveraging Factors of Self-Efficacy and Motivation to Optimize Stroke Recovery. Front Neurol 2022; 13:823202. [PMID: 35280288 PMCID: PMC8907401 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.823202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health framework recognizes that an individual's functioning post-stroke reflects an interaction between their health condition and contextual factors encompassing personal and environmental factors. Personal factors significantly impact rehabilitation outcomes as they determine how an individual evaluates their situation and copes with their condition in daily life. A key personal factor is self-efficacy-an individual's belief in their capacity to achieve certain outcomes. Self-efficacy influences an individual's motivational state to execute behaviors necessary for achieving desired rehabilitation outcomes. Stroke rehabilitation practice and research now acknowledge self-efficacy and motivation as critical elements in post-stroke recovery, and increasing evidence highlights their contributions to motor (re)learning. Given the informative value of neuroimaging-based biomarkers in stroke, elucidating the neurological underpinnings of self-efficacy and motivation may optimize post-stroke recovery. In this review, we examine the role of self-efficacy and motivation in stroke rehabilitation and recovery, identify potential neural substrates underlying these factors from current neuroimaging literature, and discuss how leveraging these factors and their associated neural substrates has the potential to advance the field of stroke rehabilitation.
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- Rachana Gangwani
- Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
- Human Movement Sciences Curriculum, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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Li Q, Xiang G, Song S, Chen H. How people reach their goals: Neural basis responsible for trait self-control association with hope. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.111228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The structure of the superior and inferior parietal lobes predicts inter-individual suitability for virtual reality. Sci Rep 2021; 11:23688. [PMID: 34880322 PMCID: PMC8654954 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-02957-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The global virtual reality (VR) market is significantly expanding and being challenged with an increased demand owing to COVID-19. Unfortunately, VR is not useful for everyone due to large interindividual variability existing in VR suitability. To understand the neurobiological basis of this variability, we obtained neural structural and functional data from the participants using 3T magnetic resonance imaging. The participants completed one of two tasks (sports training or cognitive task) using VR, which differed in the time scale (months/minutes) and domain (motor learning/attention task). Behavioral results showed that some participants improved their motor skills in the real world after 1-month training in the virtual space or obtained high scores in the 3D attention task (high suitability for VR), whereas others did not (low suitability for VR). Brain structure analysis revealed that the structural properties of the superior and inferior parietal lobes contain information that can predict an individual’s suitability for VR.
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Imafuku M, Saito A, Hosokawa K, Okanoya K, Hosoda C. Importance of Maternal Persistence in Young Children's Persistence. Front Psychol 2021; 12:726583. [PMID: 34721187 PMCID: PMC8552035 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.726583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Persistence of a distant goal is an important personality trait that determines academic and social success. Recent studies have shown that individual differences in persistence involve both genetic and environmental factors; however, these studies have not examined the role of maternal factors on a young children's persistence. The present study examined whether mothers' persistence is associated with persistence in children aged 3-6 years. In addition, the associations between mothers' persistence/parenting style and children's self-control/social development (prosocial behaviors and difficulties) were examined. Our results showed that maternal persistence is essential for the child's persistence. Children's self-control and social development were also associated with the mothers' persistence and parenting style. Our findings suggest that a young child's persistence may develop under the influence of a familiar adult (i.e., mother) and characterizes their social development, highlighting the importance of persistence in parenting.
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- Masahiro Imafuku
- Department of Early Childhood Education and Care, Faculty of Education, Musashino University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Advanced Comprehensive Research Organization, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Life Science Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Advanced Comprehensive Research Organization, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Life Science Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Tashjian SM, Galván A. Frontopolar Cortex Response to Positive Feedback Relates to Nonincentivized Task Persistence. Cereb Cortex 2021; 32:2293-2309. [PMID: 34581407 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhab317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
Abstract
When individuals make decisions whether to persist at a task, their decision-making is informed by whether success is pending or accomplished. If pending, the brain facilitates behavioral persistence; if the goal is accomplished or no longer desired, the brain enables switching away from the current task. Feedback, which is known to differentially engage reward neurocircuitry, may modulate goal-directed behavior such as task persistence. However, prior studies are confounded by offering external incentives for persistence. This study tested whether neural response to feedback differed as a function of nonincentivized task persistence in 99 human participants ages 13-30 (60 females). Individuals who persisted engaged the frontopolar cortex (FPC) to a greater extent during receipt of task-relevant positive feedback compared with negative feedback. For individuals who quit, task-irrelevant monetary reward engaged the FPC to a greater extent compared with positive feedback. FPC activation in response to positive feedback is identified as a key contributor to task persistence.
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- Sarah M Tashjian
- Department of Psychology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.,Brain Research Institute, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Xiang G, Li Q, Xiao M, He L, Chen X, Du X, Liu X, Song S, Wu Y, Chen H. Goal setting and attaining: Neural correlates of positive coping style and hope. Psychophysiology 2021; 58:e13887. [PMID: 34180066 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.13887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2020] [Revised: 06/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
Trait hope focuses on individual goal-related thoughts and is assumed to be a critical indicator for one's mental health. However, the neurobiological basis of hope and the neurological mechanisms underlying the relationship between positive coping style (PCS) and hope (including the two dimensions of pathway thinking and agency thinking) are still largely unknown. Thus, this study explored the neural basis of trait hope by correlating the regional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (ALFF) and resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) with the self-reported hope of 576 healthy first-year college students underwent RS-fMRI. Our results showed that trait hope was positively associated with PCS. A whole-brain correlation analysis provided early evidence that higher levels of trait hope were associated with decreased ALFF in the left frontal pole cortex (FPC). Additionally, pathway thinking was associated with decreased ALFF in FPC, increased ALFF in the right postcentral gyrus (PCG), decreased RSFC of the left FPC and left posterior cingulate cortex, the left FPC and right middle temporal gyrus, and the right PCG and left cerebellum. Furthermore, mediation analyses demonstrated that the PCG-cerebellum connectivity might link to pathway thinking through PCS and PCS might relate to trait hope through PCG-cerebellum connectivity. Our findings contribute to the neurobiological basis of hope and the neural mechanism underlying the relationship between trait hope and coping style.
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- Guangcan Xiang
- School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, Sichuan, China.,Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, Sichuan, China
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- School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, Sichuan, China.,Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, Sichuan, China
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- School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, Sichuan, China.,Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, Sichuan, China
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- School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, Sichuan, China.,Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, Sichuan, China
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- School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, Sichuan, China.,Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, Sichuan, China
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- School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, Sichuan, China.,Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, Sichuan, China
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- School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, Sichuan, China.,Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, Sichuan, China
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- School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, Sichuan, China.,Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, Sichuan, China
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- School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, Sichuan, China.,Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, Sichuan, China
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- School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, Sichuan, China.,Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, Sichuan, China
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Du Y, Wang Y, Yu M, Tian X, Liu J. Sex-Specific Functional Connectivity in the Reward Network Related to Distinct Gender Roles. Front Hum Neurosci 2021; 14:593787. [PMID: 33505258 PMCID: PMC7831777 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2020.593787] [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: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Gender roles are anti-dichotomous and malleable social constructs that should theoretically be constructed independently from biological sex. However, it is unclear whether and how the factor of sex is related to neural mechanisms involved in social constructions of gender roles. Thus, the present study aimed to investigate sex specificity in gender role constructions and the corresponding underlying neural mechanisms. We measured gender role orientation using the Bem Sex-Role Inventory, used a voxel-based global brain connectivity method based on resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging to characterize the within-network connectivity in the brain reward network, and analyzed how the integration of the reward network is related to gender role scores between sex groups. An omnibus analysis of voxel-wise global brain connectivity values within a two-level linear mixed model revealed that in female participants, femininity scores were positively associated with integration in the posterior orbitofrontal cortex and subcallosal cortex, whereas masculinity scores were positively associated with integration in the frontal pole. By contrast, in male participants, masculinity was negatively correlated with integration in the nucleus accumbens and subcallosal cortex. For the first time, the present study revealed the sex-specific neural mechanisms underlying distinct gender roles, which elucidates the process of gender construction from the perspective of the interaction between reward sensitivity and social reinforcement.
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- Yin Du
- Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychology, Tsinghua Laboratory of Brain and Intelligence, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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