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Wang X, Fu S, Yoo K, Wang X, Gan L, Zou T, Gao Q, Han H, Yang Z, Hu X, Chen H, Liu D, Li R. Individualized Structural Perturbations on Normative Brain Connectome Restrict Deep Brain Stimulation Outcomes in Parkinson's Disease. Mov Disord 2024; 39:1352-1363. [PMID: 38894532 DOI: 10.1002/mds.29874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 05/13/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) respond to deep brain stimulation (DBS) variably. However, how brain substrates restrict DBS outcomes remains unclear. OBJECTIVE In this article, we aim to identify prognostic brain signatures for explaining the response variability. METHODS We retrospectively investigated a cohort of patients with PD (n = 141) between 2017 and 2022, and defined DBS outcomes as the improvement ratio of clinical motor scores. We used a deviation index to quantify individual perturbations on a reference structural covariance network acquired with preoperative T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging. The neurobiological perturbations of patients were represented as z scored indices based on the chronological perturbations measured on a group of normal aging adults. RESULTS After applying stringent statistical tests (z > 2.5) and correcting for false discoveries (P < 0.01), we found that accelerated deviations mainly affected the prefrontal cortex, motor strip, limbic system, and cerebellum in PD. Particularly, a negative network within the accelerated deviations, expressed as "more preoperative deviations, less postoperative improvements," could predict DBS outcomes (mean absolute error = 0.09, R2 = 0.15). Moreover, a fusion of personal brain predictors and medical responses significantly improved traditional evaluations of DBS outcomes. Notably, the most important brain predictor, a pathway connecting the cognitive unit (prefrontal cortex) and motor control unit (cerebellum and motor strip), partially mediates DBS outcomes with the age at surgery. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that individual structural perturbations on the cognitive motor control circuit are critical for modulating DBS outcomes. Interventions toward the circuit have the potential for additional clinical improvements. © 2024 The Author(s). Movement Disorders published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.
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- Xuyang Wang
- Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
- MOE Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation, High-Field Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Digital Health, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences and Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Data Science Research Institute, Research Institute for Future Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China
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- Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
- MOE Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation, High-Field Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
- MOE Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation, High-Field Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
- MOE Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation, High-Field Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
- MOE Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation, High-Field Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China
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- Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
- MOE Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation, High-Field Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China
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- Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
- MOE Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation, High-Field Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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Lin Q, Jin S, Yin G, Li J, Asgher U, Qiu S, Wang J. Cortical Morphological Networks Differ Between Gyri and Sulci. Neurosci Bull 2024:10.1007/s12264-024-01262-7. [PMID: 39044060 DOI: 10.1007/s12264-024-01262-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2024] [Indexed: 07/25/2024] Open
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This study explored how the human cortical folding pattern composed of convex gyri and concave sulci affected single-subject morphological brain networks, which are becoming an important method for studying the human brain connectome. We found that gyri-gyri networks exhibited higher morphological similarity, lower small-world parameters, and lower long-term test-retest reliability than sulci-sulci networks for cortical thickness- and gyrification index-based networks, while opposite patterns were observed for fractal dimension-based networks. Further behavioral association analysis revealed that gyri-gyri networks and connections between gyral and sulcal regions significantly explained inter-individual variance in Cognition and Motor domains for fractal dimension- and sulcal depth-based networks. Finally, the clinical application showed that only sulci-sulci networks exhibited morphological similarity reductions in major depressive disorder for cortical thickness-, fractal dimension-, and gyrification index-based networks. Taken together, these findings provide novel insights into the constraint of the cortical folding pattern to the network organization of the human brain.
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- Qingchun Lin
- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- Department of Air Transport, Faculty of Transportation Sciences, Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU), Prague, 128 00, Czech Republic
- School of Interdisciplinary Engineering and Sciences (SINES), National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510405, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China.
- Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, 510631, China.
- Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China.
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China.
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Liang Q, Ma J, Chen X, Lin Q, Shu N, Dai Z, Lin Y. A Hybrid Routing Pattern in Human Brain Structural Network Revealed By Evolutionary Computation. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING 2024; 43:1895-1909. [PMID: 38194401 DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2024.3351907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2024]
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The human brain functional connectivity network (FCN) is constrained and shaped by the communication processes in the structural connectivity network (SCN). The underlying communication mechanism thus becomes a critical issue for understanding the formation and organization of the FCN. A number of communication models supported by different routing strategies have been proposed, with shortest path (SP), random diffusion (DIF), and spatial navigation (NAV) as the most typical, respectively requiring network global knowledge, local knowledge, and both for path seeking. Yet these models all assumed every brain region to use one routing strategy uniformly, ignoring convergent evidence that supports the regional heterogeneity in both terms of biological substrates and functional roles. In this regard, the current study developed a hybrid communication model that allowed each brain region to choose a routing strategy from SP, DIF, and NAV independently. A genetic algorithm was designed to uncover the underlying region-wise hybrid routing strategy (namely HYB). The HYB was found to outperform the three typical routing strategies in predicting FCN and facilitating robust communication. Analyses on HYB further revealed that brain regions in lower-order functional modules inclined to route signals using global knowledge, while those in higher-order functional modules preferred DIF that requires only local knowledge. Compared to regions that used global knowledge for routing, regions using DIF had denser structural connections, participated in more functional modules, but played a less dominant role within modules. Together, our findings further evidenced that hybrid routing underpins efficient SCN communication and locally heterogeneous structure-function coupling.
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Li Z, Li J, Wang N, Lv Y, Zou Q, Wang J. Single-subject cortical morphological brain networks: Phenotypic associations and neurobiological substrates. Neuroimage 2023; 283:120434. [PMID: 37907157 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Revised: 10/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/28/2023] [Indexed: 11/02/2023] Open
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Although single-subject morphological brain networks provide an important way for human connectome studies, their roles and origins are poorly understood. Combining cross-sectional and repeated structural magnetic resonance imaging scans from adults, children and twins with behavioral and cognitive measures and brain-wide transcriptomic, cytoarchitectonic and chemoarchitectonic data, this study examined phenotypic associations and neurobiological substrates of single-subject morphological brain networks. We found that single-subject morphological brain networks explained inter-individual variance and predicted individual outcomes in Motor and Cognition domains, and distinguished individuals from each other. The performance can be further improved by integrating different morphological indices for network construction. Low-moderate heritability was observed for single-subject morphological brain networks with the highest heritability for sulcal depth-derived networks and higher heritability for inter-module connections. Furthermore, differential roles of genetic, cytoarchitectonic and chemoarchitectonic factors were observed for single-subject morphological brain networks. Cortical thickness-derived networks were related to the three factors with contributions from genes enriched in membrane and transport related functions, genes preferentially located in supragranular and granular layers, overall thickness in the molecular layer and thickness of wall in the infragranular layers, and metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 and dopamine transporter; fractal dimension-, gyrification index- and sulcal depth-derived networks were only associated with the chemoarchitectonic factor with contributions from different sets of neurotransmitter receptors. Most results were reproducible across different parcellation schemes and datasets. Altogether, this study demonstrates phenotypic associations and neurobiological substrates of single-subject morphological brain networks, which provide intermediate endophenotypes to link molecular and cellular architecture and behavior and cognition.
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- Zhen Li
- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Psychological Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Center for MRI Research, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China; Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education, China; Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.
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Yin G, Li T, Jin S, Wang N, Li J, Wu C, He H, Wang J. A comprehensive evaluation of multicentric reliability of single-subject cortical morphological networks on traveling subjects. Cereb Cortex 2023:7169131. [PMID: 37197789 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhad178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2023] [Revised: 04/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/30/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023] Open
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Despite the prevalence of research on single-subject cerebral morphological networks in recent years, whether they can offer a reliable way for multicentric studies remains largely unknown. Using two multicentric datasets of traveling subjects, this work systematically examined the inter-site test-retest (TRT) reliabilities of single-subject cerebral morphological networks, and further evaluated the effects of several key factors. We found that most graph-based network measures exhibited fair to excellent reliabilities regardless of different analytical pipelines. Nevertheless, the reliabilities were affected by choices of morphological index (fractal dimension > sulcal depth > gyrification index > cortical thickness), brain parcellation (high-resolution > low-resolution), thresholding method (proportional > absolute), and network type (binarized > weighted). For the factor of similarity measure, its effects depended on the thresholding method used (absolute: Kullback-Leibler divergence > Jensen-Shannon divergence; proportional: Jensen-Shannon divergence > Kullback-Leibler divergence). Furthermore, longer data acquisition intervals and different scanner software versions significantly reduced the reliabilities. Finally, we showed that inter-site reliabilities were significantly lower than intra-site reliabilities for single-subject cerebral morphological networks. Altogether, our findings propose single-subject cerebral morphological networks as a promising approach for multicentric human connectome studies, and offer recommendations on how to determine analytical pipelines and scanning protocols for obtaining reliable results.
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- Guole Yin
- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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- Institute of Brain and Psychological Sciences, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610066, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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- Center for Brain Imaging Science and Technology, College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrumental Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100816, China
- Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510000, China
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510000, China
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Fang F, Cammon J, Li R, Zhang Y. Test and re-test reliability of optimal stimulation targets and parameters for personalized neuromodulation. Front Neurosci 2023; 17:1153786. [PMID: 37250412 PMCID: PMC10213310 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1153786] [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: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023] Open
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Protocols have been proposed to optimize neuromodulation targets and parameters to increase treatment efficacies for different neuropsychiatric diseases. However, no study has investigated the temporal effects of optimal neuromodulation targets and parameters simultaneously via exploring the test-retest reliability of the optimal neuromodulation protocols. In this study, we employed a publicly available structural and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) dataset to investigate the temporal effects of the optimal neuromodulation targets and parameters inferred from our customized neuromodulation protocol and examine the test-retest reliability over scanning time. 57 healthy young subjects were included in this study. Each subject underwent a repeated structural and resting state fMRI scan in two visits with an interval of 6 weeks between two scanning visits. Brain controllability analysis was performed to determine the optimal neuromodulation targets and optimal control analysis was further applied to calculate the optimal neuromodulation parameters for specific brain states transition. Intra-class correlation (ICC) measure was utilized to examine the test-retest reliability. Our results demonstrated that the optimal neuromodulation targets and parameters had excellent test-retest reliability (both ICCs > 0.80). The test-retest reliability of model fitting accuracies between the actual final state and the simulated final state also showed a good test-retest reliability (ICC > 0.65). Our results indicated the validity of our customized neuromodulation protocol to reliably identify the optimal neuromodulation targets and parameters between visits, which may be reliably extended to optimize the neuromodulation protocols to efficiently treat different neuropsychiatric disorders.
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- Feng Fang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States
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Hu Y, Li Q, Qiao K, Zhang X, Chen B, Yang Z. PhiPipe: A multi-modal MRI data processing pipeline with test-retest reliability and predicative validity assessments. Hum Brain Mapp 2023; 44:2062-2084. [PMID: 36583399 PMCID: PMC9980895 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2022] [Revised: 11/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been one of the primary instruments to measure the properties of the human brain non-invasively in vivo. MRI data generally needs to go through a series of processing steps (i.e., a pipeline) before statistical analysis. Currently, the processing pipelines for multi-modal MRI data are still rare, in contrast to single-modal pipelines. Furthermore, the reliability and validity of the output of the pipelines are critical for the MRI studies. However, the reliability and validity measures are not available or adequate for almost all pipelines. Here, we present PhiPipe, a multi-modal MRI processing pipeline. PhiPipe could process T1-weighted, resting-state BOLD, and diffusion-weighted MRI data and generate commonly used brain features in neuroimaging. We evaluated the test-retest reliability of PhiPipe's brain features by computing intra-class correlations (ICC) in four public datasets with repeated scans. We further evaluated the predictive validity by computing the correlation of brain features with chronological age in three public adult lifespan datasets. The multivariate reliability and predictive validity of the PhiPipe results were also evaluated. The results of PhiPipe were consistent with previous studies, showing comparable or better reliability and validity when compared with two popular single-modality pipelines, namely DPARSF and PANDA. The publicly available PhiPipe provides a simple-to-use solution to multi-modal MRI data processing. The accompanied reliability and validity assessments could help researchers make informed choices in experimental design and statistical analysis. Furthermore, this study provides a framework for evaluating the reliability and validity of image processing pipelines.
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- Yang Hu
- Laboratory of Psychological Health and Imaging, Shanghai Mental Health CenterShanghai Jiao Tong University School of MedicineShanghaiChina
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health CenterShanghai Jiao Tong University School of MedicineShanghaiChina
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- Laboratory of Psychological Health and Imaging, Shanghai Mental Health CenterShanghai Jiao Tong University School of MedicineShanghaiChina
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health CenterShanghai Jiao Tong University School of MedicineShanghaiChina
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- Laboratory of Psychological Health and Imaging, Shanghai Mental Health CenterShanghai Jiao Tong University School of MedicineShanghaiChina
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health CenterShanghai Jiao Tong University School of MedicineShanghaiChina
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- Laboratory of Psychological Health and Imaging, Shanghai Mental Health CenterShanghai Jiao Tong University School of MedicineShanghaiChina
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health CenterShanghai Jiao Tong University School of MedicineShanghaiChina
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- Jing Hengyi School of EducationHangzhou Normal UniversityZhejiangChina
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- Laboratory of Psychological Health and Imaging, Shanghai Mental Health CenterShanghai Jiao Tong University School of MedicineShanghaiChina
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health CenterShanghai Jiao Tong University School of MedicineShanghaiChina
- Institute of Psychological and Behavioral SciencesShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiChina
- Brain Science and Technology Research CenterShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiChina
- Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsBeijingChina
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Xiong Z, Tian Y, Wang X, Wei K, Bi Y. Gravity matters for the neural representations of action semantics. Cereb Cortex 2023:6995384. [PMID: 36682884 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhad006] [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: 11/28/2022] [Revised: 12/31/2022] [Accepted: 01/02/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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The dynamic relationship between the neural representation of action word semantics and specific sensorimotor experience remains controversial. Here, we temporarily altered human subjects' sensorimotor experience in a 15-day head-down tilt bed rest setting, a ground-based analog of microgravity that disproportionally affects sensorimotor experiences of the lower limbs, and examined whether such effector-dependent activity deprivation specifically affected the neural processes of comprehending verbs of lower-limb actions (e.g. to kick) relative to upper-limb ones (e.g. to pinch). Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we compared the multivoxel neural patterns for such action words prior to and after bed rest. We found an effector-specific (lower vs. upper limb) experience modulation in subcortical sensorimotor-related and anterior temporal regions. The neural action semantic representations in other effector-specific verb semantic regions (e.g. left lateral posterior temporal cortex) and motor execution regions were robust against such experience alterations. These effector-specific, sensorimotor-experience-sensitive and experience-independent patterns of verb neural representation highlight the multidimensional and dynamic nature of semantic neural representation, and the broad influence of microgravity (hence gravity) environment on cognition.
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- Ziyi Xiong
- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Human Factors Engineering, China Astronaut Research and Training Center, Beijing 100094, China.,School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Beijing 100871, China.,Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.,Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing 102206, China
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Parekh P, Vivek Bhalerao G, John JP, Venkatasubramanian G. Sample size requirement for achieving multisite harmonization using structural brain MRI features. Neuroimage 2022; 264:119768. [PMID: 36435343 PMCID: PMC7615107 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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When data is pooled across multiple sites, the extracted features are confounded by site effects. Harmonization methods attempt to correct these site effects while preserving the biological variability within the features. However, little is known about the sample size requirement for effectively learning the harmonization parameters and their relationship with the increasing number of sites. In this study, we performed experiments to find the minimum sample size required to achieve multisite harmonization (using neuroHarmonize) using volumetric and surface features by leveraging the concept of learning curves. Our first two experiments show that site-effects are effectively removed in a univariate and multivariate manner; however, it is essential to regress the effect of covariates from the harmonized data additionally. Our following two experiments with actual and simulated data showed that the minimum sample size required for achieving harmonization grows with the increasing average Mahalanobis distances between the sites and their reference distribution. We conclude by positing a general framework to understand the site effects using the Mahalanobis distance. Further, we provide insights on the various factors in a cross-validation design to achieve optimal inter-site harmonization.
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- Pravesh Parekh
- NORMENT, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; ADBS Neuroimaging Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India; Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- Translational Psychiatry Lab, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India; ADBS Neuroimaging Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India; Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India; Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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- NORMENT, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; ADBS Neuroimaging Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India; Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India.
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- Translational Psychiatry Lab, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India; ADBS Neuroimaging Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India; Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India.
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Wang L, Chen X, Xu Y, Cao M, Liao X, He Y. Frequency-Resolved Connectome Hubs and Their Test-Retest Reliability in the Resting Human Brain. Neurosci Bull 2022; 38:519-532. [PMID: 35060063 PMCID: PMC9106786 DOI: 10.1007/s12264-021-00812-7] [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: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 10/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Functional hubs with disproportionately extensive connectivities play a crucial role in global information integration in human brain networks. However, most resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (R-fMRI) studies have identified functional hubs by examining spontaneous fluctuations of the blood oxygen level-dependent signal within a typical low-frequency band (e.g., 0.01-0.08 Hz or 0.01-0.1 Hz). Little is known about how the spatial distributions of functional hubs depend on frequency bands of interest. Here, we used repeatedly measured R-fMRI data from 53 healthy young adults and a degree centrality analysis to identify voxelwise frequency-resolved functional hubs and further examined their test-retest reliability across two sessions. We showed that a wide-range frequency band (0.01-0.24 Hz) accessible with a typical sampling rate (fsample = 0.5 Hz) could be classified into three frequency bands with distinct patterns, namely, low-frequency (LF, 0.01-0.06 Hz), middle-frequency (MF, 0.06-0.16 Hz), and high-frequency (HF, 0.16-0.24 Hz) bands. The functional hubs were mainly located in the medial and lateral frontal and parietal cortices in the LF band, and in the medial prefrontal cortex, superior temporal gyrus, parahippocampal gyrus, amygdala, and several cerebellar regions in the MF and HF bands. These hub regions exhibited fair to good test-retest reliability, regardless of the frequency band. The presence of the three frequency bands was well replicated using an independent R-fMRI dataset from 45 healthy young adults. Our findings demonstrate reliable frequency-resolved functional connectivity hubs in three categories, thus providing insights into the frequency-specific connectome organization in healthy and disordered brains.
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- Lei Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, 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 (Fudan University), Ministry of Education, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- School of Systems Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
- Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, 102206, China.
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Wu C, Ferreira F, Fox M, Harel N, Hattangadi-Gluth J, Horn A, Jbabdi S, Kahan J, Oswal A, Sheth SA, Tie Y, Vakharia V, Zrinzo L, Akram H. Clinical applications of magnetic resonance imaging based functional and structural connectivity. Neuroimage 2021; 244:118649. [PMID: 34648960 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 10/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Advances in computational neuroimaging techniques have expanded the armamentarium of imaging tools available for clinical applications in clinical neuroscience. Non-invasive, in vivo brain MRI structural and functional network mapping has been used to identify therapeutic targets, define eloquent brain regions to preserve, and gain insight into pathological processes and treatments as well as prognostic biomarkers. These tools have the real potential to inform patient-specific treatment strategies. Nevertheless, a realistic appraisal of clinical utility is needed that balances the growing excitement and interest in the field with important limitations associated with these techniques. Quality of the raw data, minutiae of the processing methodology, and the statistical models applied can all impact on the results and their interpretation. A lack of standardization in data acquisition and processing has also resulted in issues with reproducibility. This limitation has had a direct impact on the reliability of these tools and ultimately, confidence in their clinical use. Advances in MRI technology and computational power as well as automation and standardization of processing methods, including machine learning approaches, may help address some of these issues and make these tools more reliable in clinical use. In this review, we will highlight the current clinical uses of MRI connectomics in the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders; balancing emerging applications and technologies with limitations of connectivity analytic approaches to present an encompassing and appropriate perspective.
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- Chengyuan Wu
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Vickie and Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience, Thomas Jefferson University, 909 Walnut Street, Third Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA; Jefferson Integrated Magnetic Resonance Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University, 909 Walnut Street, First Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
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- Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, 33 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK; Unit of Functional Neurosurgery, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, 33 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK.
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- Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, Radiology, and Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 60 Fenwood Road, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, University of Minnesota, 2021 Sixth Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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- Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences, Center for Precision Radiation Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 3855 Health Sciences Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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- Neurology Department, Movement Disorders and Neuromodulation Section, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, D-10117, Berlin, Germany.
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- Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
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- Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
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- Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, University of Oxford, Mansfield Rd, Oxford OX1 3TH, UK.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, 7200 Cambridge, Ninth Floor, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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- Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, Radiology, and Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 60 Fenwood Road, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 60 Fenwood Road, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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- Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, 33 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK.
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- Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, 33 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK; Unit of Functional Neurosurgery, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, 33 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK.
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- Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, 33 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK; Unit of Functional Neurosurgery, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, 33 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK.
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Churchill NW, Hutchison MG, Graham SJ, Schweizer TA. Concussion Risk and Resilience: Relationships with Pre-Injury Salience Network Connectivity. J Neurotrauma 2021; 38:3097-3106. [PMID: 34314246 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2021.0123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Concussion is a major health concern, making it critical to identify factors that influence risk and resilience. The salience network (SN) likely plays a key role in concussion risk, given its roles in orienting attention, functional adaptability, and interoceptive awareness. The SN's functions are thought to be mediated through causal control of other networks, including the default mode network (DMN) and executive control network (ECN). It was therefore hypothesized that the SN of at-risk individuals would have altered functional and structural connectivity with the DMN and ECN. For this prospective study, 167 university athletes had baseline clinical assessments and magnetic resonance imaging scans and were monitored for the rest of their varsity career, with any concussions recorded. Athletes concussed in the same season as imaging (CSS; n = 17) and those concussed in later seasons (CLS; n = 15) were matched to controls that were not concussed after imaging. Functional connectivity and white matter fractional anisotropy (FA) were compared between concussed and control groups. Prior to injury, CSS athletes had significantly elevated total symptom severity scores, elevated SN-DMN functional connectivity and reduced FA of connecting white matter tracts, whereas CLS athletes showed no significant clinical or imaging effects. These findings provide new insights into the neurobiology of concussion risk and resilience, as indices of SN-DMN network connectivity are associated with short-term but not long-term concussion risk.
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- Nathan W Churchill
- Keenan Research Center of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Neuroscience Research Program, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Keenan Research Center of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto. Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto. Ontario, Canada
- Physical Sciences Platform, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Keenan Research Center of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Neuroscience Research Program, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto, Toronto. Ontario, Canada
- Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME), University of Toronto, Toronto. Ontario, Canada
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Scan-rescan repeatability of axonal imaging metrics using high-gradient diffusion MRI and statistical implications for study design. Neuroimage 2021; 240:118323. [PMID: 34216774 PMCID: PMC8646020 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2021] [Revised: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 06/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Axon diameter mapping using diffusion MRI in the living human brain has attracted growing interests with the increasing availability of high gradient strength MRI systems. A systematic assessment of the consistency of axon diameter estimates within and between individuals is needed to gain a comprehensive understanding of how such methods extend to quantifying differences in axon diameter index between groups and facilitate the design of neurobiological studies using such measures. We examined the scan-rescan repeatability of axon diameter index estimation based on the spherical mean technique (SMT) approach using diffusion MRI data acquired with gradient strengths up to 300 mT/m on a 3T Connectom system in 7 healthy volunteers. We performed statistical power analyses using data acquired with the same protocol in a larger cohort consisting of 15 healthy adults to investigate the implications for study design. Results revealed a high degree of repeatability in voxel-wise restricted volume fraction estimates and tract-wise estimates of axon diameter index derived from high-gradient diffusion MRI data. On the region of interest (ROI) level, across white matter tracts in the whole brain, the Pearson’s correlation coefficient of the axon diameter index estimated between scan and rescan experiments was r = 0.72 with an absolute deviation of 0.18 μm. For an anticipated 10% effect size in studies of axon diameter index, most white matter regions required a sample size of less than 15 people to observe a measurable difference between groups using an ROI-based approach. To facilitate the use of high-gradient strength diffusion MRI data for neuroscientific studies of axonal microstructure, the comprehensive multi-gradient strength, multi-diffusion time data used in this work will be made publicly available, in support of open science and increasing the accessibility of such data to the greater scientific community.
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Li Y, Wang N, Wang H, Lv Y, Zou Q, Wang J. Surface-based single-subject morphological brain networks: Effects of morphological index, brain parcellation and similarity measure, sample size-varying stability and test-retest reliability. Neuroimage 2021; 235:118018. [PMID: 33794358 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Revised: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Morphological brain networks, in particular those at the individual level, have become an important approach for studying the human brain connectome; however, relevant methodology is far from being well-established in their formation, description and reproducibility. Here, we extended our previous study by constructing and characterizing single-subject morphological similarity networks from brain volume to surface space and systematically evaluated their reproducibility with respect to effects of different choices of morphological index, brain parcellation atlas and similarity measure, sample size-varying stability and test-retest reliability. Using the Human Connectome Project dataset, we found that surface-based single-subject morphological similarity networks shared common small-world organization, high parallel efficiency, modular architecture and bilaterally distributed hubs regardless of different analytical strategies. Nevertheless, quantitative values of all interregional similarities, global network measures and nodal centralities were significantly affected by choices of morphological index, brain parcellation atlas and similarity measure. Moreover, the morphological similarity networks varied along with the number of participants and approached stability until the sample size exceeded ~70. Using an independent test-retest dataset, we found fair to good, even excellent, reliability for most interregional similarities and network measures, which were also modulated by different analytical strategies, in particular choices of morphological index. Specifically, fractal dimension and sulcal depth outperformed gyrification index and cortical thickness, higher-resolution atlases outperformed lower-resolution atlases, and Jensen-Shannon divergence-based similarity outperformed Kullback-Leibler divergence-based similarity. Altogether, our findings propose surface-based single-subject morphological similarity networks as a reliable method to characterize the human brain connectome and provide methodological recommendations and guidance for future research.
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- Yinzhi Li
- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Psychological Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Center for MRI Research, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China; Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education.
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Ma J, Wang Y, Liu B, Liu W. Accurately modeling the human brain functional correlations with hypergraph Laplacian. Neurocomputing 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2020.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Cheng H, Liu J. Concurrent brain parcellation and connectivity estimation via co-clustering of resting state fMRI data: A novel approach. Hum Brain Mapp 2021; 42:2477-2489. [PMID: 33615651 PMCID: PMC8090776 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.25381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2020] [Revised: 01/25/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Connectional topography mapping has been gaining widespread attention in human brain imaging studies. However, existing methods might not effectively utilize the information from neuroimaging data, thus hindering the understanding of the underlying connectional organization in the brain and uncovering the optimal clustering number from the data. In this study, we propose a novel method for the automated construction of inherent functional connectivity topography in a data‐driven manner by leveraging the power of co‐clustering‐based on resting state fMRI (rs‐fMRI) data. We propose the co‐clustering‐based method not only for concurrently parcellating two interconnected brain regions of interest (ROIs) under consideration into functionally homogenous subregions, but also for estimating the connectivity between these subregions from the two brain ROIs. In particular, we first model the connectional topography mapping as a co‐clustering‐based bipartite graph partitioning problem for constructing the inherent functional connectivity topography between the two interconnected brain ROIs. We also adopt an objective criterion, that is, silhouette width index measuring clustering quality, for determining the optimal number of clusters. The proposed method has been validated for mapping thalamocortical connectional topography based on rs‐fMRI data of 57 subjects. Validation results have demonstrated that our method identified the optimal solution with five pairs of mutually connected subregions of the thalamocortical system from the rs‐fMRI data, and could yield more meaningful, interpretable, and homogenous connectional topography than existing methods. The proposed method was further validated by the high symmetry of the mapped connectional topography between two hemispheres.
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- Hewei Cheng
- Research Center of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing, China.,Chongqing Engineering Laboratory of Digital Medical Equipment and Systems, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing, China.,Chongqing Engineering Research Center of Medical Electronics & Information Technology, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing, China
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- Research Institute of Education Development, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing, China
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Jiang X, Wang X, Jia L, Sun T, Kang J, Zhou Y, Wei S, Wu F, Kong L, Wang F, Tang Y. Structural and functional alterations in untreated patients with major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder experiencing first depressive episode: A magnetic resonance imaging study combined with follow-up. J Affect Disord 2021; 279:324-333. [PMID: 33096331 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.09.133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2020] [Revised: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could assist in identifying objective biomarkers and follow-up study could effectively improve subjective diagnostic accuracy. By combining MRI with follow-up, this study aims to determine the shared and distinct alterations between major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD). METHODS Untreated patients with MDD experiencing the first episode were subjected to MRI and subsequent follow-up. Fifteen patients with mania or hypomania were regrouped into BD group. Twenty patients were still grouped as MDD after an average of 37.95 months follow-up. Thirty healthy controls (HCs) were recruited to match the patients. Gray matter volume (GMV) and amygdala-seed functional connectivity (FC) in the whole brain were detected and compared among the three groups. RESULTS GMV analysis revealed that the MDD and BD groups presented reduced GMV predominantly in the parietal, occipital, and frontal regions in the bilateral cerebrum compared with the HCs. The BD group had reduced GMV predominantly in the parietal, temporal, insular regions and the Rolandic operculum in the right-side cerebrum compared with MDD and HC groups. FC analysis revealed that the MDD and BD patients displayed increased FC values mainly in the bilateral parietal, and left occipital regions. Only the BD group displayed increased FC values in the temporal, occipital, parietal and limbic regions in the right-side cerebrum relative to HCs. LIMITATIONS The main limitation is the relatively small sample size. CONCLUSIONS Alterations in the cortical regions and cortico-limbic neural system may provide the scientific basis for differential diagnosis in affective disorders.
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- Xiaowei Jiang
- Brain Function Research Section, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110001, PR China; Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110001, PR China; Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110001, PR China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110001, PR China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110001, PR China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110001, PR China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110001, PR China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110001, PR China; Department of Geriatric Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110001, PR China
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- Brain Function Research Section, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110001, PR China; Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110001, PR China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110001, PR China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110001, PR China
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- Brain Function Research Section, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110001, PR China; Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110001, PR China; Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110001, PR China.
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- Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110001, PR China; Department of Geriatric Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110001, PR China.
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Kim REY, Lee M, Kang DW, Wang SM, Kim NY, Lee MK, Lim HK, Kim D. Deep Learning-Based Segmentation to Establish East Asian Normative Volumes Using Multisite Structural MRI. Diagnostics (Basel) 2020; 11:diagnostics11010013. [PMID: 33374745 PMCID: PMC7824436 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11010013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2020] [Revised: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Normative brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is essential to interpret the state of an individual's brain health. However, a normative study is often expensive for small research groups. Although several attempts have been made to establish brain MRI norms, the focus has been limited to certain age ranges. This study aimed to establish East Asian normative brain data using multi-site MRI and determine the robustness of these data for clinical research. Normative MRI was gathered covering a wide range of cognitively normal East Asian populations (age: 18-96 years) from two open sources and three research sites. Eight sub-regional volumes were extracted in the left and right hemispheres using an in-house deep learning-based tool. Repeated measure consistency and multicenter reliability were determined using intraclass correlation coefficients and compared to a widely used tool, FreeSurfer. Our results showed highly consistent outcomes with high reliability across sites. Our method outperformed FreeSurfer in repeated measure consistency for most structures and multicenter reliability for all structures. The normative MRI we constructed was able to identify sub-regional differences in mild cognitive impairments and dementia after covariate adjustments. Our investigation suggests it is possible to provide a sound normative reference for neurodegenerative or aging research.
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- Regina E. Y. Kim
- Research Institute, NEUROPHET Inc., Seoul 06247, Korea; (R.E.Y.K.); (M.L.)
- Institute of Human Genomic Study, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul 15355, Korea
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
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- Research Institute, NEUROPHET Inc., Seoul 06247, Korea; (R.E.Y.K.); (M.L.)
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- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea;
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 07345, Korea; (S.-M.W.); (N.-Y.K.)
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 07345, Korea; (S.-M.W.); (N.-Y.K.)
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- Department of Radiology, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea;
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 07345, Korea; (S.-M.W.); (N.-Y.K.)
- Correspondence: (H.K.L.); (D.K.); Tel.: +82-70-5223-4414 (D.K.)
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- Research Institute, NEUROPHET Inc., Seoul 06247, Korea; (R.E.Y.K.); (M.L.)
- Correspondence: (H.K.L.); (D.K.); Tel.: +82-70-5223-4414 (D.K.)
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Noble S, Scheinost D, Constable RT. A decade of test-retest reliability of functional connectivity: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuroimage 2019; 203:116157. [PMID: 31494250 PMCID: PMC6907736 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 308] [Impact Index Per Article: 61.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2018] [Revised: 08/30/2019] [Accepted: 09/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Once considered mere noise, fMRI-based functional connectivity has become a major neuroscience tool in part due to early studies demonstrating its reliability. These fundamental studies revealed only the tip of the iceberg; over the past decade, many test-retest reliability studies have continued to add nuance to our understanding of this complex topic. A summary of these diverse and at times contradictory perspectives is needed. OBJECTIVES We aimed to summarize the existing knowledge regarding test-retest reliability of functional connectivity at the most basic unit of analysis: the individual edge level. This entailed (1) a meta-analytic estimate of reliability and (2) a review of factors influencing reliability. METHODS A search of Scopus was conducted to identify studies that estimated edge-level test-retest reliability. To facilitate comparisons across studies, eligibility was restricted to studies measuring reliability via the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). The meta-analysis included a random effects pooled estimate of mean edge-level ICC, with studies nested within datasets. The review included a narrative summary of factors influencing edge-level ICC. RESULTS From an initial pool of 212 studies, 44 studies were identified for the qualitative review and 25 studies for quantitative meta-analysis. On average, individual edges exhibited a "poor" ICC of 0.29 (95% CI = 0.23 to 0.36). The most reliable measurements tended to involve: (1) stronger, within-network, cortical edges, (2) eyes open, awake, and active recordings, (3) more within-subject data, (4) shorter test-retest intervals, (5) no artifact correction (likely due in part to reliable artifact), and (6) full correlation-based connectivity with shrinkage. CONCLUSION This study represents the first meta-analysis and systematic review investigating test-retest reliability of edge-level functional connectivity. Key findings suggest there is room for improvement, but care should be taken to avoid promoting reliability at the expense of validity. By pooling existing knowledge regarding this key facet of accuracy, this study supports broader efforts to improve inferences in the field.
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- Stephanie Noble
- Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale University, USA.
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- Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale University, USA; Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, USA; Department of Statistics and Data Science, Yale University, USA; Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, USA
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- Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale University, USA; Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, USA
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Teipel SJ, Metzger CD, Brosseron F, Buerger K, Brueggen K, Catak C, Diesing D, Dobisch L, Fliebach K, Franke C, Heneka MT, Kilimann I, Kofler B, Menne F, Peters O, Polcher A, Priller J, Schneider A, Spottke A, Spruth EJ, Thelen M, Thyrian RJ, Wagner M, Düzel E, Jessen F, Dyrba M. Multicenter Resting State Functional Connectivity in Prodromal and Dementia Stages of Alzheimer's Disease. J Alzheimers Dis 2019; 64:801-813. [PMID: 29914027 DOI: 10.3233/jad-180106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Alterations of intrinsic networks from resting state fMRI (rs-fMRI) have been suggested as functional biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease (AD). OBJECTIVE To determine the diagnostic accuracy of multicenter rs-fMRI for prodromal and preclinical stages of AD. METHODS We determined rs-fMRI functional connectivity based on Pearson's correlation coefficients and amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation in people with subjective cognitive decline, people with mild cognitive impairment, and people with AD dementia compared with healthy controls. We used data of 247 participants of the prospective DELCODE study, a longitudinal multicenter observational study, imposing a unified fMRI acquisition protocol across sites. We determined cross-validated discrimination accuracy based on penalized logistic regression to account for multicollinearity of predictors. RESULTS Resting state functional connectivity reached significant cross-validated group discrimination only for the comparison of AD dementia cases with healthy controls, but not for the other diagnostic groups. AD dementia cases showed alterations in a large range of intrinsic resting state networks, including the default mode and salience networks, but also executive and language networks. When groups were stratified according to their CSF amyloid status that was available in a subset of cases, diagnostic accuracy was increased for amyloid positive mild cognitive impairment cases compared with amyloid negative controls, but still inferior to the accuracy of hippocampus volume. CONCLUSION Even when following a strictly harmonized data acquisition protocol and rigorous scan quality control, widely used connectivity measures of multicenter rs-fMRI do not reach levels of diagnostic accuracy sufficient for a useful biomarker in prodromal stages of AD.
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- Stefan J Teipel
- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany.,German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research (IKND), Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany.,Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany.,German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.,Department for Neurodegenerative Diseases and Geriatric Psychiatry, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany.,Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD), University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD), University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.,Department for Neurodegenerative Diseases and Geriatric Psychiatry, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Campus Charité Mitte, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.,Department for Neurodegenerative Diseases and Geriatric Psychiatry, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany.,German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Rostock, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.,Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Campus Charité Mitte, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.,Department for Neurodegenerative Diseases and Geriatric Psychiatry, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.,Department of Neurology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Campus Charité Mitte, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Greifswald, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.,Department for Neurodegenerative Diseases and Geriatric Psychiatry, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research (IKND), Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany.,German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Rostock, Germany
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Boukadi M, Marcotte K, Bedetti C, Houde JC, Desautels A, Deslauriers-Gauthier S, Chapleau M, Boré A, Descoteaux M, Brambati SM. Test-Retest Reliability of Diffusion Measures Extracted Along White Matter Language Fiber Bundles Using HARDI-Based Tractography. Front Neurosci 2019; 12:1055. [PMID: 30692910 PMCID: PMC6339903 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2018.01055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2018] [Accepted: 12/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
High angular resolution diffusion imaging (HARDI)-based tractography has been increasingly used in longitudinal studies on white matter macro- and micro-structural changes in the language network during language acquisition and in language impairments. However, test-retest reliability measurements are essential to ascertain that the longitudinal variations observed are not related to data processing. The aims of this study were to determine the reproducibility of the reconstruction of major white matter fiber bundles of the language network using anatomically constrained probabilistic tractography with constrained spherical deconvolution based on HARDI data, as well as to assess the test-retest reliability of diffusion measures extracted along them. Eighteen right-handed participants were scanned twice, one week apart. The arcuate, inferior longitudinal, inferior fronto-occipital, and uncinate fasciculi were reconstructed in the left and right hemispheres and the following diffusion measures were extracted along each tract: fractional anisotropy, mean, axial, and radial diffusivity, number of fiber orientations, mean length of streamlines, and volume. All fiber bundles showed good morphological overlap between the two scanning timepoints and the test-retest reliability of all diffusion measures in most fiber bundles was good to excellent. We thus propose a fairly simple, but robust, HARDI-based tractography pipeline reliable for the longitudinal study of white matter language fiber bundles, which increases its potential applicability to research on the neurobiological mechanisms supporting language.
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- Mariem Boukadi
- Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Département de Psychologie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche du CIUSSS du Nord-de-l'île-de-Montréal, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.,École d'Orthophonie et d'Audiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Sherbrooke Connectivity Imaging Lab, Département d'Informatique, Université de Sherbrooke, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche du CIUSSS du Nord-de-l'île-de-Montréal, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.,CIUSSS du Nord-de-l'île-de-Montréal, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Département de Psychologie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Sherbrooke Connectivity Imaging Lab, Département d'Informatique, Université de Sherbrooke, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Département de Psychologie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Gong Y, Wu H, Li J, Wang N, Liu H, Tang X. Multi-Granularity Whole-Brain Segmentation Based Functional Network Analysis Using Resting-State fMRI. Front Neurosci 2018; 12:942. [PMID: 30618571 PMCID: PMC6299028 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2017] [Accepted: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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In this work, we systematically analyzed the effects of various nodal definitions, as determined by a multi-granularity whole-brain segmentation scheme, upon the topological architecture of the human brain functional network using the resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data of 19 healthy, young subjects. A number of functional networks were created with their nodes defined according to two types of anatomical definitions (Type I and Type II) each of which consists of five granularity levels of whole brain segmentations with each level linked through ontology-based, hierarchical, structural relationships. Topological properties were computed for each network and then compared across levels within the same segmentation type as well as between Type I and Type II. Certain network architecture patterns were observed in our study: (1) As the granularity changes, the absolute values of each node's nodal degree and nodal betweenness change accordingly but the relative values within a single network do not change considerably; (2) The average nodal degree is generally affected by the sparsity level of the network whereas the other topological properties are more specifically affected by the nodal definitions; (3) Within the same ontology relationship type, as the granularity decreases, the network becomes more efficient at information propagation; (4) The small-worldness that we observe is an intrinsic property of the brain's resting-state functional network, independent of the ontology type and the granularity level. Furthermore, we validated the aforementioned conclusions and measured the reproducibility of this multi-granularity network analysis pipeline using another dataset of 49 healthy young subjects that had been scanned twice.
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- Yujing Gong
- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.,School of Biomedical Engineering, Health Science Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.,Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Health Science Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Brain Function and Disease, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
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Chen X, Liao X, Dai Z, Lin Q, Wang Z, Li K, He Y. Topological analyses of functional connectomics: A crucial role of global signal removal, brain parcellation, and null models. Hum Brain Mapp 2018; 39:4545-4564. [PMID: 29999567 PMCID: PMC6866637 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Revised: 06/12/2018] [Accepted: 06/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Recently, functional connectome studies based on resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (R-fMRI) and graph theory have greatly advanced our understanding of the topological principles of healthy and diseased brains. However, how different strategies for R-fMRI data preprocessing and for connectome analyses jointly affect topological characterization and contrastive research of brain networks remains to be elucidated. Here, we used two R-fMRI data sets, a healthy young adult data set and an Alzheimer's disease (AD) patient data set, and up to 42 analysis strategies to comprehensively investigate the joint influence of three key factors (global signal regression, regional parcellation schemes, and null network models) on the topological analysis and contrastive research of whole-brain functional networks. At the global level, we first found that these three factors affected not only the quantitative values but also the individual variability profile in small-world related metrics and modularity, wherein global signal regression exhibited the predominant influence. Moreover, strategies without global signal regression and with topological randomization null model enhanced the sensitivity of the detection of differences between AD and control groups in small-worldness and modularity. At the nodal level, strategies of global signal regression dominantly influenced the spatial distribution of both hubs and between-group differences in terms of nodal degree centrality. Together, we highlight the remarkable joint influence of global signal regression, regional parcellation schemes and null network models on functional connectome analyses in both health and diseases, which may provide guidance for the choice of analysis strategies in future functional network studies.
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- Xiaodan Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and LearningBeijing Normal UniversityBeijingChina
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and ConnectomicsBeijing Normal UniversityBeijingChina
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain ResearchBeijing Normal UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and LearningBeijing Normal UniversityBeijingChina
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and ConnectomicsBeijing Normal UniversityBeijingChina
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain ResearchBeijing Normal UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and LearningBeijing Normal UniversityBeijingChina
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and ConnectomicsBeijing Normal UniversityBeijingChina
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain ResearchBeijing Normal UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and LearningBeijing Normal UniversityBeijingChina
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and ConnectomicsBeijing Normal UniversityBeijingChina
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain ResearchBeijing Normal UniversityBeijingChina
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- Department of RadiologyXuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical UniversityBeijingChina
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- Department of RadiologyXuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and LearningBeijing Normal UniversityBeijingChina
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and ConnectomicsBeijing Normal UniversityBeijingChina
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain ResearchBeijing Normal UniversityBeijingChina
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Intrinsic overlapping modular organization of human brain functional networks revealed by a multiobjective evolutionary algorithm. Neuroimage 2018; 181:430-445. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2018] [Revised: 06/10/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Tang H, Lu X, Cui Z, Feng C, Lin Q, Cui X, Su S, Liu C. Resting-state Functional Connectivity and Deception: Exploring Individualized Deceptive Propensity by Machine Learning. Neuroscience 2018; 395:101-112. [PMID: 30394323 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.10.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2018] [Revised: 10/16/2018] [Accepted: 10/21/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Individuals show marked variability in determining to be honest or deceptive in daily life. A large number of studies have investigated the neural substrates of deception; however, the brain networks contributing to the individual differences in deception remain unclear. In this study, we sought to address this issue by employing a machine-learning approach to predict individuals' deceptive propensity based on the topological properties of whole-brain resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC). Participants finished the resting-state functional MRI (fMRI) data acquisition, and then, one week later, participated as proposers in a modified ultimatum game in which they spontaneously chose to be honest or deceptive. A linear relevance vector regression (RVR) model was trained and validated to examine the relationship between topological properties of networks of RSFC and actual deceptive behaviors. The machine-learning model sufficiently decoded individual differences in deception using three brain networks based on RSFC, including the executive controlling network (dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, middle frontal cortex, and orbitofrontal cortex), the social and mentalizing network (the temporal lobe, temporo-parietal junction, and inferior parietal lobule), and the reward network (putamen and thalamus). These networks have been found to form a signaling cognitive framework of deception by coding the mental states of others and the reward or values of deception or honesty, and integrating this information to make a final decision about being deceptive or honest. These findings suggest the potential of using RSFC as a task-independent neural trait for predicting deceptive propensity, and shed light on using machine-learning approaches in deception detection.
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- Honghong Tang
- Business School, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Brain, Mind & Markets Laboratory, Department of Finance, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Center for Collaboration and Innovation in Brain and Learning Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Business School, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Business School, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Center for Collaboration and Innovation in Brain and Learning Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
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Chen G, Taylor PA, Haller SP, Kircanski K, Stoddard J, Pine DS, Leibenluft E, Brotman MA, Cox RW. Intraclass correlation: Improved modeling approaches and applications for neuroimaging. Hum Brain Mapp 2018; 39:1187-1206. [PMID: 29218829 PMCID: PMC5807222 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2017] [Revised: 11/20/2017] [Accepted: 11/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Intraclass correlation (ICC) is a reliability metric that gauges similarity when, for example, entities are measured under similar, or even the same, well-controlled conditions, which in MRI applications include runs/sessions, twins, parent/child, scanners, sites, and so on. The popular definitions and interpretations of ICC are usually framed statistically under the conventional ANOVA platform. Here, we provide a comprehensive overview of ICC analysis in its prior usage in neuroimaging, and we show that the standard ANOVA framework is often limited, rigid, and inflexible in modeling capabilities. These intrinsic limitations motivate several improvements. Specifically, we start with the conventional ICC model under the ANOVA platform, and extend it along two dimensions: first, fixing the failure in ICC estimation when negative values occur under degenerative circumstance, and second, incorporating precision information of effect estimates into the ICC model. These endeavors lead to four modeling strategies: linear mixed-effects (LME), regularized mixed-effects (RME), multilevel mixed-effects (MME), and regularized multilevel mixed-effects (RMME). Compared to ANOVA, each of these four models directly provides estimates for fixed effects and their statistical significances, in addition to the ICC estimate. These new modeling approaches can also accommodate missing data and fixed effects for confounding variables. More importantly, we show that the MME and RMME approaches offer more accurate characterization and decomposition among the variance components, leading to more robust ICC computation. Based on these theoretical considerations and model performance comparisons with a real experimental dataset, we offer the following general-purpose recommendations. First, ICC estimation through MME or RMME is preferable when precision information (i.e., weights that more accurately allocate the variances in the data) is available for the effect estimate; when precision information is unavailable, ICC estimation through LME or the RME is the preferred option. Second, even though the absolute agreement version, ICC(2,1), is presently more popular in the field, the consistency version, ICC(3,1), is a practical and informative choice for whole-brain ICC analysis that achieves a well-balanced compromise when all potential fixed effects are accounted for. Third, approaches for clear, meaningful, and useful result reporting in ICC analysis are discussed. All models, ICC formulations, and related statistical testing methods have been implemented in an open source program 3dICC, which is publicly available as part of the AFNI suite. Even though our work here focuses on the whole-brain level, the modeling strategy and recommendations can be equivalently applied to other situations such as voxel, region, and network levels.
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- Gang Chen
- Scientific and Statistical Computing CoreNational Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of HealthBethesdaMD
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- Scientific and Statistical Computing CoreNational Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of HealthBethesdaMD
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- Section on Mood Dysregulation and Neuroscience, Emotion and Development BranchNational Institute of Mental HealthBethesdaMD
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- Section on Mood Dysregulation and Neuroscience, Emotion and Development BranchNational Institute of Mental HealthBethesdaMD
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of PsychiatryUniversity of Colorado School of MedicineAuroraColorado
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- Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience, Emotion and Development BranchNational Institute of Mental HealthBethesdaMD
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- Section on Mood Dysregulation and Neuroscience, Emotion and Development BranchNational Institute of Mental HealthBethesdaMD
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- Section on Mood Dysregulation and Neuroscience, Emotion and Development BranchNational Institute of Mental HealthBethesdaMD
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- Scientific and Statistical Computing CoreNational Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of HealthBethesdaMD
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Wang X, Lin Q, Xia M, He Y. Differentially categorized structural brain hubs are involved in different microstructural, functional, and cognitive characteristics and contribute to individual identification. Hum Brain Mapp 2018; 39:1647-1663. [PMID: 29314415 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2017] [Revised: 10/17/2017] [Accepted: 12/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Very little is known regarding whether structural hubs of human brain networks that enable efficient information communication may be classified into different categories. Using three multimodal neuroimaging data sets, we construct individual structural brain networks and further identify hub regions based on eight widely used graph-nodal metrics, followed by comprehensive characteristics and reproducibility analyses. We show the three categories of structural hubs in the brain network, namely, aggregated, distributed, and connector hubs. Spatially, these distinct categories of hubs are primarily located in the default-mode system and additionally in the visual and limbic systems for aggregated hubs, in the frontoparietal system for distributed hubs, and in the sensorimotor and ventral attention systems for connector hubs. These categorized hubs exhibit various distinct characteristics to support their differentiated roles, involving microstructural organization, wiring costs, topological vulnerability, functional modular integration, and cognitive flexibility; moreover, these characteristics are better in the hubs than nonhubs. Finally, all three categories of hubs display high across-session spatial similarities and act as structural fingerprints with high predictive rates (100%, 100%, and 84.2%) for individual identification. Collectively, we highlight three categories of brain hubs with differential microstructural, functional and, cognitive associations, which shed light on topological mechanisms of the human connectome.
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- Xindi Wang
- National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.,IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.,IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.,IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.,IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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Yuan B, Fang Y, Han Z, Song L, He Y, Bi Y. Brain hubs in lesion models: Predicting functional network topology with lesion patterns in patients. Sci Rep 2017; 7:17908. [PMID: 29263390 PMCID: PMC5738424 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-17886-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Accepted: 12/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Various important topological properties of healthy brain connectome have recently been identified. However, the manner in which brain lesion changes the functional network topology is unknown. We examined how critical specific brain areas are in the maintenance of network topology using multivariate support vector regression analysis on brain structural and resting-state functional imaging data in 96 patients with brain damages. Patients’ cortical lesion distribution patterns could significantly predict the functional network topology and a set of regions with significant weights in the prediction models were identified as “lesion hubs”. Intriguingly, we found two different types of lesion hubs, whose lesions associated with changes of network topology towards relatively different directions, being either more integrated (global) or more segregated (local), and correspond to hubs identified in healthy functional network in complex manners. Our results pose further important questions about the potential dynamics of the functional brain network after brain damage.
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- Binke Yuan
- National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning and IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning and IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning and IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- Department of Neurology, China Rehabilitation Research Center, Rehabilitation College of Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100068, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning and IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning and IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
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Yang H, Lin Q, Han Z, Li H, Song L, Chen L, He Y, Bi Y. Dissociable intrinsic functional networks support noun-object and verb-action processing. BRAIN AND LANGUAGE 2017; 175:29-41. [PMID: 28926795 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2017.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2016] [Revised: 05/24/2017] [Accepted: 08/24/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The processing mechanism of verbs-actions and nouns-objects is a central topic of language research, with robust evidence for behavioral dissociation. The neural basis for these two major word and/or conceptual classes, however, remains controversial. Two experiments were conducted to study this question from the network perspective. Experiment 1 found that nodes of the same class, obtained through task-evoked brain imaging meta-analyses, were more strongly connected with each other than nodes of different classes during resting-state, forming segregated network modules. Experiment 2 examined the behavioral relevance of these intrinsic networks using data from 88 brain-damaged patients, finding that across patients the relative strength of functional connectivity of the two networks significantly correlated with the noun-object vs. verb-action relative behavioral performances. In summary, we found that verbs-actions and nouns-objects are supported by separable intrinsic functional networks and that the integrity of such networks accounts for the relative noun-object- and verb-action-selective deficits.
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- Huichao Yang
- National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Rehabilitation College of Capital Medical University, Department of Neurology, China Rehabilitation Research Center, Beijing 100068, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
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Madan CR, Kensinger EA. Test-retest reliability of brain morphology estimates. Brain Inform 2017; 4:107-121. [PMID: 28054317 PMCID: PMC5413592 DOI: 10.1007/s40708-016-0060-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2016] [Accepted: 12/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Metrics of brain morphology are increasingly being used to examine inter-individual differences, making it important to evaluate the reliability of these structural measures. Here we used two open-access datasets to assess the intersession reliability of three cortical measures (thickness, gyrification, and fractal dimensionality) and two subcortical measures (volume and fractal dimensionality). Reliability was generally good, particularly with the gyrification and fractal dimensionality measures. One dataset used a sequence previously optimized for brain morphology analyses and had particularly high reliability. Examining the reliability of morphological measures is critical before the measures can be validly used to investigate inter-individual differences.
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- Christopher R Madan
- Department of Psychology, Boston College, McGuinn 300, 140 Commonwealth Ave., Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, Boston College, McGuinn 300, 140 Commonwealth Ave., Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA
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Intra- and Inter-rater Reliability of Peripheral Arterial Blood Flow Velocity by Means of Doppler Ultrasound. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 2017; 40:236-240. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2017.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2015] [Revised: 11/18/2015] [Accepted: 04/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Teipel SJ, Wohlert A, Metzger C, Grimmer T, Sorg C, Ewers M, Meisenzahl E, Klöppel S, Borchardt V, Grothe MJ, Walter M, Dyrba M. Multicenter stability of resting state fMRI in the detection of Alzheimer's disease and amnestic MCI. NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL 2017; 14:183-194. [PMID: 28180077 PMCID: PMC5279697 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2017.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2016] [Revised: 11/30/2016] [Accepted: 01/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Background In monocentric studies, patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia exhibited alterations of functional cortical connectivity in resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) analyses. Multicenter studies provide access to large sample sizes, but rs-fMRI may be particularly sensitive to multiscanner effects. Methods We used data from five centers of the “German resting-state initiative for diagnostic biomarkers” (psymri.org), comprising 367 cases, including AD patients, MCI patients and healthy older controls, to assess the influence of the distributed acquisition on the group effects. We calculated accuracy of group discrimination based on whole brain functional connectivity of the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) using pooled samples as well as second-level analyses across site-specific group contrast maps. Results We found decreased functional connectivity in AD patients vs. controls, including clusters in the precuneus, inferior parietal cortex, lateral temporal cortex and medial prefrontal cortex. MCI subjects showed spatially similar, but less pronounced, differences in PCC connectivity when compared to controls. Group discrimination accuracy for AD vs. controls (MCI vs. controls) in the test data was below 76% (72%) based on the pooled analysis, and even lower based on the second level analysis stratified according to scanner. Only a subset of quality measures was useful to detect relevant scanner effects. Conclusions Multicenter rs-fMRI analysis needs to employ strict quality measures, including visual inspection of all the data, to avoid seriously confounded group effects. While pending further confirmation in biomarker stratified samples, these findings suggest that multicenter acquisition limits the use of rs-fMRI in AD and MCI diagnosis. Diagnostic accuracy of multicenter rs-fMRI in AD and MCI Quality metrics for multicenter rs-fMRI that should be used Quality metrics for multicenter rs-fMRI that should not be used Multicenter rs-fMRI will have limited diagnostic use in clinical routine diagnosis
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- Stefan J Teipel
- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany; DZNE, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research (IKND), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Otto von Guericke University, Germany and German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology of Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Department of Psychiatry of Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM-Neuroimaging Center, Einsteinstr. 1, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität LMU, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität LMU, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Section of Gerontopsychiatry and Neuropsychology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany; University Hospital of Old Age Psychiatry, Bern, Switzerland
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- Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany; Department of Psychiatry, University Tübingen, Germany
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- DZNE, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Rostock, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany; Department of Psychiatry, University Tübingen, Germany
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- DZNE, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Rostock, Germany
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Teipel SJ, Grothe MJ, Metzger CD, Grimmer T, Sorg C, Ewers M, Franzmeier N, Meisenzahl E, Klöppel S, Borchardt V, Walter M, Dyrba M. Robust Detection of Impaired Resting State Functional Connectivity Networks in Alzheimer's Disease Using Elastic Net Regularized Regression. Front Aging Neurosci 2017; 8:318. [PMID: 28101051 PMCID: PMC5209379 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2016.00318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2016] [Accepted: 12/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The large number of multicollinear regional features that are provided by resting state (rs) fMRI data requires robust feature selection to uncover consistent networks of functional disconnection in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here, we compared elastic net regularized and classical stepwise logistic regression in respect to consistency of feature selection and diagnostic accuracy using rs-fMRI data from four centers of the “German resting-state initiative for diagnostic biomarkers” (psymri.org), comprising 53 AD patients and 118 age and sex matched healthy controls. Using all possible pairs of correlations between the time series of rs-fMRI signal from 84 functionally defined brain regions as the initial set of predictor variables, we calculated accuracy of group discrimination and consistency of feature selection with bootstrap cross-validation. Mean areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves as measure of diagnostic accuracy were 0.70 in unregularized and 0.80 in regularized regression. Elastic net regression was insensitive to scanner effects and recovered a consistent network of functional connectivity decline in AD that encompassed parts of the dorsal default mode as well as brain regions involved in attention, executive control, and language processing. Stepwise logistic regression found no consistent network of AD related functional connectivity decline. Regularized regression has high potential to increase diagnostic accuracy and consistency of feature selection from multicollinear functional neuroimaging data in AD. Our findings suggest an extended network of functional alterations in AD, but the diagnostic accuracy of rs-fMRI in this multicenter setting did not reach the benchmark defined for a useful biomarker of AD.
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- Stefan J Teipel
- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, University of RostockRostock, Germany; German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Site Rostock/GreifswaldRostock, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Site Rostock/Greifswald Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research and Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Otto von Guericke UniversityMagdeburg, Germany; German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Site MagdeburgMagdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology of Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität MünchenMunich, Germany; Department of Psychiatry of Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität MünchenMunich, Germany; TUM-Neuroimaging Center, Technische Universität MünchenMunich, Germany
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- Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Section of Gerontopsychiatry and Neuropsychology, Faculty of Medicine, University of FreiburgFreiburg, Germany; University Hospital of Old Age PsychiatryBern, Switzerland
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- Leibniz Institute for NeurobiologyMagdeburg, Germany; Department of Psychiatry, University of TübingenTübingen, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Site Rostock/Greifswald Rostock, Germany
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Xu Y, Lin Q, Han Z, He Y, Bi Y. Intrinsic functional network architecture of human semantic processing: Modules and hubs. Neuroimage 2016; 132:542-555. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2015] [Revised: 12/18/2015] [Accepted: 03/03/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Xia M, Lin Q, Bi Y, He Y. Connectomic Insights into Topologically Centralized Network Edges and Relevant Motifs in the Human Brain. Front Hum Neurosci 2016; 10:158. [PMID: 27148015 PMCID: PMC4835491 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2015] [Accepted: 03/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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White matter (WM) tracts serve as important material substrates for information transfer across brain regions. However, the topological roles of WM tracts in global brain communications and their underlying microstructural basis remain poorly understood. Here, we employed diffusion magnetic resonance imaging and graph-theoretical approaches to identify the pivotal WM connections in human whole-brain networks and further investigated their wiring substrates (including WM microstructural organization and physical consumption) and topological contributions to the brain's network backbone. We found that the pivotal WM connections with highly topological-edge centrality were primarily distributed in several long-range cortico-cortical connections (including the corpus callosum, cingulum and inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus) and some projection tracts linking subcortical regions. These pivotal WM connections exhibited high levels of microstructural organization indicated by diffusion measures (the fractional anisotropy, the mean diffusivity and the axial diffusivity) and greater physical consumption indicated by streamline lengths, and contributed significantly to the brain's hubs and the rich-club structure. Network motif analysis further revealed their heavy participations in the organization of communication blocks, especially in routes involving inter-hemispheric heterotopic and extremely remote intra-hemispheric systems. Computational simulation models indicated the sharp decrease of global network integrity when attacking these highly centralized edges. Together, our results demonstrated high building-cost consumption and substantial communication capacity contributions for pivotal WM connections, which deepens our understanding of the topological mechanisms that govern the organization of human connectomes.
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning and IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal UniversityBeijing, China
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