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Harper L, Strandberg O, Spotorno N, Nilsson M, Lindberg O, Hansson O, Santillo AF. Structural and functional connectivity associations with anterior cingulate sulcal variability. Brain Struct Funct 2024; 229:1561-1576. [PMID: 38900167 PMCID: PMC11374863 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-024-02812-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 05/26/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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Sulcation of the anterior cingulate may be defined by presence of a paracingulate sulcus, a tertiary sulcus developing during the third gestational trimester with implications on cognitive function and disease. In this cross-sectional study we examine task-free resting state functional connectivity and diffusion-weighted tract segmentation data from a cohort of healthy adults (< 60-year-old, n = 129), exploring the impact of ipsilateral paracingulate sulcal presence on structural and functional connectivity. Presence of a left paracingulate sulcus was associated with reduced fractional anisotropy in the left cingulum bundle and the left peri-genual and dorsal bundle segments, suggesting reduced structural organisational coherence in these tracts. This association was not observed in the offsite temporal cingulum bundle segment. Left paracingulate sulcal presence was associated with increased left peri-genual radial diffusivity and tract volume possibly suggesting increased U-fibre density in this region. Greater network dispersity was identified in individuals with an absent left paracingulate sulcus by presence of a significant, predominantly intraregional, frontal component of resting state functional connectivity which was not present in individuals with a present left paracingulate sulcus. Seed-based functional connectivity in pre-defined networks was not associated with paracingulate sulcal presence. These results identify a novel association between sulcation and structural connectivity in a healthy adult population with implications for conditions where this variation is of interest. Presence of a left paracingulate sulcus appears to alter local structural and functional connectivity, possibly as a result of the presence of a local network reliant on short association fibres.
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- Luke Harper
- Clinical Memory Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Medical Sciences, Neuroscience, Lund University, Sölvegatan 19, 22100, Lund, Sweden.
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- Clinical Memory Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Medical Sciences, Neuroscience, Lund University, Sölvegatan 19, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- Clinical Memory Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Medical Sciences, Neuroscience, Lund University, Sölvegatan 19, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- Diagnostic Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Clinical Memory Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Medical Sciences, Neuroscience, Lund University, Sölvegatan 19, 22100, Lund, Sweden
- Memory Clinic, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Clinical Memory Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Medical Sciences, Neuroscience, Lund University, Sölvegatan 19, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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Zhao X, Wang Y, Wu X, Liu S. An MRI Study of Morphology, Asymmetry, and Sex Differences of Inferior Precentral Sulcus. Brain Topogr 2024; 37:748-763. [PMID: 38374489 PMCID: PMC11393153 DOI: 10.1007/s10548-024-01035-5] [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: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/21/2024]
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Numerous studies utilizing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have observed sex and interhemispheric disparities in sulcal morphology, which could potentially underpin certain functional disparities in the human brain. Most of the existing research examines the precentral sulcus comprehensively, with a rare focus on its subsections. To explore the morphology, asymmetry, and sex disparities within the inferior precentral sulcus (IPCS), we acquired 3.0T magnetic resonance images from 92 right-handed Chinese adolescents. Brainvisa was used to reconstruct the IPCS structure and calculate its mean depth (MD). Based on the morphological patterns of IPCS, it was categorized into five distinct types. Additionally, we analyzed four different types of spatial relationships between IPCS and inferior frontal sulcus (IFS). There was a statistically significant sex disparity in the MD of IPCS, primarily observed in the right hemisphere. Females exhibited significantly greater asymmetry in the MD of IPCS compared to males. No statistically significant sex or hemispheric variations were identified in sulcal patterns. Our findings expand the comprehension of inconsistencies in sulcal structure, while also delivering an anatomical foundation for the study of related regions' function.
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- Xinran Zhao
- Department of Clinical Medicine, The Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250033, Shandong, China
- Institute for Sectional Anatomy and Digital Human, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mental Disorder, Shandong Key Laboratory of Digital Human and Clinical Anatomy, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China
- Institute of Brain and Brain-Inspired Science, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China
- Department of Neurology, Tongji Medical College, Union Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Institute for Sectional Anatomy and Digital Human, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mental Disorder, Shandong Key Laboratory of Digital Human and Clinical Anatomy, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China
- Institute of Brain and Brain-Inspired Science, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, The Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250033, Shandong, China
- Institute for Sectional Anatomy and Digital Human, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mental Disorder, Shandong Key Laboratory of Digital Human and Clinical Anatomy, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China
- Institute of Brain and Brain-Inspired Science, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China
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- Institute for Sectional Anatomy and Digital Human, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mental Disorder, Shandong Key Laboratory of Digital Human and Clinical Anatomy, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China.
- Institute of Brain and Brain-Inspired Science, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China.
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Denier N, Grieder M, Jann K, Breit S, Mertse N, Walther S, Soravia LM, Meyer A, Federspiel A, Wiest R, Bracht T. Analyzing fractal dimension in electroconvulsive therapy: Unraveling complexity in structural and functional neuroimaging. Neuroimage 2024; 297:120671. [PMID: 38901774 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120671] [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: 02/19/2024] [Revised: 05/21/2024] [Accepted: 06/06/2024] [Indexed: 06/22/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Numerous studies show that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) induces hippocampal neuroplasticity, but findings are inconsistent regarding its clinical relevance. This study aims to investigate ECT-induced plasticity of anterior and posterior hippocampi using mathematical complexity measures in neuroimaging, namely Higuchi's fractal dimension (HFD) for fMRI time series and the fractal dimension of cortical morphology (FD-CM). Furthermore, we explore the potential of these complexity measures to predict ECT treatment response. METHODS Twenty patients with a current depressive episode (16 with major depressive disorder and 4 with bipolar disorder) underwent MRI-scans before and after an ECT-series. Twenty healthy controls matched for age and sex were also scanned twice for comparison purposes. Resting-state fMRI data were processed, and HFD was computed for anterior and posterior hippocampi. Group-by-time effects for HFD in anterior and posterior hippocampi were calculated and correlations between HFD changes and improvement in depression severity were examined. For FD-CM analyses, we preprocessed structural MRI with CAT12's surface-based methods. We explored group-by-time effects for FD-CM and the predictive value of baseline HFD and FD-CM for treatment outcome. RESULTS Patients exhibited a significant increase in bilateral hippocampal HFD from baseline to follow-up scans. Right anterior hippocampal HFD increase was associated with reductions in depression severity. We found no group differences and group-by-time effects in FD-CM. After applying a whole-brain regression analysis, we found that baseline FD-CM in the left temporal pole predicted reduction of overall depression severity after ECT. Baseline hippocampal HFD did not predict treatment outcome. CONCLUSION This study suggests that HFD and FD-CM are promising imaging markers to investigate ECT-induced neuroplasticity associated with treatment response.
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- Niklaus Denier
- Translational Research Center, University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Translational Imaging Center (TIC), Swiss Institute for Translational and Entrepreneurial Medicine, Bern, Switzerland.
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- Translational Research Center, University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- USC Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Translational Research Center, University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Translational Imaging Center (TIC), Swiss Institute for Translational and Entrepreneurial Medicine, Bern, Switzerland
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- Translational Research Center, University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Translational Imaging Center (TIC), Swiss Institute for Translational and Entrepreneurial Medicine, Bern, Switzerland
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- Translational Research Center, University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Translational Imaging Center (TIC), Swiss Institute for Translational and Entrepreneurial Medicine, Bern, Switzerland
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- Translational Research Center, University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Translational Imaging Center (TIC), Swiss Institute for Translational and Entrepreneurial Medicine, Bern, Switzerland
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- Translational Research Center, University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Translational Imaging Center (TIC), Swiss Institute for Translational and Entrepreneurial Medicine, Bern, Switzerland; Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Translational Imaging Center (TIC), Swiss Institute for Translational and Entrepreneurial Medicine, Bern, Switzerland; Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Translational Research Center, University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Translational Imaging Center (TIC), Swiss Institute for Translational and Entrepreneurial Medicine, Bern, Switzerland
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Bouhali F, Dubois J, Hoeft F, Weiner KS. Unique longitudinal contributions of sulcal interruptions to reading acquisition in children. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.07.30.605574. [PMID: 39131390 PMCID: PMC11312548 DOI: 10.1101/2024.07.30.605574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/13/2024]
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A growing body of literature indicates strong associations between indentations of the cerebral cortex (i.e., sulci) and individual differences in cognitive performance. Interruptions, or gaps, of sulci (historically known as pli de passage) are particularly intriguing as previous work suggests that these interruptions have a causal effect on cognitive development. Here, we tested how the presence and morphology of sulcal interruptions in the left posterior occipitotemporal sulcus (pOTS) longitudinally impact the development of a culturally-acquired skill: reading. Forty-three children were successfully followed from age 5 in kindergarten, at the onset of literacy instruction, to ages 7 and 8 with assessments of cognitive, pre-literacy, and literacy skills, as well as MRI anatomical scans at ages 5 and 8. Crucially, we demonstrate that the presence of a left pOTS gap at 5 years is a specific and robust longitudinal predictor of better future reading skills in children, with large observed benefits on reading behavior ranging from letter knowledge to reading comprehension. The effect of left pOTS interruptions on reading acquisition accumulated through time, and was larger than the impact of benchmark cognitive and familial predictors of reading ability and disability. Finally, we show that increased local U-fiber white matter connectivity associated with such sulcal interruptions possibly underlie these behavioral benefits, by providing a computational advantage. To our knowledge, this is the first quantitative evidence supporting a potential integrative gray-white matter mechanism underlying the cognitive benefits of macro-anatomical differences in sulcal morphology related to longitudinal improvements in a culturally-acquired skill.
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- Florence Bouhali
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences & Weil Institute of Neuroscience, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, CRPN, Marseille, France
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- University Paris Cité, NeuroDiderot, INSERM, Paris, France
- University Paris-Saclay, NeuroSpin, UNIACT, CEA, France
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut Waterbury, Waterbury, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Department of Neuroscience, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Schwizer Ashkenazi S, Roell M, McCaskey U, Cachia A, Borst G, O'Gorman Tuura R, Kucian K. Are numerical abilities determined at early age? A brain morphology study in children and adolescents with and without developmental dyscalculia. Dev Cogn Neurosci 2024; 67:101369. [PMID: 38642426 PMCID: PMC11046253 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Revised: 02/17/2024] [Accepted: 03/17/2024] [Indexed: 04/22/2024] Open
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The intraparietal sulcus (IPS) has been associated with numerical processing. A recent study reported that the IPS sulcal pattern was associated with arithmetic and symbolic number abilities in children and adults. In the present study, we evaluated the link between numerical abilities and the IPS sulcal pattern in children with Developmental Dyscalculia (DD) and typically developing children (TD), extending previous analyses considering other sulcal features and the postcentral sulcus (PoCS). First, we confirm the longitudinal sulcal pattern stability of the IPS and the PoCS. Second, we found a lower proportion of left sectioned IPS and a higher proportion of a double-horizontal IPS shape bilaterally in DD compared to TD. Third, our analyses revealed that arithmetic is the only aspect of numerical processing that is significantly related to the IPS sulcal pattern (sectioned vs not sectioned), and that this relationship is specific to the left hemisphere. And last, correlation analyses of age and arithmetic in children without a sectioned left IPS indicate that although they may have an inherent disadvantage in numerical abilities, these may improve with age. Thus, our results indicate that only the left IPS sulcal pattern is related to numerical abilities and that other factors co-determine numerical abilities.
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- Simone Schwizer Ashkenazi
- Neuropsychology, Dept. of Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Center for MR-Research, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Université de Paris, LaPsyDÉ, CNRS, Paris F-75005, France
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- Center for MR-Research, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Université de Paris, LaPsyDÉ, CNRS, Paris F-75005, France; Université de Paris, Imaging biomarkers for brain development and disorders, UMR INSERM 1266, GHU Paris Psychiatrie & Neurosciences, Paris F-75005, France
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- Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Center for MR-Research, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Center for MR-Research, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Neuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Moyal M, Haroche A, Attali D, Dadi G, Raoelison M, Le Berre A, Iftimovici A, Chaumette B, Leroy S, Charron S, Debacker C, Oppenheim C, Cachia A, Plaze M. Orbitofrontal sulcal patterns in catatonia. Eur Psychiatry 2023; 67:e6. [PMID: 37853748 DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.2461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Catatonia is a psychomotor syndrome frequently observed in disorders with neurodevelopmental impairments, including psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia. The orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) has been repeatedly associated with catatonia. It presents with an important interindividual morphological variability, with three distinct H-shaped sulcal patterns, types I, II, and III, based on the continuity of the medial and lateral orbital sulci. Types II and III have been identified as neurodevelopmental risk factors for schizophrenia. The sulcal pattern of the OFC has never been investigated in catatonia despite the role of the OFC in the pathophysiology and the neurodevelopmental component of catatonia. METHODS In this context, we performed a retrospective analysis of the OFC sulcal pattern in carefully selected homogeneous and matched subgroups of schizophrenia patients with catatonia (N = 58) or without catatonia (N = 65), and healthy controls (N = 82). RESULTS Logistic regression analyses revealed a group effect on OFC sulcal pattern in the left (χ2 = 18.1; p < .001) and right (χ2 = 28.3; p < .001) hemispheres. Catatonia patients were found to have more type III and less type I in both hemispheres compared to healthy controls and more type III on the left hemisphere compared to schizophrenia patients without catatonia. CONCLUSION Because the sulcal patterns are indirect markers of early brain development, our findings support a neurodevelopmental origin of catatonia and may shed light on the pathophysiology of this syndrome.
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- Mylène Moyal
- GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte Anne, Paris, France
- Université Paris Cité, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP), INSERM U1266, IMA-Brain, Paris, France
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- GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte Anne, Paris, France
- Université Paris Cité, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP), INSERM U1266, IMA-Brain, Paris, France
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- GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte Anne, Paris, France
- Physics for Medicine Paris, Inserm U1273, CNRS UMR 8063, ESPCI Paris, PSL University, Paris, France
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- GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte Anne, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, Laboratory for the Psychology of Child Development and Education, CNRS UMR 8240, Sorbonne, Paris, France
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- GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte Anne, Paris, France
- Université Paris Cité, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP), INSERM U1266, IMA-Brain, Paris, France
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- GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte Anne, Paris, France
- Université Paris Cité, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP), INSERM U1266, IMA-Brain, Paris, France
- NeuroSpin, Atomic Energy Commission, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte Anne, Paris, France
- Université Paris Cité, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP), INSERM U1266, IMA-Brain, Paris, France
- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte Anne, Paris, France
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- GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte Anne, Paris, France
- Université Paris Cité, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP), INSERM U1266, IMA-Brain, Paris, France
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- GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte Anne, Paris, France
- Université Paris Cité, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP), INSERM U1266, IMA-Brain, Paris, France
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- GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte Anne, Paris, France
- Université Paris Cité, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP), INSERM U1266, IMA-Brain, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP), INSERM U1266, IMA-Brain, Paris, France
- Université Paris Cité, Laboratory for the Psychology of Child Development and Education, CNRS UMR 8240, Sorbonne, Paris, France
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- GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte Anne, Paris, France
- Université Paris Cité, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP), INSERM U1266, IMA-Brain, Paris, France
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Harper L, de Boer S, Lindberg O, Lätt J, Cullen N, Clark L, Irwin D, Massimo L, Grossman M, Hansson O, Pijnenburg Y, McMillan CT, Santillo AF. Anterior cingulate sulcation is associated with onset and survival in frontotemporal dementia. Brain Commun 2023; 5:fcad264. [PMID: 37869576 PMCID: PMC10586312 DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcad264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Revised: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 10/07/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Frontotemporal dementia is the second most common form of early onset dementia (<65 years). Despite this, there are few known disease-modifying factors. The anterior cingulate is a focal point of pathology in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia. Sulcation of the anterior cingulate is denoted by the presence of a paracingulate sulcus, a tertiary sulcus developing, where present during the third gestational trimester and remaining stable throughout life. This study aims to examine the impact of right paracingulate sulcal presence on the expression and prognosis of behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia. This retrospective analysis drew its population from two clinical samples recruited from memory clinics at university hospitals in the USA and The Netherlands. Individuals with sporadic behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia were enrolled between 2000 and 2022 and followed up for an average of 7.71 years. T1-MRI data were evaluated for hemispheric paracingulate sulcal presence in accordance with an established protocol by two blinded raters. Outcome measures included age at onset, survival, cortical thickness and Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration-modified Clinical Dementia Rating determined clinical disease progression. The study population consisted of 186 individuals with sporadic behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia (113 males and 73 females), mean age 63.28 years (SD 8.32). The mean age at onset was 2.44 years later in individuals possessing a right paracingulate sulcus [60.2 years (8.54)] versus individuals who did not [57.76 (8.05)], 95% confidence interval > 0.41, P = 0.02. Education was not associated with age at onset (β = -0.05, P = 0.75). The presence of a right paracingulate sulcus was associated with an 83% increased risk of death per year after age at onset (hazard ratio 1.83, confidence interval [1.09-3.07], P < 0.02), whilst the mean age at death was similar for individuals with a present and absent right paracingulate sulcus (P = 0.7). Right paracingulate sulcal presence was not associated with baseline cortical thickness. Right paracingulate sulcal presence is associated with disease expression and survival in sporadic behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia. Findings provide evidence of neurodevelopmental brain reserve in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia that may be important in the design of trials for future therapeutic approaches.
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- Luke Harper
- Clinical Memory Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö 20502, Sweden
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- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam 1081 HZ, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam 1105 BA, The Netherlands
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- Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm 17165, Sweden
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- Centre for Medical Imaging and Physiology, Skane University Hospital, Lund 22242, Sweden
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- Clinical Memory Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö 20502, Sweden
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- Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center (FTDC), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
- Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center (FTDC), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
- Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center (FTDC), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
- Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center (FTDC), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
- Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Clinical Memory Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö 20502, Sweden
- Memory Clinic, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö 22100, Sweden
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- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam 1081 HZ, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam 1105 BA, The Netherlands
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- Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center (FTDC), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
- Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Clinical Memory Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö 20502, Sweden
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de Vareilles H, Rivière D, Mangin JF, Dubois J. Development of cortical folds in the human brain: An attempt to review biological hypotheses, early neuroimaging investigations and functional correlates. Dev Cogn Neurosci 2023; 61:101249. [PMID: 37141790 PMCID: PMC10311195 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2022] [Revised: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023] Open
Abstract
The folding of the human brain mostly takes place in utero, making it challenging to study. After a few pioneer studies looking into it in post-mortem foetal specimen, modern approaches based on neuroimaging have allowed the community to investigate the folding process in vivo, its normal progression, its early disturbances, and its relationship to later functional outcomes. In this review article, we aimed to first give an overview of the current hypotheses on the mechanisms governing cortical folding. After describing the methodological difficulties raised by its study in fetuses, neonates and infants with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), we reported our current understanding of sulcal pattern emergence in the developing brain. We then highlighted the functional relevance of early sulcal development, through recent insights about hemispheric asymmetries and early factors influencing this dynamic such as prematurity. Finally, we outlined how longitudinal studies have started to relate early folding markers and the child's sensorimotor and cognitive outcome. Through this review, we hope to raise awareness on the potential of studying early sulcal patterns both from a fundamental and clinical perspective, as a window into early neurodevelopment and plasticity in relation to growth in utero and postnatal environment of the child.
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- H de Vareilles
- Université Paris-Saclay, NeuroSpin-BAOBAB, CEA, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- Université Paris-Saclay, NeuroSpin-BAOBAB, CEA, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, NeuroSpin-BAOBAB, CEA, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris Cité, NeuroDiderot, Inserm, Paris, France; Université Paris-Saclay, NeuroSpin-UNIACT, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Harper L, de Boer S, Lindberg O, Lätt J, Cullen N, Clark L, Irwin D, Massimo L, Grossman M, Hansson O, Pijnenburg Y, McMillan CT, Santillo AF. Anterior cingulate sulcation is associated with onset and survival in frontotemporal dementia. MEDRXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 2023:2023.03.30.23287945. [PMID: 37034647 PMCID: PMC10081407 DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.30.23287945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Background Frontotemporal dementia is the second most common form of early onset dementia (< 65 years). Despite this there are few known disease modifying factors. The anterior cingulate is a focal point of pathology in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia. Sulcation of the anterior cingulate is denoted by the presence of a paracingulate sulcus, a tertiary sulcus developing, where present during the third gestational trimester and remaining stable throughout life. This study aims to examine the impact of right paracingulate sulcal presence on the expression and prognosis of behavioural variant Frontotemporal Dementia. Methods This retrospective analysis drew it's population from two clinical samples recruited from memory clinics at University Hospitals in The United States of America and The Netherlands. Individuals with sporadic behavioural variant Frontotemporal Dementia were enrolled between 2004 and 2022 and followed up for an average of 7.71 years. T1-MRI data were evaluated for hemispheric paracingulate sulcal presence in accordance with an established protocol by two blinded raters. Outcome measures included age at onset, survival, cortical thickness, and Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration-modified Clinical Dementia Rating determined clinical disease progression. Results The study population consisted of 186 individuals with sporadic behavioural variant Frontotemporal Dementia, (113 males and 73 females) mean age 63.28 years (SD 8.32). The mean age at onset was 2.44 years later in individuals possessing a right paracingulate sulcus (60.2 years (SD 8.54)) versus individuals who did not (57.76 (8.05)), 95% CI >0.41, P = 0.02. Education was not associated with age at onset (β = -0.05, P =0.75). Presence of a right paracingulate sulcus was associated with a 119% increased risk of death per year after age at onset (HR 2.19, CI [1.21 - 3.96], P <0.01), whilst the mean age at death was similar for individuals with a present and absent right paracingulate sulcus ( P = 0.7). Right paracingulate sulcal presence was not associated with baseline cortical thickness. Conclusion Right paracingulate sulcal presence is associated with disease expression and survival in sporadic behavioural variant Frontotemporal Dementia. Findings provide evidence of neurodevelopmental brain reserve in behavioural variant Frontotemporal Dementia which may be important in the design of trials for future therapeutic approaches.
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Yao JK, Voorhies WI, Miller JA, Bunge SA, Weiner KS. Sulcal depth in prefrontal cortex: a novel predictor of working memory performance. Cereb Cortex 2023; 33:1799-1813. [PMID: 35589102 PMCID: PMC9977365 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhac173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Revised: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The neuroanatomical changes that underpin cognitive development are of major interest in neuroscience. Of the many aspects of neuroanatomy to consider, tertiary sulci are particularly attractive as they emerge last in gestation, show a protracted development after birth, and are either human- or hominoid-specific. Thus, they are ideal targets for exploring morphological-cognitive relationships with cognitive skills that also show protracted development such as working memory (WM). Yet, the relationship between sulcal morphology and WM is unknown-either in development or more generally. To fill this gap, we adopted a data-driven approach with cross-validation to examine the relationship between sulcal depth in lateral prefrontal cortex (LPFC) and verbal WM in 60 children and adolescents between ages 6 and 18. These analyses identified 9 left, and no right, LPFC sulci (of which 7 were tertiary) whose depth predicted verbal WM performance above and beyond the effect of age. Most of these sulci are located within and around contours of previously proposed functional parcellations of LPFC. This sulcal depth model outperformed models with age or cortical thickness. Together, these findings build empirical support for a classic theory that tertiary sulci serve as landmarks in association cortices that contribute to late-maturing human cognitive abilities.
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- Jewelia K Yao
- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Washington Rd, Princeton, NJ 08540, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, 2121 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
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- Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, 175 Li Ka Shing Center, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, 2121 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
- Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, 175 Li Ka Shing Center, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, 2121 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
- Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, 175 Li Ka Shing Center, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
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De Vareilles H, Rivière D, Pascucci M, Sun ZY, Fischer C, Leroy F, Tataranno ML, Benders MJ, Dubois J, Mangin JF. Exploring the emergence of morphological asymmetries around the brain's Sylvian fissure: a longitudinal study of shape variability in preterm infants. Cereb Cortex 2023:7005629. [PMID: 36702802 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhac533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Revised: 11/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Brain folding patterns vary within the human species, but some folding properties are common across individuals, including the Sylvian fissure's inter-hemispheric asymmetry. Contrarily to the other brain folds (sulci), the Sylvian fissure develops through the process of opercularization, with the frontal, parietal, and temporal lobes growing over the insular lobe. Its asymmetry may be related to the leftward functional lateralization for language processing, but the time course of these asymmetries' development is still poorly understood. In this study, we investigated refined shape features of the Sylvian fissure and their longitudinal development in 71 infants born extremely preterm (mean gestational age at birth: 26.5 weeks) and imaged once before and once at term-equivalent age (TEA). We additionally assessed asymmetrical sulcal patterns at TEA in the perisylvian and inferior frontal regions, neighbor to the Sylvian fissure. While reproducing renowned strong asymmetries in the Sylvian fissure, we captured an early encoding of its main asymmetrical shape features, and we observed global asymmetrical shape features representative of a more pronounced opercularization in the left hemisphere, contrasting with the previously reported right hemisphere advance in sulcation around birth. This added novel insights about the processes governing early-life brain folding mechanisms, potentially linked to the development of language-related capacities.
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- NeuroSpin-BAOBAB, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette 91191, France
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- NeuroSpin-BAOBAB, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette 91191, France
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- NeuroSpin-BAOBAB, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette 91191, France
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- NeuroSpin-BAOBAB, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette 91191, France
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- NeuroSpin-BAOBAB, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette 91191, France.,NeuroSpin-UNICOG, Inserm, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette 91191, France
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- Department of Neonatology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3584 CX, Netherlands
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- Department of Neonatology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3584 CX, Netherlands
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- NeuroDiderot, Inserm, Université Paris Cité, Paris 75019, France.,NeuroSpin-UNIACT, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette 91191, France
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Olié E, Le Bars E, Deverdun J, Oppenheim C, Courtet P, Cachia A. The effect of early trauma on suicidal vulnerability depends on fronto-insular sulcation. Cereb Cortex 2023; 33:823-830. [PMID: 35292795 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhac104] [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: 10/08/2021] [Revised: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 02/12/2022] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Improving our understanding of pathophysiology of suicidal behavior (SB) is an important step for prevention. Assessment of suicide risk is based on socio-demographic and clinical risk factors with a poor predictivity. Current understanding of SB is based on a stress-vulnerability model, whereby early-life adversities are predominant. SB may thus result from a cascade of developmental processes stemming from early-life abuse and/or neglect. Some cerebral abnormalities, particularly in fronto-limbic regions, might also provide vulnerability to develop maladaptive responses to stress, leading to SB. We hypothesized that SB is associated with interactions between early trauma and neurodevelopmental deviations of the frontal and insular cortices. We recruited 86 euthymic women, including 44 suicide attempters (history of depression and SB) and 42 affective controls (history of depression without SB). The early development of prefrontal cortex (PFC) and insula was inferred using 3D magnetic resonance imaging-derived regional sulcation indices, which are indirect markers of early neurodevelopment. The insula sulcation index was higher in emotional abused subjects; among those patients, PFC sulcation index was reduced in suicide attempters, but not in affective controls. Such findings provide evidence that SB likely traced back to early stages of brain development in interaction with later environmental factors experienced early in life.
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- Emilie Olié
- IGF, University of Montpellier, INSERM, Montpellier, France.,Department of Emergency Psychiatry and Acute Care, Lapeyronie Hospital, CHU Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier cedex 5, France.,FondaMental Foundation, Créteil, France
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Academic Hospital of Montpellier & U1051, Institute of Neurosciences of Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier cedex 5, France.,I2FH, Institut d'Imagerie Fonctionnelle Humaine, Montpellier University Hospital, Gui de Chauliac Hospital, 34295 Montpellier cedex 5, France
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- I2FH, Institut d'Imagerie Fonctionnelle Humaine, Montpellier University Hospital, Gui de Chauliac Hospital, 34295 Montpellier cedex 5, France
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- IGF, University of Montpellier, INSERM, Montpellier, France.,Department of Emergency Psychiatry and Acute Care, Lapeyronie Hospital, CHU Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier cedex 5, France.,FondaMental Foundation, Créteil, France
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- Université de Paris, LaPsyDÉ, CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France.,Université de Paris, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP), INSERM U1266, ``IMA-Brain'', F-75014 Paris, France
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Fedeli D, Del Maschio N, Del Mauro G, Defendenti F, Sulpizio S, Abutalebi J. Cingulate cortex morphology impacts on neurofunctional activity and behavioral performance in interference tasks. Sci Rep 2022; 12:13684. [PMID: 35953536 PMCID: PMC9372177 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-17557-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Inhibitory control is the capacity to withhold or suppress a thought or action intentionally. The anterior Midcingulate Cortex (aMCC) participates in response inhibition, a proxy measure of inhibitory control. Recent research suggests that response inhibition is modulated by individual variability in the aMCC sulcal morphology. However, no study has investigated if this phenomenon is associated with neurofunctional differences during a task. In this study, 42 participants performed an Attention Network Task and a Numerical Stroop task in an MRI scanner. We investigated differences in brain activity and response inhibition efficiency between individuals with symmetric and asymmetric aMCC sulcal patterns. The results showed that aMCC morphological variability is partly associated with inhibitory control, and revealed greater activation in individuals with symmetric patterns during the Stroop task. Our findings provide novel insights into the functional correlates of the relationship between aMCC morphology and executive abilities.
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- Davide Fedeli
- Neuroradiology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy.,Centre for Neurolinguistics and Psycholinguistics (CNPL), Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Via Olgettina, 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- Centre for Neurolinguistics and Psycholinguistics (CNPL), Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Via Olgettina, 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- Centre for Neurolinguistics and Psycholinguistics (CNPL), Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Via Olgettina, 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- Centre for Neurolinguistics and Psycholinguistics (CNPL), Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Via Olgettina, 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.,Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMi), University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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Troiani V, Snyder W, Kozick S, Patti MA, Beiler D. Variability and concordance of sulcal patterns in the orbitofrontal cortex: A twin study. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2022; 324:111492. [PMID: 35597228 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2022.111492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Revised: 03/15/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Sulcogyral patterns have been identified in the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) based on the continuity of the medial and lateral orbital sulci. Pattern types are named according to their frequency in the population, with Type I present in ∼60%, Type II in ∼25%, Type III in ∼10%, and Type IV in ∼5%. Previous work has demonstrated that psychiatric conditions with high estimated heritability (e.g. schizophrenia, bipolar disorder) are associated with reduced frequency of Type I patterns, but the general heritability of the OFC sulcogyral patterns is unknown. We examined concordance of OFC patterns in 304 monozygotic (MZ) twins relative to 172 dizygotic (DZ) twins using structural magnetic resonance imaging data. We find that the frequency of pattern types within MZ and DZ twins are similar and bilateral concordance rates across all pattern types in DZ twins were 14% and 21% for MZ twins. Results from follow-up analyses confirm that continuity in the rostral-caudal direction is an important source of variability within the OFC, and subtype analyses indicate that variability is present in other sulci that are not represented by overall OFC pattern type. Overall, these results suggest that OFC sulcogyral patterns may reflect important variance that is not genetic in origin.
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- Vanessa Troiani
- Geisinger Autism and Developmental Medicine Institute, 120 Hamm Drive, Suite 2A, Lewisburg, PA 17837, United States.
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- Geisinger Autism and Developmental Medicine Institute, 120 Hamm Drive, Suite 2A, Lewisburg, PA 17837, United States
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- Geisinger Autism and Developmental Medicine Institute, 120 Hamm Drive, Suite 2A, Lewisburg, PA 17837, United States
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- Geisinger Autism and Developmental Medicine Institute, 120 Hamm Drive, Suite 2A, Lewisburg, PA 17837, United States
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- Geisinger Autism and Developmental Medicine Institute, 120 Hamm Drive, Suite 2A, Lewisburg, PA 17837, United States
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Investigating the association between variability in sulcal pattern and academic achievement. Sci Rep 2022; 12:12323. [PMID: 35854034 PMCID: PMC9296655 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-15335-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Investigating how the brain may constrain academic achievement is not only relevant to understanding brain structure but also to providing insight into the origins of individual differences in these academic abilities. In this pre-registered study, we investigated whether the variability of sulcal patterns, a qualitative feature of the brain determined in-utero and not affected by brain maturation and learning, accounted for individual differences in reading and mathematics. Participants were 97 typically developing 10-year-olds. We examined (a) the association between the sulcal pattern of the IntraParietal Sulcus (IPS) and mathematical ability; (b) the association between the sulcal pattern of the Occipito Temporal Sulcus (OTS) and reading ability; and (c) the overlap and specificity of sulcal morphology of IPS and OTS and their associations with mathematics and reading. Despite its large sample, the present study was unable to replicate a previously observed relationship between the IPS sulcal pattern and mathematical ability and a previously observed association between the left posterior OTS sulcal pattern and reading. We found a weak association between right IPS sulcal morphology and symbolic number abilities and a weak association between left posterior OTS and reading. However, both these associations were the opposite of previous reports. We found no evidence for a possible overlap or specificity in the effect of sulcal morphology on mathematics and reading. Possible explanations for this weak association between sulcal morphology and academic achievement and suggestions for future research are discussed.
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Arakaki X, Hung SM, Rochart R, Fonteh AN, Harrington MG. Alpha desynchronization during Stroop test unmasks cognitively healthy individuals with abnormal CSF Amyloid/Tau. Neurobiol Aging 2022; 112:87-101. [PMID: 35066324 PMCID: PMC8976735 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2021.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Revised: 11/27/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Synaptic dysfunctions precede cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease by decades, affect executive functions, and can be detected by quantitative electroencephalography (qEEG). We used quantitative electroencephalography combined with Stroop testing to identify changes of inhibitory controls in cognitively healthy individuals with an abnormal versus normal ratio of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) amyloid/total-tau. We studied two groups of participants (60-94 years) with either normal (CH-NAT or controls, n = 20) or abnormal (CH-PAT, n = 21) CSF amyloid/tau ratio. We compared: alpha event-related desynchronization (ERD), alpha spectral entropy (SE), and their relationships with estimated cognitive reserve. CH-PATs had more negative occipital alpha ERD, and higher frontal and occipital alpha SE during low load congruent trials, indicating hyperactivity. CH-PATs demonstrated fewer frontal SE changes with higher load, incongruent Stroop testing. Correlations of alpha ERD with estimated cognitive reserve were significant in CH-PATs but not in CH-NATs. These results suggested compensatory hyperactivity in CH-PATs compared to CH-NATs. We did not find differences in alpha ERD comparisons with individual CSF amyloid(A), p-tau(T), total-tau(N) biomarkers.
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Fehlbaum LV, Peters L, Dimanova P, Roell M, Borbás R, Ansari D, Raschle NM. Mother-child similarity in brain morphology: A comparison of structural characteristics of the brain's reading network. Dev Cogn Neurosci 2022; 53:101058. [PMID: 34999505 PMCID: PMC8749220 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2022.101058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Revised: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Substantial evidence acknowledges the complex gene-environment interplay impacting brain development and learning. Intergenerational neuroimaging allows the assessment of familial transfer effects on brain structure, function and behavior by investigating neural similarity in caregiver-child dyads. METHODS Neural similarity in the human reading network was assessed through well-used measures of brain structure (i.e., surface area (SA), gyrification (lG), sulcal morphology, gray matter volume (GMV) and cortical thickness (CT)) in 69 mother-child dyads (children's age~11 y). Regions of interest for the reading network included left-hemispheric inferior frontal gyrus, inferior parietal lobe and fusiform gyrus. Mother-child similarity was quantified by correlation coefficients and familial specificity was tested by comparison to random adult-child dyads. Sulcal morphology analyses focused on occipitotemporal sulcus interruptions and similarity was assessed by chi-square goodness of fit. RESULTS Significant structural brain similarity was observed for mother-child dyads in the reading network for lG, SA and GMV (r = 0.349/0.534/0.542, respectively), but not CT. Sulcal morphology associations were non-significant. Structural brain similarity in lG, SA and GMV were specific to mother-child pairs. Furthermore, structural brain similarity for SA and GMV was higher compared to CT. CONCLUSION Intergenerational neuroimaging techniques promise to enhance our knowledge of familial transfer effects on brain development and disorders.
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- Lynn V Fehlbaum
- Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development at the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Numerical Cognition Laboratory, Department of Psychology and Brain and Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
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- Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development at the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Neuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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- Parenting and Special Education Research Unit, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development at the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Numerical Cognition Laboratory, Department of Psychology and Brain and Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
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- Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development at the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Neuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
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Cachia A, Borst G, Jardri R, Raznahan A, Murray GK, Mangin JF, Plaze M. Towards Deciphering the Fetal Foundation of Normal Cognition and Cognitive Symptoms From Sulcation of the Cortex. Front Neuroanat 2021; 15:712862. [PMID: 34650408 PMCID: PMC8505772 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2021.712862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Growing evidence supports that prenatal processes play an important role for cognitive ability in normal and clinical conditions. In this context, several neuroimaging studies searched for features in postnatal life that could serve as a proxy for earlier developmental events. A very interesting candidate is the sulcal, or sulco-gyral, patterns, macroscopic features of the cortex anatomy related to the fold topology-e.g., continuous vs. interrupted/broken fold, present vs. absent fold-or their spatial organization. Indeed, as opposed to quantitative features of the cortical sheet (e.g., thickness, surface area or curvature) taking decades to reach the levels measured in adult, the qualitative sulcal patterns are mainly determined before birth and stable across the lifespan. The sulcal patterns therefore offer a window on the fetal constraints on specific brain areas on cognitive abilities and clinical symptoms that manifest later in life. After a global review of the cerebral cortex sulcation, its mechanisms, its ontogenesis along with methodological issues on how to measure the sulcal patterns, we present a selection of studies illustrating that analysis of the sulcal patterns can provide information on prenatal dispositions to cognition (with a focus on cognitive control and academic abilities) and cognitive symptoms (with a focus on schizophrenia and bipolar disorders). Finally, perspectives of sulcal studies are discussed.
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- Arnaud Cachia
- Université de Paris, LaPsyDÉ, CNRS, Paris, France
- Université de Paris, IPNP, INSERM, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, LaPsyDÉ, CNRS, Paris, France
- Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
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- Univ Lille, INSERM U-1172, CHU Lille, Lille Neuroscience & Cognition Centre, Plasticity & SubjectivitY (PSY) team, Lille, France
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- Section on Developmental Neurogenomics, Human Genetics Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Université de Paris, IPNP, INSERM, Paris, France
- GHU PARIS Psychiatrie & Neurosciences, site Sainte-Anne, Service Hospitalo-Universitaire, Pôle Hospitalo-Universitaire Paris, Paris, France
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Sulcation of the intraparietal sulcus is related to symbolic but not non-symbolic number skills. Dev Cogn Neurosci 2021; 51:100998. [PMID: 34388639 PMCID: PMC8363820 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2021.100998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Revised: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The horizontal segment of intraparietal sulcus (HIPS) is one of the key functional regions for processing numbers. Sulcal morphology is a qualitative feature of the brain determined in-utero and not affected by brain maturation and learning. The HIPS sulcal pattern explains part of the variance in participant’s symbolic number comparison and math fluency abilities. Participant’s non-symbolic number comparison abilities was not explained by HIPS sulcal pattern. This association between HIPS sulcal pattern and symbolic number abilities was stable from childhood to young adulthood.
Understanding the constraints, including biological ones, that may influence mathematical development is of great importance because math ability is a key predictor of career success, income and even psychological well-being. While research in developmental cognitive neuroscience of mathematics has extensively studied the key functional regions for processing numbers, particularly the horizontal segment of intraparietal sulcus (HIPS), few studies have investigated the effects of early cerebral constraints on later mathematical abilities. In this pre-registered study, we investigated whether variability of the sulcal pattern of the HIPS, a qualitative feature of the brain determined in-utero and not affected by brain maturation and learning, accounts for individual difference in symbolic and non-symbolic number abilities. Seventy-seven typically developing school-aged children and 21 young adults participated in our study. We found that the HIPS sulcal pattern, (a) explains part of the variance in participant’s symbolic number comparison and math fluency abilities, and (b) that this association between HIPS sulcal pattern and symbolic number abilities was found to be stable from childhood to young adulthood. However, (c) we did not find an association between participant’s non-symbolic number abilities and HIPS sulcal morphology. Our findings suggest that early cerebral constraints may influence individual difference in math abilities, in addition to the well-established neuroplastic factors.
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Genetic Predisposition and Disease Expression of Bipolar Disorder Reflected in Shape Changes of the Anterior Limbic Network. Brain Sci 2019; 9:brainsci9090240. [PMID: 31546815 PMCID: PMC6770562 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci9090240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2019] [Revised: 09/13/2019] [Accepted: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Bipolar disorder (BD) is a genetically and phenotypically complex psychiatric disease. Although previous studies have suggested that the relatives of BD patients have an increased risk of experiencing affective disturbances, most relatives who have similar genotypes may not manifest the disorder. We aim to identify the neuroimaging alterations—specifically, the cortical folding structures of the anterior limbic network (ALN)—in BD patients and their siblings, compared to healthy controls. The shared alterations in patients and their siblings may indicate the hereditary predisposition of BD, and the altered cortical structures unique to BD patients may be a probe of BD expression. High-resolution, T1-weighted magnetic resonance images for 17 euthymic patients with BD, 17 unaffected siblings of BD patients, and 22 healthy controls were acquired. We categorized the cortical regions within the ALN into sulcal and gyral areas, based on the shape index, followed by the measurement of the folding degree, using the curvedness. Our results revealed that the changes in cortical folding in the orbitofrontal and temporal regions were associated with a hereditary predisposition to BD. Cortical folding structures in multiple regions of the ALN, particularly in the striatal–thalamic circuit and anterior cingulate cortex, could be used to differentiate BD patients from healthy controls and unaffected siblings. We concluded that the cortical folding structures of ALN can provide potential biomarkers for clinical diagnosis of BD and differentiation from the unaffected siblings.
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Del Maschio N, Sulpizio S, Fedeli D, Ramanujan K, Ding G, Weekes BS, Cachia A, Abutalebi J. ACC Sulcal Patterns and Their Modulation on Cognitive Control Efficiency Across Lifespan: A Neuroanatomical Study on Bilinguals and Monolinguals. Cereb Cortex 2018; 29:3091-3101. [DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhy175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Revised: 06/11/2018] [Accepted: 07/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is a key structure implicated in the regulation of cognitive control (CC). Previous studies suggest that variability in the ACC sulcal pattern—a neurodevelopmental marker unaffected by maturation or plasticity after birth—is associated with intersubject differences in CC performance. Here, we investigated whether bilingual experience modulates the effects of ACC sulcal variability on CC performance across the lifespan. Using structural MRI, we first established the distribution of the ACC sulcal patterns in a large sample of healthy individuals (N = 270) differing on gender and ethnicity. Second, a participants’ subsample (N = 157) was selected to test whether CC performance was differentially affected by ACC sulcation in bilinguals and monolinguals across age. A prevalent leftward asymmetry unaffected by gender or ethnicity was reported. Sulcal variability in the ACC predicted CC performance differently in bilinguals and monolinguals, with a reversed pattern of structure–function relationship: asymmetrical versus symmetrical ACC sulcal patterns were associated with a performance advantage in monolinguals and a performance detriment to bilinguals and vice versa. Altogether, these findings provide novel insights on the dynamic interplay between early neurodevelopment, environmental background and cognitive efficiency across age.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nicola Del Maschio
- Centre for Neurolinguistics and Psycholinguistics, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Centre for Neurolinguistics and Psycholinguistics, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Centre for Neurolinguistics and Psycholinguistics, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
| | - Keerthi Ramanujan
- Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
| | - Guosheng Ding
- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
| | - Brendan S Weekes
- Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
- School of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
| | - Arnaud Cachia
- Laboratory for the Psychology of Child Development and Education, Sorbonne, CNRS UMR8240, Paris, France
- Paris Descartes University, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
- Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
- Imaging Biomarkers for Brain Development and Disorders, Ste Anne Hospital, INSERM UMR894, Paris, France
| | - Jubin Abutalebi
- Centre for Neurolinguistics and Psycholinguistics, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
- Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
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