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Di Plinio S, Northoff G, Ebisch S. The degenerate coding of psychometric profiles through functional connectivity archetypes. Front Hum Neurosci 2024; 18:1455776. [PMID: 39318702 PMCID: PMC11419991 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2024.1455776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2024] [Accepted: 08/29/2024] [Indexed: 09/26/2024] Open
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Introduction Degeneracy in the brain-behavior code refers to the brain's ability to utilize different neural configurations to support similar functions, reflecting its adaptability and robustness. This study aims to explore degeneracy by investigating the non-linear associations between psychometric profiles and resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC). Methods The study analyzed RSFC data from 500 subjects to uncover the underlying neural configurations associated with various psychometric outcomes. Self-organized maps (SOM), a type of unsupervised machine learning algorithm, were employed to cluster the RSFC data. And identify distinct archetypal connectivity profiles characterized by unique within- and between-network connectivity patterns. Results The clustering analysis using SOM revealed several distinct archetypal connectivity profiles within the RSFC data. Each archetype exhibited unique connectivity patterns that correlated with various cognitive, physical, and socioemotional outcomes. Notably, the interaction between different SOM dimensions was significantly associated with specific psychometric profiles. Discussion This study underscores the complexity of brain-behavior interactions and the brain's capacity for degeneracy, where different neural configurations can lead to similar behavioral outcomes. These findings highlight the existence of multiple brain architectures capable of producing similar behavioral outcomes, illustrating the concept of neural degeneracy, and advance our understanding of neural degeneracy and its implications for cognitive and emotional health.
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- Simone Di Plinio
- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
- Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics Research Unit, Institute of Mental Health Research, Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies (ITAB), "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
- Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics Research Unit, Institute of Mental Health Research, Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Li Z, Fang H, Fan W, Wu J, Cui J, Li BM, Wang C. Brain markers of subtraction and multiplication skills in childhood: task-based functional connectivity and individualized structural similarity. Cereb Cortex 2024; 34:bhae374. [PMID: 39329357 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhae374] [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: 06/17/2024] [Revised: 08/20/2024] [Accepted: 08/30/2024] [Indexed: 09/28/2024] Open
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Arithmetic, a high-order cognitive ability, show marked individual difference over development. Despite recent advancements in neuroimaging techniques have enabled the identification of brain markers for individual differences in high-order cognitive abilities, it remains largely unknown about the brain markers for arithmetic. This study used a data-driven connectome-based prediction model to identify brain markers of arithmetic skills from arithmetic-state functional connectivity and individualized structural similarity in 132 children aged 8 to 15 years. We found that both subtraction-state functional connectivity and individualized SS successfully predicted subtraction and multiplication skills but multiplication-state functional connectivity failed to predict either skill. Among the four successful prediction models, most predictive connections were located in frontal-parietal, default-mode, and secondary visual networks. Further computational lesion analyses revealed the essential structural role of frontal-parietal network in predicting subtraction and the essential functional roles of secondary visual, language, and ventral multimodal networks in predicting multiplication. Finally, a few shared nodes but largely nonoverlapping functional and structural connections were found to predict subtraction and multiplication skills. Altogether, our findings provide new insights into the brain markers of arithmetic skills in children and highlight the importance of studying different connectivity modalities and different arithmetic domains to advance our understanding of children's arithmetic skills.
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- Zheng Li
- Institute of Brain Science, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Yuhangtang Road 2318, Yuhang District, Hangzhou 311121, China
- Zhejiang Philosophy and Social Science Laboratory for Research in Early Development and Childcare, Hangzhou Normal University, Yuhangtang Road 2318, Yuhang District, Hangzhou 311121, China
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- Institute of Brain Science, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Yuhangtang Road 2318, Yuhang District, Hangzhou 311121, China
- Zhejiang Philosophy and Social Science Laboratory for Research in Early Development and Childcare, Hangzhou Normal University, Yuhangtang Road 2318, Yuhang District, Hangzhou 311121, China
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- Institute of Brain Science, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Yuhangtang Road 2318, Yuhang District, Hangzhou 311121, China
- Zhejiang Philosophy and Social Science Laboratory for Research in Early Development and Childcare, Hangzhou Normal University, Yuhangtang Road 2318, Yuhang District, Hangzhou 311121, China
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- Institute of Brain Science, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Yuhangtang Road 2318, Yuhang District, Hangzhou 311121, China
- Zhejiang Philosophy and Social Science Laboratory for Research in Early Development and Childcare, Hangzhou Normal University, Yuhangtang Road 2318, Yuhang District, Hangzhou 311121, China
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- College of Education, Hebei Normal University, South Second Ring Road 20, Shijiazhuang 050016, China
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- Institute of Brain Science, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Yuhangtang Road 2318, Yuhang District, Hangzhou 311121, China
- Zhejiang Philosophy and Social Science Laboratory for Research in Early Development and Childcare, Hangzhou Normal University, Yuhangtang Road 2318, Yuhang District, Hangzhou 311121, China
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- Institute of Brain Science, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Yuhangtang Road 2318, Yuhang District, Hangzhou 311121, China
- Department of Psychology, Jing Hengyi School of Education, Hangzhou Normal University, Yuhangtang Road 2318, Yuhang District, Hangzhou 311121, China
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Adamovich T, Ismatullina V, Chipeeva N, Zakharov I, Feklicheva I, Malykh S. Task-specific topology of brain networks supporting working memory and inhibition. Hum Brain Mapp 2024; 45:e70024. [PMID: 39258339 PMCID: PMC11387957 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.70024] [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: 04/16/2024] [Revised: 08/14/2024] [Accepted: 08/29/2024] [Indexed: 09/12/2024] Open
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Network neuroscience explores the brain's connectome, demonstrating that dynamic neural networks support cognitive functions. This study investigates how distinct cognitive abilities-working memory and cognitive inhibitory control-are supported by unique brain network configurations constructed by estimating whole-brain networks using mutual information. The study involved 195 participants who completed the Sternberg Item Recognition task and Flanker tasks while undergoing electroencephalography recording. A mixed-effects linear model analyzed the influence of network metrics on cognitive performance, considering individual differences and task-specific dynamics. The findings indicate that working memory and cognitive inhibitory control are associated with different network attributes, with working memory relying on distributed networks and cognitive inhibitory control on more segregated ones. Our analysis suggests that both strong and weak connections contribute to cognitive processes, with weak connections potentially leading to a more stable and support networks of memory and cognitive inhibitory control. The findings indirectly support the network neuroscience theory of intelligence, suggesting different functional topology of networks inherent to various cognitive functions. Nevertheless, we propose that understanding individual variations in cognitive abilities requires recognizing both shared and unique processes within the brain's network dynamics.
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- Timofey Adamovich
- Federal Scientific Center of Psychological and Multidisciplinary ResearchesMoscowRussia
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- Federal Scientific Center of Psychological and Multidisciplinary ResearchesMoscowRussia
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- Federal State Institution “National Medical Research Center for Children's Health” of the Ministry of Health of the Russian FederationMoscowRussia
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- Federal Scientific Center of Psychological and Multidisciplinary ResearchesMoscowRussia
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- Federal Scientific Center of Psychological and Multidisciplinary ResearchesMoscowRussia
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Mills EP, Bosma RL, Rogachov A, Cheng JC, Osborne NR, Kim JA, Besik A, Bhatia A, Davis KD. Pretreatment Brain White Matter Integrity Associated With Neuropathic Pain Relief and Changes in Temporal Summation of Pain Following Ketamine. THE JOURNAL OF PAIN 2024; 25:104536. [PMID: 38615801 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2024.104536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Revised: 03/07/2024] [Accepted: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/16/2024]
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Neuropathic pain (NP) is a prevalent condition often associated with heightened pain responsiveness suggestive of central sensitization. Neuroimaging biomarkers of treatment outcomes may help develop personalized treatment strategies, but white matter (WM) properties have been underexplored for this purpose. Here we assessed whether WM pathways of the default mode network (DMN: medial prefrontal cortex [mPFC], posterior cingulate cortex, and precuneus) and descending pain modulation system (periaqueductal gray [PAG]) are associated with ketamine analgesia and attenuated temporal summation of pain (TSP, reflecting central sensitization) in NP. We used a fixel-based analysis of diffusion-weighted imaging data to evaluate WM microstructure (fiber density [FD]) and macrostructure (fiber bundle cross-section) within the DMN and mPFC-PAG pathways in 70 individuals who underwent magnetic resonance imaging and TSP testing; 35 with NP who underwent ketamine treatment and 35 age- and sex-matched pain-free individuals. Individuals with NP were assessed before and 1 month after treatment; those with ≥30% pain relief were considered responders (n = 18), or otherwise as nonresponders (n = 17). We found that WM structure within the DMN and mPFC-PAG pathways did not differentiate responders from nonresponders. However, pretreatment FD in the anterior limb of the internal capsule correlated with pain relief (r=.48). Moreover, pretreatment FD in the DMN (left mPFC-precuneus/posterior cingulate cortex; r=.52) and mPFC-PAG (r=.42) negatively correlated with changes in TSP. This suggests that WM microstructure in the DMN and mPFC-PAG pathway is associated with the degree to which ketamine reduces central sensitization. Thus, fixel metrics of WM structure may hold promise to predict ketamine NP treatment outcomes. PERSPECTIVE: We used advanced fixel-based analyses of MRI diffusion-weighted imaging data to identify pretreatment WM microstructure associated with ketamine outcomes, including analgesia and markers of attenuated central sensitization. Exploring associations between brain structure and treatment outcomes could contribute to a personalized approach to treatment for individuals with NP.
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- Emily P Mills
- Division of Brain, Imaging, and Behaviour, Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Brain, Imaging, and Behaviour, Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Brain, Imaging, and Behaviour, Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Brain, Imaging, and Behaviour, Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Brain, Imaging, and Behaviour, Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Brain, Imaging, and Behaviour, Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Brain, Imaging, and Behaviour, Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Brain, Imaging, and Behaviour, Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Hughes C, Setton R, Mwilambwe-Tshilobo L, Baracchini G, Turner GR, Spreng RN. Precision mapping of the default network reveals common and distinct (inter) activity for autobiographical memory and theory of mind. J Neurophysiol 2024; 132:375-388. [PMID: 38958281 PMCID: PMC11427040 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00427.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2023] [Revised: 06/16/2024] [Accepted: 06/17/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024] Open
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The default network is widely implicated as a common neural substrate for self-generated thought, such as remembering one's past (autobiographical memory) and imagining the thoughts and feelings of others (theory of mind). Findings that the default network comprises subnetworks of regions, some commonly and some distinctly involved across processes, suggest that one's own experiences inform their understanding of others. With the advent of precision functional MRI (fMRI) methods, however, it is unclear if this shared substrate is observed instead due to traditional group analysis methods. We investigated this possibility using a novel combination of methodological strategies. Twenty-three participants underwent multi-echo resting-state and task fMRI. We used their resting-state scans to conduct cortical parcellation sensitive to individual variation while preserving our ability to conduct group analysis. Using multivariate analyses, we assessed the functional activation and connectivity profiles of default network regions while participants engaged in autobiographical memory, theory of mind, or a sensorimotor control condition. Across the default network, we observed stronger activity associated with both autobiographical memory and theory of mind compared to the control condition. Nonetheless, we also observed that some regions showed preferential activity to either experimental condition, in line with past work. The connectivity results similarly indicated shared and distinct functional profiles. Our results support that autobiographical memory and theory of mind, two theoretically important and widely studied domains of social cognition, evoke common and distinct aspects of the default network even when ensuring high fidelity to individual-specific characteristics.NEW & NOTEWORTHY We used cutting-edge precision functional MRI (fMRI) methods such as multi-echo fMRI acquisition and denoising, a robust experimental paradigm, and individualized cortical parcellation across 23 participants to provide evidence that remembering one's past experiences and imagining the thoughts and feelings of others share a common neural substrate. Evidence from activation and connectivity analyses indicate overlapping and distinct functional profiles of these widely studied episodic and social processes.
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- Colleen Hughes
- Montreal Neurological Institute, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Psychology Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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- Psychology Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States
- Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Montreal Neurological Institute, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Verdun, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Alavash M, Obleser J. Brain Network Interconnectivity Dynamics Explain Metacognitive Differences in Listening Behavior. J Neurosci 2024; 44:e2322232024. [PMID: 38839303 PMCID: PMC11293451 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2322-23.2024] [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: 12/11/2023] [Revised: 04/29/2024] [Accepted: 05/01/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024] Open
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Complex auditory scenes pose a challenge to attentive listening, rendering listeners slower and more uncertain in their perceptual decisions. How can we explain such behaviors from the dynamics of cortical networks that pertain to the control of listening behavior? We here follow up on the hypothesis that human adaptive perception in challenging listening situations is supported by modular reconfiguration of auditory-control networks in a sample of N = 40 participants (13 males) who underwent resting-state and task functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Individual titration of a spatial selective auditory attention task maintained an average accuracy of ∼70% but yielded considerable interindividual differences in listeners' response speed and reported confidence in their own perceptual decisions. Whole-brain network modularity increased from rest to task by reconfiguring auditory, cinguloopercular, and dorsal attention networks. Specifically, interconnectivity between the auditory network and cinguloopercular network decreased during the task relative to the resting state. Additionally, interconnectivity between the dorsal attention network and cinguloopercular network increased. These interconnectivity dynamics were predictive of individual differences in response confidence, the degree of which was more pronounced after incorrect judgments. Our findings uncover the behavioral relevance of functional cross talk between auditory and attentional-control networks during metacognitive assessment of one's own perception in challenging listening situations and suggest two functionally dissociable cortical networked systems that shape the considerable metacognitive differences between individuals in adaptive listening behavior.
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- Mohsen Alavash
- Department of Psychology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck 23562, Germany
- Center for Brain, Behavior, and Metabolism, University of Lübeck, Lübeck 23562, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck 23562, Germany
- Center for Brain, Behavior, and Metabolism, University of Lübeck, Lübeck 23562, Germany
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Kim W, Kim MJ. Adaptive-to-maladaptive gradient of emotion regulation tendencies are embedded in the functional-structural hybrid connectome. Psychol Med 2024; 54:2299-2311. [PMID: 38533787 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291724000473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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BACKGROUND Emotion regulation tendencies are well-known transdiagnostic markers of psychopathology, but their neurobiological foundations have mostly been examined within the theoretical framework of cortical-subcortical interactions. METHODS We explored the connectome-wide neural correlates of emotion regulation tendencies using functional and diffusion magnetic resonance images of healthy young adults (N = 99; age 20-30; 28 females). We first tested the importance of considering both the functional and structural connectome through intersubject representational similarity analyses. Then, we employed a canonical correlation analysis between the functional-structural hybrid connectome and 23 emotion regulation strategies. Lastly, we sought to externally validate the results on a transdiagnostic adolescent sample (N = 93; age 11-19; 34 females). RESULTS First, interindividual similarity of emotion regulation profiles was significantly correlated with interindividual similarity of the functional-structural hybrid connectome, more so than either the functional or structural connectome. Canonical correlation analysis revealed that an adaptive-to-maladaptive gradient of emotion regulation tendencies mapped onto a specific configuration of covariance within the functional-structural hybrid connectome, which primarily involved functional connections in the motor network and the visual networks as well as structural connections in the default mode network and the subcortical-cerebellar network. In the transdiagnostic adolescent dataset, stronger functional signatures of the found network were associated with higher general positive affect through more frequent use of adaptive coping strategies. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, our study illustrates a gradient of emotion regulation tendencies that is best captured when simultaneously considering the functional and structural connections across the whole brain.
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- Wonyoung Kim
- Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Department of Psychology, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Psychology, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea
- Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research, Institute for Basic Science, Suwon, South Korea
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van der Wijk G, Zamyadi M, Bray S, Hassel S, Arnott SR, Frey BN, Kennedy SH, Davis AD, Hall GB, Lam RW, Milev R, Müller DJ, Parikh S, Soares C, Macqueen GM, Strother SC, Protzner AB. Large Individual Differences in Functional Connectivity in the Context of Major Depression and Antidepressant Pharmacotherapy. eNeuro 2024; 11:ENEURO.0286-23.2024. [PMID: 38830756 PMCID: PMC11163402 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0286-23.2024] [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: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 04/25/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024] Open
Abstract
Clinical studies of major depression (MD) generally focus on group effects, yet interindividual differences in brain function are increasingly recognized as important and may even impact effect sizes related to group effects. Here, we examine the magnitude of individual differences in relation to group differences that are commonly investigated (e.g., related to MD diagnosis and treatment response). Functional MRI data from 107 participants (63 female, 44 male) were collected at baseline, 2, and 8 weeks during which patients received pharmacotherapy (escitalopram, N = 68) and controls (N = 39) received no intervention. The unique contributions of different sources of variation were examined by calculating how much variance in functional connectivity was shared across all participants and sessions, within/across groups (patients vs controls, responders vs nonresponders, female vs male participants), recording sessions, and individuals. Individual differences and common connectivity across groups, sessions, and participants contributed most to the explained variance (>95% across analyses). Group differences related to MD diagnosis, treatment response, and biological sex made significant but small contributions (0.3-1.2%). High individual variation was present in cognitive control and attention areas, while low individual variation characterized primary sensorimotor regions. Group differences were much smaller than individual differences in the context of MD and its treatment. These results could be linked to the variable findings and difficulty translating research on MD to clinical practice. Future research should examine brain features with low and high individual variation in relation to psychiatric symptoms and treatment trajectories to explore the clinical relevance of the individual differences identified here.
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- Gwen van der Wijk
- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Baycrest Health Sciences, Rotman Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario M6A 2E1, Canada
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- Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
- Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
- Department of Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
- Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 14, Canada
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- Baycrest Health Sciences, Rotman Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario M6A 2E1, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada
- Mood Disorders Program and Women's Health Concerns Clinic, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 4A6, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1, Canada
- Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1, Canada
- Centre for Mental Health, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C4, Canada
- Centre for Depression and Suicide Studies, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada
- Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8, Canada
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- Baycrest Health Sciences, Rotman Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario M6A 2E1, Canada
- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada
- Imaging Research Centre, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 4A6, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A1, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, and Providence Care Hospital, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1, Canada
- Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1, Canada
- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R8, Canada
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Department of Psychiatry, Queen's University, Providence Care, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
- Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 14, Canada
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- Baycrest Health Sciences, Rotman Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario M6A 2E1, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
- Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 14, Canada
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Sorooshyari SK. Brain age monotonicity and functional connectivity differences of healthy subjects. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0300720. [PMID: 38814972 PMCID: PMC11139261 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024] Open
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Alterations in the brain's connectivity or the interactions among brain regions have been studied with the aid of resting state (rs)fMRI data attained from large numbers of healthy subjects of various demographics. This has been instrumental in providing insight into how a phenotype as fundamental as age affects the brain. Although machine learning (ML) techniques have already been deployed in such studies, novel questions are investigated in this work. We study whether young brains develop properties that progressively resemble those of aged brains, and if the aging dynamics of older brains provide information about the aging trajectory in young subjects. The degree of a prospective monotonic relationship will be quantified, and hypotheses of brain aging trajectories will be tested via ML. Furthermore, the degree of functional connectivity across the age spectrum of three datasets will be compared at a population level and across sexes. The findings scrutinize similarities and differences among the male and female subjects at greater detail than previously performed.
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- Siamak K. Sorooshyari
- Department of Statistics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States of America
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Greenwood PB, DeSerisy M, Koe E, Rodriguez E, Salas L, Perera FP, Herbstman J, Pagliaccio D, Margolis AE. Combined and sequential exposure to prenatal second hand smoke and postnatal maternal distress is associated with cingulo-opercular global efficiency and attention problems in school-age children. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2024; 102:107338. [PMID: 38431065 DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2024.107338] [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: 08/03/2023] [Revised: 02/27/2024] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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BACKGROUND Prenatal exposure to secondhand (environmental) tobacco smoke (SHS) is associated with adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes, including altered functional activation of cognitive control brain circuitry and increased attention problems in children. Exposure to SHS is more common among Black youth who are also disproportionately exposed to socioeconomic disadvantage and concomitant maternal distress. We examine the combined effects of exposure to prenatal SHS and postnatal maternal distress on the global efficiency (GE) of the brain's cingulo-opercular (CO) and fronto-parietal control (FP) networks in childhood, as well as associated attention problems. METHODS Thirty-two children of non-smoking mothers followed in a prospective longitudinal birth cohort at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) completed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at ages 7-9 years old. GE scores were extracted from general connectivity data collected while children completed the Simon Spatial Incompatibility functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) task. Prenatal SHS was measured using maternal urinary cotinine from the third trimester; postnatal maternal distress was assessed at child age 5 using the Psychiatric Epidemiology Research Interview (PERI-D). The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) measured Attention and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) problems at ages 7-9. Linear regressions examined the interaction between prenatal SHS and postnatal maternal distress on the GE of the CO or FP networks, as well as associations between exposure-related network alterations and attention problems. All models controlled for age, sex, maternal education at prenatal visit, race/ethnicity, global brain correlation, and mean head motion. RESULTS The prenatal SHS by postnatal maternal distress interaction term associated with the GE of the CO network (β = 0.673, Bu = 0.042, t(22) = 2.427, p = .024, D = 1.42, 95% CI [0.006, 0.079], but not the FP network (β = 0.138, Bu = 0.006, t(22) = 0.434, p = .668, 95% CI [-0.022, 0.033]). Higher GE of the CO network was associated with more attention problems (β = 0.472, Bu = 43.076, t(23) = 2.780, p = .011, D = 1.74, n = 31, 95% CI [11.024, 75.128], n = 31) and ADHD risk (β = 0.436, Bu = 21.961, t(29) = 2.567, p = .018, D = 1.81, 95% CI [4.219, 39.703], n = 30). CONCLUSIONS These preliminary findings suggest that sequential prenatal SHS exposure and postnatal maternal distress could alter the efficiency of the CO network and increase risk for downstream attention problems and ADHD. These findings are consistent with prior studies showing that prenatal SHS exposure is associated with altered function of brain regions that support cognitive control and with ADHD problems. Our model also identifies postnatal maternal distress as a significant moderator of this association. These data highlight the combined neurotoxic effects of exposure to prenatal SHS and postnatal maternal distress. Critically, such exposures are disproportionately distributed among youth from minoritized groups, pointing to potential pathways to known mental health disparities.
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- Paige B Greenwood
- Department of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences and Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA.
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Özalay Ö, Mediavilla T, Giacobbo BL, Pedersen R, Marcellino D, Orädd G, Rieckmann A, Sultan F. Longitudinal monitoring of the mouse brain reveals heterogenous network trajectories during aging. Commun Biol 2024; 7:210. [PMID: 38378942 PMCID: PMC10879497 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-05873-8] [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: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/22/2024] Open
Abstract
The human aging brain is characterized by changes in network efficiency that are currently best captured through longitudinal resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI). These studies however are challenging due to the long human lifespan. Here we show that the mouse animal model with a much shorter lifespan allows us to follow the functional network organization over most of the animal's adult lifetime. We used a longitudinal study of the functional connectivity of different brain regions with rs-fMRI under anesthesia. Our analysis uncovers network modules similar to those reported in younger mice and in humans (i.e., prefrontal/default mode network (DMN), somatomotor and somatosensory networks). Statistical analysis reveals different patterns of network reorganization during aging. Female mice showed a pattern akin to human aging, with de-differentiation of the connectome, mainly due to increases in connectivity of the prefrontal/DMN cortical networks to other modules. Our male cohorts revealed heterogenous aging patterns with only one group confirming the de- differentiation, while the majority showed an increase in connectivity of the somatomotor cortex to the Nucleus accumbens. In summary, in line with human work, our analysis in mice supports the concept of de-differentiation in the aging mammalian brain and reveals additional trajectories in aging mice networks.
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- Özgün Özalay
- Department of Medical and Translational Biology, Umeå University, 90 187, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Medical and Translational Biology, Umeå University, 90 187, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Medical and Translational Biology, Umeå University, 90 187, Umeå, Sweden
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical and Translational Biology, Umeå University, 90 187, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Medical and Translational Biology, Umeå University, 90 187, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Medical and Translational Biology, Umeå University, 90 187, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Medical and Translational Biology, Umeå University, 90 187, Umeå, Sweden
- Department of Diagnostics and Intervention, Radiation Physics, Umeå University, 90 187, Umeå, Sweden
- Institute for Psychology, University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Neubiberg, Germany
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- Department of Medical and Translational Biology, Umeå University, 90 187, Umeå, Sweden.
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Niu L, Song X, Li Q, Peng L, Dai H, Zhang J, Chen K, Lee TMC, Zhang R. Age-related positive emotional reactivity decline associated with the anterior insula based resting-state functional connectivity. Hum Brain Mapp 2024; 45:e26621. [PMID: 38339823 PMCID: PMC10858337 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26621] [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: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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Recent studies have suggested that emotional reactivity changes with age, but the neural basis is still unclear. The insula may be critical for the emotional reactivity. The current study examined how ageing affects emotional reactivity using the emotional reactivity task data from a human sample (Cambridge Center for Age and Neuroscience, N = 243, age 18-88 years). The resting-state magnetic resonance measurements from the same sample were used to investigate the potential mechanisms of the insula. In the initial analysis, we conducted partial correlation assessments to examine the associations between emotional reactivity and age, as well as between the gray matter volume (GMV) of the insula and age. Our results revealed that emotional reactivity, especially positive emotional reactivity, decreased with age and that the GMV of the insula was negatively correlated with age. Subsequently, the bilateral insula was divided into six subregions to calculate the whole brain resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC). The mediating effect of the rsFC on age and emotional reactivity was then calculated. The results showed that the rsFC of the left anterior insula (AI) with the right hippocampus, and the rsFCs of the right AI with the striatum and the thalamus were mediated the relationship between positive emotional reactivity and age. Our findings suggest that attenuating emotional reactivity with age may be a strategic adaptation fostering emotional stability and diminishing emotional vulnerability. Meanwhile, the findings implicate a key role for the AI in the changes in positive emotional reactivity with age.
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- Lijing Niu
- Cognitive Control and Brain Healthy Laboratory, Department of Psychology, School of Public HealthSouthern Medical UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Cognitive Control and Brain Healthy Laboratory, Department of Psychology, School of Public HealthSouthern Medical UniversityGuangzhouChina
- State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive SciencesThe University of Hong KongHong KongSARChina
- Laboratory of Neuropsychology and Human NeuroscienceThe University of Hong KongHong KongSARChina
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- Cognitive Control and Brain Healthy Laboratory, Department of Psychology, School of Public HealthSouthern Medical UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Cognitive Control and Brain Healthy Laboratory, Department of Psychology, School of Public HealthSouthern Medical UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Cognitive Control and Brain Healthy Laboratory, Department of Psychology, School of Public HealthSouthern Medical UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Cognitive Control and Brain Healthy Laboratory, Department of Psychology, School of Public HealthSouthern Medical UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Cognitive Control and Brain Healthy Laboratory, Department of Psychology, School of Public HealthSouthern Medical UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive SciencesThe University of Hong KongHong KongSARChina
- Laboratory of Neuropsychology and Human NeuroscienceThe University of Hong KongHong KongSARChina
- Center for Brain Science and Brain‐Inspired IntelligenceGuangdong‐Hong Kong‐Macao Greater Bay AreaGuangzhouChina
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- Cognitive Control and Brain Healthy Laboratory, Department of Psychology, School of Public HealthSouthern Medical UniversityGuangzhouChina
- Department of Psychiatry, Zhujiang HospitalSouthern Medical UniversityGuangzhouPR China
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Raykov PP, Knights E, Cam-Can, Henson RN. Does functional system segregation mediate the effects of lifestyle on cognition in older adults? Neurobiol Aging 2024; 134:126-134. [PMID: 38070445 PMCID: PMC10789480 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2023.11.009] [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: 06/20/2023] [Revised: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/02/2024]
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Healthy aging is typically accompanied by cognitive decline. Previous work has shown that engaging in multiple, non-work activities during midlife can have a protective effect on cognition several decades later, rendering it less dependent on brain structural health; the definition of "cognitive reserve". Other work has shown that increasing age is associated with reduced segregation of large-scale brain functional networks. Here we tested the hypothesis that functional segregation (SyS) mediates this effect of middle-aged lifestyle on late-life cognition. We used fMRI data from three tasks in the CamCAN dataset, together with cognitive data on fluid intelligence, episodic memory, and retrospective lifestyle data from the Lifetime of Experiences Questionnaire (LEQ). In all three tasks, we showed that SyS related to fluid intelligence even after adjusting for the (nonlinear) age effects. However, we found no evidence that SyS in late-life mediated the relationship between non-specific (non-occupation) midlife activities and either measure of cognition in late-life. Thus, the brain correlates of cognitive reserve arising from mid-life activities remain to be discovered.
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- Petar P Raykov
- Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, UK.
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- Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, UK; Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, UK; Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, UK
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Mallaroni P, Mason NL, Kloft L, Reckweg JT, van Oorsouw K, Toennes SW, Tolle HM, Amico E, Ramaekers JG. Shared functional connectome fingerprints following ritualistic ayahuasca intake. Neuroimage 2024; 285:120480. [PMID: 38061689 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120480] [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: 07/17/2023] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2024] Open
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The knowledge that brain functional connectomes are unique and reliable has enabled behaviourally relevant inferences at a subject level. However, whether such "fingerprints" persist under altered states of consciousness is unknown. Ayahuasca is a potent serotonergic psychedelic which produces a widespread dysregulation of functional connectivity. Used communally in religious ceremonies, its shared use may highlight relevant novel interactions between mental state and functional connectome (FC) idiosyncrasy. Using 7T fMRI, we assessed resting-state static and dynamic FCs for 21 Santo Daime members after collective ayahuasca intake in an acute, within-subject study. Here, connectome fingerprinting revealed FCs showed reduced idiosyncrasy, accompanied by a spatiotemporal reallocation of keypoint edges. Importantly, we show that interindividual differences in higher-order FC motifs are relevant to experiential phenotypes, given that they can predict perceptual drug effects. Collectively, our findings offer an example of how individualised connectivity markers can be used to trace a subject's FC across altered states of consciousness.
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- Pablo Mallaroni
- Department of Neuropsychology and Psychopharmacology, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Neuropsychology and Psychopharmacology, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neuropsychology and Psychopharmacology, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neuropsychology and Psychopharmacology, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Forensic Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
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- Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Department of Neuropsychology and Psychopharmacology, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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Hu L, Katz ES, Stamoulis C. Modulatory effects of fMRI acquisition time of day, week and year on adolescent functional connectomes across spatial scales: Implications for inference. Neuroimage 2023; 284:120459. [PMID: 37977408 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120459] [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: 06/23/2023] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023] Open
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Metabolic, hormonal, autonomic and physiological rhythms may have a significant impact on cerebral hemodynamics and intrinsic brain synchronization measured with fMRI (the resting-state connectome). The impact of their characteristic time scales (hourly, circadian, seasonal), and consequently scan timing effects, on brain topology in inherently heterogeneous developing connectomes remains elusive. In a cohort of 4102 early adolescents with resting-state fMRI (median age = 120.0 months; 53.1 % females) from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study, this study investigated associations between scan time-of-day, time-of-week (school day vs weekend) and time-of-year (school year vs summer vacation) and topological properties of resting-state connectomes at multiple spatial scales. On average, participants were scanned around 2 pm, primarily during school days (60.9 %), and during the school year (74.6 %). Scan time-of-day was negatively correlated with multiple whole-brain, network-specific and regional topological properties (with the exception of a positive correlation with modularity), primarily of visual, dorsal attention, salience, frontoparietal control networks, and the basal ganglia. Being scanned during the weekend (vs a school day) was correlated with topological differences in the hippocampus and temporoparietal networks. Being scanned during the summer vacation (vs the school year) was consistently positively associated with multiple topological properties of bilateral visual, and to a lesser extent somatomotor, dorsal attention and temporoparietal networks. Time parameter interactions suggested that being scanned during the weekend and summer vacation enhanced the positive effects of being scanned in the morning. Time-of-day effects were overall small but spatially extensive, and time-of-week and time-of-year effects varied from small to large (Cohen's f ≤ 0.1, Cohen's d<0.82, p < 0.05). Together, these parameters were also positively correlated with temporal fMRI signal variability but only in the left hemisphere. Finally, confounding effects of scan time parameters on relationships between connectome properties and cognitive task performance were assessed using the ABCD neurocognitive battery. Although most relationships were unaffected by scan time parameters, their combined inclusion eliminated associations between properties of visual and somatomotor networks and performance in the Matrix Reasoning and Pattern Comparison Processing Speed tasks. Thus, scan time of day, week and year may impact measurements of adolescent brain's functional circuits, and should be accounted for in studies on their associations with cognitive performance, in order to reduce the probability of incorrect inference.
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- Linfeng Hu
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Harvard Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Zhang Z, Chan MY, Han L, Carreno CA, Winter-Nelson E, Wig GS. Dissociable Effects of Alzheimer's Disease-Related Cognitive Dysfunction and Aging on Functional Brain Network Segregation. J Neurosci 2023; 43:7879-7892. [PMID: 37714710 PMCID: PMC10648516 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0579-23.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Revised: 09/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/17/2023] Open
Abstract
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with changes in large-scale functional brain network organization. Individuals with AD exhibit less segregated resting-state brain networks compared with individuals without dementia. However, declines in brain network segregation are also evident as adult individuals grow older. Determining whether these observations reflect unique or overlapping alterations on the functional connectome of the brain is essential for understanding the impact of AD on network organization and incorporating measures of functional brain network organization toward AD characterization. Relationships between AD dementia severity and participant's age on resting-state brain system segregation were examined in 326 cognitively healthy and 275 cognitively impaired human individuals recruited through the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) (N = 601; age range, 55-96 years; 320 females). Greater dementia severity and increasing age were independently associated with lower brain system segregation. Further, dementia versus age relationships with brain network organization varied according to the processing roles of brain systems and types of network interactions. Aging was associated with alterations to association systems, primarily among within-system relationships. Conversely, dementia severity was associated with alterations that included both association systems and sensory-motor systems and was most prominent among cross-system interactions. Dementia-related network alterations were evident regardless of the presence of cortical amyloid burden, revealing that the measures of functional network organization are unique from this marker of AD-related pathology. Collectively, these observations demonstrate the specific and widespread alterations in the topological organization of large-scale brain networks that accompany AD and highlight functionally dissociable brain network vulnerabilities associated with AD-related cognitive dysfunction versus aging.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Alzheimer's disease (AD)-associated cognitive dysfunction is hypothesized to be a consequence of brain network damage. It is unclear exactly how brain network alterations vary with dementia severity and whether they are distinct from alterations associated with aging. We evaluated functional brain network organization measured at rest among individuals who varied in age and dementia status. AD and aging exerted dissociable impacts on the brain's functional connectome. AD-associated brain network alterations were widespread and involved systems that subserve not only higher-order cognitive operations, but also sensory and motor operations. Notably, AD-related network alterations were independent of amyloid pathology. The research furthers our understanding of AD-related brain dysfunction and motivates refining existing frameworks of dementia characterization with measures of functional network organization.
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- Ziwei Zhang
- Center for Vital Longevity and School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75235
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- Center for Vital Longevity and School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75235
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- Center for Vital Longevity and School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75235
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- Center for Vital Longevity and School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75235
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- Center for Vital Longevity and School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75235
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- Center for Vital Longevity and School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75235
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390
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Hossein S, Cooper JA, DeVries BAM, Nuutinen MR, Hahn EC, Kragel PA, Treadway MT. Effects of acute stress and depression on functional connectivity between prefrontal cortex and the amygdala. Mol Psychiatry 2023; 28:4602-4612. [PMID: 37076616 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-023-02056-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Revised: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 04/21/2023]
Abstract
Stress is known to be a significant risk factor for the development of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), yet the neural mechanisms that underlie this risk are poorly understood. Prior work has heavily implicated the corticolimbic system in the pathophysiology of MDD. In particular, the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and amygdala play a central role in regulating the response to stress, with dorsal PFC and ventral PFC exhibiting reciprocal excitatory and inhibitory influences on amygdala subregions. However, it remains unclear how best to disentangle the impact of stress from the impact of current MDD symptoms on this system. Here, we examined stress-induced changes in resting state functional connectivity (rsFC) within an a priori corticolimbic network in MDD patients and healthy controls (total n = 80) before and after an acute stressor or a "no stress" control condition. Using graph theoretic analysis, we found that connectivity between basolateral amygdala and dorsal prefrontal nodes of the corticolimbic network had a negative association with individual differences in chronic perceived stress at baseline. Following the acute stressor, healthy individuals showed a reduction of the amygdala node strength, while MDD patients exhibited little change. Finally, dorsal PFC-particularly dorsomedial PFC- connectivity to the basolateral amygdala was associated with the strength of the basolateral amygdala responses to loss feedback during a reinforcement learning task. These findings highlight attenuated connectivity between basolateral amygdala and prefrontal cortex in patients with MDD. In healthy individuals, acute stress exposure was found to push the corticolimbic network to a "stress-phenotype" that may be chronically present in patients with current depression and high levels of perceived stress. In sum, these results help to identify circuit mechanisms underlying the effects of acute stress and their role in mood disorders.
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- Shabnam Hossein
- Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Shin WG, Jyung M, Choi I, Sul S. Perceived financial well-being and its association with frontostriatal functional connectivity, real-life anticipatory experiences, and everyday happiness. Sci Rep 2023; 13:18739. [PMID: 37907524 PMCID: PMC10618479 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-44001-0] [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: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/02/2023] Open
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Perceived financial well-being (FWB) is an important aspect of life that can affect one's attitude toward future experiences and happiness. However, the relationship between FWB, anticipatory experiences, and happiness, and the brain's functional architecture underlying this relationship remain unknown. Here, we combined an experience sampling method, multilevel modeling, and functional neuroimaging to identify the neural correlates of FWB and their associations with real-world anticipatory experiences and everyday happiness. Behaviorally, we found that individuals with greater FWB felt more positive and more interested when they expected positive events to occur, which in turn resulted in increased everyday happiness. Furthermore, the level of FWB was significantly associated with the strength of functional connectivity (FC) between the nucleus accumbens (NAc) and ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) and the local coherence within the vmPFC. The frontostriatal FC and local coherence within the vmPFC were further predictive of everyday happiness via the anticipatory response involving interestedness during positive expectations. Our findings suggest that individual differences in FWB could be reflected in the functional architecture of brain's reward system that may contribute to shaping positive anticipatory experiences and happiness in daily life.
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- Won-Gyo Shin
- Social Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Pusan National University, 2 Busandaehak-ro 63beon-gil, Geumjeong-gu, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Social Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Pusan National University, 2 Busandaehak-ro 63beon-gil, Geumjeong-gu, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea.
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Liao Z, Banaschewski T, Bokde ALW, Desrivières S, Flor H, Grigis A, Garavan H, Gowland P, Heinz A, Ittermann B, Martinot JL, Paillère Martinot ML, Artiges E, Nees F, Papadopoulos Orfanos D, Poustka L, Hohmann S, Millenet S, Fröhner JH, Smolka MN, Walter H, Whelan R, Schumann G, Paus T. Hemispheric asymmetry in cortical thinning reflects intrinsic organization of the neurotransmitter systems and homotopic functional connectivity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2306990120. [PMID: 37831741 PMCID: PMC10589642 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2306990120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/07/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Hemispheric lateralization and its origins have been of great interest in neuroscience for over a century. The left-right asymmetry in cortical thickness may stem from differential maturation of the cerebral cortex in the two hemispheres. Here, we investigated the spatial pattern of hemispheric differences in cortical thinning during adolescence, and its relationship with the density of neurotransmitter receptors and homotopic functional connectivity. Using longitudinal data from IMAGEN study (N = 532), we found that many cortical regions in the frontal and temporal lobes thinned more in the right hemisphere than in the left. Conversely, several regions in the occipital and parietal lobes thinned less in the right (vs. left) hemisphere. We then revealed that regions thinning more in the right (vs. left) hemispheres had higher density of neurotransmitter receptors and transporters in the right (vs. left) side. Moreover, the hemispheric differences in cortical thinning were predicted by homotopic functional connectivity. Specifically, regions with stronger homotopic functional connectivity showed a more symmetrical rate of cortical thinning between the left and right hemispheres, compared with regions with weaker homotopic functional connectivity. Based on these findings, we suggest that the typical patterns of hemispheric differences in cortical thinning may reflect the intrinsic organization of the neurotransmitter systems and related patterns of homotopic functional connectivity.
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- Zhijie Liao
- Research Centre of Sainte-Justine University Hospital, Montreal, QCH3T 1C5, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry and Addictology, University of Montreal, Montreal, QCH3T 1J4, Canada
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim68159, Germany
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- Discipline of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, DublinD02 PN40, Ireland
- Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, DublinD02 PN40, Ireland
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- Centre for Population Neuroscience and Precision Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, King’s College London, LondonSE5 8AF, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim69117, Germany
- Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, University of Mannheim, Mannheim68131, Germany
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- NeuroSpin, Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, Université Paris-Saclay, Paris F-91191, France
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT05405
- Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT05405
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- Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, NottinghamNG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Campus Charité Mitte, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin10117, Germany
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- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig and Berlin38116, Germany
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, INSERM U1299 “Developmental trajectories & psychiatry” Université Paris-Saclay, Ecole Normale supérieure Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Centre Borelli, Paris75006, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, INSERM U1299 “Developmental trajectories & psychiatry” Université Paris-Saclay, Ecole Normale supérieure Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Centre Borelli, Paris75006, France
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, AP-HP.Sorbonne Université, Paris75006, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, INSERM U1299 “Developmental trajectories & psychiatry” Université Paris-Saclay, Ecole Normale supérieure Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Centre Borelli, Paris75006, France
- Etablissement Public de Santé Barthélemy Durand, Paris91700, France
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim68159, Germany
- Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim69117, Germany
- Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Medical Center Schleswig Holstein, Kiel University, Kiel24118, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Göttingen37075, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim68159, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim68159, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuroimaging Center, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden01087, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuroimaging Center, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden01087, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Campus Charité Mitte, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin10117, Germany
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- School of Psychology and Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin, DublinD02 PN40, Ireland
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- Centre for Population Neuroscience and Precision Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Institute for Science and Technology of Brain-inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai200437, Peoples Republic of China
- Centre for Population Neuroscience and Precision Medicine, Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin10117, Germany
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- Research Centre of Sainte-Justine University Hospital, Montreal, QCH3T 1C5, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry and Addictology, University of Montreal, Montreal, QCH3T 1J4, Canada
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Montreal, Montreal, QCH3T 1J4, Canada
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- Research Centre of Sainte-Justine University Hospital, Montreal, QCH3T 1C5, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry and Addictology, University of Montreal, Montreal, QCH3T 1J4, Canada
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim68159, Germany
- Discipline of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, DublinD02 PN40, Ireland
- Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, DublinD02 PN40, Ireland
- Centre for Population Neuroscience and Precision Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, King’s College London, LondonSE5 8AF, United Kingdom
- Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim69117, Germany
- Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, University of Mannheim, Mannheim68131, Germany
- NeuroSpin, Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, Université Paris-Saclay, Paris F-91191, France
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT05405
- Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT05405
- Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, NottinghamNG7 2RD, United Kingdom
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Campus Charité Mitte, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin10117, Germany
- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig and Berlin38116, Germany
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, INSERM U1299 “Developmental trajectories & psychiatry” Université Paris-Saclay, Ecole Normale supérieure Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Centre Borelli, Paris75006, France
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, AP-HP.Sorbonne Université, Paris75006, France
- Etablissement Public de Santé Barthélemy Durand, Paris91700, France
- Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Medical Center Schleswig Holstein, Kiel University, Kiel24118, Germany
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Göttingen37075, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry and Neuroimaging Center, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden01087, Germany
- School of Psychology and Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin, DublinD02 PN40, Ireland
- Centre for Population Neuroscience and Precision Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Institute for Science and Technology of Brain-inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai200437, Peoples Republic of China
- Centre for Population Neuroscience and Precision Medicine, Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin10117, Germany
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Montreal, Montreal, QCH3T 1J4, Canada
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St-Onge F, Javanray M, Pichet Binette A, Strikwerda-Brown C, Remz J, Spreng RN, Shafiei G, Misic B, Vachon-Presseau É, Villeneuve S. Functional connectome fingerprinting across the lifespan. Netw Neurosci 2023; 7:1206-1227. [PMID: 37781144 PMCID: PMC10473304 DOI: 10.1162/netn_a_00320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023] Open
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Systematic changes have been observed in the functional architecture of the human brain with advancing age. However, functional connectivity (FC) is also a powerful feature to detect unique "connectome fingerprints," allowing identification of individuals among their peers. Although fingerprinting has been robustly observed in samples of young adults, the reliability of this approach has not been demonstrated across the lifespan. We applied the fingerprinting framework to the Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience cohort (n = 483 aged 18 to 89 years). We found that individuals are "fingerprintable" (i.e., identifiable) across independent functional MRI scans throughout the lifespan. We observed a U-shape distribution in the strength of "self-identifiability" (within-individual correlation across modalities), and "others-identifiability" (between-individual correlation across modalities), with a decrease from early adulthood into middle age, before improving in older age. FC edges contributing to self-identifiability were not restricted to specific brain networks and were different between individuals across the lifespan sample. Self-identifiability was additionally associated with regional brain volume. These findings indicate that individual participant-level identification is preserved across the lifespan despite the fact that its components are changing nonlinearly.
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- Frédéric St-Onge
- Integrated Program in Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Research Center of the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Canada
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- Integrated Program in Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Research Center of the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Canada
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- Clinical Memory Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Research Center of the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Canada
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- Research Center of the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Anesthesia, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain (AECRP), McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Integrated Program in Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Research Center of the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Canada
- McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Grady CL, Rieck JR, Baracchini G, DeSouza B. Relation of resting brain signal variability to cognitive and socioemotional measures in an adult lifespan sample. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 2023; 18:nsad044. [PMID: 37698268 PMCID: PMC10508322 DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsad044] [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: 08/25/2022] [Revised: 07/09/2023] [Accepted: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 09/13/2023] Open
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Temporal variability of the fMRI-derived blood-oxygen-level-dependent (BOLD) signal during cognitive tasks shows important associations with individual differences in age and performance. Less is known about relations between spontaneous BOLD variability measured at rest and relatively stable cognitive measures, such as IQ or socioemotional function. Here, we examined associations among resting BOLD variability, cognitive/socioemotional scores from the NIH Toolbox and optimal time of day for alertness (chronotype) in a sample of 157 adults from 20 to 86 years of age. To investigate individual differences in these associations independently of age, we regressed age out from both behavioral and BOLD variability scores. We hypothesized that greater BOLD variability would be related to higher fluid cognition scores, more positive scores on socioemotional scales and a morningness chronotype. Consistent with this idea, we found positive correlations between resting BOLD variability, positive socioemotional scores (e.g. self-efficacy) and morning chronotype, as well as negative correlations between variability and negative emotional scores (e.g. loneliness). Unexpectedly, we found negative correlations between BOLD variability and fluid cognition. These results suggest that greater resting brain signal variability facilitates optimal socioemotional function and characterizes those with morning-type circadian rhythms, but individuals with greater fluid cognition may be more likely to show less temporal variability in spontaneous measures of BOLD activity.
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- Cheryl L Grady
- Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest, Toronto, Ontario M6A 2E1, Canada
- Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G3, Canada
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- Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest, Toronto, Ontario M6A 2E1, Canada
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montréal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec H3A 0G4, Canada
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- Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest, Toronto, Ontario M6A 2E1, Canada
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Wang Z, Yang J, Zheng Z, Cao W, Dong L, Li H, Wen X, Luo C, Cai Q, Jian W, Yao D. Trait- and State-Dependent Changes in Cortical-Subcortical Functional Networks Across the Adult Lifespan. J Magn Reson Imaging 2023; 58:720-731. [PMID: 36637029 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.28599] [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: 10/07/2022] [Revised: 12/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND How the functional interactions of the basal ganglia/thalamus with the cerebral cortex and the cerebellum change over the adult lifespan in movie-watching and resting-state is less clear. PURPOSE To investigate the functional changes in the organization of the human cortical-subcortical functional networks over the adult lifespan using movie-watching and resting-state fMRI data. STUDY TYPE Cohort. SUBJECTS Healthy 467 adults (cross-sectional individuals aged 18-88 years) from the Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (www.cam-can.com). FIELD STRENGTH/SEQUENCE: fMRI using a gradient-echo echo-planar imaging (EPI) sequence at 3 T. ASSESSMENT Functional connectivities (FCs) of the subcortical subregions (i.e. the basal ganglia and thalamus) with both the cerebral cortex and cerebellum were examined in fMRI data acquired during resting state and movie-watching. And, fluid intelligence scores were also assessed. STATISTICAL TESTS Student's t-tests, false discovery rate (FDR) corrected. RESULTS As age increased, FCs that mainly within the basal ganglia and thalamus, and between the basal ganglia/thalamus and cortical networks (including the dorsal attention, ventral attention, and limbic networks) were both increased/decreased during movie-watching and resting states. However, FCs showed a state-dependent component with advancing age. During the movie-watching state, the FCs between the basal ganglia/thalamus and cerebellum/frontoparietal control networks were mainly increased with age, and the FCs in the somatomotor network were decreased with age. During the resting state, the FCs between the basal ganglia/thalamus and default mode/visual networks were mainly increased with age, and the FCs in the cerebellum were mainly decreased with age. Moreover, inverse relationships between FCs and fluid intelligence were mainly found in these network regions. DATA CONCLUSION Our study may suggest that changes in cortical-subcortical functional networks across the adult lifespan were both state-dependent and stable traits, and that aging fMRI studies should consider the effects of both physiological characteristics and individual situations. EVIDENCE LEVEL 2. TECHNICAL EFFICACY Stage 3.
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- Ziqi Wang
- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
- Research Unit of NeuroInformation, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China
- School of Electrical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- Sichuan Institute for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
- Research Unit of NeuroInformation, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
- Research Unit of NeuroInformation, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China
- School of Electrical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- Sichuan Institute for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Chengdu, China
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Li X, Friedrich P, Patil KR, Eickhoff SB, Weis S. A topography-based predictive framework for naturalistic viewing fMRI. Neuroimage 2023:120245. [PMID: 37353099 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Revised: 05/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/25/2023] Open
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during naturalistic viewing (NV) provides exciting opportunities for studying brain functions in more ecologically valid settings. Understanding individual differences in brain functions during NV and their behavioural relevance has recently become an important goal. However, methods specifically designed for this purpose remain limited. Here, we propose a topography-based predictive framework (TOPF) to fill this methodological gap. TOPF identifies individual-specific evoked activity topographies in a data-driven manner and examines their behavioural relevance using a machine learning-based predictive framework. We validate TOPF on both NV and task-based fMRI data from multiple conditions. Our results show that TOPF effectively and stably captures individual differences in evoked brain activity and successfully predicts phenotypes across cognition, emotion and personality on unseen subjects from their activity topographies. Moreover, TOPF compares favourably with functional connectivity-based approaches in prediction performance, with the identified predictive brain regions being neurobiologically interpretable. Crucially, we highlight the importance of examining individual evoked brain activity topographies in advancing our understanding of the brain-behaviour relationship. We believe that the TOPF approach provides a simple but powerful tool for understanding brain-behaviour relationships on an individual level with a strong potential for clinical applications.
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- Xuan Li
- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-7: Brain and Behaviour), Research Centre Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany;; Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-7: Brain and Behaviour), Research Centre Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany;; Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-7: Brain and Behaviour), Research Centre Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany;; Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-7: Brain and Behaviour), Research Centre Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany;; Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-7: Brain and Behaviour), Research Centre Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany;; Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Zwir I, Arnedo J, Mesa A, Del Val C, de Erausquin GA, Cloninger CR. Temperament & Character account for brain functional connectivity at rest: A diathesis-stress model of functional dysregulation in psychosis. Mol Psychiatry 2023; 28:2238-2253. [PMID: 37015979 PMCID: PMC10611583 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-023-02039-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2022] [Revised: 03/11/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 04/06/2023]
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The human brain's resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) provides stable trait-like measures of differences in the perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social functioning of individuals. The rsFC of the prefrontal cortex is hypothesized to mediate a person's rational self-government, as is also measured by personality, so we tested whether its connectivity networks account for vulnerability to psychosis and related personality configurations. Young adults were recruited as outpatients or controls from the same communities around psychiatric clinics. Healthy controls (n = 30) and clinically stable outpatients with bipolar disorder (n = 35) or schizophrenia (n = 27) were diagnosed by structured interviews, and then were assessed with standardized protocols of the Human Connectome Project. Data-driven clustering identified five groups of patients with distinct patterns of rsFC regardless of diagnosis. These groups were distinguished by rsFC networks that regulate specific biopsychosocial aspects of psychosis: sensory hypersensitivity, negative emotional balance, impaired attentional control, avolition, and social mistrust. The rsFc group differences were validated by independent measures of white matter microstructure, personality, and clinical features not used to identify the subjects. We confirmed that each connectivity group was organized by differential collaborative interactions among six prefrontal and eight other automatically-coactivated networks. The temperament and character traits of the members of these groups strongly accounted for the differences in rsFC between groups, indicating that configurations of rsFC are internal representations of personality organization. These representations involve weakly self-regulated emotional drives of fear, irrational desire, and mistrust, which predispose to psychopathology. However, stable outpatients with different diagnoses (bipolar or schizophrenic psychoses) were highly similar in rsFC and personality. This supports a diathesis-stress model in which different complex adaptive systems regulate predisposition (which is similar in stable outpatients despite diagnosis) and stress-induced clinical dysfunction (which differs by diagnosis).
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- Igor Zwir
- Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, St. Louis, MO, USA
- University of Granada, Department of Computer Science, Granada, Spain
- University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine, Institute of Neuroscience, Harlingen, TX, USA
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- Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, St. Louis, MO, USA
- University of Granada, Department of Computer Science, Granada, Spain
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- University of Granada, Department of Computer Science, Granada, Spain
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- University of Granada, Department of Computer Science, Granada, Spain
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- University of Texas, Long School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, San Antonio, TX, USA
- Laboratory of Brain Development, Modulation and Repair, Glenn Biggs Institute of Alzheimer's & Neurodegenerative Disorders, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, St. Louis, MO, USA.
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Yan Y, Li M, Jia H, Fu L, Qiu J, Yang W. Amygdala-based functional connectivity mediates the relationship between thought control ability and trait anxiety. Brain Cogn 2023; 168:105976. [PMID: 37086555 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2023.105976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Revised: 04/02/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 04/24/2023]
Abstract
Thought control ability (TCA) refers to the ability to exclude unwanted thoughts. There has been consistent evidence on the protective effect of TCA on anxiety, that higher TCA is associated with lower anxiety. However, the underlying neural mechanism remains unclear. In this study, with a large sample (N = 495), we investigated how seed-based resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) mediates the relationship between TCA and anxiety. Our behaviour results replicated previous findings that TCA is negatively associated with trait anxiety after controlling for gender, age, and depression. More importantly, the RSFC results revealed that TCA is negatively associated with the left amygdala - left frontal pole (LA-LFP), left amygdala - left inferior temporal gyrus (LA-LITG), and left hippocampus - left inferior frontal gyrus (LH-LIFG) connectivity. In addition, a mediation analysis demonstrated that the LA-LFP and LA-LITG connectivity in particular mediated the influence of TCA on trait anxiety. Overall, our study extends previous research by revealing the neural bases underlying the protective effect of TCA on anxiety and pinpointing specific mediating RSFC pathways. Future studies could explore whether targeted TCA training (behavioural or neural) can help alleviate anxiety.
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- Yuchi Yan
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China; Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China; Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China; Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China; Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China; Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing 400715, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China; Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing 400715, China.
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Hill PF, de Chastelaine M, Rugg MD. Patterns of retrieval-related cortico-striatal connectivity are stable across the adult lifespan. Cereb Cortex 2023; 33:4542-4552. [PMID: 36124666 PMCID: PMC10110447 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhac360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2022] [Revised: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Memory retrieval effects in the striatum are well documented and robust across experimental paradigms. However, the functional significance of these effects, and whether they are moderated by age, remains unclear. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging paired with an associative recognition task to examine retrieval effects in the striatum in a sample of healthy young, middle-aged, and older adults. We identified anatomically segregated patterns of enhanced striatal blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) activity during recollection- and familiarity-based memory judgments. Successful recollection was associated with enhanced BOLD activity in bilateral putamen and nucleus accumbens, and neither of these effects were reliably moderated by age. Familiarity effects were evident in the head of the caudate nucleus bilaterally, and these effects were attenuated in middle-aged and older adults. Using psychophysiological interaction analyses, we observed a monitoring-related increase in functional connectivity between the caudate and regions of the frontoparietal control network, and between the putamen and bilateral retrosplenial cortex and intraparietal sulcus. In all instances, monitoring-related increases in cortico-striatal connectivity were unmoderated by age. These results suggest that the striatum, and the caudate in particular, couples with the frontoparietal control network to support top-down retrieval-monitoring operations, and that the strength of these inter-regional interactions is preserved in later life.
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- Paul F Hill
- Psychology Department, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, United States
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- Center for Vital Longevity, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75235, United States
- School of Psychology, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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Kröll JP, Friedrich P, Li X, Patil KR, Mochalski L, Waite L, Qian X, Chee MW, Zhou JH, Eickhoff S, Weis S. Naturalistic viewing increases individual identifiability based on connectivity within functional brain networks. Neuroimage 2023; 273:120083. [PMID: 37015270 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 03/07/2023] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 04/06/2023] Open
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Naturalistic viewing (NV) is currently considered a promising paradigm for studying individual differences in functional brain organization. While whole brain functional connectivity (FC) under NV has been relatively well characterized, so far little work has been done on a network level. Here, we extend current knowledge by characterizing the influence of NV on FC in fourteen meta-analytically derived brain networks considering three different movie stimuli in comparison to resting-state (RS). We show that NV increases identifiability of individuals over RS based on functional connectivity in certain, but not all networks. Furthermore, movie stimuli including a narrative appear more distinct from RS. In addition, we assess individual variability in network FC by comparing within- and between-subject similarity during NV and RS. We show that NV can evoke individually distinct NFC patterns by increasing inter-subject variability while retaining within-subject similarity. Crucially, our results highlight that this effect is not observable across all networks, but rather dependent on the network-stimulus combination. Our results confirm that NV can improve the detection of individual differences over RS and underline the importance of selecting the appropriate combination of movie and cognitive network for the research question at hand.
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- Jean-Philippe Kröll
- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Brain & Behaviour (INM-7), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich 52428, Germany; Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 40225, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Brain & Behaviour (INM-7), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich 52428, Germany; Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 40225, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Brain & Behaviour (INM-7), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich 52428, Germany; Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 40225, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Brain & Behaviour (INM-7), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich 52428, Germany; Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 40225, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Brain & Behaviour (INM-7), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich 52428, Germany; Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 40225, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Brain & Behaviour (INM-7), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich 52428, Germany
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- Centre for Sleep and Cognition & Centre for Translational MR Research, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
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- Centre for Sleep and Cognition & Centre for Translational MR Research, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore; Integrative Sciences and Engineering Programme (ISEP), National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Centre for Sleep and Cognition & Centre for Translational MR Research, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore; Integrative Sciences and Engineering Programme (ISEP), National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Brain & Behaviour (INM-7), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich 52428, Germany; Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 40225, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Brain & Behaviour (INM-7), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich 52428, Germany; Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 40225, Germany
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Colenbier N, Sareen E, Del-Aguila Puntas T, Griffa A, Pellegrino G, Mantini D, Marinazzo D, Arcara G, Amico E. Task matters: Individual MEG signatures from naturalistic and neurophysiological brain states. Neuroimage 2023; 271:120021. [PMID: 36918139 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120021] [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: 11/17/2022] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 03/14/2023] Open
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The discovery that human brain connectivity data can be used as a "fingerprint" to identify a given individual from a population, has become a burgeoning research area in the neuroscience field. Recent studies have identified the possibility to extract these brain signatures from the temporal rich dynamics of resting-state magneto encephalography (MEG) recordings. Nevertheless, it is still uncertain to what extent MEG signatures can serve as an indicator of human identifiability during task-related conduct. Here, using MEG data from naturalistic and neurophysiological tasks, we show that identification improves in tasks relative to resting-state, providing compelling evidence for a task dependent axis of MEG signatures. Notably, improvements in identifiability were more prominent in strictly controlled tasks. Lastly, the brain regions contributing most towards individual identification were also modified when engaged in task activities. We hope that this investigation advances our understanding of the driving factors behind brain identification from MEG signals.
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- Medical Image Processing Laboratory, Neuro-X Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratorio de Psicobiologia, Departmento de Psicología Experimental, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
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- Medical Image Processing Laboratory, Neuro-X Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics, University of Geneva, Switzerland; Leenaards Memory Center, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, KU Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Data Analysis, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Medical Image Processing Laboratory, Neuro-X Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
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Porter A, Nielsen A, Dorn M, Dworetsky A, Edmonds D, Gratton C. Masked features of task states found in individual brain networks. Cereb Cortex 2023; 33:2879-2900. [PMID: 35802477 PMCID: PMC10016040 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhac247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Revised: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Completing complex tasks requires that we flexibly integrate information across brain areas. While studies have shown how functional networks are altered during different tasks, this work has generally focused on a cross-subject approach, emphasizing features that are common across people. Here we used extended sampling "precision" fMRI data to test the extent to which task states generalize across people or are individually specific. We trained classifiers to decode state using functional network data in single-person datasets across 5 diverse task states. Classifiers were then tested on either independent data from the same person or new individuals. Individualized classifiers were able to generalize to new participants. However, classification performance was significantly higher within a person, a pattern consistent across model types, people, tasks, feature subsets, and even for decoding very similar task conditions. Notably, these findings also replicated in a new independent dataset. These results suggest that individual-focused approaches can uncover robust features of brain states, including features obscured in cross-subject analyses. Individual-focused approaches have the potential to deepen our understanding of brain interactions during complex cognition.
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- Alexis Porter
- Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, 633 Clark St, Evanston, IL 60208, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Dr, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, 633 Clark St, Evanston, IL 60208, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, 633 Clark St, Evanston, IL 60208, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, 633 Clark St, Evanston, IL 60208, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, 633 Clark St, Evanston, IL 60208, United States
- Department of Neurology, Northwestern University, 633 Clark St, Evanston, IL 60208, United States
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Lee S, Bijsterbosch JD, Almagro FA, Elliott L, McCarthy P, Taschler B, Sala-Llonch R, Beckmann CF, Duff EP, Smith SM, Douaud G. Amplitudes of resting-state functional networks - investigation into their correlates and biophysical properties. Neuroimage 2023; 265:119779. [PMID: 36462729 PMCID: PMC10933815 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119779] [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: 07/21/2022] [Revised: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Resting-state fMRI studies have shown that multiple functional networks, which consist of distributed brain regions that share synchronised spontaneous activity, co-exist in the brain. As these resting-state networks (RSNs) have been thought to reflect the brain's intrinsic functional organization, intersubject variability in the networks' spontaneous fluctuations may be associated with individuals' clinical, physiological, cognitive, and genetic traits. Here, we investigated resting-state fMRI data along with extensive clinical, lifestyle, and genetic data collected from 37,842 UK Biobank participants, with the object of elucidating intersubject variability in the fluctuation amplitudes of RSNs. Functional properties of the RSN amplitudes were first examined by analyzing correlations with the well-established between-network functional connectivity. It was found that a network amplitude is highly correlated with the mean strength of the functional connectivity that the network has with the other networks. Intersubject clustering analysis showed the amplitudes are most strongly correlated with age, cardiovascular factors, body composition, blood cell counts, lung function, and sex, with some differences in the correlation strengths between sensory and cognitive RSNs. Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of RSN amplitudes identified several significant genetic variants reported in previous GWASs for their implications in sleep duration. We provide insight into key factors determining RSN amplitudes and demonstrate that intersubject variability of the amplitudes primarily originates from differences in temporal synchrony between functionally linked brain regions, rather than differences in the magnitude of raw voxelwise BOLD signal changes. This finding additionally revealed intriguing differences between sensory and cognitive RSNs with respect to sex effects on temporal synchrony and provided evidence suggesting that synchronous coactivations of functionally linked brain regions, and magnitudes of BOLD signal changes, may be related to different genetic mechanisms. These results underscore that intersubject variability of the amplitudes in health and disease need to be interpreted largely as a measure of the sum of within-network temporal synchrony and amplitudes of BOLD signals, with a dominant contribution from the former.
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- Soojin Lee
- Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB), Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK; Pacific Parkinson's Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Canada.
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- Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB), Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK; Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University Medical School, Washington University in St Louis, USA
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- Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB), Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK
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- Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University (SFU), Canada
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- Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB), Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK
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- Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB), Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK
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- Department of Biomedicine, Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB), Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK; Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB), Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK; Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, UK Dementia Research Institute, London UK
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- Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB), Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK
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- Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB), Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK
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Xie X, Bertram T, Zorjan S, Horvat M, Sorg C, Mulej Bratec S. Social reappraisal of emotions is linked with the social presence effect in the default mode network. Front Psychiatry 2023; 14:1128916. [PMID: 37032933 PMCID: PMC10076786 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1128916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 04/11/2023] Open
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Introduction Social reappraisal, during which one person deliberately tries to regulate another's emotions, is a powerful cognitive form of social emotion regulation, crucial for both daily life and psychotherapy. The neural underpinnings of social reappraisal include activity in the default mode network (DMN), but it is unclear how social processes influence the DMN and thereby social reappraisal functioning. We tested whether the mere presence of a supportive social regulator had an effect on the DMN during rest, and whether this effect in the DMN was linked with social reappraisal-related neural activations and effectiveness during negative emotions. Methods A two-part fMRI experiment was performed, with a psychotherapist as the social regulator, involving two resting state (social, non-social) and two task-related (social reappraisal, social no-reappraisal) conditions. Results The psychotherapist's presence enhanced intrinsic functional connectivity of the dorsal anterior cingulate (dACC) within the anterior medial DMN, with the effect positively related to participants' trust in psychotherapists. Secondly, the social presence-induced change in the dACC was related with (a) the social reappraisal-related activation in the bilateral dorsomedial/dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and the right temporoparietal junction and (b) social reappraisal success, with the latter relationship moderated by trust in psychotherapists. Conclusion Results demonstrate that a psychotherapist's supportive presence can change anterior medial DMN's intrinsic connectivity even in the absence of stimuli and that this DMN change during rest is linked with social reappraisal functioning during negative emotions. Data suggest that trust-dependent social presence effects on DMN states are relevant for social reappraisal-an idea important for daily-life and psychotherapy-related emotion regulation.
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- Xiyao Xie
- Department of Neuroradiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
- *Correspondence: Satja Mulej Bratec,
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Weichenberger M, Bug MU, Brühl R, Ittermann B, Koch C, Kühn S. Air-conducted ultrasound below the hearing threshold elicits functional changes in the cognitive control network. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0277727. [PMID: 36512612 PMCID: PMC9747049 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Air-conducted ultrasound (> 17.8 kHz; US) is produced by an increasing number of technical devices in our daily environment. While several studies indicate that exposure to US in public spaces can lead to subjective symptoms such as 'annoyance' or 'difficulties in concentration', the effects of US on brain activity are poorly understood. In the present study, individual hearing thresholds (HT) for sounds in the US frequency spectrum were assessed in 21 normal-hearing participants. The effects of US were then investigated by means of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). 15 of these participants underwent three resting-state acquisitions, two with a 21.5 kHz tone presented monaurally at 5 dB above (ATC) and 10 dB below (BTC) the HT and one without auditory stimulation (NTC), as well as three runs of an n-back working memory task involving similar stimulus conditions (n-ATC, n-BTC, n-NTC). Comparing data gathered during n-NTC vs. fixation, we found that task performance was associated with the recruitment of regions within the cognitive control network, including prefrontal and parietal areas as well as the cerebellum. Direct contrasts of the two stimulus conditions (n-ATC & n-BTC) vs. n-NTC showed no significant differences in brain activity, irrespective of whether a whole-brain or a region of interest approach with primary auditory cortex as the seed was used. Likewise, no differences were found when the resting-state runs were compared. However, contrast analysis (n-BTC vs. n-ATC) revealed a strong activation in bilateral inferior frontal gyrus (IFG, triangular part) only when US was presented below the HT (p < 0.001, cluster > 30). In addition, IFG activation was also associated with faster reaction times during n-BTC (p = 0.033) as well as with verbal reports obtained after resting-state, i.e., the more unpleasant sound was perceived during BTC vs. ATC, the higher activation in bilateral IFG was and vice versa (p = 0.003). While this study provides no evidence for activation of primary auditory cortex in response to audible US (even though participants heard the sounds), it indicates that US can lead to changes in the cognitive control network and affect cognitive performance only when presented below the HT. Activation of bilateral IFG could reflect an increase in cognitive demand when focusing on task performance in the presence of slightly unpleasant and/or distracting US that may not be fully controllable by attentional mechanisms.
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- Markus Weichenberger
- Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Lise Meitner Group for Environmental Neuroscience, Berlin, Germany
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- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Berlin, Germany
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- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Berlin, Germany
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- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Berlin, Germany
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- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Lise Meitner Group for Environmental Neuroscience, Berlin, Germany
- University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf, Clinic and Policlinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hamburg, Germany
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Dan R, Weinstock M, Goelman G. Emotional states as distinct configurations of functional brain networks. Cereb Cortex 2022; 33:5727-5739. [PMID: 36453449 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhac455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Revised: 10/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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The conceptualization of emotional states as patterns of interactions between large-scale brain networks has recently gained support. Yet, few studies have directly examined the brain’s network structure during emotional experiences. Here, we investigated the brain’s functional network organization during experiences of sadness, amusement, and neutral states elicited by movies, in addition to a resting-state. We tested the effects of the experienced emotion on individual variability in the brain’s functional connectome. Next, for each state, we defined a community structure of the brain and quantified its segregation and integration. We found that sadness, relative to amusement, was associated with higher modular integration and increased connectivity of cognitive control networks: the salience and fronto-parietal networks. Moreover, in both the functional connectome and the emotional report, the similarity between individuals was dependent on the sex. Our results suggest that the experience of emotion is linked to a reconfiguration of whole-brain distributed, not emotion-specific, functional networks and that the brain’s topological structure carries information about the subjective emotional experience.
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- Rotem Dan
- Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences (ELSC), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem, 9190401 , Israel
- Department of Neurology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center , Jerusalem, 9112001 , Israel
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- Institute of Drug Research, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem, 9112001 , Israel
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- Department of Neurology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center , Jerusalem, 9112001 , Israel
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Lynn A, Wilkey ED, Price GR. Predicting children's math skills from task-based and resting-state functional brain connectivity. Cereb Cortex 2022; 32:4204-4214. [PMID: 34974615 PMCID: PMC9764435 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhab476] [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: 10/12/2021] [Revised: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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A critical goal of cognitive neuroscience is to predict behavior from neural structure and function, thereby providing crucial insights into who might benefit from clinical and/or educational interventions. Across development, the strength of functional connectivity among a distributed set of brain regions is associated with children's math skills. Therefore, in the present study we use connectome-based predictive modeling to investigate whether functional connectivity during numerical processing and at rest "predicts" children's math skills (N = 31, Mage = 9.21 years, 14 Female). Overall, we found that functional connectivity during symbolic number comparison and rest, but not during nonsymbolic number comparison, predicts children's math skills. Each task revealed a largely distinct set of predictive connections distributed across canonical brain networks and major brain lobes. Most of these predictive connections were negatively correlated with children's math skills so that weaker connectivity predicted better math skills. Notably, these predictive connections were largely nonoverlapping across task states, suggesting children's math abilities may depend on state-dependent patterns of network segregation and/or regional specialization. Furthermore, the current predictive modeling approach moves beyond brain-behavior correlations and toward building models of brain connectivity that may eventually aid in predicting future math skills.
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- Andrew Lynn
- Department of Psychology and Human Development, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37212, USA
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- Brain and Mind Institute, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
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- Department of Psychology and Human Development, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37212, USA
- Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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Pruitt PJ, Tang L, Hayes JM, Ofen N, Damoiseaux JS. Lifespan differences in background functional connectivity of core cognitive large-scale brain networks. Neurosci Res 2022:S0168-0102(22)00238-3. [PMID: 36122815 PMCID: PMC10088545 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2022.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Revised: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Large-scale brain networks undergo functional reorganization over the course of the lifespan, with concurrent implications for cognition. Characterizing network connectivity during a task may provide complementary insight into cognitive development and aging, to that provided by resting-state. We assessed network background connectivity, which refers to connectivity that remains after task effects have been regressed out, during a visual memory-encoding task in a lifespan sample. More specifically we assessed the within- and between-network background connectivity of the default mode, salience, and frontoparietal networks. Within-network background connectivity of salience and frontoparietal networks differed between age groups, with late-life adults showing lower connectivity. We did not find an effect of age group in default mode network background connectivity, contrary to previous findings using resting-state. However, default mode between-network background connectivity with salience and frontoparietal networks was greater in mid-life and late-life adults than in younger age groups. Overall, our findings in a lifespan sample are in line with previous observations of age-related network de-differentiation. However, the lack of age effect in default mode network background connectivity suggests that background connectivity indeed represents a complementary measure to resting-state connectivity, providing a differential glance of network connectivity during a particular state.
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- Patrick J Pruitt
- Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, 87 E. Ferry St., Detroit, MI 48202, United States.
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- Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, 87 E. Ferry St., Detroit, MI 48202, United States; Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, 5057 Woodward Ave. 7th Floor Suite 7908, Detroit, MI 48201, United States.
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- Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, 87 E. Ferry St., Detroit, MI 48202, United States; Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, 5057 Woodward Ave. 7th Floor Suite 7908, Detroit, MI 48201, United States.
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- Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, 87 E. Ferry St., Detroit, MI 48202, United States; Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, 5057 Woodward Ave. 7th Floor Suite 7908, Detroit, MI 48201, United States.
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- Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, 87 E. Ferry St., Detroit, MI 48202, United States; Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, 5057 Woodward Ave. 7th Floor Suite 7908, Detroit, MI 48201, United States.
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Michon KJ, Khammash D, Simmonite M, Hamlin AM, Polk TA. Person-specific and precision neuroimaging: Current methods and future directions. Neuroimage 2022; 263:119589. [PMID: 36030062 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2022] [Revised: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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Most neuroimaging studies of brain function analyze data in normalized space to identify regions of common activation across participants. These studies treat interindividual differences in brain organization as noise, but this approach can obscure important information about the brain's functional architecture. Recently, a number of studies have adopted a person-specific approach that aims to characterize these individual differences and explore their reliability and implications for behavior. A subset of these studies has taken a precision imaging approach that collects multiple hours of data from each participant to map brain function on a finer scale. In this review, we provide a broad overview of how person-specific and precision imaging techniques have used resting-state measures to examine individual differences in the brain's organization and their impact on behavior, followed by how task-based activity continues to add detail to these discoveries. We argue that person-specific and precision approaches demonstrate substantial promise in uncovering new details of the brain's functional organization and its relationship to behavior in many areas of cognitive neuroscience. We also discuss some current limitations in this new field and some new directions it may take.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Katsumi Y, Moore M. Affective Enhancement of Episodic Memory Is Associated With Widespread Patterns of Intrinsic Functional Connectivity in the Brain Across the Adult Lifespan. Front Behav Neurosci 2022; 16:910180. [PMID: 35832290 PMCID: PMC9271876 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.910180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Subjectively arousing experiences tend to be better remembered than neutral ones. While numerous task-related neuroimaging studies have revealed the neural mechanisms associated with this phenomenon, it remains unclear how variability in the extent to which individuals show superior memory for subjectively arousing stimuli is associated with the intrinsic functional organization of their brains. Here, we addressed this issue using functional magnetic resonance imaging data collected at rest from a sample drawn from the Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience cohort (N = 269, 18-86 years). Specifically, we performed multi-voxel pattern analysis of intrinsic functional connectivity, an unbiased, data-driven approach to examine whole-brain voxel-wise connectivity patterns. This technique allowed us to reveal the most important features from the high-dimensional, whole-brain connectivity structure without a priori hypotheses about the topography and direction of functional connectivity differences. Behaviorally, both item and associative memory accuracy were enhanced for trials with affectively arousing (positive or negative) stimuli than those with neutral ones. Whole-brain multi-voxel pattern analysis of functional connectivity revealed that the affective enhancement of memory was associated with intrinsic connectivity patterns of spatially distributed brain regions belonging to several functional networks in the cerebral cortex. Post hoc seed-based brain-behavior regression analysis and principal component analysis of the resulting correlation maps showed that these connectivity patterns were in turn primarily characterized by the involvement of heteromodal association and paralimbic (dorsal attention, salience, and default mode) networks of the cerebral cortex as well as select subcortical structures (striatum, thalamus, and cerebellum). Collectively, these findings suggest that the affective enhancement of episodic memory may be characterized as a whole-brain phenomenon, possibly supported by intrinsic functional interactions across several networks and structures in the brain.
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- Yuta Katsumi
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- War Related Illness and Injury Study Center, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, United States
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Biagianti B, Bigoni D, Maggioni E, Brambilla P. Can neuroimaging-based biomarkers predict response to cognitive remediation in patients with psychosis? A state-of-the-art review. J Affect Disord 2022; 305:196-205. [PMID: 35283181 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Revised: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cognitive Remediation (CR) is designed to halt the pathological neural systems that characterize major psychotic disorders (MPD), and its main objective is to improve cognitive functioning. The magnitude of CR-induced cognitive gains greatly varies across patients with MPD, with up to 40% of patients not showing gains in global cognitive performance. This is likely due to the high degree of heterogeneity in neural activation patterns underlying cognitive endophenotypes, and to inter-individual differences in neuroplastic potential, cortical organization and interaction between brain systems in response to learning. Here, we review studies that used neuroimaging to investigate which biomarkers could potentially serve as predictors of treatment response to CR in MPD. METHODS This systematic review followed the PRISMA guidelines. An electronic database search (Embase, Elsevier; Scopus, PsycINFO, APA; PubMed, APA) was conducted in March 2021. peer-reviewed, English-language studies were included if they reported data for adults aged 18+ with MPD, reported findings from randomized controlled trials or single-arm trials of CR; and presented neuroimaging data. RESULTS Sixteen studies were included and eight neuroimaging-based biomarkers were identified. Auditory mismatch negativity (3 studies), auditory steady-state response (1), gray matter morphology (3), white matter microstructure (1), and task-based fMRI (7) can predict response to CR. Efference copy corollary/discharge, resting state, and thalamo-cortical connectivity (1) require further research prior to being implemented. CONCLUSIONS Translational research on neuroimaging-based biomarkers can help elucidate the mechanisms by which CR influences the brain's functional architecture, better characterize psychotic subpopulations, and ultimately deliver CR that is optimized and personalized.
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- Bruno Biagianti
- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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Hlinka J, Děchtěrenko F, Rydlo J, Androvičová R, Vejmelka M, Jajcay L, Tintěra J, Lukavský J, Horáček J. The intra-session reliability of functional connectivity during naturalistic viewing conditions. Psychophysiology 2022; 59:e14075. [PMID: 35460523 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.14075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Functional connectivity analysis is a common approach to the characterization of brain function. While studies of functional connectivity have predominantly focused on resting-state fMRI, naturalistic paradigms, such as movie watching, are increasingly being used. This ecologically valid, yet relatively unconstrained acquisition state has been shown to improve subject compliance and, potentially, enhance individual differences. However, unlike the reliability of resting-state functional connectivity, the reliability of functional connectivity during naturalistic viewing has not yet been fully established. The current study investigates the intra-session reliability of functional connectivity during naturalistic viewing sessions to extend its understanding. Using fMRI data of 24 subjects measured at rest as well as during six naturalistic viewing conditions, we quantified the split-half reliability of each condition, as well as cross-condition reliabilities. We find that intra-session reliability is relatively high for all conditions. While cross-condition reliabilities are higher for pairings of two naturalistic viewing conditions, split-half reliability is highest for the resting state. Potential sources of variability across the conditions, as well as the strengths and limitations of using intra-session reliability as a measure in naturalistic viewing, are discussed.
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- Jaroslav Hlinka
- Institute of Computer Science, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.,National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Computer Science, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.,Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic.,Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Computer Science, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Computer Science, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.,National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic.,Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic.,Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic.,Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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Zamani Esfahlani F, Faskowitz J, Slack J, Mišić B, Betzel RF. Local structure-function relationships in human brain networks across the lifespan. Nat Commun 2022; 13:2053. [PMID: 35440659 PMCID: PMC9018911 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29770-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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A growing number of studies have used stylized network models of communication to predict brain function from structure. Most have focused on a small set of models applied globally. Here, we compare a large number of models at both global and regional levels. We find that globally most predictors perform poorly. At the regional level, performance improves but heterogeneously, both in terms of variance explained and the optimal model. Next, we expose synergies among predictors by using pairs to jointly predict FC. Finally, we assess age-related differences in global and regional coupling across the human lifespan. We find global decreases in the magnitude of structure-function coupling with age. We find that these decreases are driven by reduced coupling in sensorimotor regions, while higher-order cognitive systems preserve local coupling with age. Our results describe patterns of structure-function coupling across the cortex and how this may change with age.
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- Farnaz Zamani Esfahlani
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA
- Program in Neuroscience, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA
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- McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montréal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA.
- Program in Neuroscience, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA.
- Cognitive Science Program, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA.
- Network Science Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA.
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Tibon R, Geerligs L, Campbell K. Bridging the big (data) gap: levels of control in small- and large-scale cognitive neuroscience research. Trends Neurosci 2022; 45:507-516. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2022.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2021] [Revised: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The overlapping modular organization of human brain functional networks across the adult lifespan. Neuroimage 2022; 253:119125. [PMID: 35331872 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2021] [Revised: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Previous studies have demonstrated that the brain functional modular organization, which is a fundamental feature of the human brain, would change along the adult lifespan. However, these studies assumed that each brain region belonged to a single functional module, although there has been convergent evidence supporting the existence of overlap among functional modules in the human brain. To reveal how age affects the overlapping functional modular organization, this study applied an overlapping module detection algorithm that requires no prior knowledge to the resting-state fMRI data of a healthy cohort (N = 570) aged from 18 to 88 years old. A series of measures were derived to delineate the characteristics of the overlapping modular structure and the set of overlapping nodes (brain regions participating in two or more modules) identified from each participant. Age-related regression analyses on these measures found linearly decreasing trends in the overlapping modularity and the modular similarity. The number of overlapping nodes was found increasing with age, but the increment was not even over the brain. In addition, across the adult lifespan and within each age group, the nodal overlapping probability consistently had positive correlations with both functional gradient and flexibility. Further, by correlation and mediation analyses, we showed that the influence of age on memory-related cognitive performance might be explained by the change in the overlapping functional modular organization. Together, our results revealed age-related decreased segregation from the brain functional overlapping modular organization perspective, which could provide new insight into the adult lifespan changes in brain function and the influence of such changes on cognitive performance.
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Murray T, O’Brien J, Sagiv N, Kumari V. Changes in functional connectivity associated with facial expression processing over the working adult lifespan. Cortex 2022; 151:211-223. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2022.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2021] [Revised: 01/06/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Moore D, Jung M, Hillman CH, Kang M, Loprinzi PD. Interrelationships between exercise, functional connectivity, and cognition among healthy adults: A systematic review. Psychophysiology 2022; 59:e14014. [PMID: 35122693 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.14014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The main purpose of this systematic review was to examine past literature focusing on the potential relationship between exercise (or physical activity or cardiorespiratory fitness [CRF]) and functional brain connectivity in healthy adults. Among the studies meeting this purpose, we also evaluated studies investigating whether, and how, functional connectivity may influence the exercise-cognition relationship. A systematic review was employed through several electronic databases (PsychInfo, PubMed, and Google Scholar) in accordance with PRISMA guidelines. The literature search identified 656 records, and a total of 12 studies met the inclusion criteria. Among these 12 studies, there were 4, 7, and 1 study, respectively, examining the relationship between exercise and frontal lobe connectivity, temporal lobe connectivity, and whole-brain connectivity. Also, 7 studies examined the relationship between functional connectivity and cognitive performance across multiple brain regions as a function of exercise. Existing literature suggests that CRF, habitual physical activity, and varying intensities of acute exercise can strengthen functional connections among a wide variety of regions and subcortical structures of the human brain. These exercise-induced functional connectivity changes within and between specific brain structures/networks supporting cognitive processing may improve various domains of cognitive function. Given these complex associations, a thorough understanding of how functional connectivity plays a mediating role in the exercise-cognition interaction is needed in future studies.
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- Damien Moore
- Exercise and Memory Laboratory, Department of Health, Exercise Science and Recreation Management, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi, USA
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- Exercise and Memory Laboratory, Department of Health, Exercise Science and Recreation Management, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi, USA.,Health and Sport Analytics Laboratory, Department of Health, Exercise Science and Recreation Management, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi, USA
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- Center for Cognitive & Brain Health, Department of Psychology, Department of Physical Therapy, Movement & Rehabilitation Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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- Health and Sport Analytics Laboratory, Department of Health, Exercise Science and Recreation Management, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi, USA
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- Exercise and Memory Laboratory, Department of Health, Exercise Science and Recreation Management, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi, USA
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Faskowitz J, Betzel RF, Sporns O. Edges in brain networks: Contributions to models of structure and function. Netw Neurosci 2022; 6:1-28. [PMID: 35350585 PMCID: PMC8942607 DOI: 10.1162/netn_a_00204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Network models describe the brain as sets of nodes and edges that represent its distributed organization. So far, most discoveries in network neuroscience have prioritized insights that highlight distinct groupings and specialized functional contributions of network nodes. Importantly, these functional contributions are determined and expressed by the web of their interrelationships, formed by network edges. Here, we underscore the important contributions made by brain network edges for understanding distributed brain organization. Different types of edges represent different types of relationships, including connectivity and similarity among nodes. Adopting a specific definition of edges can fundamentally alter how we analyze and interpret a brain network. Furthermore, edges can associate into collectives and higher order arrangements, describe time series, and form edge communities that provide insights into brain network topology complementary to the traditional node-centric perspective. Focusing on the edges, and the higher order or dynamic information they can provide, discloses previously underappreciated aspects of structural and functional network organization.
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- Joshua Faskowitz
- Program in Neuroscience, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Program in Neuroscience, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
- Indiana University Network Science Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
- Cognitive Science Program, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Program in Neuroscience, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
- Indiana University Network Science Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
- Cognitive Science Program, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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Cao H. Towards the understanding of state-independent neural traits underlying psychiatric disorders. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2021; 133:104515. [PMID: 34968524 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.104515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Hampered by the symptom complexity and diversity, the understanding of fundamental mechanisms underlying psychiatric disorders remains elusive. Traditional neuroscience research focusing on each behavioral domain separately may lack an overarching view of the pathogenesis of an entire disorder, offering limited power to identify core neuropathology that could possibly account for the disorder's various symptoms. The search for neural traits that are robustly present across different brain functional states and disease stages may provide insights into the rudimentary changes beneath manifest clinical phenotypes and thus help penetrate the causal mechanisms underlying a complex disorder. In this review, I briefly summarize previous research on this topic, emphasize how neural traits may help boost the understanding of biological mechanisms underlying psychiatric disorders, and exemplify how the observed traits may aid individualized predictions for diagnosis and prognosis in precision psychiatry, in particular related to schizophrenia. I also discuss a proposed research framework that can be leveraged for future studies on neural traits, as well as considerations for future applications of this nascent research strategy.
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- Hengyi Cao
- Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, United States; Division of Psychiatry Research, Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, NY, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY, United States.
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Martin CG, He BJ, Chang C. State-related neural influences on fMRI connectivity estimation. Neuroimage 2021; 244:118590. [PMID: 34560268 PMCID: PMC8815005 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Revised: 09/11/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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The spatiotemporal structure of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) signals has provided a valuable window into the network underpinnings of human brain function and dysfunction. Although some cross-regional temporal correlation patterns (functional connectivity; FC) exhibit a high degree of stability across individuals and species, there is growing acknowledgment that measures of FC can exhibit marked changes over a range of temporal scales. Further, FC can covary with experimental task demands and ongoing neural processes linked to arousal, consciousness and perception, cognitive and affective state, and brain-body interactions. The increased recognition that such interrelated neural processes modulate FC measurements has raised both challenges and new opportunities in using FC to investigate brain function. Here, we review recent advances in the quantification of neural effects that shape fMRI FC and discuss the broad implications of these findings in the design and analysis of fMRI studies. We also discuss how a more complete understanding of the neural factors that shape FC measurements can resolve apparent inconsistencies in the literature and lead to more interpretable conclusions from fMRI studies.
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- Caroline G Martin
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Neuroscience Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Departments of Neurology, Neuroscience & Physiology, and Radiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
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Similarity and stability of face network across populations and throughout adolescence and adulthood. Neuroimage 2021; 244:118587. [PMID: 34560271 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Revised: 09/15/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The ability to extract cues from faces is fundamental for social animals, including humans. An individual's profile of functional connectivity across a face network can be shaped by common organizing principles, stable individual traits, and time-varying mental states. In the present study, we used data obtained with functional magnetic resonance imaging in two cohorts, IMAGEN (N = 534) and ALSPAC (N = 465), to investigate - both at group and individual levels - the consistency of the regional profile of functional connectivity across populations (IMAGEN, ALSPAC) and time (Visits 1 to 3 in IMAGEN; age 14 to 22 years). At the group level, we found a robust canonical profile of connectivity both across populations and time. At the individual level, connectivity profiles deviated from the canonical profile, and the magnitude of this deviation related to the presence of psychopathology. These findings suggest that the brain processes faces in a highly stereotypical manner, and that the deviations from this normative pattern may be related to the risk of mental illness.
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Fisher H, Sclocco R, Maeda Y, Kim J, Malatesta C, Gerber J, Audette J, Kettner N, Napadow V. S1 Brain Connectivity in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Underlies Median Nerve and Functional Improvement Following Electro-Acupuncture. Front Neurol 2021; 12:754670. [PMID: 34777225 PMCID: PMC8578723 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.754670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is a median nerve entrapment neuropathy that alters primary somatosensory cortex (S1) organization. While electro-acupuncture (EA), a form of peripheral neuromodulation, has been shown to improve clinical and neurophysiological CTS outcomes, the role of EA-evoked brain response during therapy (within and beyond S1) for improved outcomes is unknown. We investigated S1-associated whole brain fMRI connectivity during both a resting and sustained EA stimulation state in age-matched healthy controls (N = 28) and CTS patients (N = 64), at baseline and after 8 weeks of acupuncture therapy (local, distal, or sham EA). Compared to healthy controls, CTS patients at baseline showed decreased resting state functional connectivity between S1 and thalamic pulvinar nucleus. Increases in S1/pulvinar connectivity strength following verum EA therapy (combined local and distal) were correlated with improvements in median nerve velocity (r = 0.38, p = 0.035). During sustained local EA, compared to healthy controls, CTS patients demonstrated increased functional connectivity between S1 and anterior hippocampus (aHipp). Following 8 weeks of local EA therapy, S1/aHipp connectivity significantly decreased and greater decrease was associated with improvement in patients' functional status (r = 0.64, p = 0.01) and increased median nerve velocity (r = -0.62, p = 0.013). Thus, connectivity between S1 and other brain areas is also disrupted in CTS patients and may be improved following EA therapy. Furthermore, stimulus-evoked fMRI connectivity adds therapy-specific, mechanistic insight to more common resting state connectivity approaches. Specifically, local EA modulates S1 connectivity to sensory and affective processing regions, linked to patient function and median nerve health.
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- Harrison Fisher
- Department of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Radiology, Logan University, Chesterfield, MO, United States
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Radiology, Logan University, Chesterfield, MO, United States
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- Division of Clinical Medicine, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Pain Medicine, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Atrium Health, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Logan University, Chesterfield, MO, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Radiology, Logan University, Chesterfield, MO, United States
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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Büchel D, Lehmann T, Sandbakk Ø, Baumeister J. EEG-derived brain graphs are reliable measures for exploring exercise-induced changes in brain networks. Sci Rep 2021; 11:20803. [PMID: 34675312 PMCID: PMC8531386 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-00371-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
The interaction of acute exercise and the central nervous system evokes increasing interest in interdisciplinary research fields of neuroscience. Novel approaches allow to monitor large-scale brain networks from mobile electroencephalography (EEG) applying graph theory, but it is yet uncertain whether brain graphs extracted after exercise are reliable. We therefore aimed to investigate brain graph reliability extracted from resting state EEG data before and after submaximal exercise twice within one week in male participants. To obtain graph measures, we extracted global small-world-index (SWI), clustering coefficient (CC) and characteristic path length (PL) based on weighted phase leg index (wPLI) and spectral coherence (Coh) calculation. For reliability analysis, Intraclass-Correlation-Coefficient (ICC) and Coefficient of Variation (CoV) were computed for graph measures before (REST) and after POST) exercise. Overall results revealed poor to excellent measures at PRE and good to excellent ICCs at POST in the theta, alpha-1 and alpha-2, beta-1 and beta-2 frequency band. Based on bootstrap-analysis, a positive effect of exercise on reliability of wPLI based measures was observed, while exercise induced a negative effect on reliability of Coh-based graph measures. Findings indicate that brain graphs are a reliable tool to analyze brain networks in exercise contexts, which might be related to the neuroregulating effect of exercise inducing functional connections within the connectome. Relative and absolute reliability demonstrated good to excellent reliability after exercise. Chosen graph measures may not only allow analysis of acute, but also longitudinal studies in exercise-scientific contexts.
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Affiliation(s)
- Daniel Büchel
- Department Sport & Health, Exercise Science & Neuroscience Unit, Paderborn University, Warburger Str. 100, 33098, Paderborn, Germany.
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- Department Sport & Health, Exercise Science & Neuroscience Unit, Paderborn University, Warburger Str. 100, 33098, Paderborn, Germany
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- Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Centre for Elite Sports Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
| | - Jochen Baumeister
- Department Sport & Health, Exercise Science & Neuroscience Unit, Paderborn University, Warburger Str. 100, 33098, Paderborn, Germany
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