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Nolan E, Loh KK, Petrides M. Morphological patterns and spatial probability maps of the inferior frontal sulcus in the human brain. Hum Brain Mapp 2024; 45:e26759. [PMID: 38989632 PMCID: PMC11237881 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26759] [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: 03/03/2024] [Revised: 05/07/2024] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 07/12/2024] Open
Abstract
The inferior frontal sulcus (ifs) is a prominent sulcus on the lateral frontal cortex, separating the middle frontal gyrus from the inferior frontal gyrus. The morphology of the ifs can be difficult to distinguish from adjacent sulci, which are often misidentified as continuations of the ifs. The morphological variability of the ifs and its relationship to surrounding sulci were examined in 40 healthy human subjects (i.e., 80 hemispheres). The sulci were identified and labeled on the native cortical surface meshes of individual subjects, permitting proper intra-sulcal assessment. Two main morphological patterns of the ifs were identified across hemispheres: in Type I, the ifs was a single continuous sulcus, and in Type II, the ifs was discontinuous and appeared in two segments. The morphology of the ifs could be further subdivided into nine subtypes based on the presence of anterior and posterior sulcal extensions. The ifs was often observed to connect, either superficially or completely, with surrounding sulci, and seldom appeared as an independent sulcus. The spatial variability of the ifs and its various morphological configurations were quantified in the form of surface spatial probability maps which are made publicly available in the standard fsaverage space. These maps demonstrated that the ifs generally occupied a consistent position across hemispheres and across individuals. The normalized mean sulcal depths associated with the main morphological types were also computed. The present study provides the first detailed description of the ifs as a sulcal complex composed of segments and extensions that can be clearly differentiated from adjacent sulci. These descriptions, together with the spatial probability maps, are critical for the accurate identification of the ifs in anatomical and functional neuroimaging studies investigating the structural characteristics and functional organization of this region in the human brain.
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- Erika Nolan
- Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Willbrand EH, Tsai YH, Gagnant T, Weiner KS. Updating the sulcal landscape of the human lateral parieto-occipital junction provides anatomical, functional, and cognitive insights. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2023.06.08.544284. [PMID: 38798426 PMCID: PMC11118496 DOI: 10.1101/2023.06.08.544284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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Recent work has uncovered relationships between evolutionarily new small and shallow cerebral indentations, or sulci, and human behavior. Yet, this relationship remains unexplored in the lateral parietal cortex (LPC) and the lateral parieto-occipital junction (LPOJ). After defining thousands of sulci in a young adult cohort, we revised the previous LPC/LPOJ sulcal landscape to include four previously overlooked, small, shallow, and variable sulci. One of these sulci (ventral supralateral occipital sulcus, slocs-v) is present in nearly every hemisphere and is morphologically, architecturally, and functionally dissociable from neighboring sulci. A data-driven, model-based approach, relating sulcal depth to behavior further revealed that the morphology of only a subset of LPC/LPOJ sulci, including the slocs-v, is related to performance on a spatial orientation task. Our findings build on classic neuroanatomical theories and identify new neuroanatomical targets for future "precision imaging" studies exploring the relationship among brain structure, brain function, and cognitive abilities in individual participants.
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- Ethan H. Willbrand
- Medical Scientist Training Program, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Medical Science Faculty, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Häkkinen S, Voorhies WI, Willbrand EH, Tsai YH, Gagnant T, Yao JK, Weiner KS, Bunge SA. Lateral frontoparietal functional connectivity based on individual sulcal morphology. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.04.18.590165. [PMID: 38659961 PMCID: PMC11042283 DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.18.590165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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A salient neuroanatomical feature of the human brain is its pronounced cortical folding, and there is mounting evidence that sulcal morphology is relevant to functional brain architecture and cognition. Recent studies have emphasized putative tertiary sulci (pTS): small, shallow, late-developing, and evolutionarily new sulci that have been posited to serve as functional landmarks in association cortices. A fruitful approach to characterizing brain architecture has been to delineate regions based on transitions in fMRI-based functional connectivity profiles; however, exact regional boundaries can change depending on the data used to generate the parcellation. As sulci are fixed neuroanatomical structures, here, we propose to anchor functional connectivity to individual-level sulcal anatomy. We characterized fine-grained patterns of functional connectivity across 42 sulci in lateral prefrontal (LPFC) and lateral parietal cortices (LPC) in a pediatric sample (N = 43; 20 female; ages 7-18). Further, we test for relationships between pTS morphology and functional network architecture, focusing on depth as a defining characteristic of these shallow sulci, and one that has been linked to variability in cognition. We find that 1) individual sulci have distinct patterns of connectivity, but nonetheless cluster together into groups with similar patterns - in some cases with distant rather than neighboring sulci, 2) there is moderate agreement in cluster assignments at the group and individual levels, underscoring the need for individual-level analyses, and 3) across individuals, greater depth was associated with higher network centrality for several pTS. These results highlight the importance of considering individual sulcal morphology for understanding functional brain organization. Significance Statement A salient, and functionally relevant, feature of the human brain is its pronounced cortical folding. However, the links between sulcal anatomy and brain function are still poorly understood - particularly for small, shallow, individually variable sulci in association cortices. Here, we explore functional connectivity among individually defined sulci in lateral prefrontal and parietal regions. We find that individual sulci have distinct patterns of connectivity but nonetheless cluster together into groups with similar connectivity - in some cases spanning lateral prefrontal and parietal sulci. We further show that the network centrality of specific sulci is positively associated with their depth, thereby helping to bridge the gap between individual differences in brain anatomy and functional networks leveraging the sulcal anatomy of the individual.
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- Suvi Häkkinen
- Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720 USA
- Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720 USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720 USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720 USA
- Medical Scientist Training Program, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, 53726 USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720 USA
- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599 USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720 USA
- Medical Science Faculty, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720 USA
- Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720 USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720 USA
- Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720 USA
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Verma R, Jayakumar J, Folkerth R, Manger PR, Bota M, Majumder M, Pandurangan K, Savoia S, Karthik S, Kumarasami R, Joseph J, Rohini G, Vasudevan S, Srinivasan C, Lata S, Kumar EH, Rangasami R, Kumutha J, Suresh S, Šimić G, Mitra PP, Sivaprakasam M. Histological characterization and development of mesial surface sulci in the human brain at 13-15 gestational weeks through high-resolution histology. J Comp Neurol 2024; 532:e25612. [PMID: 38591638 DOI: 10.1002/cne.25612] [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: 10/06/2023] [Revised: 03/06/2024] [Accepted: 03/24/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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Cellular-level anatomical data from early fetal brain are sparse yet critical to the understanding of neurodevelopmental disorders. We characterize the organization of the human cerebral cortex between 13 and 15 gestational weeks using high-resolution whole-brain histological data sets complimented with multimodal imaging. We observed the heretofore underrecognized, reproducible presence of infolds on the mesial surface of the cerebral hemispheres. Of note at this stage, when most of the cerebrum is occupied by lateral ventricles and the corpus callosum is incompletely developed, we postulate that these mesial infolds represent the primordial stage of cingulate, callosal, and calcarine sulci, features of mesial cortical development. Our observations are based on the multimodal approach and further include histological three-dimensional reconstruction that highlights the importance of the plane of sectioning. We describe the laminar organization of the developing cortical mantle, including these infolds from the marginal to ventricular zone, with Nissl, hematoxylin and eosin, and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) immunohistochemistry. Despite the absence of major sulci on the dorsal surface, the boundaries among the orbital, frontal, parietal, and occipital cortex were very well demarcated, primarily by the cytoarchitecture differences in the organization of the subplate (SP) and intermediate zone (IZ) in these locations. The parietal region has the thickest cortical plate (CP), SP, and IZ, whereas the orbital region shows the thinnest CP and reveals an extra cell-sparse layer above the bilaminar SP. The subcortical structures show intensely GFAP-immunolabeled soma, absent in the cerebral mantle. Our findings establish a normative neurodevelopment baseline at the early stage.
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- Richa Verma
- Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Center for Computational Brain Research, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- School of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Saveetha Medical College, Thandalam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Pathology, Saveetha Medical College, Thandalam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Pathology, Saveetha Medical College, Thandalam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Mediscan Systems, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Radiology, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Neonatology, Saveetha Medical College, Thandalam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Mediscan Systems, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Neuroscience, Croatian Institute for Brain Research, University of Zagreb Medical School, Zagreb, Hrvatska, Croatia
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- Center for Computational Brain Research, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, New York, USA
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- Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Ramos Benitez J, Kannan S, Hastings WL, Parker BJ, Willbrand EH, Weiner KS. Ventral temporal and posteromedial sulcal morphology in autism spectrum disorder. Neuropsychologia 2024; 195:108786. [PMID: 38181845 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2024.108786] [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: 06/05/2023] [Revised: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 01/07/2024]
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Two parallel research tracks link the morphology of small and shallow indentations, or sulci, of the cerebral cortex with functional features of the cortex and human cognition, respectively. The first track identified a relationship between the mid-fusiform sulcus (MFS) in ventral temporal cortex (VTC) and cognition in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The second track identified a new sulcus, the inframarginal sulcus (IFRMS), that serves as a tripartite landmark within the posteromedial cortex (PMC). As VTC and PMC are structurally and functionally different in ASD, here, we integrated these two tracks and tested if there are morphological differences in VTC and PMC sulci in a sample of young (5-17 years old) male participants (50 participants with ASD and 50 neurotypical controls). Our approach replicates and extends recent findings in four ways. First, regarding replication, the standard deviation (STD) of MFS cortical thickness (CT) was increased in ASD. Second, MFS length was shorter in ASD. Third, the CT STD effect extended to other VTC and to PMC sulci. Fourth, additional morphological features of VTC sulci (depth, surface area, gray matter volume) and PMC sulci (mean CT) were decreased in ASD, including putative tertiary sulci, which emerge last in gestation and continue to develop after birth. To our knowledge, this study is the most extensive comparison of the sulcal landscape (including putative tertiary sulci) in multiple cortical expanses between individuals with ASD and NTs based on manually defined sulci at the level of individual hemispheres, providing novel targets for future studies of neurodevelopmental disorders more broadly.
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- Javier Ramos Benitez
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Medical Scientist Training Program, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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Zhao X, Wang Y, Wu X, Liu S. An MRI Study of Morphology, Asymmetry, and Sex Differences of Inferior Precentral Sulcus. Brain Topogr 2024:10.1007/s10548-024-01035-5. [PMID: 38374489 DOI: 10.1007/s10548-024-01035-5] [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: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/21/2024]
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Numerous studies utilizing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have observed sex and interhemispheric disparities in sulcal morphology, which could potentially underpin certain functional disparities in the human brain. Most of the existing research examines the precentral sulcus comprehensively, with a rare focus on its subsections. To explore the morphology, asymmetry, and sex disparities within the inferior precentral sulcus (IPCS), we acquired 3.0T magnetic resonance images from 92 right-handed Chinese adolescents. Brainvisa was used to reconstruct the IPCS structure and calculate its mean depth (MD). Based on the morphological patterns of IPCS, it was categorized into five distinct types. Additionally, we analyzed four different types of spatial relationships between IPCS and inferior frontal sulcus (IFS). There was a statistically significant sex disparity in the MD of IPCS, primarily observed in the right hemisphere. Females exhibited significantly greater asymmetry in the MD of IPCS compared to males. No statistically significant sex or hemispheric variations were identified in sulcal patterns. Our findings expand the comprehension of inconsistencies in sulcal structure, while also delivering an anatomical foundation for the study of related regions' function.
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- Xinran Zhao
- Department of Clinical Medicine, The Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250033, Shandong, China
- Institute for Sectional Anatomy and Digital Human, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mental Disorder, Shandong Key Laboratory of Digital Human and Clinical Anatomy, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China
- Institute of Brain and Brain-Inspired Science, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China
- Department of Neurology, Tongji Medical College, Union Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Institute for Sectional Anatomy and Digital Human, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mental Disorder, Shandong Key Laboratory of Digital Human and Clinical Anatomy, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China
- Institute of Brain and Brain-Inspired Science, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, The Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250033, Shandong, China
- Institute for Sectional Anatomy and Digital Human, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mental Disorder, Shandong Key Laboratory of Digital Human and Clinical Anatomy, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China
- Institute of Brain and Brain-Inspired Science, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China
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- Institute for Sectional Anatomy and Digital Human, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mental Disorder, Shandong Key Laboratory of Digital Human and Clinical Anatomy, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China.
- Institute of Brain and Brain-Inspired Science, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China.
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Snyder WE, Vértes PE, Kyriakopoulou V, Wagstyl K, Williams LZJ, Moraczewski D, Thomas AG, Karolis VR, Seidlitz J, Rivière D, Robinson EC, Mangin JF, Raznahan A, Bullmore ET. A bipolar taxonomy of adult human brain sulcal morphology related to timing of fetal sulcation and trans-sulcal gene expression gradients. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.12.19.572454. [PMID: 38168226 PMCID: PMC10760196 DOI: 10.1101/2023.12.19.572454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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We developed a computational pipeline (now provided as a resource) for measuring morphological similarity between cortical surface sulci to construct a sulcal phenotype network (SPN) from each magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan in an adult cohort (N=34,725; 45-82 years). Networks estimated from pairwise similarities of 40 sulci on 5 morphological metrics comprised two clusters of sulci, represented also by the bipolar distribution of sulci on a linear-to-complex dimension. Linear sulci were more heritable and typically located in unimodal cortex; complex sulci were less heritable and typically located in heteromodal cortex. Aligning these results with an independent fetal brain MRI cohort (N=228; 21-36 gestational weeks), we found that linear sulci formed earlier, and the earliest and latest-forming sulci had the least between-adult variation. Using high-resolution maps of cortical gene expression, we found that linear sulcation is mechanistically underpinned by trans-sulcal gene expression gradients enriched for developmental processes.
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- William E Snyder
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Section on Developmental Neurogenomics, Human Genetics Branch, National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Centre for the Developing Brain, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Science, King's College London, London, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, University College London, London, UK
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- Centre for the Developing Brain, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Science, King's College London, London, UK
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- Data Science and Sharing Team, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Data Science and Sharing Team, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Centre for the Developing Brain, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK
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- Lifespan Brain Institute, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Neurospin, Baobab, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91191, France
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- Centre for the Developing Brain, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Science, King's College London, London, UK
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Neurospin, Baobab, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91191, France
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- Section on Developmental Neurogenomics, Human Genetics Branch, National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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DeKraker J, Palomero-Gallagher N, Kedo O, Ladbon-Bernasconi N, Muenzing SEA, Axer M, Amunts K, Khan AR, Bernhardt BC, Evans AC. Evaluation of surface-based hippocampal registration using ground-truth subfield definitions. eLife 2023; 12:RP88404. [PMID: 37956092 PMCID: PMC10642966 DOI: 10.7554/elife.88404] [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] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
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The hippocampus is an archicortical structure, consisting of subfields with unique circuits. Understanding its microstructure, as proxied by these subfields, can improve our mechanistic understanding of learning and memory and has clinical potential for several neurological disorders. One prominent issue is how to parcellate, register, or retrieve homologous points between two hippocampi with grossly different morphologies. Here, we present a surface-based registration method that solves this issue in a contrast-agnostic, topology-preserving manner. Specifically, the entire hippocampus is first analytically unfolded, and then samples are registered in 2D unfolded space based on thickness, curvature, and gyrification. We demonstrate this method in seven 3D histology samples and show superior alignment with respect to subfields using this method over more conventional registration approaches.
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- Jordan DeKraker
- Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill UniversityMontrealCanada
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine INM-1, Research Centre JülichJülichGermany
- C. & O. Vogt Institute for Brain Research, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-UniversityDüsseldorfGermany
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine INM-1, Research Centre JülichJülichGermany
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine INM-1, Research Centre JülichJülichGermany
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine INM-1, Research Centre JülichJülichGermany
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine INM-1, Research Centre JülichJülichGermany
- C. & O. Vogt Institute for Brain Research, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-UniversityDüsseldorfGermany
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- Robarts Research Institute, University of Western OntarioLondonCanada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill UniversityMontrealCanada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill UniversityMontrealCanada
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Di Carlo DT, Filice ME, Fava A, Quilici F, Fuochi B, Cecchi P, Donatelli G, Restani L, Nardini V, Turillazzi E, Cosottini M, Perrini P. Development of associational fiber tracts in fetal human brain: a cadaveric laboratory investigation. Brain Struct Funct 2023; 228:2007-2015. [PMID: 37658857 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-023-02701-3] [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: 06/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
Abstract
The advent of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in addition to cadaveric brain dissection allowed a comprehensive description of an adult human brain. Nonetheless, the knowledge of the development of the internal architecture of the brain is mostly incomplete. Our study aimed to provide a description of the anatomical variations of the major associational bundles, among fetal and early post-natal periods. Seventeen formalin-fixed fetal human brains were enrolled for sulci analysis, and 13 specimens were dissected under the operating microscope, using Klingler's technique. Although fronto-temporal connections could be observed in all stages of development, a distinction between the uncinate fascicle, and the inferior fronto-occipital fascicle was clear starting from the early preterm period (25-35 post-conceptional week). Similarly, we were consistently able to isolate the periatrial white matter that forms the sagittal stratum (SS), with no clear distinction among SS layers. Arcuate fascicle and superior longitudinal fascicle were isolated only at the late stage of development without a reliable description of their entire course. The results of our study demonstrated that, although white matter is mostly unmyelinated among fetal human brains, cadaveric dissection can be performed with consistent results. Furthermore, the stepwise development of the associational fiber tracts strengthens the hypothesis that anatomy and function run in parallel, and higher is the cognitive functions subserved by an anatomical structure, later the development of the fascicle. Further histological-anatomical-DWI investigations are required to appraise and explore this topic.
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- Davide Tiziano Di Carlo
- Department of Neurosurgery, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana (AOUP), Via Paradisa 2, 56100, Pisa, Italy.
- Department of Translational Research on New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
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- Department of Pathology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana (AOUP), Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Neurosurgery, IRCSS Neuromed, Pozzuoli, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana (AOUP), Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana (AOUP), Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Neuroradiology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Neuroscience Institute, National Research Council, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana (AOUP), Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Neuroradiology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Translational Research on New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Kevin S Weiner
- Department of Psychology, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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Chavoshnejad P, Vallejo L, Zhang S, Guo Y, Dai W, Zhang T, Razavi MJ. Mechanical hierarchy in the formation and modulation of cortical folding patterns. Sci Rep 2023; 13:13177. [PMID: 37580340 PMCID: PMC10425471 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-40086-9] [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: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/16/2023] Open
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The important mechanical parameters and their hierarchy in the growth and folding of the human brain have not been thoroughly understood. In this study, we developed a multiscale mechanical model to investigate how the interplay between initial geometrical undulations, differential tangential growth in the cortical plate, and axonal connectivity form and regulate the folding patterns of the human brain in a hierarchical order. To do so, different growth scenarios with bilayer spherical models that features initial undulations on the cortex and uniform or heterogeneous distribution of axonal fibers in the white matter were developed, statistically analyzed, and validated by the imaging observations. The results showed that the differential tangential growth is the inducer of cortical folding, and in a hierarchal order, high-amplitude initial undulations on the surface and axonal fibers in the substrate regulate the folding patterns and determine the location of gyri and sulci. The locations with dense axonal fibers after folding settle in gyri rather than sulci. The statistical results also indicated that there is a strong correlation between the location of positive (outward) and negative (inward) initial undulations and the locations of gyri and sulci after folding, respectively. In addition, the locations of 3-hinge gyral folds are strongly correlated with the initial positive undulations and locations of dense axonal fibers. As another finding, it was revealed that there is a correlation between the density of axonal fibers and local gyrification index, which has been observed in imaging studies but not yet fundamentally explained. This study is the first step in understanding the linkage between abnormal gyrification (surface morphology) and disruption in connectivity that has been observed in some brain disorders such as Autism Spectrum Disorder. Moreover, the findings of the study directly contribute to the concept of the regularity and variability of folding patterns in individual human brains.
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- Poorya Chavoshnejad
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, 13902, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, 13902, USA
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- Brain Decoding Research Center and School of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Computer Science, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, USA
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- Brain Decoding Research Center and School of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, 13902, USA.
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Zhang S, Zhang T, He Z, Li X, Zhang L, Zhu D, Jiang X, Liu T, Han J, Guo L. Gyral peaks and patterns in human brains. Cereb Cortex 2023; 33:6708-6722. [PMID: 36646465 PMCID: PMC10422926 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhac537] [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: 10/08/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Cortical folding patterns are related to brain function, cognition, and behavior. Since the relationship has not been fully explained on a coarse scale, many efforts have been devoted to the identification of finer grained cortical landmarks, such as sulcal pits and gyral peaks, which were found to remain invariant across subjects and ages and the invariance may be related to gene mediated proto-map. However, gyral peaks were only investigated on macaque monkey brains, but not on human brains where the investigation is challenged due to high inter-individual variabilities. To this end, in this work, we successfully identified 96 gyral peaks both on the left and right hemispheres of human brains, respectively. These peaks are spatially consistent across individuals. Higher or sharper peaks are more consistent across subjects. Both structural and functional graph metrics of peaks are significantly different from other cortical regions, and more importantly, these nodal graph metrics are anti-correlated with the spatial consistency metrics within peaks. In addition, the distribution of peaks and various cortical anatomical, structural/functional connective features show hemispheric symmetry. These findings provide new clues to understanding the cortical landmarks, as well as their relationship with brain functions, cognition, behavior in both healthy and aberrant brains.
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- Songyao Zhang
- School of Automation, School of Information Technology, and School of Life Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710000, China
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- School of Automation, School of Information Technology, and School of Life Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710000, China
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- School of Automation, School of Information Technology, and School of Life Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710000, China
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- School of Automation, School of Information Technology, and School of Life Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States
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- School of Automation, School of Information Technology, and School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Cortical Architecture Imaging and Discovery Lab, Department of Computer Science and Bioimaging Research Center, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30605, United States
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- School of Automation, School of Information Technology, and School of Life Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710000, China
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- School of Automation, School of Information Technology, and School of Life Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710000, China
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Amiez C, Sallet J, Giacometti C, Verstraete C, Gandaux C, Morel-Latour V, Meguerditchian A, Hadj-Bouziane F, Ben Hamed S, Hopkins WD, Procyk E, Wilson CRE, Petrides M. A revised perspective on the evolution of the lateral frontal cortex in primates. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadf9445. [PMID: 37205762 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adf9445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Detailed neuroscientific data from macaque monkeys have been essential in advancing understanding of human frontal cortex function, particularly for regions of frontal cortex without homologs in other model species. However, precise transfer of this knowledge for direct use in human applications requires an understanding of monkey to hominid homologies, particularly whether and how sulci and cytoarchitectonic regions in the frontal cortex of macaques relate to those in hominids. We combine sulcal pattern analysis with resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging and cytoarchitectonic analysis to show that old-world monkey brains have the same principles of organization as hominid brains, with the notable exception of sulci in the frontopolar cortex. This essential comparative framework provides insights into primate brain evolution and a key tool to drive translation from invasive research in monkeys to human applications.
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- Céline Amiez
- Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Inserm, Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute U1208, 69500 Bron, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Inserm, Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute U1208, 69500 Bron, France
- Wellcome Integrative Neuroimaging Centre, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3SR, UK
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- Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Inserm, Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute U1208, 69500 Bron, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Inserm, Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute U1208, 69500 Bron, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Inserm, Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute U1208, 69500 Bron, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Inserm, Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute U1208, 69500 Bron, France
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- Laboratoire de Psychologie Cognitive, UMR7290, Université Aix-Marseille, CNRS, 13331 Marseille, France
- Station de Primatologie CNRS, UPS846, 13790 Rousset, France
- Brain and Language Research Institute, Université Aix-Marseille, CNRS, 13604 Aix-en-Provence, France
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- Integrative Multisensory Perception Action and Cognition Team (ImpAct), INSERM U1028, CNRS UMR5292, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center (CRNL), Lyon, France; University of Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Institut des Sciences Cognitives Marc Jeannerod, UMR5229, CNRS-Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, Bron, France
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Bastrop, TX, 78602, USA
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- Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Inserm, Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute U1208, 69500 Bron, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Inserm, Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute U1208, 69500 Bron, France
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery and Department of Psychology, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Hathaway CB, Voorhies WI, Sathishkumar N, Mittal C, Yao JK, Miller JA, Parker BJ, Weiner KS. Defining putative tertiary sulci in lateral prefrontal cortex in chimpanzees using human predictions. Brain Struct Funct 2023:10.1007/s00429-023-02638-7. [PMID: 37195311 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-023-02638-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Similarities and differences in brain structure and function across species are of major interest in systems neuroscience, comparative biology, and brain mapping. Recently, increased emphasis has been placed on tertiary sulci, which are shallow indentations of the cerebral cortex that appear last in gestation, continue to develop after birth, and are largely either human or hominoid specific. While tertiary sulcal morphology in lateral prefrontal cortex (LPFC) has been linked to functional representations and cognition in humans, it is presently unknown if small and shallow LPFC sulci also exist in non-human hominoids. To fill this gap in knowledge, we leveraged two freely available multimodal datasets to address the following main question: Can small and shallow LPFC sulci be defined in chimpanzee cortical surfaces from human predictions of LPFC tertiary sulci? We found that 1-3 components of the posterior middle frontal sulcus (pmfs) in the posterior middle frontal gyrus are identifiable in nearly all chimpanzee hemispheres. In stark contrast to the consistency of the pmfs components, we could only identify components of the paraintermediate frontal sulcus (pimfs) in two chimpanzee hemispheres. Putative LPFC tertiary sulci were relatively smaller and shallower in chimpanzees compared to humans. In both species, two of the pmfs components were deeper in the right compared to the left hemisphere. As these results have direct implications for future studies interested in the functional and cognitive role of LPFC tertiary sulci, we share probabilistic predictions of the three pmfs components to guide the definitions of these sulci in future studies.
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Cognitive Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08540, USA
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- Wu Tsai Institute for Neuroscience, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA
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- Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
- Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
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de Vareilles H, Rivière D, Mangin JF, Dubois J. Development of cortical folds in the human brain: An attempt to review biological hypotheses, early neuroimaging investigations and functional correlates. Dev Cogn Neurosci 2023; 61:101249. [PMID: 37141790 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2022] [Revised: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023] Open
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The folding of the human brain mostly takes place in utero, making it challenging to study. After a few pioneer studies looking into it in post-mortem foetal specimen, modern approaches based on neuroimaging have allowed the community to investigate the folding process in vivo, its normal progression, its early disturbances, and its relationship to later functional outcomes. In this review article, we aimed to first give an overview of the current hypotheses on the mechanisms governing cortical folding. After describing the methodological difficulties raised by its study in fetuses, neonates and infants with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), we reported our current understanding of sulcal pattern emergence in the developing brain. We then highlighted the functional relevance of early sulcal development, through recent insights about hemispheric asymmetries and early factors influencing this dynamic such as prematurity. Finally, we outlined how longitudinal studies have started to relate early folding markers and the child's sensorimotor and cognitive outcome. Through this review, we hope to raise awareness on the potential of studying early sulcal patterns both from a fundamental and clinical perspective, as a window into early neurodevelopment and plasticity in relation to growth in utero and postnatal environment of the child.
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- H de Vareilles
- Université Paris-Saclay, NeuroSpin-BAOBAB, CEA, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- Université Paris-Saclay, NeuroSpin-BAOBAB, CEA, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, NeuroSpin-BAOBAB, CEA, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris Cité, NeuroDiderot, Inserm, Paris, France; Université Paris-Saclay, NeuroSpin-UNIACT, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Lefrere A, Auzias G, Favre P, Kaltenmark I, Houenou J, Piguet C, Polosan M, Eyler LT, Phillips ML, Versace A, Wessa M, McDonald C, Cannon DM, Brambilla P, Bellani M, Deruelle C, Belzeaux R. Global and local cortical folding alterations are associated with neurodevelopmental subtype in bipolar disorders: a sulcal pits analysis. J Affect Disord 2023; 325:224-230. [PMID: 36608853 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.12.156] [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] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Revised: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 12/31/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Analyzing cortical folding may provide insight into the biological underpinnings of neurodevelopmental diseases. A neurodevelopmental subtype of bipolar disorders (BD-ND) has been characterized by the combination of early age of onset and psychotic features. We investigate potential cortical morphology differences associated with this subtype. We analyze, for the first time in bipolar disorders, the sulcal pits, the deepest points in each fold of the cerebral cortex. METHODS We extracted the sulcal pits from anatomical MRI among 512 participants gathered from 7 scanning sites. We compared the number of sulcal pits in each hemisphere as well as their regional occurrence and depth between the BD-ND subgroup (N = 184), a subgroup without neurodevelopmental features (BD, N = 77) and a group of healthy controls (HC, N = 251). RESULTS In whole brain analysis, BD-ND group have a higher number of sulcal pits in comparison to the BD group. The local analysis revealed, after correction for multiple testing, a higher occurrence of sulcal pits in the left premotor cortex among the BD-ND subgroup compared to the BD and the HC groups. CONCLUSION Our findings confirm that BD-ND is associated with a specific brain morphology revealed by the analysis of sulcal pits. These markers may help to better understand neurodevelopment in mood disorder and stratify patients according to a pathophysiological hypothesis.
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- Antoine Lefrere
- Department of Psychiatry Sainte Marguerite Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, 13009 Marseille, France; Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone UMR 7289, Aix-Marseille Université & CNRS, Marseille, France; Fondation Fondamental, Créteil, France
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- Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone UMR 7289, Aix-Marseille Université & CNRS, Marseille, France
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- Fondation Fondamental, Créteil, France; Paris Saclay University, UNIACT, Eq. Psychiatry, NeuroSpin, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France; Paris Est University, INSERM U955, Eq. Neuropsychiatrie Translationnelle, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires Mondor, DMU IMPACT de Psychiatrie et d'Addictologie, Créteil, France
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- Fondation Fondamental, Créteil, France; Paris Saclay University, UNIACT, Eq. Psychiatry, NeuroSpin, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France; Paris Est University, INSERM U955, Eq. Neuropsychiatrie Translationnelle, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires Mondor, DMU IMPACT de Psychiatrie et d'Addictologie, Créteil, France
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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- Grenoble Alpes University, Inserm U1216 Grenoble Institute of Neuroscience, CHU Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA; Desert-Pacific Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Centre for Neuroimaging & Cognitive Genomics (NICOG), Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory, NCBES Galway Neuroscience Centre, College of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Galway, H91 TK33, Galway, Ireland
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- Centre for Neuroimaging & Cognitive Genomics (NICOG), Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory, NCBES Galway Neuroscience Centre, College of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Galway, H91 TK33, Galway, Ireland
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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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- Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Italy; UOC of Psychiatry, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata (AOUI) of Verona, Italy
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- Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone UMR 7289, Aix-Marseille Université & CNRS, Marseille, France
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- Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone UMR 7289, Aix-Marseille Université & CNRS, Marseille, France; Fondation Fondamental, Créteil, France; Pôle Universitaire de Psychiatrie, CHU de Montpellier, France.
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Song T, Bodin C, Coulon O. Ensemble learning for the detection of pli-de-passages in the superior temporal sulcus. Neuroimage 2023; 265:119776. [PMID: 36460275 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119776] [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: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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The surface of the cerebral cortex is very convoluted, with a large number of folds, the cortical sulci. These folds are extremely variable from one individual to another, and this large variability is a problem for many applications in neuroscience and brain imaging. In particular, sulcal geometry (shape) and sulcal topology (branches, number of pieces) are very variable. "Plis de passages" (PPs) or "annectant gyri" can explain part of the topological variability, namely why sulci have a variable number of pieces across subjects. The concept of PPs was first introduced by Gratiolet (1854) to describe transverse gyri that interconnect both sides of a sulcus, that are frequently buried in the depth of sulci, and that are sometimes apparent on the cortical surface, hence seemingly interrupting the course of sulci and separating them in several pieces. Nevertheless, the difficulty of identifying PPs and the lack of systematic methods to automatically detect them has limited their use. However, based on a recent characterization of PPs in the superior temporal sulcus, we present here a method to automatically detect PPs in the superior temporal sulcus. Local morphology within the sulcus is characterized using cortical surface profiling, and the three-dimensional PP recognition problem is performed as a two-dimensional image classification problem with class-imbalance. This is solved by using an ensemble support vector machine model (EnsSVM) with a rebalancing strategy. Cross validation and quantitative experimental results on an external dataset show the effectiveness and robustness of our approach.
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- Tianqi Song
- Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, Aix-Marseille Univ, UMR CNRS 7289, Marseille, France
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- Center for Research on Brain, Language, and Music, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, Aix-Marseille Univ, UMR CNRS 7289, Marseille, France.
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Bakhaidar M, Bokhari R, Hall JA, Mirza FA. The Central Sulcus of the Insula: A Highly Reliable Radiographic Landmark for Identification of the Rolandic Sulcus. World Neurosurg 2022; 167:e165-e171. [PMID: 35940504 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.07.110] [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: 05/24/2022] [Revised: 07/24/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Anatomic studies have suggested that the central insular sulcus (CIS) runs in line with the Rolandic sulcus (RS). The radiographic relationship between the RS and CIS has not been systematically studied. This study aims to evaluate the applicability of using the CIS as a radiologic landmark to identify the RS. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 100 consecutive normal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans (200 hemispheres) performed at a single institution. MRI scans with any intracranial pathology or finding were excluded. Sagittal and axial fluid-attenuated inversion recovery sequences were used in this study. Two evaluators independently evaluated the relationship of the CIS and RS in all MRI scans. A predefined 3-step method was then used to identify the CIS, RS, and hand motor area in sagittal and axial images. RESULTS The CIS was found to be correlated with the RS in 191 hemispheres (95.5%). In the remaining 9 hemispheres, the postcentral sulcus represented the most correlated sulcus with the CIS (7 hemispheres). The interrater agreement was 0.673 (P < 0.05), indicating a substantial agreement. The hand motor area was identified in the same section as the CIS in 175 hemispheres (87.5%). CONCLUSIONS The CIS is a highly reliable radiographic landmark for the identification of the RS. The hand motor area can also be identified reliably using this method.
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- Mohamad Bakhaidar
- Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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- Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Kentucky Neuroscience Institute, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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Zhang S, Chavoshnejad P, Li X, Guo L, Jiang X, Han J, Wang L, Li G, Wang X, Liu T, Razavi MJ, Zhang S, Zhang T. Gyral peaks: Novel gyral landmarks in developing macaque brains. Hum Brain Mapp 2022; 43:4540-4555. [PMID: 35713202 PMCID: PMC9491295 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.25971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Revised: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Cerebral cortex development undergoes a variety of processes, which provide valuable information for the study of the developmental mechanism of cortical folding as well as its relationship to brain structural architectures and brain functions. Despite the variability in the anatomy–function relationship on the higher‐order cortex, recent studies have succeeded in identifying typical cortical landmarks, such as sulcal pits, that bestow specific functional and cognitive patterns and remain invariant across subjects and ages with their invariance being related to a gene‐mediated proto‐map. Inspired by the success of these studies, we aim in this study at defining and identifying novel cortical landmarks, termed gyral peaks, which are the local highest foci on gyri. By analyzing data from 156 MRI scans of 32 macaque monkeys with the age spanned from 0 to 36 months, we identified 39 and 37 gyral peaks on the left and right hemispheres, respectively. Our investigation suggests that these gyral peaks are spatially consistent across individuals and relatively stable within the age range of this dataset. Moreover, compared with other gyri, gyral peaks have a thicker cortex, higher mean curvature, more pronounced hub‐like features in structural connective networks, and are closer to the borders of structural connectivity‐based cortical parcellations. The spatial distribution of gyral peaks was shown to correlate with that of other cortical landmarks, including sulcal pits. These results provide insights into the spatial arrangement and temporal development of gyral peaks as well as their relation to brain structure and function.
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- Songyao Zhang
- School of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York at Binghamton, New York, USA
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- School of Information Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- School of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Radiology and BRIC, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Radiology and BRIC, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- College of Engineering, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Cortical Architecture Imaging and Discovery Lab, Department of Computer Science and Bioimaging Research Center, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York at Binghamton, New York, USA
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- Center for Brain and Brain-Inspired Computing Research, Department of Computer Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China
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de Vareilles H, Rivière D, Sun Z, Fischer C, Leroy F, Neumane S, Stopar N, Eijsermans R, Ballu M, Tataranno ML, Benders M, Mangin JF, Dubois J. Shape variability of the central sulcus in the developing brain: a longitudinal descriptive and predictive study in preterm infants. Neuroimage 2021; 251:118837. [PMID: 34965455 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Revised: 11/17/2021] [Accepted: 12/18/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Despite growing evidence of links between sulcation and function in the adult brain, the folding dynamics, occurring mostly before normal-term-birth, is vastly unknown. Looking into the development of cortical sulci in infants can give us keys to address fundamental questions: what is the sulcal shape variability in the developing brain? When are the shape features encoded? How are these morphological parameters related to further functional development? In this study, we aimed to investigate the shape variability of the developing central sulcus, which is the frontier between the primary somatosensory and motor cortices. We studied a cohort of 71 extremely preterm infants scanned twice using MRI - once around 30 weeks post-menstrual age (w PMA) and once at term-equivalent age, around 40w PMA -, in order to quantify the sulcus's shape variability using manifold learning, regardless of age-group or hemisphere. We then used these shape descriptors to evaluate the sulcus's variability at both ages and to assess hemispheric and age-group specificities. This led us to propose a description of ten shape features capturing the variability in the central sulcus of preterm infants. Our results suggested that most of these features (8/10) are encoded as early as 30w PMA. We unprecedentedly observed hemispheric asymmetries at both ages, and the one captured at term-equivalent age seems to correspond with the asymmetry pattern previously reported in adults. We further trained classifiers in order to explore the predictive value of these shape features on manual performance at 5 years of age (handedness and fine motor outcome). The central sulcus's shape alone showed a limited but relevant predictive capacity in both cases. The study of sulcal shape features during early neurodevelopment may participate to a better comprehension of the complex links between morphological and functional organization of the developing brain.
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- H de Vareilles
- Université Paris-Saclay, NeuroSpin-BAOBAB, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- Université Paris-Saclay, NeuroSpin-BAOBAB, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, NeuroSpin-BAOBAB, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, NeuroSpin-BAOBAB, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, NeuroSpin-BAOBAB, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France; Université Paris-Saclay, NeuroSpin-UNICOG, Inserm, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université de Paris, NeuroDiderot, Inserm, Paris, France; Université Paris-Saclay, NeuroSpin-UNIACT, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Utrecht University, University Medical Center Utrecht, Department of Neonatology, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Utrecht University, University Medical Center Utrecht, Department of Neonatology, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Utrecht University, University Medical Center Utrecht, Department of Neonatology, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Utrecht University, University Medical Center Utrecht, Department of Neonatology, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Université Paris-Saclay, NeuroSpin-BAOBAB, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université de Paris, NeuroDiderot, Inserm, Paris, France; Université Paris-Saclay, NeuroSpin-UNIACT, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Cachia A, Borst G, Jardri R, Raznahan A, Murray GK, Mangin JF, Plaze M. Towards Deciphering the Fetal Foundation of Normal Cognition and Cognitive Symptoms From Sulcation of the Cortex. Front Neuroanat 2021; 15:712862. [PMID: 34650408 PMCID: PMC8505772 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2021.712862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Growing evidence supports that prenatal processes play an important role for cognitive ability in normal and clinical conditions. In this context, several neuroimaging studies searched for features in postnatal life that could serve as a proxy for earlier developmental events. A very interesting candidate is the sulcal, or sulco-gyral, patterns, macroscopic features of the cortex anatomy related to the fold topology-e.g., continuous vs. interrupted/broken fold, present vs. absent fold-or their spatial organization. Indeed, as opposed to quantitative features of the cortical sheet (e.g., thickness, surface area or curvature) taking decades to reach the levels measured in adult, the qualitative sulcal patterns are mainly determined before birth and stable across the lifespan. The sulcal patterns therefore offer a window on the fetal constraints on specific brain areas on cognitive abilities and clinical symptoms that manifest later in life. After a global review of the cerebral cortex sulcation, its mechanisms, its ontogenesis along with methodological issues on how to measure the sulcal patterns, we present a selection of studies illustrating that analysis of the sulcal patterns can provide information on prenatal dispositions to cognition (with a focus on cognitive control and academic abilities) and cognitive symptoms (with a focus on schizophrenia and bipolar disorders). Finally, perspectives of sulcal studies are discussed.
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- Arnaud Cachia
- Université de Paris, LaPsyDÉ, CNRS, Paris, France.,Université de Paris, IPNP, INSERM, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, LaPsyDÉ, CNRS, Paris, France.,Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
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- Univ Lille, INSERM U-1172, CHU Lille, Lille Neuroscience & Cognition Centre, Plasticity & SubjectivitY (PSY) team, Lille, France
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- Section on Developmental Neurogenomics, Human Genetics Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Université de Paris, IPNP, INSERM, Paris, France.,GHU PARIS Psychiatrie & Neurosciences, site Sainte-Anne, Service Hospitalo-Universitaire, Pôle Hospitalo-Universitaire Paris, Paris, France
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Baizer JS, Webster CJ, Witelson SF. Individual variability in the size and organization of the human arcuate nucleus of the medulla. Brain Struct Funct 2021; 227:159-176. [PMID: 34613435 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-021-02396-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
The arcuate nucleus (Arc) of the medulla is found in almost all human brains and in a small percentage of chimpanzee brains. It is absent in the brains of other mammalian species including mice, rats, cats, and macaque monkeys. The Arc is classically considered a precerebellar relay nucleus, receiving input from the cerebral cortex and projecting to the cerebellum via the inferior cerebellar peduncle. However, several studies have found aplasia of the Arc in babies who died of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), and it was suggested that the Arc is the locus of chemosensory neurons critical for brainstem control of respiration. Aplasia of the Arc, however, has also been reported in adults, suggesting that it is not critical for survival. We have examined the Arc in closely spaced Nissl-stained sections in thirteen adult human cases to acquire a better understanding of the degree of variability of its size and location in adults. We have also examined immunostained sections to look for neurochemical compartments in this nucleus. Caudally, neurons of the Arc are ventrolateral to the pyramidal tracts (py); rostrally, they are ventro-medial to the py and extend up along the midline. In some cases, the Arc is discontinuous, with a gap between sections with the ventrolaterally located and the ventromedially located neurons. In all cases, there is some degree of left-right asymmetry in Arc position, size, and shape at all rostro-caudal levels. Somata of neurons in the Arc express calretinin (CR), neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS), and nonphosphorylated neurofilament protein (NPNFP). Calbindin (CB) is expressed in puncta whereas there is no expression of parvalbumin (PV) in somata or puncta. There is also immunostaining for GAD and GABA receptors suggesting inhibitory input to Arc neurons. These properties were consistent among cases. Our data show differences in location of caudal and rostral Arc neurons and considerable variability among cases in the size and shape of the Arc. The variability in size suggests that "hypoplasia" of the Arc is difficult to define. The discontinuity of the Arc in many cases suggests that establishing aplasia of the Arc requires examination of many closely spaced sections through the brainstem.
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- Joan S Baizer
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, 123 Sherman Hall, South Campus, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA.
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, 123 Sherman Hall, South Campus, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1, Canada
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Lyu I, Bao S, Hao L, Yao J, Miller JA, Voorhies W, Taylor WD, Bunge SA, Weiner KS, Landman BA. Labeling lateral prefrontal sulci using spherical data augmentation and context-aware training. Neuroimage 2021; 229:117758. [PMID: 33497773 PMCID: PMC8366030 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.117758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Revised: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The inference of cortical sulcal labels often focuses on deep (primary and secondary) sulcal regions, whereas shallow (tertiary) sulcal regions are largely overlooked in the literature due to the scarcity of manual/well-defined annotations and their large neuroanatomical variability. In this paper, we present an automated framework for regional labeling of both primary/secondary and tertiary sulci of the dorsal portion of lateral prefrontal cortex (LPFC) using spherical convolutional neural networks. We propose two core components that enhance the inference of sulcal labels to overcome such large neuroanatomical variability: (1) surface data augmentation and (2) context-aware training. (1) To take into account neuroanatomical variability, we synthesize training data from the proposed feature space that embeds intermediate deformation trajectories of spherical data in a rigid to non-rigid fashion, which bridges an augmentation gap in conventional rotation data augmentation. (2) Moreover, we design a two-stage training process to improve labeling accuracy of tertiary sulci by informing the biological associations in neuroanatomy: inference of primary/secondary sulci and then their spatial likelihood to guide the definition of tertiary sulci. In the experiments, we evaluate our method on 13 deep and shallow sulci of human LPFC in two independent data sets with different age ranges: pediatric (N=60) and adult (N=36) cohorts. We compare the proposed method with a conventional multi-atlas approach and spherical convolutional neural networks without/with rotation data augmentation. In both cohorts, the proposed data augmentation improves labeling accuracy of deep and shallow sulci over the baselines, and the proposed context-aware training offers further improvement in the labeling of shallow sulci over the proposed data augmentation. We share our tools with the field and discuss applications of our results for understanding neuroanatomical-functional organization of LPFC and the rest of cortex (https://github.com/ilwoolyu/SphericalLabeling).
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- Ilwoo Lyu
- Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN, 37235 USA.
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- Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN, 37235 USA
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- Institute for Computational & Mathematical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Psychology, The University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, The University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Psychology, The University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, The University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37203 USA
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- Department of Psychology, The University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, The University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Psychology, The University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, The University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN, 37235 USA
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Jiang X, Zhang T, Zhang S, Kendrick KM, Liu T. Fundamental functional differences between gyri and sulci: implications for brain function, cognition, and behavior. PSYCHORADIOLOGY 2021; 1:23-41. [PMID: 38665307 PMCID: PMC10939337 DOI: 10.1093/psyrad/kkab002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 01/24/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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Folding of the cerebral cortex is a prominent characteristic of mammalian brains. Alterations or deficits in cortical folding are strongly correlated with abnormal brain function, cognition, and behavior. Therefore, a precise mapping between the anatomy and function of the brain is critical to our understanding of the mechanisms of brain structural architecture in both health and diseases. Gyri and sulci, the standard nomenclature for cortical anatomy, serve as building blocks to make up complex folding patterns, providing a window to decipher cortical anatomy and its relation with brain functions. Huge efforts have been devoted to this research topic from a variety of disciplines including genetics, cell biology, anatomy, neuroimaging, and neurology, as well as involving computational approaches based on machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms. However, despite increasing progress, our understanding of the functional anatomy of gyro-sulcal patterns is still in its infancy. In this review, we present the current state of this field and provide our perspectives of the methodologies and conclusions concerning functional differentiation between gyri and sulci, as well as the supporting information from genetic, cell biology, and brain structure research. In particular, we will further present a proposed framework for attempting to interpret the dynamic mechanisms of the functional interplay between gyri and sulci. Hopefully, this review will provide a comprehensive summary of anatomo-functional relationships in the cortical gyro-sulcal system together with a consideration of how these contribute to brain function, cognition, and behavior, as well as to mental disorders.
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- Xi Jiang
- School of Life Science and Technology, MOE Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
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- School of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710129, China
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- Center for Brain and Brain-Inspired Computing Research, School of Computer Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710129, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, MOE Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
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- Cortical Architecture Imaging and Discovery Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and Bioimaging Research Center, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30605, USA
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Gonzalez-Martinez JA, Chauvel P. The Stereoelectroencephalography Methodology Applied to Epilepsies with a Visible Lesion. Neurosurg Clin N Am 2021; 31:387-394. [PMID: 32475487 DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2020.03.010] [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] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Resective epilepsy surgery relies on accurate preoperative localization of the epileptogenic zone (EZ), so presurgical evaluation is necessary to obtain the most accurate information from clinical, anatomic, and neurophysiologic aspects, with the ultimate goal of performing an individualized surgical treatment. The noninvasive methods of seizure localization are complementary and results must be interpreted in conjunction, in an attempt to compose localization hypotheses of the anatomic location of the EZ. Stereoelectroencephalography is an extraoperative invasive method that is applied in patients with medically refractory focal epilepsy in order to anatomically define the EZ and the related functional cortical areas.
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- Jorge Alvaro Gonzalez-Martinez
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Epilepsy Center, 200 Lothrop Street, Suite B400, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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- Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Arcaro MJ, Mautz T, Berezovskii VK, Livingstone MS. Anatomical correlates of face patches in macaque inferotemporal cortex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:32667-32678. [PMID: 33277435 PMCID: PMC7768718 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2018780117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Primate brains typically have regions within the ventral visual stream that are selectively responsive to faces. In macaques, these face patches are located in similar parts of inferotemporal cortex across individuals although correspondence with particular anatomical features has not been reported previously. Here, using high-resolution functional and anatomical imaging, we show that small "bumps," or buried gyri, along the lower bank of the superior temporal sulcus are predictive of the location of face-selective regions. Recordings from implanted multielectrode arrays verified that these bumps contain face-selective neurons. These bumps were present in monkeys raised without seeing faces and that lack face patches, indicating that these anatomical landmarks are predictive of, but not sufficient for, the presence of face selectivity. These bumps are found across primate species that span taxonomy lines, indicating common evolutionary developmental mechanisms. The bumps emerge during fetal development in macaques, indicating that they arise from general developmental mechanisms that result in the regularity of cortical folding of the entire brain.
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- Michael J Arcaro
- Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104;
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- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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Zhang Z, Wang Y, Gao Y, Li Z, Zhang S, Lin X, Hou Z, Yu Q, Wang X, Liu S. Morphological changes in the central sulcus of children with isolated growth hormone deficiency versus idiopathic short stature. Dev Neurobiol 2020; 81:36-46. [PMID: 33277816 DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22797] [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: 01/02/2020] [Revised: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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In this study, the morphological changes in the central sulcus between children with isolated growth hormone deficiency (IGHD) and those with idiopathic short stature (ISS) were analyzed. Thirty children with IGHD (peak growth hormone < 5 µg/L) and 30 children with ISS (peak growth hormone > 10.0 µg/L) were included. Morphological measurements of the central sulcus were obtained from T1-weighted MRIs using BrainVISA, including the average sulcal width, maximum depth, average depth, top length, bottom length, and depth position-based profiles (DPPs). The bilateral average width of the central sulci was significantly wider, while the left maximum depth and right average depth of the central sulcus were significantly smaller, in children with IGHD than in children with ISS. There were no significant differences in the right maximum depth, left average depth, or bilateral top length and bottom length of the central sulcus between groups. The DPPs of the middle part of both central sulci (corresponding to the hand motor activation area) and the inferior part of the right central sulcus (corresponding to the oral movement area) near the Sylvian fissure were significantly smaller in children with IGHD than in controls before false discovery rate (FDR) correction. However, all the above significant DPP sites disappeared after FDR correction. There were significant morphological changes in the three-dimensional structure of the central sulcus in children with IGHD, which were the outcome of other more essential cortical or subcortical changes, resulting in their relatively slower development in motor, cognitive, and linguistic functional performance.
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- Zhonghe Zhang
- Department of Medical Imaging, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong, China.,Department of Medical Imaging, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Shandong, China.,Research Center for Sectional and Imaging Anatomy, Shandong University Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong, China
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- Research Center for Sectional and Imaging Anatomy, Shandong University Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong, China.,Department of Medical Imaging, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Shandong, China
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- Research Center for Sectional and Imaging Anatomy, Shandong University Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong, China.,Department of Medical Imaging, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Shandong, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong, China.,Department of Medical Imaging, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Shandong, China.,Research Center for Sectional and Imaging Anatomy, Shandong University Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong, China.,Department of Medical Imaging, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Shandong, China.,Research Center for Sectional and Imaging Anatomy, Shandong University Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong, China.,Department of Medical Imaging, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Shandong, China.,Research Center for Sectional and Imaging Anatomy, Shandong University Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong, China.,Department of Medical Imaging, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Shandong, China
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- Research Center for Sectional and Imaging Anatomy, Shandong University Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong, China
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Kruggel F, Solodkin A. Heritability of Structural Patterning in the Human Cerebral Cortex. Neuroimage 2020; 221:117169. [PMID: 32693166 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Revised: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Genetic influences that govern the spatial patterning of the human cortex and its structural variability are still incompletely known. We analyzed structural MR images in twins, siblings, and pairs of unrelated subjects. A comprehensive set of methods was employed to quantify properties of cortical features at different spatial scales. Measures were used to assess the influence of genetic similarity on structural patterning. Results indicated that: (1) Genetic effects significantly influence all structural features assessed here at all spatial resolutions, albeit at different strengths. (2) While strong genetic effects were found at the whole-brain and hemisphere level, effects were weaker at the regional and vertex level, depending on the measure under study. (3) Besides cortical thickness, sulcal (geodesic) depth was found to be under strong genetic control. The local pattern indicated that two axes along (a) the anterior-posterior direction (insula to parieto-occipital sulcus), and (b) superior-inferior direction (central sulcus to callosal sulcus) presumably determine the segregation of four quadrants in each hemisphere early in development. (4) While strong structural asymmetries were found at the regional level, genetic influences on laterality were relatively minor.
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- Frithjof Kruggel
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, USA.
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- School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas, Dallas, USA
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Bodin C, Pron A, Le Mao M, Régis J, Belin P, Coulon O. Plis de passage in the superior temporal sulcus: Morphology and local connectivity. Neuroimage 2020; 225:117513. [PMID: 33130271 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2020] [Revised: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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While there is a profusion of functional investigations involving the superior temporal sulcus (STS), our knowledge of the anatomy of this sulcus is still limited by a large individual variability. In particular, an accurate characterization of the "plis de passage" (PPs), annectant gyri inside the fold, is lacking to explain this variability. Performed on 90 subjects of the HCP database, our study revealed that PPs constitute landmarks that can be identified from the geometry of the STS walls. They were found associated with a specific U-shape white-matter connectivity between the two banks of the sulcus, the amount of connectivity being related to the depth of the PPs. These findings raise new hypotheses regarding the spatial organization of PPs, the relation between cortical anatomy and structural connectivity, as well as the possible role of PPs in the regional functional organization.
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- C Bodin
- CNRS, UMR 7289, Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France; Institute for Language, Communication, and the Brain, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.
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- CNRS, UMR 7289, Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- CNRS, UMR 7289, Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- INSERM U1106, Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- CNRS, UMR 7289, Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France; Département de Psychologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada; Institute for Language, Communication, and the Brain, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- CNRS, UMR 7289, Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France; Institute for Language, Communication, and the Brain, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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Miller JA, Voorhies WI, Li X, Raghuram I, Palomero-Gallagher N, Zilles K, Sherwood CC, Hopkins WD, Weiner KS. Sulcal morphology of ventral temporal cortex is shared between humans and other hominoids. Sci Rep 2020; 10:17132. [PMID: 33051475 PMCID: PMC7555511 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-73213-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Hominoid-specific brain structures are of particular importance in understanding the evolution of human brain structure and function, as they are absent in mammals that are widely studied in the extended neuroscience field. Recent research indicates that the human fusiform gyrus (FG), which is a hominoid-specific structure critical for complex object recognition, contains a tertiary, longitudinal sulcus (mid-fusiform sulcus, MFS) that bisects the FG into lateral and medial parallel gyri. The MFS is a functional and architectonic landmark in the human brain. Here, we tested if the MFS is specific to the human FG or if the MFS is also identifiable in other hominoids. Using magnetic resonance imaging and cortical surface reconstructions in 30 chimpanzees and 30 humans, we show that the MFS is also present in chimpanzees. The MFS is relatively deeper and cortically thinner in chimpanzees compared to humans. Additional histological analyses reveal that the MFS is not only present in humans and chimpanzees, but also in bonobos, gorillas, orangutans, and gibbons. Taken together, these results reveal that the MFS is a sulcal landmark that is shared between humans and other hominoids. These results require a reconsideration of the sulcal patterning in ventral temporal cortex across hominoids, as well as revise the compensation theory of cortical folding.
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- Jacob A Miller
- Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, 210 Barker Hall, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- School of Clinical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Research Centre Jülich, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine INM-1, Jülich, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
- C. & O. Vogt Institute for Brain Research, Heinrich-Heine-University, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Research Centre Jülich, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine INM-1, Jülich, Germany
- JARA-Translational Brain Medicine, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Anthropology and Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology, The George Washington University, 800 22nd Street NW, Suite 6000, Washington, DC, 20052, USA
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Bastrop, TX, 78602, USA
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- Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, 210 Barker Hall, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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Natu VS, Arcaro MJ, Barnett MA, Gomez J, Livingstone M, Grill-Spector K, Weiner KS. Sulcal Depth in the Medial Ventral Temporal Cortex Predicts the Location of a Place-Selective Region in Macaques, Children, and Adults. Cereb Cortex 2020; 31:48-61. [PMID: 32954410 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhaa203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2020] [Revised: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The evolution and development of anatomical-functional relationships in the cerebral cortex is of major interest in neuroscience. Here, we leveraged the fact that a functional region selective for visual scenes is located within a sulcus in the medial ventral temporal cortex (VTC) in both humans and macaques to examine the relationship between sulcal depth and place selectivity in the medial VTC across species and age groups. To do so, we acquired anatomical and functional magnetic resonance imaging scans in 9 macaques, 26 human children, and 28 human adults. Our results revealed a strong structural-functional coupling between sulcal depth and place selectivity across age groups and species in which selectivity was strongest near the deepest sulcal point (the sulcal pit). Interestingly, this coupling between sulcal depth and place selectivity strengthens from childhood to adulthood in humans. Morphological analyses suggest that the stabilization of sulcal-functional coupling in adulthood may be due to sulcal deepening and areal expansion with age as well as developmental differences in cortical curvature at the pial, but not the white matter surfaces. Our results implicate sulcal features as functional landmarks in high-level visual cortex and highlight that sulcal-functional relationships in the medial VTC are preserved between macaques and humans despite differences in cortical folding.
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- Vaidehi S Natu
- Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, MA 02115, USA.,Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.,Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Neurosciences Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.,Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Kaltenmark I, Deruelle C, Brun L, Lefèvre J, Coulon O, Auzias G. Group-level cortical surface parcellation with sulcal pits labeling. Med Image Anal 2020; 66:101749. [PMID: 32877840 DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2020.101749] [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: 12/06/2018] [Revised: 04/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Sulcal pits are the points of maximal depth within the folds of the cortical surface. These shape descriptors give a unique opportunity to access to a rich, fine-scale representation of the geometry and the developmental milestones of the cortical surface. However, using sulcal pits analysis at group level requires new numerical tools to establish inter-subject correspondences. Here, we address this issue by taking advantage of the geometrical information carried by sulcal basins that are the local patches of surfaces surrounding each sulcal pit. Our framework consists in two phases. First, we present a new method to generate a population-specific atlas of this sulcal basins organi- zation as a fold-level parcellation of the cortical surface. Then, we address the labeling of individual sulcal pits and corresponding basins with respect to this atlas. To assess their validity, we applied these methodological advances on two different populations of healthy subjects. The first database of 137 adults allowed us to compare our method to the state-of-the-art and the second database of 209 children, aged between 0 and 18 years, illustrates the adaptability and relevance of our method in the context of pediatric data showing strong variations in cortical volume and folding.
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- Irène Kaltenmark
- Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone UMR 7289, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS Faculté de Médecine, 27 boulevard Faculté Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France.
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- Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone UMR 7289, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS Faculté de Médecine, 27 boulevard Faculté Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone UMR 7289, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS Faculté de Médecine, 27 boulevard Faculté Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone UMR 7289, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS Faculté de Médecine, 27 boulevard Faculté Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone UMR 7289, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS Faculté de Médecine, 27 boulevard Faculté Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone UMR 7289, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS Faculté de Médecine, 27 boulevard Faculté Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France
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Vasung L, Rollins CK, Velasco-Annis C, Yun HJ, Zhang J, Warfield SK, Feldman HA, Gholipour A, Grant PE. Spatiotemporal Differences in the Regional Cortical Plate and Subplate Volume Growth during Fetal Development. Cereb Cortex 2020; 30:4438-4453. [PMID: 32147720 PMCID: PMC7325717 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhaa033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2019] [Revised: 01/27/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The regional specification of the cerebral cortex can be described by protomap and protocortex hypotheses. The protomap hypothesis suggests that the regional destiny of cortical neurons and the relative size of the cortical area are genetically determined early during embryonic development. The protocortex hypothesis suggests that the regional growth rate is predominantly shaped by external influences. In order to determine regional volumes of cortical compartments (cortical plate (CP) or subplate (SP)) and estimate their growth rates, we acquired T2-weighted in utero MRIs of 40 healthy fetuses and grouped them into early (<25.5 GW), mid- (25.5-31.6 GW), and late (>31.6 GW) prenatal periods. MRIs were segmented into CP and SP and further parcellated into 22 gyral regions. No significant difference was found between periods in regional volume fractions of the CP or SP. However, during the early and mid-prenatal periods, we found significant differences in relative growth rates (% increase per GW) between regions of cortical compartments. Thus, the relative size of these regions are most likely conserved and determined early during development whereas more subtle growth differences between regions are fine-tuned later, during periods of peak thalamocortical growth. This is in agreement with both the protomap and protocortex hypothesis.
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- Lana Vasung
- Fetal-Neonatal Neuroimaging & Developmental Science Center (FNNDSC), Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Computational Radiology Laboratory, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Computational Radiology Laboratory, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Fetal-Neonatal Neuroimaging & Developmental Science Center (FNNDSC), Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Fetal-Neonatal Neuroimaging & Developmental Science Center (FNNDSC), Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Computational Radiology Laboratory, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Institutional Centers for Clinical and Translational Research, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Computational Radiology Laboratory, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Fetal-Neonatal Neuroimaging & Developmental Science Center (FNNDSC), Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Zhang T, Huang Y, Zhao L, He Z, Jiang X, Guo L, Hu X, Liu T. Identifying Cross-individual Correspondences of 3-hinge Gyri. Med Image Anal 2020; 63:101700. [PMID: 32361590 DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2020.101700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Revised: 04/04/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Human brain alignment based on imaging data has long been an intriguing research topic. One of the challenges is the huge inter-individual variabilities, which are pronounced not only in cortical folding patterns, but also in the underlying structural and functional patterns. Also, it is still not fully understood how to link the cross-subject similarity of cortical folding patterns to the correspondences of structural brain wiring diagrams and brain functions. Recently, a specific cortical gyral folding pattern was identified, which is the conjunction of gyri from multiple directions and termed a "gyral hinge". These gyral hinges are characterized by the thickest cortices, the densest long-range fibers, and the most complex functional profiles in contrast to other gyri. In addition to their structural and functional importance, a small portion of 3-hinges found correspondences across subjects and even species by manual labeling. However, it is unclear if such cross-subject correspondences can be found for all 3-hinges, or if the correspondences are interpretable from structural and functional aspects. Given the huge variability of cortical folding patterns, we proposed a novel algorithm which jointly uses structural MRI-derived cortical folding patterns and diffusion-MRI-derived fiber shape features to estimate the correspondences. This algorithm was executed in a group-wise manner, whereby 3-hinges of all subjects were simultaneously aligned. The effectiveness of the algorithm was demonstrated by higher cross-subject 3-hinges' consistency with respect to structural and functional metrics, when compared with other methods. Our findings provide a novel approach to brain alignment and an insight to the linkage between cortical folding patterns and the underlying structural connective diagrams and brain functions.
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- Tuo Zhang
- School of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China.
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- School of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China; Cortical Architecture Imaging and Discovery Lab, Department of Computer Science and Bioimaging Research Center, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- School of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- School of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Cortical Architecture Imaging and Discovery Lab, Department of Computer Science and Bioimaging Research Center, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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Herbet G, Duffau H. Revisiting the Functional Anatomy of the Human Brain: Toward a Meta-Networking Theory of Cerebral Functions. Physiol Rev 2020; 100:1181-1228. [PMID: 32078778 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00033.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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For more than one century, brain processing was mainly thought in a localizationist framework, in which one given function was underpinned by a discrete, isolated cortical area, and with a similar cerebral organization across individuals. However, advances in brain mapping techniques in humans have provided new insights into the organizational principles of anatomo-functional architecture. Here, we review recent findings gained from neuroimaging, electrophysiological, as well as lesion studies. Based on these recent data on brain connectome, we challenge the traditional, outdated localizationist view and propose an alternative meta-networking theory. This model holds that complex cognitions and behaviors arise from the spatiotemporal integration of distributed but relatively specialized networks underlying conation and cognition (e.g., language, spatial cognition). Dynamic interactions between such circuits result in a perpetual succession of new equilibrium states, opening the door to considerable interindividual behavioral variability and to neuroplastic phenomena. Indeed, a meta-networking organization underlies the uniquely human propensity to learn complex abilities, and also explains how postlesional reshaping can lead to some degrees of functional compensation in brain-damaged patients. We discuss the major implications of this approach in fundamental neurosciences as well as for clinical developments, especially in neurology, psychiatry, neurorehabilitation, and restorative neurosurgery.
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- Guillaume Herbet
- Department of Neurosurgery, Gui de Chauliac Hospital, Montpellier University Medical Center, Montpellier, France; Team "Plasticity of Central Nervous System, Stem Cells and Glial Tumors," INSERM U1191, Institute of Functional Genomics, Montpellier, France; and University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Gui de Chauliac Hospital, Montpellier University Medical Center, Montpellier, France; Team "Plasticity of Central Nervous System, Stem Cells and Glial Tumors," INSERM U1191, Institute of Functional Genomics, Montpellier, France; and University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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Mangin JF, Rivière D, Duchesnay E, Cointepas Y, Gaura V, Verny C, Damier P, Krystkowiak P, Bachoud-Lévi AC, Hantraye P, Remy P, Douaud G. Neocortical morphometry in Huntington's disease: Indication of the coexistence of abnormal neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative processes. NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL 2020; 26:102211. [PMID: 32113174 PMCID: PMC7044794 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Revised: 02/05/2020] [Accepted: 02/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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We found shallower central, intraparietal and left intermediate frontal sulci in HD. Shallow calcarine fissure is further evidence of primary cortical degeneration in HD. Healthy subjects show strong asymmetry in length of posterior Sylvian fissure (pSF). Absence of pSF asymmetry in HD indicates genetic interplay with neurodevelopment.
Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited, autosomal dominant disorder that is characteristically thought of as a degenerative disorder. Despite cellular and molecular grounds suggesting HD could also impact normal development, there has been scarce systems-level data obtained from in vivo human studies supporting this hypothesis. Sulcus-specific morphometry analysis may help disentangle the contribution of coexisting neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental processes, but such an approach has never been used in HD. Here, we investigated cortical sulcal depth, related to degenerative process, as well as cortical sulcal length, related to developmental process, in early-stage HD and age-matched healthy controls. This morphometric analysis revealed significant differences in the HD participants compared with the healthy controls bilaterally in the central and intra-parietal sulcus, but also in the left intermediate frontal sulcus and calcarine fissure. As the primary visual cortex is not connected to the striatum, the latter result adds to the increasing in vivo evidence for primary cortical degeneration in HD. Those sulcal measures that differed between HD and healthy populations were mainly atrophy-related, showing shallower sulci in HD. Conversely, the sulcal morphometry also revealed a crucial difference in the imprint of the Sylvian fissure that could not be related to loss of grey matter volume: an absence of asymmetry in the length of this fissure in HD. Strong asymmetry in that cortical region is typically observed in healthy development. As the formation of the Sylvian fissure appears early in utero, and marked asymmetry is specifically found in this area of the neocortex in newborns, this novel finding likely indicates the foetal timing of a disease-specific, genetic interplay with neurodevelopment.
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Baobab, Neurospin, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Baobab, Neurospin, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Baobab, Neurospin, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Département des Sciences du Vivant (DSV), Institut d'Imagerie Biomédicale (I2BM), MIRCen, France
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- Centre national de référence des maladies neurogénétiques, Service de neurologie, CHU, 49000 Angers, France, UMR CNRS 6214 - INSERM U1083, France
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- MIRCen, Institut d'Imagerie Biomédicale, Direction de la Recherche Fondamentale, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, France
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Département des Sciences du Vivant (DSV), Institut d'Imagerie Biomédicale (I2BM), MIRCen, France
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- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB) Centre, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
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Mangin JF, Le Guen Y, Labra N, Grigis A, Frouin V, Guevara M, Fischer C, Rivière D, Hopkins WD, Régis J, Sun ZY. "Plis de passage" Deserve a Role in Models of the Cortical Folding Process. Brain Topogr 2019; 32:1035-1048. [PMID: 31583493 PMCID: PMC6882753 DOI: 10.1007/s10548-019-00734-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2019] [Accepted: 09/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Cortical folding is a hallmark of brain topography whose variability across individuals remains a puzzle. In this paper, we call for an effort to improve our understanding of the pli de passage phenomenon, namely annectant gyri buried in the depth of the main sulci. We suggest that plis de passage could become an interesting benchmark for models of the cortical folding process. As an illustration, we speculate on the link between modern biological models of cortical folding and the development of the Pli de Passage Frontal Moyen (PPFM) in the middle of the central sulcus. For this purpose, we have detected nine interrupted central sulci in the Human Connectome Project dataset, which are used to explore the organization of the hand sensorimotor areas in this rare configuration of the PPFM.
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- Neurospin, CEA, Paris-Saclay University, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Neurospin, CEA, Paris-Saclay University, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Neurospin, CEA, Paris-Saclay University, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Neurospin, CEA, Paris-Saclay University, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Neurospin, CEA, Paris-Saclay University, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Neurospin, CEA, Paris-Saclay University, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Neurospin, CEA, Paris-Saclay University, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- INS, CHU La Timone, Aix-Marseille University, 264, rue Saint Pierre, 13385, Marseille, France
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- Neurospin, CEA, Paris-Saclay University, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Le Guen Y, Auzias G, Leroy F, Noulhiane M, Dehaene-Lambertz G, Duchesnay E, Mangin JF, Coulon O, Frouin V. Genetic Influence on the Sulcal Pits: On the Origin of the First Cortical Folds. Cereb Cortex 2019; 28:1922-1933. [PMID: 28444225 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhx098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The influence of genes on cortical structures has been assessed through various phenotypes. The sulcal pits, which are the putative first cortical folds, have for long been assumed to be under tight genetic control, but this was never quantified. We estimated the pit depth heritability in various brain regions using the high quality and large sample size of the Human Connectome Project pedigree cohort. Analysis of additive genetic variance indicated that their heritability ranges between 0.2 and 0.5 and displays a regional genetic control with an overall symmetric pattern between hemispheres. However, a noticeable asymmetry of heritability estimates is observed in the superior temporal sulcus and could thus be related to language lateralization. The heritability range estimated in this study reinforces the idea that cortical shape is determined primarily by nongenetic factors, which is consistent with the important increase of cortical folding from birth to adult life and thus predominantly constrained by environmental factors. Nevertheless, the genetic cues, implicated with various local levels of heritability in the formation of sulcal pits, play a fundamental role in the normal gyral pattern development. Quantifying their influence and identifying the underlying genetic variants would provide insight into neurodevelopmental disorders.
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- Yann Le Guen
- UNATI, Neurospin, Institut Joliot, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, UMR 7289, Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Marseille 13000, France.,Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Information et des Systèmes, UMR 7296, Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Marseille 13000, France
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- Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit, U992, INSERM, Neurospin, Institut Joliot, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- UNIACT, U1129, INSERM, Neurospin, Institut Joliot, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit, U992, INSERM, Neurospin, Institut Joliot, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- UNATI, Neurospin, Institut Joliot, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- UNATI, Neurospin, Institut Joliot, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, UMR 7289, Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Marseille 13000, France.,Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Information et des Systèmes, UMR 7296, Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Marseille 13000, France
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- UNATI, Neurospin, Institut Joliot, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Snyder W, Patti M, Troiani V. An evaluation of automated tracing for orbitofrontal cortex sulcogyral pattern typing. J Neurosci Methods 2019; 326:108386. [PMID: 31377175 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2019.108386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Revised: 06/06/2019] [Accepted: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Characterization of stereotyped orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) sulcogyral patterns formed by the medial and lateral orbitofrontal sulci (MOS and LOS) can be used to characterize individual variability; however, in practice, issues exist for reliability and reproducibility of anatomical classifications, as current methods rely on manual tracing. NEW METHOD We assessed whether an automated tracing procedure would be useful for characterizing OFC sulcogyral patterns. 100 subjects from a published collection of manual OFC tracings and characterizations of patients with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and typical controls were used to evaluate an automated tracing procedure implemented using the BrainVISA Morphologist Pipeline. RESULTS Automated tracings of caudal and rostral segments of the medial (MOSc/MOSr) and lateral (LOSc/LOSr) orbitofrontal sulci, as well as the intermediate (IOS) and transverse orbitofrontal sulci (TOS) were found to accurately identify OFC sulci, accurately portray sulci continuity, and reliably inform manual sulcogyral pattern characterization. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHOD Automated tracings produced visibly similar tracings of OFC sulci and removed subjective influence from locating sulci. The semi-automated pipeline of automated tracing and manual sulcogyral pattern characterization can eliminate the need for direct input during the most time-consuming process of the manual pipeline. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that automated OFC sulci tracing methods using BrainVISA Morphologist are feasible and useful in a semi-automated pipeline to characterize OFC sulcogyral patterns. Automated OFC sulci tracing methods will improve reliability and reproducibility of sulcogyral characterizations and can allow for characterizations of sulcal patterns types in larger sample sizes, previously unattainable using traditional manual tracing procedures.
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- William Snyder
- Geisinger-Bucknell Autism & Developmental Medicine Institute, Lewisburg, PA United States
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- Geisinger-Bucknell Autism & Developmental Medicine Institute, Lewisburg, PA United States
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- Geisinger-Bucknell Autism & Developmental Medicine Institute, Lewisburg, PA United States.
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Vasung L, Rezayev A, Yun HJ, Song JW, van der Kouwe A, Stewart N, Palani A, Shiohama T, Chouinard-Decorte F, Levman J, Takahashi E. Structural and Diffusion MRI Analyses With Histological Observations in Patients With Lissencephaly. Front Cell Dev Biol 2019; 7:124. [PMID: 31355197 PMCID: PMC6637974 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2019.00124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Accepted: 06/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The development of cortical convolutions, gyri and sulci, is a complex process that takes place during prenatal development. Lissencephaly, a rare genetic condition characterized by the lack of cortical convolutions, offers a model to look into biological processes that lead to the development of convolutions. Retrospective, qualitative, and quantitative analyses of structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) were performed in patients with lissencephaly (N = 10) and age-/sex-matched controls (N = 10). In order to identify microstructural correlates of structural MRI and DTI findings, postmortem brains of patients with lissencephaly (N = 4) and age-matched controls (N = 4) were also examined with histology. Patients with lissencephaly had significantly smaller gyrification index and volumes of hemispheric white and gray matter, compared to the age-/sex-matched control group. However, there was no significant difference between groups in the subcortical gray matter volumes. Although the majority of patients with lissencephaly had a preserved normal-like appearance of major fissures and primary sulci, the spatial distribution of agyric cortical regions was different in patients with lissencephaly-1 (LIS1) and doublecortin (DCX) mutations. Lastly, in patients with lissencephaly, the spatiotemporal distribution of projection pathways was preserved while short- to medium-range cortico-cortical pathways were absent or fewer in number. Our results indicate that in the patients with lissencephaly cortical system is affected more than the subcortical one.
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- Lana Vasung
- Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Fetal Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center, Boston, MA, United States
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- Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Fetal Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center, Boston, MA, United States
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- Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Fetal Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center, Boston, MA, United States
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- Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Fetal Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center, Boston, MA, United States
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- Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Fetal Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center, Boston, MA, United States
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- Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Fetal Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics, McGill Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Fetal Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, Canada
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- Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Fetal Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center, Boston, MA, United States
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Nickel K, Joos A, Tebartz van Elst L, Holovics L, Endres D, Zeeck A, Maier S. Altered cortical folding and reduced sulcal depth in adults with anorexia nervosa. EUROPEAN EATING DISORDERS REVIEW 2019; 27:655-670. [DOI: 10.1002/erv.2685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2018] [Revised: 03/25/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Kathrin Nickel
- Section for Experimental Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyMedical Center – University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg Freiburg Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Medical Center – University of FreiburgFaculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg Freiburg Germany
- Psychotherapeutic NeurologyKliniken Schmieder Gailingen Germany
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- Section for Experimental Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyMedical Center – University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg Freiburg Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Medical Center – University of FreiburgFaculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg Freiburg Germany
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- Section for Experimental Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyMedical Center – University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg Freiburg Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Medical Center – University of FreiburgFaculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg Freiburg Germany
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- Section for Experimental Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyMedical Center – University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg Freiburg Germany
- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Medical Center – University of FreiburgFaculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg Freiburg Germany
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Kruggel F, Solodkin A. Determinants of structural segregation and patterning in the human cortex. Neuroimage 2019; 196:248-260. [PMID: 30995518 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.04.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2019] [Revised: 03/21/2019] [Accepted: 04/08/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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This study aimed at uncovering mechanisms that govern the spatio-temporal patterning of the human cortex and its structural variability, and drawing links between fetal brain development and variability in adult brains. A data-driven analytic approach based on structural MR images revealed the following findings: (1) The cortical surface can be subdivided into 13 independent regions ("communities") based on macroscopic features. (2) Thirty centers of low inter-subject variability were found in major sulci on the cortical surface. Their variability showed a strong positive correlation with the known time points at which they appear in fetal development. Centers forming early induce a higher inter-subject regularity in a larger local vicinity, while those forming later result in smaller regions of higher variability. (3) The layout of sulcal and gyral patterns within a community is governed typically by two centers. Depending on the relative variability of each center, communities can be classified into structural sub-types. (4) Sub-types across ipsi-lateral communities are independent, but associated with the sub-type of the same community on the contra-lateral side. Results shown here integrate well with current knowledge about macroscopic, microscopic, and genetic determinants of brain development.
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- Frithjof Kruggel
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, USA.
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- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of California, Irvine, USA
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Aloui K, Nait-Ali A, Naceur MS. Using brain prints as new biometric feature for human recognition. Pattern Recognit Lett 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.patrec.2017.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Amiez C, Wilson CRE, Procyk E. Variations of cingulate sulcal organization and link with cognitive performance. Sci Rep 2018; 8:13988. [PMID: 30228357 PMCID: PMC6143647 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-32088-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2017] [Accepted: 08/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The sulcal morphology of the human medial frontal cortex has received marked interest because of (1) its remarkable link with the functional organization of this region, and (2) observations that deviations from 'normal' sulcal morphological variability correlate with the prevalence of some psychiatric disorders, cognitive abilities, or personality traits. Unfortunately, background studies on environmental or genetic factors influencing the ontogenesis of the sulcal organization in this region are critically lacking. We analysed the sulcal morphological organization in this region in twins and non-twin siblings, as well as in control subjects for a total of 599 subjects from the Human Connectome Project. The data first confirm significant biases in the presence of paracingulate sulci in left vs right hemispheres in the whole population (twin: p < 2.4.10-9; non-twin: p < 2.10-6) demonstrating a clear general laterality in human subjects. Second, measures of similarity between siblings and estimations of heritability suggest significant environmental factors, in particular in-womb environment, and weak additive genetic factors influencing the presence of a paracingulate sulcus. Finally, we found that relationships between sulcal organization and performance in cognitive, motor, and affective tests depend on the twin status (Twins versus Non-twins). These results provide important new insights to the issue of the significance of sulcal organization in the human medial frontal cortex.
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- Céline Amiez
- Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Inserm, Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute U1208, 69500, Bron, France.
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- Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Inserm, Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute U1208, 69500, Bron, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Inserm, Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute U1208, 69500, Bron, France
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Meng Y, Li G, Wang L, Lin W, Gilmore JH, Shen D. Discovering cortical sulcal folding patterns in neonates using large-scale dataset. Hum Brain Mapp 2018; 39:3625-3635. [PMID: 29700891 PMCID: PMC6203677 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2017] [Revised: 03/18/2018] [Accepted: 04/18/2018] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The folding of the human cerebral cortex is highly complex and variable across individuals, but certain common major patterns of cortical folding do exist. Mining such common patterns of cortical folding is of great importance in understanding the inter-individual variability of cortical folding and their relationship with cognitive functions and brain disorders. As primary cortical folds are mainly genetically influenced and are well established at term birth, neonates with minimal exposure to the complicated postnatal environmental influences are ideal candidates for mining the major patterns of cortical folding. In this paper, we propose a sulcal-pit-based method to discover the major sulcal patterns of cortical folding. In our method, first, the sulcal pattern is characterized by the spatial distribution of sulcal pits, which are the locally deepest points in cortical sulci. Since deep sulcal pits are genetically related, relatively consistent across individuals, and also stable during brain development, they are well suited for representing and characterizing the sulcal patterns. Then, the similarity between the distributions of sulcal pits is measured from the spatial, geometrical, and topological points of view. Next, a comprehensive similarity matrix is constructed for the whole dataset by adaptively fusing these measurements together, thus capturing both their common and complementary information. Finally, leveraging the similarity matrix, a hierarchical affinity propagation algorithm is used to group similar sulcal folding patterns together. The proposed method has been applied to 677 neonatal brains, and revealed multiple distinct and meaningful sulcal patterns in the central sulcus, superior temporal sulcus, and cingulate sulcus.
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- Yu Meng
- Department of Computer ScienceUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillNorth Carolina
- Department of Radiology and BRICUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillNorth Carolina
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- Department of Radiology and BRICUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillNorth Carolina
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- Department of Radiology and BRICUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillNorth Carolina
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- Department of Radiology and BRICUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillNorth Carolina
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- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillNorth Carolina
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- Department of Radiology and BRICUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillNorth Carolina
- Department of Brain and Cognitive EngineeringKorea UniversitySeoul02841Republic of Korea
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Le Guen Y, Leroy F, Auzias G, Riviere D, Grigis A, Mangin JF, Coulon O, Dehaene-Lambertz G, Frouin V. The chaotic morphology of the left superior temporal sulcus is genetically constrained. Neuroimage 2018; 174:297-307. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.03.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2017] [Revised: 03/01/2018] [Accepted: 03/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Mikhael S, Hoogendoorn C, Valdes-Hernandez M, Pernet C. A critical analysis of neuroanatomical software protocols reveals clinically relevant differences in parcellation schemes. Neuroimage 2018; 170:348-364. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.02.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2016] [Revised: 02/16/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Im K, Grant PE. Sulcal pits and patterns in developing human brains. Neuroimage 2018; 185:881-890. [PMID: 29601953 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.03.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2017] [Revised: 03/15/2018] [Accepted: 03/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Spatial distribution and specific geometric and topological patterning of early sulcal folds have been hypothesized to be under stronger genetic control and are more associated with optimal organization of cortical functional areas and their white matter connections, compared to later developing sulci. Several previous studies of sulcal pit (putative first sulcal fold) distribution and sulcal pattern analyses using graph structures have provided evidence of the importance of sulcal pits and patterns as remarkable anatomical features closely related to human brain function, suggesting additional insights concerning the anatomical and functional development of the human brain. Recently, early sulcal folding patterns have been observed in healthy fetuses and fetuses with brain abnormalities such as polymicrogyria and agenesis of corpus callosum. Graph-based quantitative sulcal pattern analysis has shown high sensitivity in detecting emerging subtle abnormalities in cerebral cortical growth in early fetal stages that are difficult to detect via qualitative visual assessment or using traditional cortical measures such as gyrification index and curvature. It has proven effective for characterizing genetically influenced early cortical folding development. Future studies will be aimed at better understanding a comprehensive map of spatio-temporal dynamics of fetal cortical folding in a large longitudinal cohort in order to examine individual clinical fetal MRIs and predict postnatal neurodevelopmental outcomes from early fetal life.
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- Kiho Im
- Fetal Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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- Fetal Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Foubet O, Trejo M, Toro R. Mechanical morphogenesis and the development of neocortical organisation. Cortex 2018; 118:315-326. [PMID: 30503630 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2018.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2017] [Revised: 02/07/2018] [Accepted: 03/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The development of complex neocortical organisations is thought to result from the interaction of genetic and activity-dependent processes. We propose that a third type of process - mechanical morphogenesis - may also play an important role. We review theoretical and experimental results in physics showing how even homogeneous growth can produce a variety of forms, in particular neocortical folding. The mechanical instabilities that produce these forms induce heterogeneous patterns of stress at the scale of the organ. We review the evidence showing how these stresses can influence cell proliferation, migration and apoptosis, cell differentiation and shape, migration and axonal guidance, and could thus be able to influence regional neocortical identity and connectivity.
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- Ophélie Foubet
- Human Genetics and Cognitive Functions Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; CNRS UMR 3571: Genes, Synapses and Cognition, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Human Genetics and Cognitive Functions, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes (PMMH), CNRS UMR 7636, ESPCI-ParisTech, Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Human Genetics and Cognitive Functions Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; CNRS UMR 3571: Genes, Synapses and Cognition, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Human Genetics and Cognitive Functions, Paris, France.
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Kruggel F. The macro-structural variability of the human neocortex. Neuroimage 2018; 172:620-630. [PMID: 29410357 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.01.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2017] [Revised: 01/24/2018] [Accepted: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The human neocortex shows a considerable individual structural variability. While primary gyri and sulci are found in all normally developed brains and bear clear-cut gross structural descriptions, secondary structures are highly variable and not present in all brains. The blend of common and individual structures poses challenges when comparing structural and functional results from quantitative neuroimaging studies across individuals, and sets limits on the precision of location information much above the spatial resolution of current neuroimaging methods. This work aimed at quantifying structural variability on the neocortex, and at assessing the spatial relationship between regions common to all brains and their individual structural variants. Based on structural MRI data provided as the "900 Subjects Release" of the Human Connectome Project, a data-driven analytic approach was employed here from which the definition of seven cortical "communities" emerged. Apparently, these communities comprise common regions of structural features, while the individual variability is confined within a community. Similarities between the community structure and the state of the brain development at gestation week 32 lead suggest that communities are segregated early. Subdividing the neocortex into communities is suggested as anatomically more meaningful than the traditional lobar structure.
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- Frithjof Kruggel
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, USA.
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