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Tan H, Zeng X, Ni J, Liang K, Xu C, Zhang Y, Wang J, Li Z, Yang J, Han C, Gao Y, Yu X, Han S, Meng F, Ma Y. Intracranial EEG signals disentangle multi-areal neural dynamics of vicarious pain perception. Nat Commun 2024; 15:5203. [PMID: 38890380 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49541-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024] Open
Abstract
Empathy enables understanding and sharing of others' feelings. Human neuroimaging studies have identified critical brain regions supporting empathy for pain, including the anterior insula (AI), anterior cingulate (ACC), amygdala, and inferior frontal gyrus (IFG). However, to date, the precise spatio-temporal profiles of empathic neural responses and inter-regional communications remain elusive. Here, using intracranial electroencephalography, we investigated electrophysiological signatures of vicarious pain perception. Others' pain perception induced early increases in high-gamma activity in IFG, beta power increases in ACC, but decreased beta power in AI and amygdala. Vicarious pain perception also altered the beta-band-coordinated coupling between ACC, AI, and amygdala, as well as increased modulation of IFG high-gamma amplitudes by beta phases of amygdala/AI/ACC. We identified a necessary combination of neural features for decoding vicarious pain perception. These spatio-temporally specific regional activities and inter-regional interactions within the empathy network suggest a neurodynamic model of human pain empathy.
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- Huixin Tan
- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Functional Neurosurgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, PKU-IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
- Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
- Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, China.
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Duong A, Quabs J, Kucyi A, Lusk Z, Buch V, Caspers S, Parvizi J. Subjective states induced by intracranial electrical stimulation matches the cytoarchitectonic organization of the human insula. Brain Stimul 2023; 16:1653-1665. [PMID: 37949296 PMCID: PMC10893903 DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2023.11.001] [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: 09/13/2023] [Revised: 10/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Functions of the human insula have been explored extensively with neuroimaging methods and intracranial electrical stimulation studies that have highlighted a functional segregation across its subregions. A recently developed cytoarchitectonic map of the human insula has also segregated this brain region into various areas. Our knowledge of the functional organization of this brain region at the level of these fine-parceled microstructural areas remains only partially understood. We address this gap of knowledge by applying a multimodal approach linking direct electrical stimulation and task-evoked intracranial EEG recordings with microstructural subdivisions of the human insular cortex. In 17 neurosurgical patients with 142 implanted electrodes, stimulation of 40 % of the sites induced a reportable change in the conscious experience of the subjects in visceral/autonomic, anxiety, taste/olfactory, pain/temperature as well as somatosensory domains. These subjective responses showed a topographical allocation to microstructural areas defined by probabilistic cytoarchitectonic parcellation maps of the human insula. We found the pain and thermal responses to be located in areas lg2/ld2, while non-painful/non-thermal somatosensory responses corresponded to area ld3 and visceroceptive responses to area Id6. Lastly, the stimulation of area Id7 in the dorsal anterior insula, failed to induce reportable changes to subjective experience even though intracranial EEG recordings from this region captured significant time-locked high-frequency activity (HFA). Our results provide a multimodal map of functional subdivisions within the human insular cortex at the individual brain basis and characterize their anatomical association with fine-grained cytoarchitectonic parcellations of this brain structure.
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- Anna Duong
- Laboratory of Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, Human Intracranial Cognitive Electrophysiology Program, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Institute for Anatomy I, Medical Faculty & University Hospital, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany; Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Research Centre Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Laboratory of Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, Human Intracranial Cognitive Electrophysiology Program, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Institute for Anatomy I, Medical Faculty & University Hospital, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany; Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Research Centre Jülich, Germany
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- Laboratory of Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, Human Intracranial Cognitive Electrophysiology Program, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
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Li F, Lu L, Li H, Liu Y, Chen H, Yuan F, Jiang H, Yin X, Chen YC. Disrupted resting-state functional connectivity and network topology in mild traumatic brain injury: an arterial spin labelling study. Brain Commun 2023; 5:fcad254. [PMID: 37829696 PMCID: PMC10567062 DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcad254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023] Open
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Mild traumatic brain injury can cause different degrees of cognitive impairment and abnormal brain structure and functional connectivity, but there is still a lack of research on the functional connectivity and topological organization of cerebral blood flow fluctuations. This study explored the cerebral blood flow, functional connectivity and topological organization of the cerebral blood flow network in acute mild traumatic brain injury patients. In total, 48 mild traumatic brain injury patients and 46 well-matched healthy controls underwent resting-state arterial spin labelling perfusion MRI and neuropsychological assessments. The functional connectivity and topological organization of the cerebral blood flow network were analysed. Then, the correlation between the changes in cerebral blood flow network characteristics and cognitive function was explored. Acute mild traumatic brain injury patients showed decreased cerebral blood flow in the right insula and increased cerebral blood flow in the right inferior temporal gyrus and left superior temporal gyrus. Abnormal cerebral blood flow network connection patterns mainly occur in sensorimotor network, default mode network, cingulo-opercular network and occipital network-related regions. Furthermore, mild traumatic brain injury disrupted the topological organization of the whole brain, which manifested as (i) reduced global efficiency; (ii) abnormal degree centrality, betweenness centrality, nodal clustering coefficient and nodal efficiency; and (iii) decreased intermodular connectivity between the occipital network and sensorimotor network. Finally, the change in network topology was correlated with the cognitive score of the mild traumatic brain injury. This study provided evidence of abnormal functional connectivity and network topology based on cerebral blood flow in acute mild traumatic brain injury patients, revealing their potential use as early markers for mild traumatic brain injury, which may contribute to both disease diagnosis and assessment.
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- Fengfang Li
- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210006, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210006, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210006, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210006, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200235, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210006, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210006, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210006, China
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Jung C, Kim J, Park K. Cognitive and affective interaction with somatosensory afference in acupuncture-a specific brain response to compound stimulus. Front Hum Neurosci 2023; 17:1105703. [PMID: 37415858 PMCID: PMC10321409 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2023.1105703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/08/2023] Open
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Introduction Acupuncture is a clinical intervention consisting of multiple stimulus components, including somatosensory stimulation and manipulation of therapeutic context. Existing findings in neuroscience consolidated cognitive modulation to somatosensory afferent process, which could differ from placebo mechanism in brain. Here, we aimed to identify intrinsic process of brain interactions induced by compound stimulus of acupuncture treatment. Methods To separately and comprehensively investigate somatosensory afferent and cognitive/affective processes in brain, we implemented a novel experimental protocol of contextual manipulation with somatosensory stimulation (real acupuncture: REAL) and only contextual manipulation (phantom acupuncture: PHNT) for fMRI scan, and conducted independent component (IC)-wise assessment with the concatenated fMRI data. Results By our double (experimentally and analytically) dissociation, two ICs (CA1: executive control, CA2: goal-directed sensory process) for cognitive/affective modulation (associated with both REAL and PHNT) and other two ICs (SA1: interoceptive attention and motor-reaction, SA2: somatosensory representation) for somatosensory afference (associated with only REAL) were identified. Moreover, coupling between SA1 and SA2 was associated with a decreased heart rate during stimulation, whereas CA1 was associated with a delayed heart rate decrease post-stimulation. Furthermore, partial correlation network for these components demonstrated a bi-directional interaction between CA1 and SA1/SA2, suggesting the cognitive modulation to somatosensory process. The expectation for the treatment negatively affected CA1 but positively affected SA1 in REAL, whereas the expectation positively affected CA1 in PHNT. Discussion These specific cognitive-somatosensory interaction in REAL were differed from vicarious sensation mechanism in PHNT; and might be associated with a characteristic of acupuncture, which induces voluntary attention for interoception. Our findings on brain interactions in acupuncture treatment elucidated the underlying brain mechanisms for compound stimulus of somatosensory afferent and therapeutic contextual manipulation, which might be a specific response to acupuncture.
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- Changjin Jung
- Department of Electronics and Information Convergence Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea
- Division of KM Science Research, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Division of KM Science Research, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea
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Frauscher B, Bénar CG, Engel JJ, Grova C, Jacobs J, Kahane P, Wiebe S, Zjilmans M, Dubeau F. Neurophysiology, Neuropsychology, and Epilepsy, in 2022: Hills We Have Climbed and Hills Ahead. Neurophysiology in epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav 2023; 143:109221. [PMID: 37119580 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2023.109221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2023] [Revised: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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Since the discovery of the human electroencephalogram (EEG), neurophysiology techniques have become indispensable tools in our armamentarium to localize epileptic seizures. New signal analysis techniques and the prospects of artificial intelligence and big data will offer unprecedented opportunities to further advance the field in the near future, ultimately resulting in improved quality of life for many patients with drug-resistant epilepsy. This article summarizes selected presentations from Day 1 of the two-day symposium "Neurophysiology, Neuropsychology, Epilepsy, 2022: Hills We Have Climbed and the Hills Ahead". Day 1 was dedicated to highlighting and honoring the work of Dr. Jean Gotman, a pioneer in EEG, intracranial EEG, simultaneous EEG/ functional magnetic resonance imaging, and signal analysis of epilepsy. The program focused on two main research directions of Dr. Gotman, and was dedicated to "High-frequency oscillations, a new biomarker of epilepsy" and "Probing the epileptic focus from inside and outside". All talks were presented by colleagues and former trainees of Dr. Gotman. The extended summaries provide an overview of historical and current work in the neurophysiology of epilepsy with emphasis on novel EEG biomarkers of epilepsy and source imaging and concluded with an outlook on the future of epilepsy research, and what is needed to bring the field to the next level.
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- B Frauscher
- Analytical Neurophysiology Lab, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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- Aix Marseille Univ, INSERM, INS, Inst Neurosci Syst, Marseille, France
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- David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Multimodal Functional Imaging Lab, PERFORM Centre, Department of Physics, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada; Multimodal Functional Imaging Lab, Biomedical Engineering Department, McGill University, QC, Canada; Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Neurology and Neurosurgery Department, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Pediatric and Clinical Neurosciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Inserm, U1216, CHU Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institute Neurosciences, Department of Neurology, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland, The Netherlands; Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Neurology and Neurosurgery Department, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Li D, Mei L, Li H, Hu C, Zhou B, Zhang K, Qiao Z, Xu X, Xu Q. Brain structural alterations in young girls with Rett syndrome: A voxel-based morphometry and tract-based spatial statistics study. Front Neuroinform 2022; 16:962197. [PMID: 36156984 PMCID: PMC9493495 DOI: 10.3389/fninf.2022.962197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Rett syndrome (RTT) is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by loss-of-function variants in the MECP2 gene, currently with no cure. Neuroimaging is an important tool for obtaining non-invasive structural and functional information about the in vivo brain. Multiple approaches to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans have been utilized effectively in RTT patients to understand the possible pathological basis. This study combined developmental evaluations with clinical severity, T1-weighted imaging, and diffusion tensor imaging, aiming to explore the structural alterations in cohorts of young girls with RTT, idiopathic autism spectrum disorder (ASD), or typical development. Voxel-based morphometry (VBM) was used to determine the voxel-wised volumetric characteristics of gray matter, while tract-based spatial statistics (SPSS) was used to obtain voxel-wised properties of white matter. Finally, a correlation analysis between the brain structural alterations and the clinical evaluations was performed. In the RTT group, VBM revealed decreased gray matter volume in the insula, frontal cortex, calcarine, and limbic/paralimbic regions; TBSS demonstrated decreased fractional anisotropy (FA) and increased mean diffusivity (MD) mainly in the corpus callosum and other projection and association fibers such as superior longitudinal fasciculus and corona radiata. The social impairment quotient and clinical severity were associated with these morphometric alterations. This monogenic study with an early stage of RTT may provide some valuable guidance for understanding the disease pathogenesis. At the same time, the pediatric-adjusted analytic pipelines for VBM and TBSS were introduced for significant improvement over classical approaches for MRI scans in children.
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- Dongyun Li
- Department of Child Health Care, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Child Health Care, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Child Health Care, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Child Health Care, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Child Health Care, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Child Health Care, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Zhongwei Qiao
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- Department of Child Health Care, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Xiu Xu
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- Department of Child Health Care, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- *Correspondence: Qiong Xu
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Horing B, Büchel C. The human insula processes both modality-independent and pain-selective learning signals. PLoS Biol 2022; 20:e3001540. [PMID: 35522696 PMCID: PMC9116652 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2021] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 04/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Prediction errors (PEs) are generated when there are differences between an expected and an actual event or sensory input. The insula is a key brain region involved in pain processing, and studies have shown that the insula encodes the magnitude of an unexpected outcome (unsigned PEs). In addition to signaling this general magnitude information, PEs can give specific information on the direction of this deviation-i.e., whether an event is better or worse than expected. It is unclear whether the unsigned PE responses in the insula are selective for pain or reflective of a more general processing of aversive events irrespective of modality. It is also unknown whether the insula can process signed PEs at all. Understanding these specific mechanisms has implications for understanding how pain is processed in the brain in both health and in chronic pain conditions. In this study, 47 participants learned associations between 2 conditioned stimuli (CS) with 4 unconditioned stimuli (US; painful heat or loud sound, of one low and one high intensity each) while undergoing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and skin conductance response (SCR) measurements. We demonstrate that activation in the anterior insula correlated with unsigned intensity PEs, irrespective of modality, indicating an unspecific aversive surprise signal. Conversely, signed intensity PE signals were modality specific, with signed PEs following pain but not sound located in the dorsal posterior insula, an area implicated in pain intensity processing. Previous studies have identified abnormal insula function and abnormal learning as potential causes of pain chronification. Our findings link these results and suggest that a misrepresentation of learning relevant PEs in the insular cortex may serve as an underlying factor in chronic pain.
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- Björn Horing
- Department of Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Li M, Ma X, Mai C, Fan Z, Wang Y, Ren Y. Knowledge Atlas of Insular Epilepsy: A Bibliometric Analysis. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2022; 18:2891-2903. [PMID: 36540673 PMCID: PMC9760072 DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s392953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE In order to determine research hotspots and prospective directions, this work used VOSviewer and CiteSpace to assess the current state of insular epilepsy research. METHODS We looked for pertinent research about insular epilepsy published between the first of January 2000 and the thirtieth of April 2022 in the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database. CiteSpace and VOSviewer were used to build a knowledge atlas by analyzing authors, institutions, countries, keywords with citation bursts, keyword clustering, keyword co-occurrence, publishing journals, reference co-citation patterns, and other factors. RESULTS A total of 305 publications on insular epilepsy were found. Nguyen DK had the most articles published (37), whereas Mauguière F and Isnard J had the highest average number of citations/publications (39.37 and 38.09, respectively). The leading countries and institutions in this field were the United States (82 papers) and Université de Montréal (40 papers). Authors, countries, and institutions appear to be actively collaborating. Hot topics and research frontiers included surgical treatment, functional network connectivity, and the application of neuroimaging methods to study insular epilepsy. CONCLUSION In summary, the most influential articles, authors, journals, organizations, and countries on the subject of insular epilepsy were determined by this analysis. This study investigated the area of insular epilepsy research and forecasted upcoming trends using co-occurrence and evolution methods.
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- Manli Li
- Department of Physiology, Sanquan College of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physiology, Sanquan College of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physiology, Sanquan College of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physiology, Sanquan College of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, People's Republic of China
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- Ningxia Key Laboratory of Cerebrocranial Disease, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physiology, Sanquan College of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, People's Republic of China
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