Connectome reorganization associated with temporal lobe pathology and its surgical resection
Brain,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
147(7), С. 2483 - 2495
Опубликована: Май 3, 2024
Network
neuroscience
offers
a
unique
framework
to
understand
the
organizational
principles
of
human
brain.
Despite
recent
progress,
our
understanding
how
brain
is
modulated
by
focal
lesions
remains
incomplete.
Resection
temporal
lobe
most
effective
treatment
control
seizures
in
pharmaco-resistant
epilepsy
(TLE),
making
this
syndrome
powerful
model
study
lesional
effects
on
network
organization
young
and
middle-aged
adults.
Here,
we
assessed
downstream
consequences
lesion
its
surgical
resection
brain's
structural
connectome,
explored
reorganization
relates
clinical
variables
at
individual
patient
level.
We
included
adults
with
TLE
(n
=
37)
who
underwent
anterior
lobectomy
between
two
imaging
time
points,
as
well
age-
sex-matched
healthy
controls
comparable
31).
Core
analysis
was
projection
high-dimensional
connectome
data-derived
from
diffusion
MRI
tractography
each
subject-into
lower-dimensional
gradients.
then
compared
gradients
patients
relative
before
surgery,
tracked
surgically-induced
reconfiguration
pre-
postoperative
examined
associations
patient-specific
phenotypes.
Before
individuals
presented
marked
changes
bilateral
temporo-parietal
regions,
reflecting
an
increased
segregation
ipsilateral
rest
Surgery-induced
localized
subnetwork,
but
primarily
involved
integration
contralateral
regions
Using
partial
least-squares
analysis,
uncovered
latent
signature
underlying
reorganization,
showing
that
displayed
fronto-occipital
cortices
also
had
greater
preoperative
hippocampal
atrophy,
lower
seizure
frequency
secondarily
generalized
seizures.
Our
results
bridge
their
resections
large-scale
interindividual
variability,
thus
offering
new
avenues
examine
fundamental
malleability
Язык: Английский
Mapping the topographic organization of the human zona incerta using diffusion MRI
Опубликована: Фев. 3, 2025
The
zona
incerta
(ZI)
is
a
deep
brain
region
originally
described
by
Auguste
Forel
as
an
“immensely
confusing
area
about
which
nothing
can
be
said.”
Despite
the
elusive
nature
of
this
structure,
mounting
evidence
supports
role
ZI
and
surrounding
regions
across
diverse
range
functions
candidate
target
for
neuromodulatory
therapies.
Using
in
vivo
diffusion
MRI
data-driven
connectivity,
we
identify
topographic
organization
between
neocortex.
Specifically,
our
methods
rostral-caudal
gradient
predominantly
connecting
frontopolar
ventral
prefrontal
cortices
with
rostral
ZI,
primary
sensorimotor
caudal
ZI.
Moreover,
demonstrate
how
clustering
approaches
build
complementary
including
facilitating
mapping
central
connected
dorsal
cortex.
These
results
were
shown
to
replicable
multiple
datasets
at
individual
subject
level,
building
important
mediating
frontal
lobe-associated
tasks,
ranging
from
motor
cognitive
emotional
control.
Finally,
consider
impact
on
refinement
targets.
pave
way
increasingly
detailed
understanding
substructures,
considerations
targeting
neuromodulation.
Язык: Английский
Mapping the topographic organization of the human zona incerta using diffusion MRI
Опубликована: Фев. 3, 2025
The
zona
incerta
(ZI)
is
a
deep
brain
region
originally
described
by
Auguste
Forel
as
an
“immensely
confusing
area
about
which
nothing
can
be
said.”
Despite
the
elusive
nature
of
this
structure,
mounting
evidence
supports
role
ZI
and
surrounding
regions
across
diverse
range
functions
candidate
target
for
neuromodulatory
therapies.
Using
in
vivo
diffusion
MRI
data-driven
connectivity,
we
identify
topographic
organization
between
neocortex.
Specifically,
our
methods
rostral-caudal
gradient
predominantly
connecting
frontopolar
ventral
prefrontal
cortices
with
rostral
ZI,
primary
sensorimotor
caudal
ZI.
Moreover,
demonstrate
how
clustering
approaches
build
complementary
including
facilitating
mapping
central
connected
dorsal
cortex.
These
results
were
shown
to
replicable
multiple
datasets
at
individual
subject
level,
building
important
mediating
frontal
lobe-associated
tasks,
ranging
from
motor
cognitive
emotional
control.
Finally,
consider
impact
on
refinement
targets.
pave
way
increasingly
detailed
understanding
substructures,
considerations
targeting
neuromodulation.
Язык: Английский
Multimodal gradients of basal forebrain connectivity across the neocortex
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Май 26, 2023
The
cholinergic
innervation
of
the
cortex
originates
almost
entirely
from
populations
neurons
in
basal
forebrain
(BF).
Structurally,
ascending
BF
projections
are
highly
branched,
with
individual
cells
targeting
multiple
different
cortical
regions.
However,
it
is
not
known
whether
structural
organization
reflects
their
functional
integration
cortex.
We
therefore
used
high-resolution
7T
diffusion
and
resting
state
MRI
humans
to
examine
multimodal
gradients
connectivity
Moving
anteromedial
posterolateral
BF,
we
observed
reduced
tethering
between
gradients,
most
pronounced
dissimilarity
localized
nucleus
basalis
Meynert
(NbM).
expression
this
structure-function
gradient
revealed
progressively
weaker
moving
unimodal
transmodal
cortex,
lowest
midcingulo-insular
human
[
18
F]
fluoroethoxy-benzovesamicol
(FEOBV)
PET
demonstrate
that
areas
higher
concentrations
tend
exhibit
lower
connectivity,
suggesting
a
pattern
increasingly
diffuse
axonal
arborization.
Anterograde
viral
tracing
FEOBV
mice
confirmed
arborization
across
neurons.
Like
humans,
highest
project
cingulo-insular
mouse
isocortex.
Altogether,
our
findings
reveal
vary
branch
complexity,
certain
subpopulations
exhibiting
greater
modularity
others
diffusivity
targets.
Язык: Английский
Multimodal Precision Neuroimaging of the Individual Human Brain at Ultra-high fields
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Июнь 19, 2024
Multimodal
neuroimaging
allows
for
non-invasive
examination
of
human
brain
structure
and
function
across
multiple
scales.
Precision
builds
upon
this
foundation,
enabling
the
mapping
structure,
function,
connectivity
patterns
with
high
fidelity
in
single
individuals.
Ultra-high
field
(UHF)
neuroimaging,
operating
at
magnetic
strengths
7
Tesla
or
higher,
increases
signal-to-noise
ratio
offers
even
higher
spatial
resolution.
Here,
we
provide
a
multimodal
Neuroimaging
Connectomics
(PNI)
dataset,
utilizing
UHF
7T
resonance
imaging
(MRI).
Ten
healthy
individuals
underwent
comprehensive
MRI
protocol,
including
T1
relaxometry,
magnetization
transfer
imaging,
T2*-weighted
diffusion
MRI,
multi-state
functional
paradigms,
aggregated
three
sessions.
Alongside
anonymized
raw
data,
release
cortex-wide
connectomes
from
different
modalities
parcellation
scales,
supply
gradients
that
compactly
characterize
patterning
cortical
organization.
Our
precision
dataset
will
advance
our
understanding
structure-function
relationships
individual
is
publicly
available
via
Open
Science
Framework
(https://osf.io/mhq3f/)
Canadian
Neuroscience
Platform
data
portal
(https://portal.conp.ca).
Язык: Английский
Exploring sex-specific neuroendocrine influences on the sensorimotor-association axis in single individuals
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Май 5, 2024
Human
neuroimaging
studies
consistently
show
multimodal
patterns
of
variability
along
a
key
principle
macroscale
cortical
organization
-
the
sensorimotor-association
(S-A)
axis.
However,
little
is
known
about
day-to-day
fluctuations
in
functional
activity
this
axis
within
an
individual,
including
sex-specific
neuroendocrine
factors
contributing
to
such
transient
changes.
We
leveraged
data
from
two
densely
sampled
healthy
young
adults,
one
female
and
male,
investigate
intra-individual
daily
S-A
axis,
which
we
computed
as
our
measure
by
reducing
dimensionality
connectivity
matrices.
Daily
was
greatest
temporal
limbic
ventral
prefrontal
regions
both
participants,
more
strongly
pronounced
male
subject.
Next,
probed
local-
system-level
effects
steroid
hormones
self-reported
perceived
stress
on
organization.
Our
findings
revealed
modest
that
differed
between
hinting
at
subtle
-potentially
sex-specific-
associations
In
sum,
study
points
possible
modulators
brain
organization,
highlighting
need
for
further
research
larger
samples.
Язык: Английский
Mapping the topographic organization of the human zona incerta using diffusion MRI
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Сен. 10, 2024
Abstract
The
zona
incerta
(ZI)
is
a
deep
brain
region
originally
described
by
Auguste
Forel
as
an
“immensely
confusing
area
about
which
nothing
can
be
said.”
Despite
the
elusive
nature
of
this
structure,
mounting
evidence
supports
role
ZI
and
surrounding
regions
across
diverse
range
functions
candidate
target
for
neuromodulatory
therapies.
Using
in
vivo
diffusion
MRI
data-driven
connectivity,
we
identify
topographic
organization
between
neocortex.
Specifically,
our
methods
rostral-caudal
gradient
predominantly
connecting
frontopolar
ventral
prefrontal
cortices
with
rostral
ZI,
primary
sensorimotor
caudal
ZI.
Moreover,
demonstrate
how
clustering
approaches
build
complementary
including
facilitating
mapping
central
connected
dorsal
cortex.
These
results
were
shown
to
replicable
multiple
datasets
at
individual
subject
level,
building
important
mediating
frontal
lobe-associated
tasks,
ranging
from
motor
cognitive
emotional
control.
Finally,
consider
impact
on
refinement
targets.
pave
way
increasingly
detailed
understanding
substructures,
considerations
targeting
neuromodulation.
Язык: Английский
Multimodal gradients of basal forebrain connectivity across the neocortex
Nature Communications,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
15(1)
Опубликована: Окт. 18, 2024
Cortical
cholinergic
projections
originate
from
subregions
of
the
basal
forebrain
(BF).
To
examine
its
organization
in
humans,
we
computed
multimodal
gradients
BF
connectivity
by
combining
7
T
diffusion
and
resting
state
functional
MRI.
Moving
anteromedial
to
posterolateral
BF,
observe
reduced
tethering
between
structural
gradients,
with
lowest
nucleus
basalis
Meynert.
In
neocortex,
this
gradient
is
expressed
progressively
unimodal
sensory
transmodal
cortex,
midcingulo-insular
network,
also
spatially
correlated
molecular
concentration
VAChT,
measured
[
Язык: Английский
covSTATIS: A multi-table technique for network neuroscience
Aperture Neuro,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
4
Опубликована: Ноя. 5, 2024
Similarity
analyses
between
multiple
correlation
or
covariance
tables
constitute
the
cornerstone
of
network
neuroscience.
Here,
we
introduce
covSTATIS,
a
versatile,
linear,
unsupervised
multi-table
method
designed
to
identify
structured
patterns
in
data,
and
allow
for
simultaneous
extraction
interpretation
both
individual
group-level
features.
With
similarity
can
now
be
easily
integrated,
without
requiring
priori
data
simplification,
complex
black-box
implementations,
user-dependent
specifications,
supervised
frameworks.
Applications
tutorial
with
Open
Data
source
code
are
provided.
CovSTATIS
offers
promising
avenue
advancing
theoretical
analytic
landscape
Язык: Английский
Brain maps of general cognitive function and spatial correlations with neurobiological cortical profiles
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Дек. 17, 2024
In
this
paper,
we
attempt
to
answer
two
questions:
1)
which
regions
of
the
human
brain,
in
terms
morphometry,
are
most
strongly
related
individual
differences
domain-general
cognitive
functioning
(g)?
and
2)
what
underlying
neurobiological
properties
those
regions?
We
meta-analyse
vertex-wise
g-cortical
morphometry
(volume,
surface
area,
thickness,
curvature
sulcal
depth)
associations
using
data
from
3
cohorts:
UK
Biobank
(UKB),
Generation
Scotland
(GenScot),
Lothian
Birth
Cohort
1936
(LBC1936),
with
meta-analytic
N
=
38,379
(age
range
44
84
years
old).
These
g-morphometry
vary
magnitude
direction
across
cortex
(|β|
-0.12
0.17
measures)
show
good
cross-cohort
agreement
(mean
spatial
correlation
r
0.57,
SD
0.18).
Then,
address
(2),
bring
together
existing
-
derive
new
cortical
maps
33
characteristics
multiple
modalities
(including
neurotransmitter
receptor
densities,
gene
expression,
functional
connectivity,
metabolism,
cytoarchitectural
similarity).
discover
that
these
profiles
spatially
covary
along
four
major
dimensions
organisation
(accounting
for
65.9%
variance)
denote
aspects
scaffolding
underpin
patterning
MRI-cognitive
observe
(significant
|r|
0.21
0.56).
Alongside
analyses,
make
openly
accessible,
provide
a
compendium
cortex-wide
within-region
correlations
among
general
specific
facets
brain
higher
order
functioning,
hope
will
serve
as
framework
analysing
other
behaviour-brain
MRI
associations.
Язык: Английский