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Liu L, Jia D, He Z, Wen B, Zhang X, Han S. Individualized functional connectome abnormalities obtained using two normative model unveil neurophysiological subtypes of obsessive compulsive disorder. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2024; 135:111122. [PMID: 39154932 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2024.111122] [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: 05/27/2024] [Revised: 07/26/2024] [Accepted: 08/15/2024] [Indexed: 08/20/2024]
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The high heterogeneity observed among patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) underscores the need to identify neurophysiological OCD subtypes to facilitate personalized diagnosis and treatment. In this study, our aim was to identify potential OCD subtypes based on individualized functional connectome abnormalities. We recruited a total of 99 patients with OCD and 104 healthy controls (HCs) matched for demographic characteristics. Individualized functional connectome abnormalities were obtained using normative models of functional connectivity strength (FCS) and used as features to unveil OCD subtypes. Sensitivity analyses were conducted to assess the reproducibility and robustness of the clustering outcomes. Patients exhibited significant intersubject heterogeneity in individualized functional connectome abnormalities. Two subtypes with distinct patterns of FCS abnormalities relative to HCs were identified. Subtype 1 patients primarily exhibited significantly decreased FCS in regions including the frontal gyrus, insula, hippocampus, and precentral/postcentral gyrus, whereas subtype 2 patients demonstrated increased FCS in widespread brain regions. When all patients were combined, no significant differences were observed. Additionally, the identified subtypes showed significant differences in age of onset. Furthermore, sensitivity analyses confirmed the reproducibility of our subtyping results. In conclusion, the identified OCD subtypes shed new light on the taxonomy and neurophysiological heterogeneity of OCD.
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- Liang Liu
- School of Automation and Intelligence, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
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- School of Automation and Intelligence, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China.
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- School of Automation and Intelligence, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
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Soh C, Hervault M, Chalkley NH, Moore CM, Rohl A, Zhang Q, Uc EY, Greenlee JDW, Wessel JR. The human subthalamic nucleus transiently inhibits active attentional processes. Brain 2024; 147:3204-3215. [PMID: 38436939 PMCID: PMC11370801 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awae068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024] Open
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The subthalamic nucleus (STN) of the basal ganglia is key to the inhibitory control of movement. Consequently, it is a primary target for the neurosurgical treatment of movement disorders like Parkinson's disease, where modulating the STN via deep brain stimulation (DBS) can release excess inhibition of thalamocortical motor circuits. However, the STN is also anatomically connected to other thalamocortical circuits, including those underlying cognitive processes like attention. Notably, STN-DBS can also affect these processes. This suggests that the STN may also contribute to the inhibition of non-motor activity and that STN-DBS may cause changes to this inhibition. Here we tested this hypothesis in humans. We used a novel, wireless outpatient method to record intracranial local field potentials (LFP) from STN DBS implants during a visual attention task (Experiment 1, n = 12). These outpatient measurements allowed the simultaneous recording of high-density EEG, which we used to derive the steady state visual evoked potential (SSVEP), a well established neural index of visual attentional engagement. By relating STN activity to this neural marker of attention (instead of overt behaviour), we avoided possible confounds resulting from STN's motor role. We aimed to test whether the STN contributes to the momentary inhibition of the SSVEP caused by unexpected, distracting sounds. Furthermore, we causally tested this association in a second experiment, where we modulated STN via DBS across two sessions of the task, spaced at least 1 week apart (n = 21, no sample overlap with Experiment 1). The LFP recordings in Experiment 1 showed that reductions of the SSVEP after distracting sounds were preceded by sound-related γ-frequency (>60 Hz) activity in the STN. Trial-to-trial modelling further showed that this STN activity statistically mediated the sounds' suppressive effect on the SSVEP. In Experiment 2, modulating STN activity via DBS significantly reduced these sound-related SSVEP reductions. This provides causal evidence for the role of the STN in the surprise-related inhibition of attention. These findings suggest that the human STN contributes to the inhibition of attention, a non-motor process. This supports a domain-general view of the inhibitory role of the STN. Furthermore, these findings also suggest a potential mechanism underlying some of the known cognitive side effects of STN-DBS treatment, especially on attentional processes. Finally, our newly established outpatient LFP recording technique facilitates the testing of the role of subcortical nuclei in complex cognitive tasks, alongside recordings from the rest of the brain, and in much shorter time than peri-surgical recordings.
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- Cheol Soh
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Cognitive Control Collaborative, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Cognitive Control Collaborative, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Cognitive Control Collaborative, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Neurology Service, Iowa City VA Medical Center, Iowa City, IA 52246, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Cognitive Control Collaborative, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Bonnavion P, Varin C, Fakhfouri G, Martinez Olondo P, De Groote A, Cornil A, Lorenzo Lopez R, Pozuelo Fernandez E, Isingrini E, Rainer Q, Xu K, Tzavara E, Vigneault E, Dumas S, de Kerchove d'Exaerde A, Giros B. Striatal projection neurons coexpressing dopamine D1 and D2 receptors modulate the motor function of D1- and D2-SPNs. Nat Neurosci 2024; 27:1783-1793. [PMID: 38965445 DOI: 10.1038/s41593-024-01694-4] [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: 03/09/2022] [Accepted: 05/28/2024] [Indexed: 07/06/2024]
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The role of the striatum in motor control is commonly assumed to be mediated by the two striatal efferent pathways characterized by striatal projection neurons (SPNs) expressing dopamine (DA) D1 receptors or D2 receptors (D1-SPNs and D2-SPNs, respectively), without regard to SPNs coexpressing both receptors (D1/D2-SPNs). Here we developed an approach to target these hybrid SPNs in mice and demonstrate that, although these SPNs are less abundant, they have a major role in guiding the motor function of the other two populations. D1/D2-SPNs project exclusively to the external globus pallidus and have specific electrophysiological features with distinctive integration of DA signals. Gain- and loss-of-function experiments indicate that D1/D2-SPNs potentiate the prokinetic and antikinetic functions of D1-SPNs and D2-SPNs, respectively, and restrain the integrated motor response to psychostimulants. Overall, our findings demonstrate the essential role of this population of D1/D2-coexpressing neurons in orchestrating the fine-tuning of DA regulation in thalamo-cortico-striatal loops.
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- Patricia Bonnavion
- Neurophy Lab, ULB Neuroscience Institute, Université Libre Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Neurophy Lab, ULB Neuroscience Institute, Université Libre Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Psychiatry, Douglas Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Neurophy Lab, ULB Neuroscience Institute, Université Libre Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Neurophy Lab, ULB Neuroscience Institute, Université Libre Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Neurophy Lab, ULB Neuroscience Institute, Université Libre Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Neurophy Lab, ULB Neuroscience Institute, Université Libre Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Neurophy Lab, ULB Neuroscience Institute, Université Libre Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Psychiatry, Douglas Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Université Paris Cité, INCC UMR 8002, CNRS, Paris, France
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- Department of Psychiatry, Douglas Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Douglas Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Université Paris Cité, INCC UMR 8002, CNRS, Paris, France
- AP-HM, Hôpital Sainte Marguerite, Pôle Psychiatrie Universitaire Solaris, Marseille, France
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- Department of Psychiatry, Douglas Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Neurophy Lab, ULB Neuroscience Institute, Université Libre Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium.
- WELBIO, WEL Research Institute, Wavre, Belgium.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Douglas Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- Université Paris Cité, INCC UMR 8002, CNRS, Paris, France.
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Wilhelm E, Derosiere G, Quoilin C, Cakiroglu I, Paço S, Raftopoulos C, Nuttin B, Duque J. Subthalamic DBS does not restore deficits in corticospinal suppression during movement preparation in Parkinson's disease. Clin Neurophysiol 2024; 165:107-116. [PMID: 38996612 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2024.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Revised: 03/27/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 07/14/2024]
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OBJECTIVE Parkinson's disease (PD) patients exhibit changes in mechanisms underlying movement preparation, particularly the suppression of corticospinal excitability - termed "preparatory suppression" - which is thought to facilitate movement execution in healthy individuals. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) being an attractive treatment for advanced PD, we aimed to study the potential contribution of this nucleus to PD-related changes in such corticospinal dynamics. METHODS On two consecutive days, we applied single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation to the primary motor cortex of 20 advanced PD patients treated with bilateral STN-DBS (ON vs. OFF), as well as 20 healthy control subjects. Motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) were elicited at rest or during movement preparation in an instructed-delay choice reaction time task including left- or right-hand responses. Preparatory suppression was assessed by expressing MEPs during movement preparation relative to rest. RESULTS PD patients exhibited a deficit in preparatory suppression when it was probed on the responding hand side, particularly when this corresponded to their most-affected hand, regardless of their STN-DBS status. CONCLUSIONS Advanced PD patients displayed a reduction in preparatory suppression which was not restored by STN-DBS. SIGNIFICANCE The current findings confirm that PD patients lack preparatory suppression, as previously reported. Yet, the fact that this deficit was not responsive to STN-DBS calls for future studies on the neural source of this regulatory mechanism during movement preparation.
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- Emmanuelle Wilhelm
- Institute of Neuroscience, Catholic University of Louvain, 1200 Brussels, Belgium; Department of Adult Neurology, Saint-Luc University Hospital, 1200 Brussels, Belgium.
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Catholic University of Louvain, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Catholic University of Louvain, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Catholic University of Louvain, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- NOVA IMS, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1070-312 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Neurosurgery, UZ Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Catholic University of Louvain, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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Passaretti M, Cilia R, Rinaldo S, Rossi Sebastiano D, Orunesu E, Devigili G, Braccia A, Paparella G, De Riggi M, van Eimeren T, Strafella AP, Lanteri P, Berardelli A, Bologna M, Eleopra R. Neurophysiological markers of motor compensatory mechanisms in early Parkinson's disease. Brain 2024:awae210. [PMID: 39189320 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awae210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2024] [Revised: 05/20/2024] [Accepted: 06/13/2024] [Indexed: 08/28/2024] Open
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Compensatory mechanisms in Parkinson's disease are defined as the changes that the brain uses to adapt to neurodegeneration and progressive dopamine reduction. Motor compensation in early Parkinson's disease could, in part, be responsible for a unilateral onset of clinical motor signs despite the presence of bilateral nigrostriatal degeneration. Although several mechanisms have been proposed for compensatory adaptations in Parkinson's disease, the underlying pathophysiology is unclear. Here, we investigate motor compensation in Parkinson's disease by investigating the relationship between clinical signs, dopamine transporter imaging data and neurophysiological measures of the primary motor cortex (M1), using transcranial magnetic stimulation in presymptomatic and symptomatic hemispheres of patients. In this cross-sectional, multicentre study, we screened 82 individuals with Parkinson's disease. Patients were evaluated clinically in their medication OFF state using standardized scales. Sixteen Parkinson's disease patients with bilateral dopamine transporter deficit in the putamina but unilateral symptoms were included. Twenty-eight sex- and age-matched healthy controls were also investigated. In all participants, we tested cortical excitability using single- and paired-pulse techniques, interhemispheric inhibition and cortical plasticity with paired associative stimulation. Data were analysed with ANOVAs, multiple linear regression and logistic regression models. Individual coefficients of motor compensation were defined in patients based on clinical and imaging data, i.e. the motor compensation coefficient. The motor compensation coefficient includes an asymmetry score to balance motor and dopamine transporter data between the two hemispheres, in addition to a hemispheric ratio accounting for the relative mismatch between the magnitude of motor signs and dopaminergic deficit. In patients, corticospinal excitability and plasticity were higher in the presymptomatic compared with the symptomatic M1. Also, interhemispheric inhibition from the presymptomatic to the symptomatic M1 was reduced. Lower putamen binding was associated with higher plasticity and reduced interhemispheric inhibition in the presymptomatic hemisphere. The motor compensation coefficient distinguished the presymptomatic from the symptomatic hemisphere. Finally, in the presymptomatic hemisphere, a higher motor compensation coefficient was associated with lower corticospinal excitability and interhemispheric inhibition and with higher plasticity. In conclusion, the present study suggests that motor compensation involves M1-striatal networks and intercortical connections becoming more effective with progressive loss of dopaminergic terminals in the putamen. The balance between these motor networks seems to be driven by cortical plasticity.
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- Massimiliano Passaretti
- Parkinson and Movement Disorders Unit, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, 20133 Milan, Italy
- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 17165 Solna, Sweden
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- Parkinson and Movement Disorders Unit, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Parkinson and Movement Disorders Unit, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Neurophysiology Unit, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy
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- Parkinson and Movement Disorders Unit, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Parkinson and Movement Disorders Unit, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
- IRCCS Neuromed, 86077 Pozzilli (IS), Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany
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- Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5R 1E8, Canada
- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON M5S 2S1, Canada
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- Neurophysiology Unit, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
- IRCCS Neuromed, 86077 Pozzilli (IS), Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
- IRCCS Neuromed, 86077 Pozzilli (IS), Italy
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- Parkinson and Movement Disorders Unit, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, 20133 Milan, Italy
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Fiorin FDS, de Araújo E Silva M, de Medeiros RE, Viana da Silva GH, Rodrigues AC, Morya E. Spinal Cord Stimulation Modulates Rat Cortico-Basal Ganglia Locomotor Circuit. Neuromodulation 2024:S1094-7159(24)00656-1. [PMID: 39140936 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurom.2024.07.004] [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: 04/12/2024] [Revised: 07/09/2024] [Accepted: 07/18/2024] [Indexed: 08/15/2024]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE The cortico-basal ganglia circuit is crucial to understanding locomotor behavior and movement disorders. Spinal cord stimulation modulates that circuit, which is a promising approach to restoring motor functions. However, the effects of electrical spinal cord stimulation in the healthy brain motor circuit in pre- and postgait are poorly understood. Thus, this report aims to evaluate, through electrophysiological analyses, the dynamic spectral features of motor networks underlying locomotor initiation with spinal cord stimulation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Wistar male rats underwent spinal cord stimulation (current 30-150 μA, frequency 100, 333, and 500 Hz) with the electrophysiological recording of the caudate and putamen nuclei, primary and secondary motor cortices, and primary somatosensory cortex. Video tracking recorded treadmill locomotion and extracted the motor planning and gait initiation. RESULTS Spectral analysis of segments of gait initiation (pre- and postgait), with stimulation off, showed increased low-frequency activity. Postgait initiation showed increased alpha and beta rhythms and decreased delta rhythm with the stimulation off. Overall, the stimulation frequencies reduced alpha and beta rhythms in all brain areas during movement initiation. Regarding movement planning, such an effect was observed in the sensorimotor area, comprising the delta and alpha rhythms. CONCLUSION This study showed a short-term effect of spinal cord stimulation on the brain areas of the motor circuit, suggesting possible facilitation of movement planning and starting through neuromodulation. Thus, the electrophysiological characterization of this study may contribute to understanding basal ganglia networks and developing new approaches to treat movement disorders in the gait initiation phase.
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- Fernando da Silva Fiorin
- Graduate Program in Neuroengineering, Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience, Santos Dumont Institute, Macaíba, Brazil.
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- Graduate Program in Neuroengineering, Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience, Santos Dumont Institute, Macaíba, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Neuroengineering, Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience, Santos Dumont Institute, Macaíba, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Neuroengineering, Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience, Santos Dumont Institute, Macaíba, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Neuroengineering, Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience, Santos Dumont Institute, Macaíba, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Neuroengineering, Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience, Santos Dumont Institute, Macaíba, Brazil
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Ter Horst J, Boillot M, Cohen MX, Englitz B. Decreased Beta Power and OFC-STN Phase Synchronization during Reactive Stopping in Freely Behaving Rats. J Neurosci 2024; 44:e0463242024. [PMID: 38866485 PMCID: PMC11308328 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0463-24.2024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2024] [Revised: 04/30/2024] [Accepted: 05/24/2024] [Indexed: 06/14/2024] Open
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During natural behavior, an action often needs to be suddenly stopped in response to an unexpected sensory input-referred to as reactive stopping. Reactive stopping has been mostly investigated in humans, which led to hypotheses about the involvement of different brain structures, in particular the hyperdirect pathway. Here, we directly investigate the contribution and interaction of two key regions of the hyperdirect pathway, the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and subthalamic nucleus (STN), using dual-area, multielectrode recordings in male rats performing a stop-signal task. In this task, rats have to initiate movement to a go-signal, and occasionally stop their movement to the go-signal side after a stop-signal, presented at various stop-signal delays. Both the OFC and STN show near-simultaneous field potential reductions in the beta frequency range (12-30 Hz) compared with the period preceding the go-signal and the movement period. These transient reductions (∼200 ms) only happen during reactive stopping, which is when the stop-signal was received after action initiation, and are well timed after stop-signal onset and before the estimated time of stopping. Phase synchronization analysis also showed a transient attenuation of synchronization between the OFC and STN in the beta range during reactive stopping. The present results provide the first direct quantification of local neural oscillatory activity in the OFC and STN and interareal synchronization specifically timed during reactive stopping.
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- Jordi Ter Horst
- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen 6525 EN, The Netherlands
- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen 6525 EN, The Netherlands
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- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen 6525 EN, The Netherlands
- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen 6525 EN, The Netherlands
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- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen 6525 EN, The Netherlands
- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen 6525 EN, The Netherlands
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- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen 6525 EN, The Netherlands
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Obeso I, Loayza FR, González-Redondo R, Villagra F, Luis E, Jahanshahi M, Obeso JA, Pastor MA. The causal role of the subthalamic nucleus in the inhibitory network. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2024; 1538:117-128. [PMID: 39116019 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.15193] [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] [Indexed: 08/10/2024]
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The neural network mediating successful response inhibition mainly includes right hemisphere activation of the pre-supplementary motor area, inferior frontal gyrus (IFG), subthalamic nucleus (STN), and caudate nucleus. However, the causal role of these regions in the inhibitory network is undefined. Five patients with Parkinson's disease were assessed prior to and after therapeutic thermal ablation of the right STN in two separate functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) sessions while performing a stop-signal task. Initiation times were faster but motor inhibition with the left hand (contralateral to the lesion) was significantly impaired as evident in prolonged stop-signal reaction times. Reduced inhibition after right subthalamotomy was associated (during successful inhibition) with the recruitment of basal ganglia regions outside the established inhibitory network. They included the putamen and caudate together with the anterior cingulate cortex and IFG of the left hemisphere. Subsequent network connectivity analysis (with the seed over the nonlesioned left STN) revealed a new inhibitory network after right subthalamotomies. Our results highlight the causal role of the right STN in the neural network for motor inhibition and the possible basal ganglia mechanisms for compensation upon losing a key node of the inhibition network.
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- Neuroimaging and BioEngineering Laboratory, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnic University (ESPOL), Guayaquil, Ecuador
- Neuroimaging Laboratory, Neurosciences Department, Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Neuroimaging Laboratory, Neurosciences Department, Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Neuroimaging Laboratory, Neurosciences Department, Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Cognitive-Motor Neuroscience Group, Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology & The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK
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- CIBERNED, Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- HM-CINAC, Hospital Universitario HM Puerta del Sur, Madrid, Spain
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- Neuroimaging Laboratory, Neurosciences Department, Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
- Department of Neurology, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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Tang X, Huang Z, Zhu G, Liang H, Sun H, Zhang Y, Tan Y, Cui M, Gong H, Wang X, Chen YH. Matching supplementary motor area-primary motor cortex paired transcranial magnetic stimulation improves motor dysfunction in Parkinson's disease: a single-center, double-blind randomized controlled clinical trial protocol. Front Aging Neurosci 2024; 16:1422535. [PMID: 39149144 PMCID: PMC11325724 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2024.1422535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2024] [Accepted: 07/15/2024] [Indexed: 08/17/2024] Open
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Background Non-invasive neuroregulation techniques have been demonstrated to improve certain motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the currently employed regulatory techniques primarily concentrate on stimulating single target points, neglecting the functional regulation of networks and circuits. The supplementary motor area (SMA) has a significant value in motor control, and its functionality is often impaired in patients with PD. The matching SMA-primary motor cortex (M1) paired transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) treatment protocol, which benefits patients by modulating the sequential and functional connections between the SMA and M1, was elucidated in this study. Methods This was a single-center, double-blind, randomized controlled clinical trial. We recruited 78 subjects and allocated them in a 1:1 ratio by stratified randomization into the paired stimulation (n = 39) and conventional stimulation groups (n = 39). Each patient underwent 3 weeks of matching SMA-M1 paired TMS or sham-paired stimulation. The subjects were evaluated before treatment initiation, 3 weeks into the intervention, and 3 months after the cessation of therapy. The primary outcome measure in this study was the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale III, and the secondary outcome measures included non-motor functional assessment, quality of life (Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire-39), and objective assessments (electromyography and functional near-infrared spectroscopy). Discussion Clinical protocols aimed at single targets using non-invasive neuroregulation techniques often improve only one function. Emphasizing the circuit and network regulation in PD is important for enhancing the effectiveness of TMS rehabilitation. Pairing the regulation of cortical circuits may be a potential treatment method for PD. As a crucial node in motor control, the SMA has direct fiber connections with basal ganglia circuits and complex fiber connections with M1, which are responsible for motor execution. SMA regulation may indirectly regulate the function of basal ganglia circuits. Therefore, the developed cortical pairing stimulation pattern can reshape the control of information flow from the SMA to M1. The novel neuroregulation model designed for this study is based on the circuit mechanisms of PD and previous research results, with a scientific foundation and the potential to be a means of neuroregulation for PD.Clinical trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier [ChiCTR2400083325].
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- Xiaoshun Tang
- Department of Neurology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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Orpella J, Flick G, Assaneo MF, Shroff R, Pylkkänen L, Poeppel D, Jackson ES. Reactive Inhibitory Control Precedes Overt Stuttering Events. NEUROBIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE (CAMBRIDGE, MASS.) 2024; 5:432-453. [PMID: 38911458 PMCID: PMC11192511 DOI: 10.1162/nol_a_00138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 06/25/2024]
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Research points to neurofunctional differences underlying fluent speech between stutterers and non-stutterers. Considerably less work has focused on processes that underlie stuttered vs. fluent speech. Additionally, most of this research has focused on speech motor processes despite contributions from cognitive processes prior to the onset of stuttered speech. We used MEG to test the hypothesis that reactive inhibitory control is triggered prior to stuttered speech. Twenty-nine stutterers completed a delayed-response task that featured a cue (prior to a go cue) signaling the imminent requirement to produce a word that was either stuttered or fluent. Consistent with our hypothesis, we observed increased beta power likely emanating from the right pre-supplementary motor area (R-preSMA)-an area implicated in reactive inhibitory control-in response to the cue preceding stuttered vs. fluent productions. Beta power differences between stuttered and fluent trials correlated with stuttering severity and participants' percentage of trials stuttered increased exponentially with beta power in the R-preSMA. Trial-by-trial beta power modulations in the R-preSMA following the cue predicted whether a trial would be stuttered or fluent. Stuttered trials were also associated with delayed speech onset suggesting an overall slowing or freezing of the speech motor system that may be a consequence of inhibitory control. Post-hoc analyses revealed that independently generated anticipated words were associated with greater beta power and more stuttering than researcher-assisted anticipated words, pointing to a relationship between self-perceived likelihood of stuttering (i.e., anticipation) and inhibitory control. This work offers a neurocognitive account of stuttering by characterizing cognitive processes that precede overt stuttering events.
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- Joan Orpella
- Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
- Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- Institute of Neurobiology, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Applied Statistics, Social Science, and Humanities, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Linguistics, New York University, New York, NY, USA
- NYUAD Institute, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY, USA
- Center for Language, Music and Emotion (CLaME), New York University, New York, NY, USA
- Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) for Neuroscience, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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Zhang W, Jiang M, Teo KAC, Bhuvanakantham R, Fong L, Sim WKJ, Guo Z, Foo CHV, Chua RHJ, Padmanabhan P, Leong V, Lu J, Gulyás B, Guan C. Revealing the spatiotemporal brain dynamics of covert speech compared with overt speech: A simultaneous EEG-fMRI study. Neuroimage 2024; 293:120629. [PMID: 38697588 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120629] [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: 12/05/2023] [Revised: 04/17/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024] Open
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Covert speech (CS) refers to speaking internally to oneself without producing any sound or movement. CS is involved in multiple cognitive functions and disorders. Reconstructing CS content by brain-computer interface (BCI) is also an emerging technique. However, it is still controversial whether CS is a truncated neural process of overt speech (OS) or involves independent patterns. Here, we performed a word-speaking experiment with simultaneous EEG-fMRI. It involved 32 participants, who generated words both overtly and covertly. By integrating spatial constraints from fMRI into EEG source localization, we precisely estimated the spatiotemporal dynamics of neural activity. During CS, EEG source activity was localized in three regions: the left precentral gyrus, the left supplementary motor area, and the left putamen. Although OS involved more brain regions with stronger activations, CS was characterized by an earlier event-locked activation in the left putamen (peak at 262 ms versus 1170 ms). The left putamen was also identified as the only hub node within the functional connectivity (FC) networks of both OS and CS, while showing weaker FC strength towards speech-related regions in the dominant hemisphere during CS. Path analysis revealed significant multivariate associations, indicating an indirect association between the earlier activation in the left putamen and CS, which was mediated by reduced FC towards speech-related regions. These findings revealed the specific spatiotemporal dynamics of CS, offering insights into CS mechanisms that are potentially relevant for future treatment of self-regulation deficits, speech disorders, and development of BCI speech applications.
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- Wei Zhang
- Cognitive Neuroimaging Centre, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- Cognitive Neuroimaging Centre, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; IGP-Neuroscience, Interdisciplinary Graduate Programme, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Division of Neurosurgery, National University Health System, Singapore
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- Cognitive Neuroimaging Centre, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- Cognitive Neuroimaging Centre, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- Cognitive Neuroimaging Centre, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; IGP-Neuroscience, Interdisciplinary Graduate Programme, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- Cognitive Neuroimaging Centre, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- Division of Psychology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Cognitive Neuroimaging Centre, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; DSO National Laboratories, Singapore; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Cognitive Neuroimaging Centre, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
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Zhao M, Pang H, Li X, Bu S, Wang J, Liu Y, Jiang Y, Fan G. Low and high-order topological disruption of functional networks in multiple system atrophy with freezing of gait: A resting-state study. Neurobiol Dis 2024; 195:106504. [PMID: 38615913 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2024.106504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2024] [Revised: 04/08/2024] [Accepted: 04/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/16/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE Freezing of gait (FOG), a specific survival-threatening gait impairment, needs to be urgently explored in patients with multiple system atrophy (MSA), which is characterized by rapid progression and death within 10 years of symptom onset. The objective of this study was to explore the topological organisation of both low- and high-order functional networks in patients with MAS and FOG. METHOD Low-order functional connectivity (LOFC) and high-order functional connectivity FC (HOFC) networks were calculated and further analysed using the graph theory approach in 24 patients with MSA without FOG, 20 patients with FOG, and 25 healthy controls. The relationship between brain activity and the severity of freezing symptoms was investigated in patients with FOG. RESULTS Regarding global topological properties, patients with FOG exhibited alterations in the whole-brain network, dorsal attention network (DAN), frontoparietal network (FPN), and default network (DMN), compared with patients without FOG. At the node level, patients with FOG showed decreased nodal centralities in sensorimotor network (SMN), DAN, ventral attention network (VAN), FPN, limbic regions, hippocampal network and basal ganglia network (BG), and increased nodal centralities in the FPN, DMN, visual network (VIN) and, cerebellar network. The nodal centralities of the right inferior frontal sulcus, left lateral amygdala and left nucleus accumbens (NAC) were negatively correlated with the FOG severity. CONCLUSION This study identified a disrupted topology of functional interactions at both low and high levels with extensive alterations in topological properties in MSA patients with FOG, especially those associated with damage to the FPN. These findings offer new insights into the dysfunctional mechanisms of complex networks and suggest potential neuroimaging biomarkers for FOG in patients with MSA.
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- Mengwan Zhao
- Department of radiology, the first hospital of China medical University,Shenyang, 155 Nanjing North Street, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, PR China.
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- Department of radiology, the first hospital of China medical University,Shenyang, 155 Nanjing North Street, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, PR China.
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- Department of radiology, the first hospital of China medical University,Shenyang, 155 Nanjing North Street, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, PR China.
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- Department of radiology, the first hospital of China medical University,Shenyang, 155 Nanjing North Street, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, PR China.
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- Department of radiology, the first hospital of China medical University,Shenyang, 155 Nanjing North Street, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, PR China.
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- Department of radiology, the first hospital of China medical University,Shenyang, 155 Nanjing North Street, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, PR China.
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- MR Research Collaboration, Siemens Healthineers, Beijing 7 Wangjing Zhonghuan Nanlu, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100102, PR China.
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- Department of radiology, the first hospital of China medical University,Shenyang, 155 Nanjing North Street, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, PR China.
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Passaretti M, Piervincenzi C, Baione V, Pasqua G, Colella D, Pietracupa S, Petsas N, Angelini L, Cannavacciuolo A, Paparella G, Berardelli A, Pantano P, Bologna M. The Role of Cerebellum and Basal Ganglia Functional Connectivity in Altered Voluntary Movement Execution in Essential Tremor. CEREBELLUM (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2024:10.1007/s12311-024-01699-6. [PMID: 38761352 DOI: 10.1007/s12311-024-01699-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/25/2024] [Indexed: 05/20/2024]
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Substantial evidence highlights the role of the cerebellum in the pathophysiology of tremor in essential tremor (ET), although its potential involvement in altered movement execution in this condition remains unclear. This study aims to explore potential correlations between the cerebellum and basal ganglia functional connectivity and voluntary movement execution abnormalities in ET, objectively assessed with kinematic techniques. A total of 20 patients diagnosed with ET and 18 healthy subjects were enrolled in this study. Tremor and repetitive finger tapping were recorded using an optoelectronic kinematic system. All participants underwent comprehensive 3T-MRI examinations, including 3D-T1 and blood-oxygen-level dependent (BOLD) sequences during resting state. Morphometric analysis was conducted on the 3D-T1 images, while a seed-based analysis was performed to investigate the resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) of dorsal and ventral portions of the dentate nucleus and the external and internal segments of the globus pallidus. Finally, potential correlations between rsFC alterations in patients and clinical as well as kinematic scores were assessed. Finger tapping movements were slower in ET than in healthy subjects. Compared to healthy subjects, patients with ET exhibited altered FC of both dentate and globus pallidus with cerebellar, basal ganglia, and cortical areas. Interestingly, both dentate and pallidal FC exhibited positive correlations with movement velocity in patients, differently from that we observed in healthy subjects, indicating the higher the FC, the faster the finger tapping. The findings of this study indicate the possible role of both cerebellum and basal ganglia in the pathophysiology of altered voluntary movement execution in patients with ET.
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- Massimiliano Passaretti
- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell'Università, 30, 00185, Rome, Italy
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell'Università, 30, 00185, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell'Università, 30, 00185, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell'Università, 30, 00185, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell'Università, 30, 00185, Rome, Italy
- IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, IS, Italy
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- Department of Public Health and Infectious Disease, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell'Università, 30, 00185, Rome, Italy
- IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, IS, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell'Università, 30, 00185, Rome, Italy
- IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, IS, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell'Università, 30, 00185, Rome, Italy
- IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, IS, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell'Università, 30, 00185, Rome, Italy.
- IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, IS, Italy.
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Qiu Y, Wu X, Liu B, Huang R, Wu H. Neural substrates of affective temperaments: An intersubject representational similarity analysis to resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging in nonclinical subjects. Hum Brain Mapp 2024; 45:e26696. [PMID: 38685815 PMCID: PMC11058400 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Revised: 03/12/2024] [Accepted: 04/12/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024] Open
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Previous research has suggested that certain types of the affective temperament, including depressive, cyclothymic, hyperthymic, irritable, and anxious, are subclinical manifestations and precursors of mental disorders. However, the neural mechanisms that underlie these temperaments are not fully understood. The aim of this study was to identify the brain regions associated with different affective temperaments. We collected the resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data from 211 healthy adults and evaluated their affective temperaments using the Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego Autoquestionnaire. We used intersubject representational similarity analysis to identify brain regions associated with each affective temperament. Brain regions associated with each affective temperament were detected. These regions included the prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), precuneus, amygdala, thalami, hippocampus, and visual areas. The ACC, lingual gyri, and precuneus showed similar activity across several affective temperaments. The similarity in related brain regions was high among the cyclothymic, irritable, and anxious temperaments, and low between hyperthymic and the other affective temperaments. These findings may advance our understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying affective temperaments and their potential relationship to mental disorders and may have potential implications for personalized treatment strategies for mood disorders.
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- Yidan Qiu
- School of Psychology; Center for the Study of Applied Psychology; Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science of Guangdong Province; Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education; South China Normal UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- School of Psychology; Center for the Study of Applied Psychology; Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science of Guangdong Province; Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education; South China Normal UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- School of Psychology; Center for the Study of Applied Psychology; Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science of Guangdong Province; Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education; South China Normal UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- School of Psychology; Center for the Study of Applied Psychology; Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science of Guangdong Province; Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education; South China Normal UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical UniversityGuangzhouChina
- Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Translational Medicine of Mental DisordersGuangzhouChina
- Key Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Channelopathies of Guangdong Province and the Ministry of Education of China, Guangzhou Medical UniversityGuangzhouChina
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Petrie DJ, Meeks KD, Fisher ZF, Geier CF. Associations between somatomotor-putamen resting state connectivity and obsessive-compulsive symptoms vary as a function of stress during early adolescence: Data from the ABCD study. Brain Res Bull 2024; 210:110934. [PMID: 38508468 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2024.110934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Revised: 02/16/2024] [Accepted: 03/17/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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Obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS) are relatively common during adolescence although most individuals do not meet diagnostic criteria for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Nonetheless, OCS during adolescence are associated with comorbid psychopathologies and behavioral problems. Heightened levels of environmental stress and greater functional connectivity between the somatomotor network and putamen have been previously associated with elevated OCS in OCD patients relative to healthy controls. However, the interaction of these factors within the same sample of individuals has been understudied. This study examined somatomotor-putamen resting state connectivity, stress, and their interaction on OCS in adolescents from 9-12 years of age. Participants (n = 6386) were drawn from the ABCD Study 4.0 release. Multilevel modeling was used to account for nesting in the data and to assess changes in OCS in this age range. Stress moderated the association between somatomotor-putamen connectivity and OCS (β = 0.35, S.E. = 0.13, p = 0.006). Participants who reported more stress than their average and had greater somatomotor-left putamen connectivity reported more OCS, whereas participants who reported less stress than their average and had greater somatomotor-left putamen connectivity reported less OCS. These data suggest that stress differentially affects the direction of association between somatomotor-putamen connectivity and OCS. Individual differences in the experience or perception of stress may contribute to more OCS in adolescents with greater somatomotor-putamen connectivity.
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- Daniel J Petrie
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States.
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- Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
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- Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
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- Department of Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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Yoshida A, Hikosaka O. Involvement of neurons in the non-human primate anterior striatum in proactive inhibition. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.04.24.591009. [PMID: 38712157 PMCID: PMC11071629 DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.24.591009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
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Behaving as desired requires selecting the appropriate behavior and inhibiting the selection of inappropriate behavior. This inhibitory function involves multiple processes, such as reactive and proactive inhibition, instead of a single process. In this study, macaque monkeys were required to perform a task in which they had to sequentially select (accept) or refuse (reject) a choice. Neural activity was recorded from the anterior striatum, which is considered to be involved in behavioral inhibition, focusing on the distinction between proactive and reactive inhibitions. We identified neurons with significant activity changes during the rejection of bad objects. Cluster analysis revealed three distinct groups, of which one showed obviously increased activity during object rejection, suggesting its involvement in proactive inhibition. This activity pattern was consistent irrespective of the rejection method, indicating a role beyond mere saccadic suppression. Furthermore, minimal activity changes during the fixation task indicated that these neurons were not primarily involved in reactive inhibition. In conclusion, these findings suggest that the anterior striatum plays a crucial role in cognitive control and orchestrates goal-directed behavior through proactive inhibition, which may be critical in understanding the mechanisms of behavioral inhibition dysfunction that occur in patients with basal ganglia disease.
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Fang Z, Sack AT, Leunissen I. The phase of tACS-entrained pre-SMA beta oscillations modulates motor inhibition. Neuroimage 2024; 290:120572. [PMID: 38490584 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120572] [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: 09/15/2023] [Revised: 03/06/2024] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024] Open
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Inhibitory control has been linked to beta oscillations in the fronto-basal ganglia network. Here we aim to investigate the functional role of the phase of this oscillatory beta rhythm for successful motor inhibition. We applied 20 Hz transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) to the pre-supplementary motor area (pre-SMA) while presenting stop signals at 4 (Experiment 1) and 8 (Experiment 2) equidistant phases of the tACS entrained beta oscillations. Participants showed better inhibitory performance when stop signals were presented at the trough of the beta oscillation whereas their inhibitory control performance decreased with stop signals being presented at the oscillatory beta peak. These results are consistent with the communication through coherence theory, in which postsynaptic effects are thought to be greater when an input arrives at an optimal phase within the oscillatory cycle of the target neuronal population. The current study provides mechanistic insights into the neural communication principles underlying successful motor inhibition and may have implications for phase-specific interventions aimed at treating inhibitory control disorders such as PD or OCD.
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- Zhou Fang
- Section Brain Stimulation and Cognition, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands; Maastricht Brain Imaging Centre (MBIC), Maastricht University, Oxfordlaan 55, 6229EV, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Section Brain Stimulation and Cognition, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands; Maastricht Brain Imaging Centre (MBIC), Maastricht University, Oxfordlaan 55, 6229EV, Maastricht, The Netherlands; Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Section Brain Stimulation and Cognition, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands; Maastricht Brain Imaging Centre (MBIC), Maastricht University, Oxfordlaan 55, 6229EV, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Salehi N, Nahrgang S, Petershagen W, Dembek TA, Pedrosa D, Timmermann L, Weber I, Oehrn CR. Theta frequency deep brain stimulation in the subthalamic nucleus improves working memory in Parkinson's disease. Brain 2024; 147:1190-1196. [PMID: 38193320 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awad433] [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: 09/03/2023] [Revised: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024] Open
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Most research in Parkinson's disease focuses on improving motor symptoms. Yet, up to 80% of patients present with non-motor symptoms that often have a large impact on patients' quality of life. Impairment in working memory, a fundamental cognitive process, is common in Parkinson's disease. While deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) improves motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease, its impact on cognitive functions is less well studied. Here, we examine the effect of DBS in the theta, beta, low and high gamma frequency on working memory in 20 Parkinson's disease patients with bilateral STN-DBS. A linear mixed effects model demonstrates that STN-DBS in the theta frequency improves working memory performance. This effect is frequency-specific and was absent for beta and gamma frequency stimulation. Further, this effect is specific to cognitive performance, as theta frequency DBS did not affect motor function. A non-parametric cluster-based permutation analysis of whole-brain normative structural connectivity shows that working memory enhancement by theta frequency stimulation is associated with higher connectivity between the stimulated subthalamic area and the right middle frontal gyrus. Again, this association is frequency- and task-specific. These findings highlight the potential of theta frequency STN-DBS as a targeted intervention to improve working memory in patients with Parkinson's disease.
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- Narges Salehi
- Department of Neurology, Philipps-University Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Philipps-University Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Philipps-University Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Philipps-University Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior (CMBB), Philipps-University Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Philipps-University Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior (CMBB), Philipps-University Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Philipps-University Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Philipps-University Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior (CMBB), Philipps-University Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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Almelegy A, Gunda S, Buyske S, Rosenbaum M, Sani S, Afshari M, Metman LV, Goetz CG, Hall D, Mouradian MM, Pal G. NIH Toolbox performance of persons with Parkinson's disease according to GBA1 and STN-DBS status. Ann Clin Transl Neurol 2024; 11:899-904. [PMID: 38337113 PMCID: PMC11021616 DOI: 10.1002/acn3.52005] [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: 08/24/2023] [Revised: 01/02/2024] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE Mutations in the glucocerebrosidase (GBA1) gene and subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) are independently associated with cognitive dysfunction in persons with Parkinson's disease (PwP). We hypothesized that PwP with both GBA1 mutations and STN-DBS are at greater risk of cognitive dysfunction than PwP with only GBA1 mutations or STN-DBS, or neither. In this study, we determined the pattern of cognitive dysfunction in PwP based on GBA1 mutation status and STN-DBS treatment. METHODS PwP who are GBA1 mutation carriers with or without DBS (GBA1+DBS+, GBA1+DBS-), and noncarriers with or without DBS (GBA1-DBS+, GBA1-DBS-) were included. Using the NIH Toolbox, cross-sectional differences in response inhibition, processing speed, and episodic memory were compared using analysis of variance with adjustment for relevant covariates. RESULTS Data were available for 9 GBA1+DBS+, 14 GBA1+DBS-, 17 GBA1-DBS+, and 26 GBA1-DBS- PwP. In this cross-sectional study, after adjusting for covariates, we found that performance on the Flanker test (measure of response inhibition) was lower in GBA1+DBS+ PwP compared with GBA1-DBS+ PwP (P = 0.030). INTERPRETATION PwP who carry GBA1 mutations and have STN-DBS have greater impaired response inhibition compared with PwP with STN-DBS but without GBA1 mutations. Longitudinal data, including preoperative scores, are required to definitively determine whether GBA1 mutation carriers respond differently to STN-DBS, particularly in the domain of response inhibition.
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- Ahmad Almelegy
- Department of NeurologyRutgers‐Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolNew BrunswickNew JerseyUSA
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- Department of NeurologyRutgers‐Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolNew BrunswickNew JerseyUSA
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- Department of StatisticsRutgers UniversityPiscatawayNew JerseyUSA
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- Department of Neurological SciencesRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Department of NeurosurgeryRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Department of Neurological SciencesRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders CenterNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Department of Neurological SciencesRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Department of Neurological SciencesRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Department of NeurologyRutgers‐Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolNew BrunswickNew JerseyUSA
- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Institute for Neurological Therapeutics, Rutgers Biomedical and Health SciencesPiscatawayNew JerseyUSA
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- Department of NeurologyRutgers‐Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolNew BrunswickNew JerseyUSA
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Du Y, Forrence AD, Metcalf DM, Haith AM. Action initiation and action inhibition follow the same time course when compared under matched experimental conditions. J Neurophysiol 2024; 131:757-767. [PMID: 38478894 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00434.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2023] [Revised: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/16/2024] Open
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The ability to initiate an action quickly when needed and the ability to cancel an impending action are both fundamental to action control. It is often presumed that they are qualitatively distinct processes, yet they have largely been studied in isolation and little is known about how they relate to one another. Comparing previous experimental results shows a similar time course for response initiation and response inhibition. However, the exact time course varies widely depending on experimental conditions, including the frequency of different trial types and the urgency to respond. For example, in the stop-signal task, where both action initiation and action inhibition are involved and could be compared, action inhibition is typically found to be much faster. However, this apparent difference is likely due to there being much greater urgency to inhibit an action than to initiate one in order to avoid failing at the task. This asymmetry in the urgency between action initiation and action inhibition makes it impossible to compare their relative time courses in a single task. Here, we demonstrate that when action initiation and action inhibition are measured separately under conditions that are matched as closely as possible, their speeds are not distinguishable and are positively correlated across participants. Our results raise the possibility that action initiation and action inhibition may not necessarily be qualitatively distinct processes but may instead reflect complementary outcomes of a single decision process determining whether or not to act.NEW & NOTEWORTHY The time courses of initiating an action and canceling an action have largely been studied in isolation, and little is known about their relationship. Here, we show that when measured under comparable conditions the speeds of action initiation and action inhibition are the same. This finding raises the possibility that these two functions may be more closely related than previously assumed, with potentially important implications for their underlying neural basis.
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- Yue Du
- Department of NeurologyJohns Hopkins University, BaltimoreMarylandUnited States
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- Department of NeurologyJohns Hopkins University, BaltimoreMarylandUnited States
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- Department of NeurologyJohns Hopkins University, BaltimoreMarylandUnited States
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Aarts I, Thorsen AL, Vriend C, Planting C, van den Heuvel OA, Thomaes K. Effects of psychotherapy on brain activation during negative emotional processing in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Brain Imaging Behav 2024; 18:444-455. [PMID: 38049598 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-023-00831-0] [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] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/06/2023]
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating condition which has been related to problems in emotional regulation, memory and cognitive control. Psychotherapy has a non-response rate of around 50% and understanding the neurobiological working mechanisms might help improve treatment. To integrate findings from multiple smaller studies, we performed the first meta-analysis of changes in brain activation with a specific focus on emotional processing after psychotherapy in PTSD patients. We performed a meta-analysis of brain activation changes after treatment during emotional processing for PTSD with seed-based d mapping using a pre-registered protocol (PROSPERO CRD42020211039). We analyzed twelve studies with 191 PTSD patients after screening 3700 studies. We performed systematic quality assessment both for the therapeutic interventions and neuroimaging methods. Analyses were done in the full sample and in a subset of studies that reported whole-brain results. We found decreased activation after psychotherapy in the left amygdala, (para)hippocampus, medial temporal lobe, inferior frontal gyrus, ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, right pallidum, anterior cingulate cortex, bilateral putamen, and insula. Decreased activation in the left amygdala and left ventrolateral PFC was also found in eight studies that reported whole-brain findings. Results did not survive correction for multiple comparisons. There is tentative support for decreased activation in the fear and cognitive control networks during emotional processing after psychotherapy for PTSD. Future studies would benefit from adopting a larger sample size, using designs that control for confounding variables, and investigating heterogeneity in symptom profiles and treatment response.
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- Inga Aarts
- Sinai Centrum, Arkin, Amstelveen, The Netherlands.
- Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Bergen Center for Brain Plasticity, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
- Center for Crisis Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Compulsivity, Impulsivity & Attention program, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- GGZ inGeest Specialized Mental Health Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, University Library, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Bergen Center for Brain Plasticity, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Compulsivity, Impulsivity & Attention program, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Sinai Centrum, Arkin, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
- Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Li Y, Wu J, Hua X, Zheng M, Xu J. The promotion-like effect of the M1-STN hyperdirect pathway induced by ccPAS enhanced balance performances: From the perspective of brain connectivity. CNS Neurosci Ther 2024; 30:e14710. [PMID: 38615363 PMCID: PMC11016345 DOI: 10.1111/cns.14710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Revised: 03/16/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/16/2024] Open
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AIMS The present study aimed to explore the effect of cortico-cortical paired-associative stimulation (ccPAS) in modulating hyperdirect pathway and its influence on balance performance. METHODS Forty healthy participants were randomly allocated to the active ccPAS group (n = 20) or the sham ccPAS group (n = 20). The primary motor cortex and subthalamic nucleus were stimulated sequentially with ccPAS. Unlike the active ccPAS group, one wing of coil was tilted to form a 90° angle with scalp of stimulation locations for the sham ccPAS group. Magnetic resonance imaging, functional reach test (FRT), timed up and go (TUG) test, and limit of stability (LOS) test were performed, and correlation between them was also analyzed. RESULTS Three participants in the sham ccPAS group were excluded because of poor quality of NIfTI images. The active group had strengthened hyperdirect pathway, increased functional connectivity (FC) between orbital part of frontal cortex and bilateral precuneus, and decreased FC among basal ganglia (all p < 0.05). Regional network properties of triangular and orbital parts of IFG, middle cingulate cortex, and hippocampus increased. The active group performed better in FRT and LOS (all p < 0.05). FRT positively correlated with FC of the hyperdirect pathway (r = 0.439, p = 0.007) and FCs between orbital part of frontal cortex and bilateral precuneus (all p < 0.05). CONCLUSION The ccPAS enhanced balance performance by promotion-like plasticity mechanisms through the hyperdirect pathway.
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- Yu‐Lin Li
- Engineering Research Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine Intelligent RehabilitationMinistry of EducationShanghaiChina
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Huashan HospitalFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western MedicineShanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineShanghaiChina
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- Department of Traumatology and Orthopedics, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western MedicineShanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineShanghaiChina
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- Department of Traumatology and Orthopedics, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western MedicineShanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineShanghaiChina
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- Engineering Research Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine Intelligent RehabilitationMinistry of EducationShanghaiChina
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western MedicineShanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineShanghaiChina
- School of Rehabilitation ScienceShanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineShanghaiChina
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Araújo A, Duarte IC, Sousa T, Oliveira J, Pereira AT, Macedo A, Castelo-Branco M. Neural inhibition as implemented by an actor-critic model involves the human dorsal striatum and ventral tegmental area. Sci Rep 2024; 14:6363. [PMID: 38493169 PMCID: PMC10944470 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-56161-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/02/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024] Open
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Inhibition is implicated across virtually all human experiences. As a trade-off of being very efficient, this executive function is also prone to many errors. Rodent and computational studies show that midbrain regions play crucial roles during errors by sending dopaminergic learning signals to the basal ganglia for behavioural adjustment. However, the parallels between animal and human neural anatomy and function are not determined. We scanned human adults while they performed an fMRI inhibitory task requiring trial-and-error learning. Guided by an actor-critic model, our results implicate the dorsal striatum and the ventral tegmental area as the actor and the critic, respectively. Using a multilevel and dimensional approach, we also demonstrate a link between midbrain and striatum circuit activity, inhibitory performance, and self-reported autistic and obsessive-compulsive subclinical traits.
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- Ana Araújo
- Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Institute for Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health (ICNAS), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Institute of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Department of Psychiatry, Coimbra Hospital and University Centre, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Institute for Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health (ICNAS), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Institute for Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health (ICNAS), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Institute for Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health (ICNAS), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Institute for Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health (ICNAS), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Institute of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Institute for Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health (ICNAS), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Institute of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Department of Psychiatry, Coimbra Hospital and University Centre, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
- Institute for Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health (ICNAS), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
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Wen B, Xu Y, Fang K, Guo HR, Liu H, Liu L, Wei Y, Zhang Y, Cheng J, Han S. Gray matter morphological abnormities are constrained by normal structural covariance network in OCD. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2024; 129:110884. [PMID: 37863170 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2023.110884] [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: 07/16/2023] [Revised: 10/02/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 10/22/2023]
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A growing body of evidences reveal that abnormal gray matter morphology is constrained by normal brain network architecture in neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders. However, whether this finding holds true in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) remains unknown. In the current study, we aimed to investigate the association between gray matter morphological abnormities and normal structural covariance network architecture in OCD. First, gray matter morphological abnormities were obtained between 98 medicine-naive and first-episode patients with OCD and 130 healthy controls (HCs). Then, putative disease epicenters whose structural connectome profiles in HCs most resembled the morphological differences pattern were identified using a backfoward stepwise regression analysis. A set of brain regions were identified as putative disease epicenters whose structural connectome architecture significantly explained 59.94% variance of morphological abnormalities. These disease epicenters comprised brain regions implicated in high-order cognitive functions and sensory/motor processing. Other brain regions with stronger structural connections to disease epicenters exhibited greater vulnerability to disease. Together, these results suggest that gray matter abnormities are constrained by structural connectome and provide new insights into the possible pathological progression in OCD.
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- Baohong Wen
- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, China; Engineering Technology Research Center for Detection and Application of brain function of Henan Province, China; Engineering Research Center of Medical Imaging Intelligent Diagnosis and Treatment of Henan Province, China; Key Laboratory of Brain Function and Cognitive Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Zhengzhou, China; Key Laboratory of Imaging Intelligence Research Medicine of Henan Province, China; Henan Engineering Research Center of Brain Function Development and Application, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, China; Engineering Technology Research Center for Detection and Application of brain function of Henan Province, China; Engineering Research Center of Medical Imaging Intelligent Diagnosis and Treatment of Henan Province, China; Key Laboratory of Brain Function and Cognitive Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Zhengzhou, China; Key Laboratory of Imaging Intelligence Research Medicine of Henan Province, China; Henan Engineering Research Center of Brain Function Development and Application, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Henan Cancer Hospital, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, China; Engineering Technology Research Center for Detection and Application of brain function of Henan Province, China; Engineering Research Center of Medical Imaging Intelligent Diagnosis and Treatment of Henan Province, China; Key Laboratory of Brain Function and Cognitive Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Zhengzhou, China; Key Laboratory of Imaging Intelligence Research Medicine of Henan Province, China; Henan Engineering Research Center of Brain Function Development and Application, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, China; Engineering Technology Research Center for Detection and Application of brain function of Henan Province, China; Engineering Research Center of Medical Imaging Intelligent Diagnosis and Treatment of Henan Province, China; Key Laboratory of Brain Function and Cognitive Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Zhengzhou, China; Key Laboratory of Imaging Intelligence Research Medicine of Henan Province, China; Henan Engineering Research Center of Brain Function Development and Application, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, China; Engineering Technology Research Center for Detection and Application of brain function of Henan Province, China; Engineering Research Center of Medical Imaging Intelligent Diagnosis and Treatment of Henan Province, China; Key Laboratory of Brain Function and Cognitive Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Zhengzhou, China; Key Laboratory of Imaging Intelligence Research Medicine of Henan Province, China; Henan Engineering Research Center of Brain Function Development and Application, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, China; Engineering Technology Research Center for Detection and Application of brain function of Henan Province, China; Engineering Research Center of Medical Imaging Intelligent Diagnosis and Treatment of Henan Province, China; Key Laboratory of Brain Function and Cognitive Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Zhengzhou, China; Key Laboratory of Imaging Intelligence Research Medicine of Henan Province, China; Henan Engineering Research Center of Brain Function Development and Application, China.
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, China; Engineering Technology Research Center for Detection and Application of brain function of Henan Province, China; Engineering Research Center of Medical Imaging Intelligent Diagnosis and Treatment of Henan Province, China; Key Laboratory of Brain Function and Cognitive Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Zhengzhou, China; Key Laboratory of Imaging Intelligence Research Medicine of Henan Province, China; Henan Engineering Research Center of Brain Function Development and Application, China.
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, China; Engineering Technology Research Center for Detection and Application of brain function of Henan Province, China; Engineering Research Center of Medical Imaging Intelligent Diagnosis and Treatment of Henan Province, China; Key Laboratory of Brain Function and Cognitive Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Zhengzhou, China; Key Laboratory of Imaging Intelligence Research Medicine of Henan Province, China; Henan Engineering Research Center of Brain Function Development and Application, China.
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Johari K, Berger JI. Theta oscillations within right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex contribute differently to speech versus limb inhibition. J Neurosci Res 2024; 102:e25298. [PMID: 38361410 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.25298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2023] [Revised: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 01/14/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
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Evidence suggests that speech and limb movement inhibition are subserved by common neural mechanisms, particularly within the right prefrontal cortex. In a recent study, we found that cathodal stimulation of right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (rDLPFC) differentially modulated P3 event-related potentials for speech versus limb inhibition. In the present study, we further analyzed these data to examine the effects of cathodal high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS) over rDLPFC on frontal theta - an oscillatory marker of cognitive control - in response to speech and limb inhibition, during a Go/No-Go task in 21 neurotypical adults. Electroencephalography data demonstrated that both speech and limb No-Go elicited prominent theta activity over right prefrontal electrodes, with stronger activity for speech compared to limb. Moreover, we found that cathodal stimulation significantly increased theta power over right prefrontal electrodes for speech versus limb No-Go. Source analysis revealed that cathodal, but not sham, stimulation increased theta activity within rDLPFC and bilateral premotor cortex for speech No-Go compared to limb movement inhibition. These findings complement our previous report and suggest (1) right prefrontal theta activity is an amodal oscillatory mechanism supporting speech and limb inhibition, (2) larger theta activity in prefrontal electrodes for speech versus limb following cathodal stimulation may reflect allocation of additional neural resources for a more complex motor task, such as speech compared to limb movement. These findings have translational implications for conditions such as Parkinson's disease, wherein both speech and limb movement are impaired.
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- Karim Johari
- Human Neurophysiology and Neuromodulation Lab, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Human Brain Research Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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He Q, Geißler CF, Ferrante M, Hartwigsen G, Friehs MA. Effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation on reactive response inhibition. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2024; 157:105532. [PMID: 38194868 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105532] [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: 09/26/2023] [Revised: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2024]
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Reactive response inhibition cancels impending actions to enable adaptive behavior in ever-changing environments and has wide neuropsychiatric implications. A canonical paradigm to measure the covert inhibition latency is the stop-signal task (SST). To probe the cortico-subcortical network underlying motor inhibition, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has been applied over central nodes to modulate SST performance, especially to the right inferior frontal cortex and the presupplementary motor area. Since the vast parameter spaces of SST and TMS enabled diverse implementations, the insights delivered by emerging TMS-SST studies remain inconclusive. Therefore, a systematic review was conducted to account for variability and synthesize converging evidence. Results indicate certain protocol specificity through the consistent perturbations induced by online TMS, whereas offline protocols show paradoxical effects on different target regions besides numerous null effects. Ancillary neuroimaging findings have verified and dissociated the underpinning network dynamics. Sources of heterogeneity in designs and risk of bias are highlighted. Finally, we outline best-practice recommendations to bridge methodological gaps and subserve the validity as well as replicability of future work.
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- Qu He
- Wilhelm Wundt Institute for Psychology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute for Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience (ICAN), Trier University, Trier, Germany
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- Lise Meitner Research Group Cognition and Plasticity, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
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- Wilhelm Wundt Institute for Psychology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany; Lise Meitner Research Group Cognition and Plasticity, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
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- Lise Meitner Research Group Cognition and Plasticity, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany; Psychology of Conflict Risk and Safety, University of Twente, the Netherlands; University College Dublin, School of Psychology, Dublin, Ireland.
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Ribeiro M, Yordanova YN, Noblet V, Herbet G, Ricard D. White matter tracts and executive functions: a review of causal and correlation evidence. Brain 2024; 147:352-371. [PMID: 37703295 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awad308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2022] [Revised: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023] Open
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Executive functions are high-level cognitive processes involving abilities such as working memory/updating, set-shifting and inhibition. These complex cognitive functions are enabled by interactions among widely distributed cognitive networks, supported by white matter tracts. Executive impairment is frequent in neurological conditions affecting white matter; however, whether specific tracts are crucial for normal executive functions is unclear. We review causal and correlation evidence from studies that used direct electrical stimulation during awake surgery for gliomas, voxel-based and tract-based lesion-symptom mapping, and diffusion tensor imaging to explore associations between the integrity of white matter tracts and executive functions in healthy and impaired adults. The corpus callosum was consistently associated with all executive processes, notably its anterior segments. Both causal and correlation evidence showed prominent support of the superior longitudinal fasciculus to executive functions, notably to working memory. More specifically, strong evidence suggested that the second branch of the superior longitudinal fasciculus is crucial for all executive functions, especially for flexibility. Global results showed left lateralization for verbal tasks and right lateralization for executive tasks with visual demands. The frontal aslant tract potentially supports executive functions, however, additional evidence is needed to clarify whether its involvement in executive tasks goes beyond the control of language. Converging evidence indicates that a right-lateralized network of tracts connecting cortical and subcortical grey matter regions supports the performance of tasks assessing response inhibition, some suggesting a role for the right anterior thalamic radiation. Finally, correlation evidence suggests a role for the cingulum bundle in executive functions, especially in tasks assessing inhibition. We discuss these findings in light of current knowledge about the functional role of these tracts, descriptions of the brain networks supporting executive functions and clinical implications for individuals with brain tumours.
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- Monica Ribeiro
- Service de neuro-oncologie, Hôpital La Pitié-Salpêtrière, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Sorbonne Université, 75013 Paris, France
- Université Paris Saclay, ENS Paris Saclay, Service de Santé des Armées, CNRS, Université Paris Cité, INSERM, Centre Borelli UMR 9010, 75006 Paris, France
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- Service de neurochirurgie, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Percy, Service de Santé des Armées, 92140 Clamart, France
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- ICube, IMAGeS team, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, UMR 7357, 67412 Illkirch, France
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- Praxiling, UMR 5267, CNRS, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, 34090 Montpellier, France
- Département de Neurochirurgie, Hôpital Gui de Chauliac, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier, France
- Institut Universitaire de France
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- Université Paris Saclay, ENS Paris Saclay, Service de Santé des Armées, CNRS, Université Paris Cité, INSERM, Centre Borelli UMR 9010, 75006 Paris, France
- Département de neurologie, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Percy, Service de Santé des Armées, 92140 Clamart, France
- Ecole du Val-de-Grâce, 75005 Paris, France
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Chauvin RJ, Newbold DJ, Nielsen AN, Miller RL, Krimmel SR, Metoki A, Wang A, Van AN, Montez DF, Marek S, Suljic V, Baden NJ, Ramirez-Perez N, Scheidter KM, Monk JS, Whiting FI, Adeyemo B, Snyder AZ, Kay BP, Raichle ME, Laumann TO, Gordon EM, Dosenbach NU. Disuse-driven plasticity in the human thalamus and putamen. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2023.11.07.566031. [PMID: 37987000 PMCID: PMC10659348 DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.07.566031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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Motor adaptation in cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical loops has been studied mainly in animals using invasive electrophysiology. Here, we leverage functional neuroimaging in humans to study motor circuit plasticity in the human subcortex. We employed an experimental paradigm that combined two weeks of upper-extremity immobilization with daily resting-state and motor task fMRI before, during, and after the casting period. We previously showed that limb disuse leads to decreased functional connectivity (FC) of the contralateral somatomotor cortex (SM1) with the ipsilateral somatomotor cortex, increased FC with the cingulo-opercular network (CON) as well as the emergence of high amplitude, fMRI signal pulses localized in the contralateral SM1, supplementary motor area and the cerebellum. From our prior observations, it remains unclear whether the disuse plasticity affects the thalamus and striatum. We extended our analysis to include these subcortical regions and found that both exhibit strengthened cortical FC and spontaneous fMRI signal pulses induced by limb disuse. The dorsal posterior putamen and the central thalamus, mainly CM, VLP and VIM nuclei, showed disuse pulses and FC changes that lined up with fmri task activations from the Human connectome project motor system localizer, acquired before casting for each participant. Our findings provide a novel understanding of the role of the cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical loops in human motor plasticity and a potential link with the physiology of sleep regulation. Additionally, similarities with FC observation from Parkinson Disease (PD) questions a pathophysiological link with limb disuse.
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- Roselyne J. Chauvin
- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Neurology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language, Donostia, Gipuzkoa, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, MO 63130
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
- Division of Computation and Data Science, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
- Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
- Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St Louis, MO, USA
- Department of Neuroscience, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, MO 63130
- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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Bayat M, Hernandez M, Curzon M, Garic D, Graziano P, Dick AS. Reduced recruitment of inhibitory control regions in very young children with ADHD during a modified Kiddie Continuous Performance Task: a fMRI study. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.01.17.576033. [PMID: 38293209 PMCID: PMC10827162 DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.17.576033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptom profiles are known to undergo changes throughout development, rendering the neurobiological assessment of ADHD challenging across different developmental stages. Particularly in young children (ages 4 to 7 years), measuring inhibitory control network activity in the brain has been a formidable task due to the lack of child-friendly functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) paradigms. This study aims to address these difficulties by focusing on measuring inhibitory control in very young children within the MRI environment. A total of 56 children diagnosed with ADHD and 78 typically developing (TD) 4-7-year-old children were examined using a modified version of the Kiddie-Continuous Performance Test (K-CPT) during BOLD fMRI to assess inhibitory control. We concurrently evaluated their performance on the established and standardized K-CPT outside the MRI scanner. Our findings suggest that the modified K-CPT effectively elicited robust and expected brain activity related to inhibitory control in both groups. Comparisons between the two groups revealed subtle differences in brain activity, primarily observed in regions associated with inhibitory control, such as the inferior frontal gyrus, anterior insula, dorsal striatum, medial pre-supplementary motor area (pre-SMA), and cingulate cortex. Notably, increased activity in the right anterior insula was associated with improved response time (RT) and reduced RT variability on the K-CPT administered outside the MRI environment, although this did not survive statistical correction for multiple comparisons. In conclusion, our study successfully overcame the challenges of measuring inhibitory control in very young children within the MRI environment by utilizing a modified K-CPT during BOLD fMRI. These findings shed light on the neurobiological correlates of inhibitory control in ADHD and TD children, provide valuable insights for understanding ADHD across development, and potentially inform ADHD diagnosis and intervention strategies. The research also highlights remaining challenges with task fMRI in very young clinical samples.
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Rolando F, Kononowicz TW, Duhamel JR, Doyère V, Wirth S. Distinct neural adaptations to time demand in the striatum and the hippocampus. Curr Biol 2024; 34:156-170.e7. [PMID: 38141617 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.11.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/25/2023]
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How do neural codes adjust to track time across a range of resolutions, from milliseconds to multi-seconds, as a function of the temporal frequency at which events occur? To address this question, we studied time-modulated cells in the striatum and the hippocampus, while macaques categorized three nested intervals within the sub-second or the supra-second range (up to 1, 2, 4, or 8 s), thereby modifying the temporal resolution needed to solve the task. Time-modulated cells carried more information for intervals with explicit timing demand, than for any other interval. The striatum, particularly the caudate, supported the most accurate temporal prediction throughout all time ranges. Strikingly, its temporal readout adjusted non-linearly to the time range, suggesting that the striatal resolution shifted from a precise millisecond to a coarse multi-second range as a function of demand. This is in line with monkey's behavioral latencies, which indicated that they tracked time until 2 s but employed a coarse categorization strategy for durations beyond. By contrast, the hippocampus discriminated only the beginning from the end of intervals, regardless of the range. We propose that the hippocampus may provide an overall poor signal marking an event's beginning, whereas the striatum optimizes neural resources to process time throughout an interval adapting to the ongoing timing necessity.
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- Felipe Rolando
- Institut des Sciences Cognitives Marc Jeannerod, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, 67 boulevard Pinel, 69500 Bron, France
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- Institut des Sciences Cognitives Marc Jeannerod, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, 67 boulevard Pinel, 69500 Bron, France; Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay (NeuroPSI), 91400 Saclay, France; Institute of Psychology, The Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Jaracza 1, 00-378 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institut des Sciences Cognitives Marc Jeannerod, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, 67 boulevard Pinel, 69500 Bron, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay (NeuroPSI), 91400 Saclay, France
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- Institut des Sciences Cognitives Marc Jeannerod, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, 67 boulevard Pinel, 69500 Bron, France.
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Li B, Lin Y, Ren C, Cheng J, Zhang Y, Han S. Gray matter volume abnormalities in obsessive-compulsive disorder correlate with molecular and transcriptional profiles. J Affect Disord 2024; 344:182-190. [PMID: 37838261 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.10.076] [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: 07/07/2023] [Revised: 09/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 10/16/2023]
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Neuroimaging studies have consistently established altered brain structure in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). However, the molecular and genetic mechanisms underlying structural brain abnormalities remain unclear. In this study, we aimed to investigate altered gray matter volume and its underlying molecular and genetic mechanisms in patients with OCD. Gray matter morphological abnormalities measured with voxel based morphometry analysis were identified in patients with OCD in comparison to sex- and age-matched healthy controls (HCs). Spatial correlations between gray matter morphological abnormalities and neurotransmitter maps were calculated to identify neurotransmitters relating to structural abnormalities. Structural abnormalities related genes were identified by conducting transcriptome-neuroimaging spatial correlations. Compared with HCs, patients with OCD demonstrated significant morphological abnormalities in distributed brain areas, including gray matter atrophy in the anterior cingulate and increased gray matter volume in the thalamus, caudate and precentral and postcentral gyrus. The morphological abnormalities were significantly associated with dopamine synthesis capacity and expression profiles of 1110 genes enriched for trans-synaptic signaling, regulation of membrane potential, modulation of chemical synaptic transmission, brain development, synapse organization and regulation of neurotransmitter levels. These results elucidate the molecular and transcriptional basis of altered gray matter morphology and build linking between molecular, transcriptional and neuroimaging information facilitating an integrative understanding of OCD.
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- Beibei Li
- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, China.
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, China.
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, China.
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Melleu FF, Canteras NS. Pathways from the Superior Colliculus to the Basal Ganglia. Curr Neuropharmacol 2024; 22:1431-1453. [PMID: 37702174 PMCID: PMC11097988 DOI: 10.2174/1570159x21666230911102118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Revised: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 02/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/14/2023] Open
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The present work aims to review the structural organization of the mammalian superior colliculus (SC), the putative pathways connecting the SC and the basal ganglia, and their role in organizing complex behavioral output. First, we review how the complex intrinsic connections between the SC's laminae projections allow for the construction of spatially aligned, visual-multisensory maps of the surrounding environment. Moreover, we present a summary of the sensory-motor inputs of the SC, including a description of the integration of multi-sensory inputs relevant to behavioral control. We further examine the major descending outputs toward the brainstem and spinal cord. As the central piece of this review, we provide a thorough analysis covering the putative interactions between the SC and the basal ganglia. To this end, we explore the diverse thalamic routes by which information from the SC may reach the striatum, including the pathways through the lateral posterior, parafascicular, and rostral intralaminar thalamic nuclei. We also examine the interactions between the SC and subthalamic nucleus, representing an additional pathway for the tectal modulation of the basal ganglia. Moreover, we discuss how information from the SC might also be relayed to the basal ganglia through midbrain tectonigral and tectotegmental projections directed at the substantia nigra compacta and ventrotegmental area, respectively, influencing the dopaminergic outflow to the dorsal and ventral striatum. We highlight the vast interplay between the SC and the basal ganglia and raise several missing points that warrant being addressed in future studies.
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- Department of Anatomy, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Wang X, Zhou X, Li J, Gong Y, Feng Z. A feasibility study of goal-directed network-based real-time fMRI neurofeedback for anhedonic depression. Front Psychiatry 2023; 14:1253727. [PMID: 38125285 PMCID: PMC10732355 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1253727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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Anhedonia is a hallmark symptom of depression that often lacks adequate interventions. The translational gap remains in clinical treatments based on neural substrates of anhedonia. Our pilot study found that depressed individuals depended less on goal-directed (GD) reward learning (RL), with reduced reward prediction error (RPE) BOLD signal. Previous studies have found that anhedonia is related to abnormal activities and/or functional connectivities of the central executive network (CEN) and salience network (SN), both of which belong to the goal-directed system. In addition, it was found that real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging (rt-fMRI) neurofeedback (NF) could improve the balance between CEN and SN in healthy individuals. Therefore, we speculate that rt-fMRI NF of the CEN and SN associated with the GD system may improve depressive and/or anhedonic symptoms. Therefore, this study (1) will examine individuals with anhedonic depression using GD-RL behavioral task, combined with functional magnetic resonance imaging and computational modeling to explore the role of CEN/SN deficits in anhedonic depression; and (2) will utilize network-based rt-fMRI NF to investigate whether it is feasible to regulate the differential signals of brain CEN/SN of GD system through rt-fMRI NF to alleviate depressive and/or anhedonic symptoms. This study highlights the need to elucidate the intervention effects of rt-fMRI NF and the underlying computational network neural mechanisms.
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- Xiaoxia Wang
- Department of Basic Psychology, School of Psychology, Army Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing City Mental Health Center, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Medical Equipment and Metrology, College of Biomedical Engineering, Army Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- School of Psychology, Army Medical University, Chongqing, China
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Upton S, Brown AA, Ithman M, Newman-Norlund R, Sahlem G, Prisciandaro JJ, McClure EA, Froeliger B. Effects of Hyperdirect Pathway Theta Burst Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Inhibitory Control, Craving, and Smoking in Adults With Nicotine Dependence: A Double-Blind, Randomized Crossover Trial. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROIMAGING 2023; 8:1156-1165. [PMID: 37567363 PMCID: PMC10840958 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2023.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Revised: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Nicotine dependence is associated with dysregulated hyperdirect pathway (HDP)-mediated inhibitory control (IC). However, there are currently no evidence-based treatments that have been shown to target the HDP to improve IC and reduce cigarette cravings and smoking. METHODS Following a baseline nonstimulation control session, this study (N = 37; female: n = 17) used a double-blind, randomized crossover design to examine the behavioral and neural effects of intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) and continuous TBS (cTBS) to the right inferior frontal gyrus (rIFG)-a key cortical node of the HDP. Associations between treatment effects were also explored. RESULTS At baseline, HDP IC task-state functional connectivity was positively associated with IC task performance, which confirmed the association between HDP circuit function and IC. Compared with iTBS, rIFG cTBS improved IC task performance. Compared with the baseline nonstimulation control session, both TBS conditions reduced cigarette craving and smoking; however, although craving and smoking were lower for cTBS, no differences were found between the two active conditions. In addition, although HDP IC task-state functional connectivity was greater following cTBS than iTBS, there was no significant difference between conditions. Finally, cTBS-induced improvement in IC task performance was associated with reduced craving, and cTBS-induced reduction in craving was associated with reduced smoking. CONCLUSIONS These findings warrant further investigation into the effects of rIFG cTBS for increasing IC and reducing craving and smoking among individuals with nicotine dependence. Future sham-controlled cTBS studies may help further elucidate the mechanisms by which rIFG cTBS mediates IC and smoking behavior.
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- Spencer Upton
- Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
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- Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California
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- Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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- Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; Department of Psychiatry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; Cognitive Neuroscience Systems Core Facility, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.
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Mata-Marín D, Redgrave P, Obeso I. The Impact of Emotions on Habitual Inhibition. J Cogn Neurosci 2023; 35:1868-1878. [PMID: 37677064 DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_02050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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Emotional information prioritizes human behavior. How much emotions influence ongoing behavior critically depends on the extent of executive control functions in a given context. One form of executive control is based on stimulus-stop associations (i.e., habitual inhibition) that rapidly and effortlessly elicits control over the interruption of ongoing behavior. So far, no behavioral accounts have explored the emotional impact on habitual inhibition. We aimed to examine the emotional modulation on habitual inhibition and associated psycho-physiological changes. A go/no-go association task asked participants to learn stimulus-stop and stimulus-response associations during 10-day training to form habitual inhibition (without emotional interference). Probabilistic feedback guided learning with varying probabilities of congruent feedback, generating stronger versus weaker pairings. A reversal test measured habitual inhibition strength counteracted by emotional cues (high-arousal positive and negative stimuli compared with neutral ones). Our training protocol induced stable behavioral and psycho-physiological responses compatible with habitual behavior. At reversal, habitual inhibition was evident as marked by significant speed costs of reversed no-go trials for strongly associated stimuli. Positive and negative emotional cues produced larger impact on habitual inhibition. We report first evidence on a cognitive control mechanism that is vulnerable to emotional stimuli and suggest alternative explanations on how emotions may boost or counteract certain behavioral abnormalities mediated by habitual inhibition.
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- David Mata-Marín
- Hospital Universitario HM Puerta del Sur, Spain
- Autonoma de Madrid University-Cajal Institute, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario HM Puerta del Sur, Spain
- Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
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Liu XF, Zhao SW, Kratochvil Z, Jiang JC, Cui D, Wang L, Fan JW, Gu YW, Yin H, Cui JJ, Chang X, Cui LB. Affected cortico-striatal-cerebellar network in schizophrenia with catatonia revealed by magnetic resonance imaging: indications for electroconvulsive therapy and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. PSYCHORADIOLOGY 2023; 3:kkad019. [PMID: 38666113 PMCID: PMC10917379 DOI: 10.1093/psyrad/kkad019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Revised: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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Catatonia is a psychomotor syndrome that can occur in a broad spectrum of brain disorders, including schizophrenia. Current findings suggest that the neurobiological process underlying catatonia symptoms in schizophrenia is poorly understood. However, emerging neuroimaging studies in catatonia patients have indicated that a disruption in anatomical connectivity of the cortico-striatal-cerebellar system is part of the neurobiology of catatonia, which could serve as a target of neurostimulation such as electroconvulsive therapy and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation.
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- Xiao-Fan Liu
- Department of Radiology, Xi'an Gaoxin Hospital, Xi'an 710075, China
- Schizophrenia Imaging Lab, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Schizophrenia Imaging Lab, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Schizophrenia Imaging Lab, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Schizophrenia Imaging Lab, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Schizophrenia Imaging Lab, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Schizophrenia Imaging Lab, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xi'an People's Hospital, Xi'an 710004, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Schizophrenia Imaging Lab, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
- Department of Radiology, The Second Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
- Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Clinic Genetics, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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Wang D, Fan Q, Xiao X, He H, Yang Y, Li Y. Structural Fingerprinting of the Frontal Aslant Tract: Predicting Cognitive Control Capacity and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms. J Neurosci 2023; 43:7016-7027. [PMID: 37696666 PMCID: PMC10586535 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0628-23.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Revised: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/13/2023] Open
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White matter of the human brain is influenced by common genetic variations and shaped by neural activity-dependent experiences. Variations in microstructure of cerebral white matter across individuals and even across fiber tracts might underlie differences in cognitive capacity and vulnerabilities to mental disorders. The frontoparietal and cingulo-opercular networks of the brain constitute the central system supporting cognitive functions, and functional connectivity of these networks has been used to distinguish individuals known as "functional fingerprinting." The frontal aslant tract (FAT) that passes through the two networks has been implicated in executive functions. However, whether FAT can be used as a "structural fingerprint" to distinguish individuals and predict an individual's cognitive function and dysfunction is unknown. Here we investigated the fingerprinting property of FAT microstructural profiles using three independent diffusion MRI datasets with repeated scans on human participants including both females and males. We found that diffusion and geometric profiles of FAT can be used to distinguish individuals with a high accuracy. Next, we demonstrated that fractional anisotropy in different FAT segments predicted distinct cognitive functions, including working memory, inhibitory control, and relational reasoning. Finally, we assessed the contribution of altered FAT microstructural profiles to cognitive dysfunction in unmedicated patients with obsessive-compulsive disorders. We found that the altered microstructure in FAT was associated with the severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Collectively, our findings suggest that the microstructural profiles of FAT can identify individuals with a high accuracy and may serve as an imaging marker for predicting an individual's cognitive capacity and disease severity.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT The frontoparietal network and cingulo-opercular network of the brain constitute a dual-network architecture for human cognitive functions, and functional connectivity of these two networks can be used as a "functional fingerprint" to distinguish individuals. However, the structural underpinnings of these networks subserving individual heterogeneities in their functional connectivity and cognitive ability remain unknown. We show here that the frontal aslant tract (FAT) that passes through the two networks distinguishes individuals with a high accuracy. Further, we demonstrate that the diffusion profiles of FAT predict distinct cognitive functions in healthy subjects and are associated with the clinical symptoms in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorders. Our findings suggest that the FAT may serve as a unique structural fingerprint underlying individual cognitive capability.
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- Danni Wang
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, People's Republic of China
- Neuroimaging Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21224
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200030, People's Republic of China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai 200030, People's Republic of China
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- Neuroimaging Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21224
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- Center for Brain Imaging Science and Technology, College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrumental Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, People's Republic of China
- School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, People's Republic of China
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- Neuroimaging Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21224
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, People's Republic of China
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Zikereya T, Shi K, Chen W. Goal-directed and habitual control: from circuits and functions to exercise-induced neuroplasticity targets for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Front Neurol 2023; 14:1254447. [PMID: 37881310 PMCID: PMC10597699 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1254447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023] Open
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by motor and cognitive impairments. The progressive depletion of dopamine (DA) is the pathological basis of dysfunctional goal-directed and habitual control circuits in the basal ganglia. Exercise-induced neuroplasticity could delay disease progression by improving motor and cognitive performance in patients with PD. This paper reviews the research progress on the motor-cognitive basal ganglia circuit and summarizes the current hypotheses for explaining exercise intervention on rehabilitation in PD. Studies on exercise mediated mechanisms will contribute to the understanding of networks that regulate goal-directed and habitual behaviors and deficits in PD, facilitating the development of strategies for treatment of PD.
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- Talifu Zikereya
- Department of Physical Education, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Physical Education, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China
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- Physical Education College, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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Liebenow B, Wilson T, Maas B, Aladnani E, Moran RJ, White J, Lohrenz T, Haq IU, Siddiqui MS, Laxton AW, Tatter SB, Montague PR, Kishida KT. Sub-second Dopamine Signals during Risky Decision-Making in Patients with Impulse Control Disorder. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.09.11.557178. [PMID: 37745618 PMCID: PMC10515865 DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.11.557178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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Background Impulse Control Disorder (ICD) in Parkinson's disease is a behavioral addiction arising secondary to dopaminergic therapies, most often dopamine receptor agonists. Prior research implicates changes in striatal function and heightened dopaminergic activity in the dorsal striatum of patients with ICD. However, this prior work does not possess the temporal resolution required to investigate dopaminergic signaling during real-time progression through various stages of decision-making involving anticipation and feedback. Methods We recorded high-frequency (10Hz) measurements of extracellular dopamine in the striatum of patients with (N=3) and without (N=3) a history of ICD secondary to dopamine receptor agonist therapy for Parkinson's disease symptoms. These measurements were made using carbon fiber microelectrodes during awake DBS neurosurgery and while participants performed a sequential decision-making task involving risky investment decisions and real monetary gains and losses. Per clinical standard-of-care, participants withheld all dopaminergic medications prior to the procedure. Results Patients with ICD invested significantly more money than patients without ICD. On each trial, patients with ICD made smaller adjustments to their investment levels compared to patients without ICD. In patients with ICD, dopamine levels rose or fell on sub-second timescales in anticipation of investment outcomes consistent with increased or decreased confidence in a positive outcome, respectively; dopamine levels in patients without ICD were significantly more stable during this phase. After outcome revelation, dopamine levels in patients with ICD rose significantly more than in inpatients without ICD for better-than-expected gains. For worse-than-expected losses, dopamine levels in patients with ICD remained level whereas dopamine levels in patients without ICD fell. Conclusion We report significantly increased risky behavior and exacerbated phasic dopamine signaling, on sub-second timescales, anticipating and following the revelation of the outcomes of risky decisions in patients with ICD. Notably, these results were obtained when patients who had demonstrated ICD in the past but were, at the time of surgery, in an off-medication state. Thus, it is unclear whether observed signals reflect an inherent predisposition for ICD that was revealed when dopamine receptor agonists were introduced or whether these observations were caused by the introduction of dopamine receptor agonists and the patients having experienced ICD symptoms in the past. Regardless, future work investigating dopamine's role in human cognition, behavior, and disease should consider the signals this system generates on sub-second timescales.
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Wang Z, Yang J, Zheng Z, Cao W, Dong L, Li H, Wen X, Luo C, Cai Q, Jian W, Yao D. Trait- and State-Dependent Changes in Cortical-Subcortical Functional Networks Across the Adult Lifespan. J Magn Reson Imaging 2023; 58:720-731. [PMID: 36637029 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.28599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Revised: 12/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND How the functional interactions of the basal ganglia/thalamus with the cerebral cortex and the cerebellum change over the adult lifespan in movie-watching and resting-state is less clear. PURPOSE To investigate the functional changes in the organization of the human cortical-subcortical functional networks over the adult lifespan using movie-watching and resting-state fMRI data. STUDY TYPE Cohort. SUBJECTS Healthy 467 adults (cross-sectional individuals aged 18-88 years) from the Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (www.cam-can.com). FIELD STRENGTH/SEQUENCE: fMRI using a gradient-echo echo-planar imaging (EPI) sequence at 3 T. ASSESSMENT Functional connectivities (FCs) of the subcortical subregions (i.e. the basal ganglia and thalamus) with both the cerebral cortex and cerebellum were examined in fMRI data acquired during resting state and movie-watching. And, fluid intelligence scores were also assessed. STATISTICAL TESTS Student's t-tests, false discovery rate (FDR) corrected. RESULTS As age increased, FCs that mainly within the basal ganglia and thalamus, and between the basal ganglia/thalamus and cortical networks (including the dorsal attention, ventral attention, and limbic networks) were both increased/decreased during movie-watching and resting states. However, FCs showed a state-dependent component with advancing age. During the movie-watching state, the FCs between the basal ganglia/thalamus and cerebellum/frontoparietal control networks were mainly increased with age, and the FCs in the somatomotor network were decreased with age. During the resting state, the FCs between the basal ganglia/thalamus and default mode/visual networks were mainly increased with age, and the FCs in the cerebellum were mainly decreased with age. Moreover, inverse relationships between FCs and fluid intelligence were mainly found in these network regions. DATA CONCLUSION Our study may suggest that changes in cortical-subcortical functional networks across the adult lifespan were both state-dependent and stable traits, and that aging fMRI studies should consider the effects of both physiological characteristics and individual situations. EVIDENCE LEVEL 2. TECHNICAL EFFICACY Stage 3.
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- Ziqi Wang
- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
- Research Unit of NeuroInformation, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China
- School of Electrical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- Sichuan Institute for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
- Research Unit of NeuroInformation, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
- Research Unit of NeuroInformation, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China
- School of Electrical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- Sichuan Institute for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Chengdu, China
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Tomiyama H, Murayama K, Nemoto K, Tomita M, Hasuzawa S, Mizobe T, Kato K, Matsuo A, Ohno A, Kan M, Togao O, Hiwatashi A, Ishigami K, Nakao T. Posterior cingulate cortex spontaneous activity associated with motor response inhibition in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder: A resting-state fMRI study. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2023; 334:111669. [PMID: 37393805 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2023.111669] [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: 01/05/2023] [Revised: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023]
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Recent evidence suggests that broad brain regions, not limited to the fronto-striato-thalamo-cortical circuit, play an important role in motor response inhibition. However, it is still unclear which specific key brain region is responsible for impaired motor response inhibition observed in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). We calculated the fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (fALFF) and measured response inhibition ability using the stop-signal task in 41 medication-free patients with OCD and 49 healthy control (HC) participants. We explored the brain region that shows different association between the fALFF and the ability of motor response inhibition. Significant differences in fALFF associated with the ability of motor response inhibition were identified in dorsal posterior cingulate cortex (PCC). There was a positive correlation between increased fALFF in the dorsal PCC and impaired motor response inhibition in OCD. In the HC group, there was a negative correlation between the two variables. Our results suggest that the magnitude of resting-state blood oxygen level-dependent oscillation of the dorsal PCC is a key brain region for the underlying mechanisms of impaired motor response inhibition in OCD. Future studies should examine whether this characteristic of dorsal PCC affects other large-scale networks responsible for motor response inhibition of OCD.
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- Hirofumi Tomiyama
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan.
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Vellucci L, Ciccarelli M, Buonaguro EF, Fornaro M, D’Urso G, De Simone G, Iasevoli F, Barone A, de Bartolomeis A. The Neurobiological Underpinnings of Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in Psychosis, Translational Issues for Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia. Biomolecules 2023; 13:1220. [PMID: 37627285 PMCID: PMC10452784 DOI: 10.3390/biom13081220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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Almost 25% of schizophrenia patients suffer from obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS) considered a transdiagnostic clinical continuum. The presence of symptoms pertaining to both schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) may complicate pharmacological treatment and could contribute to lack or poor response to the therapy. Despite the clinical relevance, no reviews have been recently published on the possible neurobiological underpinnings of this comorbidity, which is still unclear. An integrative view exploring this topic should take into account the following aspects: (i) the implication for glutamate, dopamine, and serotonin neurotransmission as demonstrated by genetic findings; (ii) the growing neuroimaging evidence of the common brain regions and dysfunctional circuits involved in both diseases; (iii) the pharmacological modulation of dopaminergic, serotoninergic, and glutamatergic systems as current therapeutic strategies in schizophrenia OCS; (iv) the recent discovery of midbrain dopamine neurons and dopamine D1- and D2-like receptors as orchestrating hubs in repetitive and psychotic behaviors; (v) the contribution of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunits to both psychosis and OCD neurobiology. Finally, we discuss the potential role of the postsynaptic density as a structural and functional hub for multiple molecular signaling both in schizophrenia and OCD pathophysiology.
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- Section of Psychiatry, Laboratory of Translational and Molecular Psychiatry and Unit of Treatment-Resistant Psychosis, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry University Medical School of Naples “Federico II”, Via Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
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Xing Z, Guo T, Ren L, Schwieter JW, Liu H. Spatiotemporal evidence uncovers differential neural activity patterns in cognitive and affective conflict control. Behav Brain Res 2023; 451:114522. [PMID: 37268253 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2023.114522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Revised: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Studies have shown that there are overlapping neural bases for cognitive and affective conflict control, but whether the neural activity patterns caused by the two types of conflict are similar remains to be explored. The present study utilizes electroencephalogram (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to temporally and spatially analyze the differences between cognitive and affective conflict control. We employ a semantic conflict task which includes blocks of cognitive and affective judgements primed by conflicting and non-conflicting contexts. The results showed a typical neural conflict effect in the cognitive judgment blocks as reflected by greater amplitudes of P2, N400, and the late positive potential (LPP), as well as greater activation of the left pre-supplementary motor area (pre-SMA) and the right inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) in the conflict condition relative to the non-conflict condition. These patterns did not emerge in the affective judgments, but instead, showed reversed effects of the LPP and in the left SMA. Taken together, these findings suggest that cognitive and affective conflict control result in different neural activity patterns.
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- Zehui Xing
- Research Center of Brain and Cognitive Neuroscience, Liaoning Normal University, 116029 Dalian, China; Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Neuroscience, Dalian, Liaoning Province 116029, China
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- Research Center of Brain and Cognitive Neuroscience, Liaoning Normal University, 116029 Dalian, China; Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Neuroscience, Dalian, Liaoning Province 116029, China
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- Research Center of Brain and Cognitive Neuroscience, Liaoning Normal University, 116029 Dalian, China; Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Neuroscience, Dalian, Liaoning Province 116029, China
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- Language Acquisition, Multilingualism, and Cognition Laboratory / Bilingualism Matters @ Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada; Department of Linguistics and Languages, McMaster University, Canada
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- Research Center of Brain and Cognitive Neuroscience, Liaoning Normal University, 116029 Dalian, China; Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Neuroscience, Dalian, Liaoning Province 116029, China.
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Watson P, Gladwin TE, Verhoeven AAC, de Wit S. Investigating habits in humans with a symmetrical outcome-revaluation task. Behav Res Methods 2023; 55:2687-2705. [PMID: 35867208 PMCID: PMC10439083 DOI: 10.3758/s13428-022-01922-4] [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] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The translation of the outcome-devaluation paradigm to study habit in humans has yielded interesting insights but proven to be challenging. We present a novel, outcome-revaluation task with a symmetrical design, in the sense that half of the available outcomes are always valuable and the other half not-valuable. In the present studies, during the instrumental learning phase, participants learned to respond (Go) to certain stimuli to collect valuable outcomes (and points) while refraining to respond (NoGo) to stimuli signaling not-valuable outcomes. Half of the stimuli were short-trained, while the other half were long-trained. Subsequently, in the test phase, the signaled outcomes were either value-congruent with training (still-valuable and still-not-valuable), or value-incongruent (devalued and upvalued). The change in outcome value on value-incongruent trials meant that participants had to flexibly adjust their behavior. At the end of the training phase, participants completed the self-report behavioral automaticity index - providing an automaticity score for each stimulus-response association. We conducted two experiments using this task, that both provided evidence for stimulus-driven habits as reflected in poorer performance on devalued and upvalued trials relative to still-not-valuable trials and still-valuable trials, respectively. While self-reported automaticity increased with longer training, behavioral flexibility was not affected. After extended training (Experiment 2), higher levels of self-reported automaticity when responding to stimuli signaling valuable outcomes were related to more 'slips of action' when the associated outcome was subsequently devalued. We conclude that the symmetrical outcome-revaluation task provides a promising paradigm for the experimental investigation of habits in humans.
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- P Watson
- The Habit Lab, Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Amsterdam Brain and Cognition, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 129B, 1018, Amsterdam, WS, Netherlands
- School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Institute for Lifecourse Development, University of Greenwich, London, UK
- Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- The Habit Lab, Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Amsterdam Brain and Cognition, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 129B, 1018, Amsterdam, WS, Netherlands
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- The Habit Lab, Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Amsterdam Brain and Cognition, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 129B, 1018, Amsterdam, WS, Netherlands.
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Monje MH, Mañez‐Miró JU, Obeso JA. The Apparent Impunity of the Basal Ganglia to Therapeutic Lesioning: Clinical and Scientific Lessons. Mov Disord Clin Pract 2023; 10:S42-S46. [PMID: 37637986 PMCID: PMC10448138 DOI: 10.1002/mdc3.13787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Revised: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023] Open
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- Mariana H.G. Monje
- HM CINAC (Centro Integral de Neurociencias Abarca Campal)Hospital Universitario HM Puerta del Sur, HM HospitalesMadridSpain
- Ken and Ruth Davee Department of NeurologyNorthwestern University, Feinberg School of MedicineChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- HM CINAC (Centro Integral de Neurociencias Abarca Campal)Hospital Universitario HM Puerta del Sur, HM HospitalesMadridSpain
- PhD Program in NeuroscienceAutónoma de Madrid University‐Cajal InstituteMadridSpain
- Neurology Department, IMED HospitalesValenciaSpain
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- HM CINAC (Centro Integral de Neurociencias Abarca Campal)Hospital Universitario HM Puerta del Sur, HM HospitalesMadridSpain
- Universidad San Pablo‐CEUMadridSpain
- CIBERNED, Instituto de Salud Carlos IIIMadridSpain
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Zhao S, Yuan R, Gao W, Liu Q, Yuan J. Neural substrates of behavioral inhibitory control during the two-choice oddball task: functional neuroimaging evidence. PSYCHORADIOLOGY 2023; 3:kkad012. [PMID: 38666128 PMCID: PMC10917370 DOI: 10.1093/psyrad/kkad012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Revised: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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Background Behavioral inhibitory control (BIC) depicts a cognitive function of inhibiting inappropriate dominant responses to meet the context requirement. Despite abundant research into neural substrates of BIC during the go/no-go and stop signal tasks, these tasks were consistently shown hard to isolate neural processes of response inhibition, which is of primary interest, from those of response generation. Therefore, it is necessary to explore neural substrates of BIC using the two-choice oddball (TCO) task, whose design of dual responses is thought to produce an inhibition effect free of the confounds of response generation. Objective The current study aims at depicting neural substrates of performing behavioral inhibitory control in the two-choice oddball task, which designs dual responses to balance response generation. Also, neural substrates of performing BIC during this task are compared with those in the go/no-go task, which designs a motor response in a single condition. Methods The present study integrated go/no-go (GNG) and TCO tasks into a new Three-Choice BIC paradigm, which consists of standard (75%), deviant (12.5%), and no-go (12.5%) conditions simultaneously. Forty-eight college students participated in this experiment, which required them to respond to standard (frequent) and deviant stimuli by pressing different keys, while inhibiting motor response to no-go stimuli. Conjunction analysis and ROI (region of interest) analysis were adopted to identify the unique neural mechanisms that subserve the processes of BIC. Results Both tasks are effective in assessing BIC function, reflected by the significantly lower accuracy of no-go compared to standard condition in GNG, and the significantly lower accuracy and longer reaction time of deviant compared to standard condition in TCO. However, there were no significant differences between deviant and no-go conditions in accuracy. Moreover, functional neuroimaging has demonstrated that the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) activation was observed for no-go vs. standard contrast in the GNG task, but not in deviant vs. standard contrast in the TCO task, suggesting that ACC involvement is not a necessary component of BIC. Second, ROI analysis of areas that were co-activated in TCO and GNG showed co-activations in the right inferior frontal cortex (triangle and orbital), with the signals in the TCO task significantly higher than those in the GNG task. Conclusions These findings show that the designed responses to both standard and deviant stimuli in the TCO task, compared to the GNG task, produced a more prominent prefrontal inhibitory processing and extinguished an unnecessary component of ACC activation during BIC. This implies that prefrontal involvement, but not that of ACC, is mandatory for the successful performance of inhibiting prepotent behaviors.
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- Shirui Zhao
- The Affect Cognition and Regulation Laboratory (ACRLab), Institute of Brain and Psychological Sciences, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610066, China
- Faculté des Sciences Psychologiques et de l’Éducation, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)Brussels 1050, Belgium
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- The Affect Cognition and Regulation Laboratory (ACRLab), Institute of Brain and Psychological Sciences, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610066, China
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- The Affect Cognition and Regulation Laboratory (ACRLab), Institute of Brain and Psychological Sciences, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610066, China
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- The Affect Cognition and Regulation Laboratory (ACRLab), Institute of Brain and Psychological Sciences, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610066, China
- Sichuan Key Laboratory of Psychology and Behavior of Discipline Inspection and Supervision (Sichuan Normal University), Chengdu 610066, China
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Pierrieau E, Berret B, Lepage JF, Bernier PM. From Motivation to Action: Action Cost Better Predicts Changes in Premovement Beta-Band Activity than Speed. J Neurosci 2023; 43:5264-5275. [PMID: 37339875 PMCID: PMC10342222 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0213-23.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2023] [Revised: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/22/2023] Open
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Although premovement beta-band event-related desynchronization (β-ERD; 13-30 Hz) from sensorimotor regions is modulated by movement speed, current evidence does not support a strict monotonic association between the two. Given that β-ERD is thought to increase information encoding capacity, we tested the hypothesis that it might be related to the expected neurocomputational cost of movement, here referred to as action cost. Critically, action cost is greater both for slow and fast movements compared with a medium or "preferred" speed. Thirty-one right-handed participants performed a speed-controlled reaching task while recording their EEG. Results revealed potent modulations of beta power as a function of speed, with β-ERD being significantly greater both for movements performed at high and low speeds compared with medium speed. Interestingly, medium-speed movements were more often chosen by participants than low-speed and high-speed movements, suggesting that they were evaluated as less costly. In line with this, modeling of action cost revealed a pattern of modulation across speed conditions that strikingly resembled the one found for β-ERD. Indeed, linear mixed models showed that estimated action cost predicted variations of β-ERD significantly better than speed. This relationship with action cost was specific to beta power, as it was not found when averaging activity in the mu band (8-12 Hz) and gamma band (31-49 Hz) bands. These results demonstrate that increasing β-ERD may not merely speed up movements, but instead facilitate the preparation of high-speed and low-speed movements through the allocation of additional neural resources, thereby enabling flexible motor control.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Heightened beta activity has been associated with movement slowing in Parkinson's disease, and modulations of beta activity are commonly used to decode movement parameters in brain-computer interfaces. Here we show that premovement beta activity is better explained by the neurocomputational cost of the action rather than its speed. Instead of being interpreted as a mere reflection of changes in movement speed, premovement changes in beta activity might therefore be used to infer the amount of neural resources that are allocated for motor planning.
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- Emeline Pierrieau
- Programme de Physiologie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec J1H 5N4, Canada
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- CIAMS (Complexité, Innovation, Activités, Motrices, et Sportives), Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay, France
- CIAMS (Complexité, Innovation, Activités, Motrices, et Sportives), Université d'Orléans, 45067 Orléans, France
- Institut Universitaire de France, 75231 Paris, France
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- Programme de Physiologie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec J1H 5N4, Canada
- Département de Pédiatrie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec J1H 5N4, Canada
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- Département de Kinanthropologie, Faculté des Sciences de l'Activité Physique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec J1K 2R1, Canada
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Rechtman E, Navarro E, de Water E, Tang CY, Curtin P, Papazaharias DM, Ambrosi C, Mascaro L, Cagna G, Gasparotti R, Invernizzi A, Reichenberg A, Austin C, Arora M, Smith DR, Lucchini RG, Wright RO, Placidi D, Horton MK. Early-Life Critical Windows of Susceptibility to Manganese Exposure and Sex-Specific Changes in Brain Connectivity in Late Adolescence. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY GLOBAL OPEN SCIENCE 2023; 3:460-469. [PMID: 37519473 PMCID: PMC10382697 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2022.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Revised: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 03/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background Early-life environmental exposures during critical windows (CWs) of development can impact life course health. Exposure to neuroactive metals such as manganese (Mn) during prenatal and early postnatal CWs may disrupt typical brain development, leading to persistent behavioral changes. Males and females may be differentially vulnerable to Mn, presenting distinctive CWs to Mn exposure. Methods We used magnetic resonance imaging to investigate sex-specific associations between early-life Mn uptake and intrinsic functional connectivity in adolescence. A total of 71 participants (15-23 years old; 53% female) from the Public Health Impact of Manganese Exposure study completed a resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging scan. We estimated dentine Mn concentrations at prenatal, postnatal, and early childhood periods using laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. We performed seed-based correlation analyses to investigate the moderating effect of sex on the associations between Mn and intrinsic functional connectivity adjusting for age and socioeconomic status. Results We identified significant sex-specific associations between dentine Mn at all time points and intrinsic functional connectivity in brain regions involved in cognitive and motor function: 1) prenatal: dorsal striatum, occipital/frontal lobes, and middle frontal gyrus; 2) postnatal: right putamen and cerebellum; and 3) early childhood: putamen and occipital, frontal, and temporal lobes. Network associations differed depending on exposure timing, suggesting that different brain networks may present distinctive CWs to Mn. Conclusions These findings suggest that the developing brain is vulnerable to Mn exposure, with effects lasting through late adolescence, and that females and males are not equally vulnerable to these effects. Future studies should investigate cognitive and motor outcomes related to these associations.
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- Elza Rechtman
- Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Diagnostic, Molecular, and Interventional Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- ASST Spedali Civili Hospital, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- ASST Spedali Civili Hospital, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California
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- Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
- Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University, Miami, Florida
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- Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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Upton S, Brown AA, Golzy M, Garland EL, Froeliger B. Right inferior frontal gyrus theta-burst stimulation reduces smoking behaviors and strengthens fronto-striatal-limbic resting-state functional connectivity: a randomized crossover trial. Front Psychiatry 2023; 14:1166912. [PMID: 37457779 PMCID: PMC10338839 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1166912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023] Open
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Introduction Functional and anatomical irregularities in the right inferior frontal gyrus (rIFG), a ventrolateral prefrontal region that mediates top-down inhibitory control over prepotent behavioral responding, are implicated in the ongoing maintenance of nicotine dependence (ND). However, there is little research on the effects of neuromodulation of the rIFG on smoking behavior, inhibitory control, and resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) among individuals with ND. Methods In this double-blind, crossover, theta-burst stimulation (TBS) study, adults with ND (N = 31; female: n = 15) completed a baseline session and were then randomized to two counterbalanced sessions of functionally neuronavigated TBS to the rIFG: continuous TBS (cTBS) on 1 day and intermittent TBS (iTBS) on another. Differences in cigarette cravings, smoking, and fronto-striatal-limbic rsFC were assessed. Results Relative to baseline, cTBS significantly reduced appetitive and withdrawal cravings immediately after treatment. The effects of cTBS on withdrawal craving persisted for 24 h, as well as produced a reduction in smoking. Furthermore, cTBS significantly strengthened rsFC between the rIFG pars opercularis and subcallosal cingulate (fronto-striatal circuit), and between the rIFG pars opercularis and the right posterior parahippocampal gyrus (fronto-limbic circuit). At post-24 h, cTBS-induced increase in fronto-striatal rsFC was significantly associated with less appetitive craving, while the increase in fronto-limbic rsFC was significantly associated with less withdrawal craving and smoking. Discussion These findings warrant further investigation into the potential value of rIFG cTBS to attenuate smoking behavior among individuals with ND.
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- Spencer Upton
- Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
- Cognitive Neuroscience Systems Core Facility, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
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- Biostatistics Unit, Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
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- Center on Mindfulness and Integrative Health Intervention Development, College of Social Work, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
- Cognitive Neuroscience Systems Core Facility, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
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Morris CW, Watkins DS, Shah NR, Pennington T, Hens B, Qi G, Doud EH, Mosley AL, Atwood BK, Baucum AJ. Spinophilin Limits Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 Scaffolding to the Postsynaptic Density and Cell Type Specifically Mediates Excessive Grooming. Biol Psychiatry 2023; 93:976-988. [PMID: 36822932 PMCID: PMC10191892 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Revised: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Grooming dysfunction is a hallmark of the obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder trichotillomania. Numerous preclinical studies have utilized SAPAP3-deficient mice for understanding the neurobiology of repetitive grooming, suggesting that excessive grooming is caused by increased metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) activity in striatal direct- and indirect-pathway medium spiny neurons (MSNs). However, the MSN subtype-specific signaling mechanisms that mediate mGluR5-dependent adaptations underlying excessive grooming are not fully understood. Here, we investigated the MSN subtype-specific roles of the striatal signaling hub protein spinophilin in mediating repetitive motor dysfunction associated with mGluR5 function. METHODS Quantitative proteomics and immunoblotting were utilized to identify how spinophilin impacts mGluR5 phosphorylation and protein interaction changes. Plasticity and repetitive motor dysfunction associated with mGluR5 action were measured using our novel conditional spinophilin mouse model in which spinophilin was knocked out from striatal direct-pathway MSNs and/or indirect-pathway MSNs. RESULTS Loss of spinophilin only in indirect-pathway MSNs decreased performance of a novel motor repertoire, but loss of spinophilin in either MSN subtype abrogated striatal plasticity associated with mGluR5 function and prevented excessive grooming caused by SAPAP3 knockout mice or treatment with the mGluR5-specific positive allosteric modulator VU0360172 without impacting locomotion-relevant behavior. Biochemically, we determined that the spinophilin-mGluR5 interaction correlates with grooming behavior and that loss of spinophilin shifts mGluR5 interactions from lipid raft-associated proteins toward postsynaptic density proteins implicated in psychiatric disorders. CONCLUSIONS These results identify spinophilin as a novel striatal signaling hub molecule in MSNs that cell subtype specifically mediates behavioral, functional, and molecular adaptations associated with repetitive motor dysfunction in psychiatric disorders.
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- Cameron W Morris
- Medical Neurosciences Graduate Program, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Medical Neurosciences Graduate Program, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Medical Neurosciences Graduate Program, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Medical Scientists Training Program, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Center for Proteome Analysis, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Center for Proteome Analysis, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Center for Proteome Analysis, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Department of Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana.
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