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Wu D, Guo X, Cui R, Wu M, Shang Q, Jiang H. In vivo hemodynamic visualization of berberine-induced effect on the cerebral cortex of a mouse by photoacoustic tomography. APPLIED OPTICS 2019; 58:1-8. [PMID: 30645502 DOI: 10.1364/ao.58.000001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2018] [Accepted: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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While berberine, a traditional Oriental herbal drug commonly used for treatment of diarrhea, has recently been used to treat a number of brain disorders, such as stroke and Alzheimer's disease, berberine-induced changes in hemodynamics are largely unknown. Here, we utilize photoacoustic tomography (PAT) to study hemodynamic effects of berberine in mice. In vivo photoacoustic images are obtained in ten functional regions of a mouse brain. Cortical vascular network and dynamic changes in total hemoglobin (HbT) concentration are acquired at 532 nm. Functional atlas and statistical data are also obtained at low-dose and high-dose berberine. Our results provide compelling evidence that both low-dose and high-dose berberine can increase the HbT concentration to a varied extent in certain brain regions. This study also suggests that PAT provides a powerful tool for visualizing brain hemodynamic changes induced by drugs.
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Zavaglia M, Canolty RT, Schofield TM, Leff AP, Ursino M, Knight RT, Penny WD. A dynamical pattern recognition model of γ activity in auditory cortex. Neural Netw 2012; 28:1-14. [PMID: 22327049 PMCID: PMC3314972 DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2011.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2010] [Revised: 12/20/2011] [Accepted: 12/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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This paper describes a dynamical process which serves both as a model of temporal pattern recognition in the brain and as a forward model of neuroimaging data. This process is considered at two separate levels of analysis: the algorithmic and implementation levels. At an algorithmic level, recognition is based on the use of Occurrence Time features. Using a speech digit database we show that for noisy recognition environments, these features rival standard cepstral coefficient features. At an implementation level, the model is defined using a Weakly Coupled Oscillator (WCO) framework and uses a transient synchronization mechanism to signal a recognition event. In a second set of experiments, we use the strength of the synchronization event to predict the high gamma (75–150 Hz) activity produced by the brain in response to word versus non-word stimuli. Quantitative model fits allow us to make inferences about parameters governing pattern recognition dynamics in the brain.
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- M Zavaglia
- Department of Electronics, Computer Science and Systems (DEIS), Via Venezia 52, 47023 Cesena, Italy
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Licari FG, Shkoukani M, Kaltenbach JA. Stimulus-dependent changes in optical responses of the dorsal cochlear nucleus using voltage-sensitive dye. J Neurophysiol 2011; 106:421-36. [PMID: 21543759 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00982.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Optical imaging with voltage-sensitive dye was used to examine the spatiotemporal dynamics of stimulus-driven activity on the surface of the dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN). Stimulation with tones at low to moderate levels produced localized regions of activation that were most commonly elongated rostrocaudally. The size of these activation areas expanded with increases in sound level, while their centers shifted from the lateral direction to the medial direction with increases in stimulus frequency. In contrast to the tonotopic patterns of activation evoked by tones, electrical stimulation of the DCN surface resulted in bands of activation that were elongated along the medial-lateral axis; response latencies increased with distance along these bands from the point of stimulation. Shifting the site of electrical stimulation from the rostral direction to the caudal direction induced corresponding shifts in the rostrocaudal location of the activation band; moving the electrode tip to subsurface depths resulted in loss of the elongated band. Transecting the DCN along the rostrocaudal axis midway between its medial and lateral extremities blocked propagation of the response to the half of the DCN distal to but not proximal to the stimulating electrode. The results suggest that the two modes of stimulation activated two distinct populations of neurons, one involving primarily tonotopically organized cells and the other crossing these tonotopic zones and likely representing the activation of parallel fibers. These results reveal a number of new features in the spatial patterns of tone-elicited activation that are not readily predicted by responses recorded electrophysiologically.
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- F G Licari
- Department of Neurosciences and The Head and Neck Institute, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
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Reimer A, Hubka P, Engel AK, Kral A. Fast propagating waves within the rodent auditory cortex. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 21:166-77. [PMID: 20444841 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhq073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Central processing of acoustic signals is assumed to take place in a stereotypical spatial and temporal pattern involving different fields of auditory cortex. So far, cortical propagating waves representing such patterns have mainly been demonstrated by optical imaging, repeatedly in the visual and somatosensory cortex. In this study, the surface of rat auditory cortex was mapped by recording local field potentials (LFPs) in response to a broadband acoustic stimulus. From the peak amplitudes of LFPs, cortical activation maps were constructed over 4 cortical auditory fields. Whereas response onset had same latencies across primary auditory field (A1), anterior auditory field (AAF), and ventral auditory field and longer latencies in posterior auditory field, activation maps revealed a reproducible wavelike pattern of activity propagating for ∼45 ms poststimulus through all cortical fields. The movement observed started with 2 waves within the primary auditory fields A1 and AAF moving from ventral to dorsal followed by a motion from rostral to caudal, passing continuously through higher-order fields. The pattern of propagating waves was well reproducible and showed only minor changes if different anesthetics were used. The results question the classical "hierarchical" model of cortical areas and demonstrate that the different fields process incoming information as a functional unit.
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- Antonia Reimer
- Department of Neurophysiology and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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Hillman EMC. Optical brain imaging in vivo: techniques and applications from animal to man. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2007; 12:051402. [PMID: 17994863 PMCID: PMC2435254 DOI: 10.1117/1.2789693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 253] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Optical brain imaging has seen 30 years of intense development, and has grown into a rich and diverse field. In-vivo imaging using light provides unprecedented sensitivity to functional changes through intrinsic contrast, and is rapidly exploiting the growing availability of exogenous optical contrast agents. Light can be used to image microscopic structure and function in vivo in exposed animal brain, while also allowing noninvasive imaging of hemodynamics and metabolism in a clinical setting. This work presents an overview of the wide range of approaches currently being applied to in-vivo optical brain imaging, from animal to man. Techniques include multispectral optical imaging, voltage sensitive dye imaging and speckle-flow imaging of exposed cortex, in-vivo two-photon microscopy of the living brain, and the broad range of noninvasive topography and tomography approaches to near-infrared imaging of the human brain. The basic principles of each technique are described, followed by examples of current applications to cutting-edge neuroscience research. In summary, it is shown that optical brain imaging continues to grow and evolve, embracing new technologies and advancing to address ever more complex and important neuroscience questions.
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- Elizabeth M C Hillman
- Columbia University, Laboratory for Functional Optical Imaging, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 351ET, 1210 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, New York 10027, USA.
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Husain FT, Horwitz B. Experimental-neuromodeling framework for understanding auditory object processing: integrating data across multiple scales. JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY, PARIS 2006; 100:133-41. [PMID: 17079121 PMCID: PMC1941673 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2006.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In this article, we review a combined experimental-neuromodeling framework for understanding brain function with a specific application to auditory object processing. Within this framework, a model is constructed using the best available experimental data and is used to make predictions. The predictions are verified by conducting specific or directed experiments and the resulting data are matched with the simulated data. The model is refined or tested on new data and generates new predictions. The predictions in turn lead to better-focused experiments. The auditory object processing model was constructed using available neurophysiological and neuroanatomical data from mammalian studies of auditory object processing in the cortex. Auditory objects are brief sounds such as syllables, words, melodic fragments, etc. The model can simultaneously simulate neuronal activity at a columnar level and neuroimaging activity at a systems level while processing frequency-modulated tones in a delayed-match-to-sample task. The simulated neuroimaging activity was quantitatively matched with neuroimaging data obtained from experiments; both the simulations and the experiments used similar tasks, sounds, and other experimental parameters. We then used the model to investigate the neural bases of the auditory continuity illusion, a type of perceptual grouping phenomenon, without changing any of its parameters. Perceptual grouping enables the auditory system to integrate brief, disparate sounds into cohesive perceptual units. The neural mechanisms underlying auditory continuity illusion have not been studied extensively with conventional neuroimaging or electrophysiological techniques. Our modeling results agree with behavioral studies in humans and an electrophysiological study in cats. The results predict a particular set of bottom-up cortical processing mechanisms that implement perceptual grouping, and also attest to the robustness of our model.
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- Fatima T. Husain
- Brain Imaging and Modeling Section, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bldg 10, Rm 8S235-D, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA. Emails: ;
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- Brain Imaging and Modeling Section, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bldg 10, Rm 8S235-D, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA. Emails: ;
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Nariai T, Sato K, Hirakawa K, Ohta Y, Tanaka Y, Ishiwata K, Ishii K, Kamino K, Ohno K. Imaging of somatotopic representation of sensory cortex with intrinsic optical signals as guides for brain tumor surgery. J Neurosurg 2005; 103:414-23. [PMID: 16235671 DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.103.3.0414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECT Intrinsic optical signals in response to somatosensory stimuli were intraoperatively recorded during brain tumor surgery. In the present study, the authors report on the use of this technique as an intraoperative guide for the safe resection of tumors adjacent to or within the sensorimotor cortex. METHODS In 14 patients with tumors adjacent to or within the sensorimotor cortex, intrinsic optical signals in response to somatosensory stimuli were recorded by illuminating the brain surface with Xe white light and imaging the reflected light passing through a bandpass filter (605 nm). Results were compared with intraoperative recordings of sensory evoked potentials in all 14 patients and with noninvasive mapping modalities such as magnetoencephalography and positron emission tomography in selected patients. In all but two patients, the somatosensory optical signals were recorded on the primary sensory cortex. Optical signals elicited by stimulation of the first and fifth digits and the three branches of the trigeminal nerve were recorded at different locations on the sensory strip. This somatotopic information was useful in determining the resection border in patients with glioma located in the sensorimotor cortex. CONCLUSIONS Optical imaging of intrinsic signals is a useful technique with superior spatial resolution for delineating the somatotopic representation of human primary sensory cortex. Furthermore, it can be used as an intraoperative monitoring tool to improve the safety and accuracy of resections of brain tumors adjacent to or within the sensorimotor cortex.
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- Tadashi Nariai
- Department of Neurosurgery and Physiology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
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Husain FT, Lozito TP, Ulloa A, Horwitz B. Investigating the neural basis of the auditory continuity illusion. J Cogn Neurosci 2005; 17:1275-92. [PMID: 16197683 DOI: 10.1162/0898929055002472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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In this study, we investigated one type of auditory perceptual grouping phenomena--the auditory continuity illusion (also called temporal induction). We employed a previously developed, neurobiologically realistic, large-scale neural network model of the auditory processing pathway in the cortex, ranging from the primary auditory cortex to the prefrontal cortex, and simulated temporal induction without changing any model parameters. The model processes tonal contour stimuli, composed of combinations of upward and downward FM sweeps and tones, in a delayed match-to-sample task. The local electrical activities of the neuronal units of the model simulated accurately the experimentally observed electrophysiological data, where available, and the model's simulated BOLD-fMRI data were quantitatively matched with experimental fMRI data. In the present simulations, intact stimuli were matched with fragmented versions (i.e., with inserted silent gaps). The ability of the model to match fragmented stimuli declined as the duration of the gaps increased. However, when simulated broadband noise was inserted into these gaps, the matching response was restored, indicating that a continuous stimulus was perceived. The electrical activities of the neuronal units of the model agreed with electrophysiological data, and the behavioral activity of the model matched human behavioral data. In the model, the predominant mechanism implementing temporal induction is the divergence of the feedforward connections along the auditory processing pathway in the temporal cortex. These simulation results not only attest to the robustness of the model, but further predict the primary role of the anatomical connectivity of the auditory processing areas in mediating the continuity illusion.
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- Fatima T Husain
- Brain Imaging and Modeling Section, NIDCD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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A major challenge confronting neuroscientists is associated with the multiple spatial and temporal scales of investigation of neural structure and function. I shall discuss the use of computational neural modeling as one method to bridge some of the different spatial and temporal levels. This approach will be illustrated using large-scale, neurobiologically realistic network models of auditory and visual pattern recognition that relate neuronal dynamics to fMRI data. It will be demonstrated that the models are capable of exhibiting the salient features of both electrophysiological neuronal activities and fMRI values that are in agreement with empirically observed data.
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- Barry Horwitz
- Brain Imaging and Modeling Section, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 10, Rm. 6C420 MSC 1591, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Kaltenbach JA, Zhang JS. In vivo optical imaging of tone-evoked activity in the dorsal cochlear nucleus with a voltage sensitive dye. J Neurosci Res 2005; 78:908-17. [PMID: 15521061 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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We investigated the use of optical imaging for observing the spatial patterns of neural activation in the dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN) of hamsters during tonal stimulation. The patterns of activation were studied in the DCN, in vivo, following application of a voltage sensitive dye, Di-2-ANEPEQ, to the DCN surface. Beginning 60-90 min following dye application, tones were presented to the ipsilateral ear. Electrophysiological recordings after dye application revealed no significant toxicity of Di-2-ANEPEQ that affected the frequency-tuning properties of DCN neurons. We examined areas of activation in response to each of a series of test stimuli consisting of pure tones ranging in frequency from 2 to 20 kHz. For each stimulus condition, images were collected over a stimulus interval of 400 msec and averaged over 32 stimulus repetitions. These images revealed areas of activation with definable epicenters. The epicenters shifted from lateral to more medial locations on the DCN surface with increases in stimulus frequency. Comparison with electrophysiological data indicated a close parallel between the tonotopic gradient defined by optical imaging and that defined by the distribution of characteristic frequencies. The principal temporal and spatial features of these optical responses are described.
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- J A Kaltenbach
- Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA.
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Husain FT, Tagamets MA, Fromm SJ, Braun AR, Horwitz B. Relating neuronal dynamics for auditory object processing to neuroimaging activity: a computational modeling and an fMRI study. Neuroimage 2004; 21:1701-20. [PMID: 15050592 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2003.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2003] [Revised: 10/09/2003] [Accepted: 11/03/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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We investigated the neural basis of auditory object processing in the cerebral cortex by combining neural modeling and functional neuroimaging. We developed a large-scale, neurobiologically realistic network model of auditory pattern recognition that relates the neuronal dynamics of cortical auditory processing of frequency modulated (FM) sweeps to functional neuroimaging data of the type obtained using PET and fMRI. Areas included in the model extend from primary auditory to prefrontal cortex. The electrical activities of the neuronal units of the model were constrained to agree with data from the neurophysiological literature regarding the perception of FM sweeps. We also conducted an fMRI experiment using stimuli and tasks similar to those used in our simulations. The integrated synaptic activity of the neuronal units in each region of the model, convolved with a hemodynamic response function, was used as a correlate of the simulated fMRI activity, and generally agreed with the experimentally observed fMRI data in the brain areas corresponding to the regions of the model. Our results demonstrate that the model is capable of exhibiting the salient features of both electrophysiological neuronal activities and fMRI values that are in agreement with empirically observed data. These findings provide support for our hypotheses concerning how auditory objects are processed by primate neocortex.
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- F T Husain
- Brain Imaging and Modeling Section, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Yetkin FZ, Roland PS, Christensen WF, Purdy PD. Silent Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) of Tonotopicity and Stimulus Intensity Coding in Human Primary Auditory Cortex. Laryngoscope 2004; 114:512-8. [PMID: 15091227 DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200403000-00024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The aims of this study were to determine the feasibility of obtaining auditory cortex activation evoked by pure tones presented at threshold and suprathreshold hearing levels, to evaluate tonotopicity of the primary auditory cortex, and to determine the effect of stimulus intensity on auditory cortex activation using silent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). METHODS Sixteen subjects with normal hearing underwent silent fMRI. An audiometer was used to deliver pure tones of 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz to the left ear. Two levels of acoustic stimulation were used: 1). threshold, hearing level determined in the scanner room and 2). suprathreshold, 70 dB hearing loss (HL). Tonotopicity and stimulus intensity coding was assessed on the basis of the location, extent, and amount of the auditory cortex activation. RESULTS The localization of activation moved to more medial and posterior regions of the primary auditory cortex as the frequency of the pure tone increased. Compared with a threshold stimulus, a suprathreshold stimulus evoked the same regions with increased spatial extent. The average increase in the right auditory cortex activation in response to suprathreshold stimulus was 57% at 1000, 51% at 2000, and 45% at 4000 Hz compared with that activated by the threshold stimulus. CONCLUSIONS Silent fMRI can be used to evaluate auditory cortex activation using low-intensity stimuli. The level of stimulus intensity increases the amount of auditory cortex activation and influences the fMRI mapping of the tonotopic organization of the primary auditory cortex.
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- F Zerrin Yetkin
- Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75390-8896, USA.
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