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Badin P, Sawallis TR, Tabain M, Lamalle L. Bilinguals from Larynx to Lips: Exploring Bilingual Articulatory Strategies with Anatomic MRI Data. Lang Speech 2024:238309231224790. [PMID: 38680040 DOI: 10.1177/00238309231224790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
Abstract
The goal of this article is to illustrate the use of MRI for exploring bi- and multi-lingual articulatory strategies. One male and one female speaker recorded sets of static midsagittal MRIs of the whole vocal tract, producing vowels as well as consonants in various vowel contexts in either the male's two or the female's three languages. Both speakers were native speakers of English (American and Australian English, respectively), and both were fluent L2 speakers of French. In addition, the female speaker was a heritage speaker of Croatian. Articulatory contours extracted from the MRIs were subsequently used at three progressively more compact and abstract levels of analysis. (1) Direct comparison of overlaid contours was used to assess whether phones analogous across L1 and L2 are similar or dissimilar, both overall and in specific vocal tract regions. (2) Consonant contour variability along the vocal tract due to vowel context was determined using dispersion ellipses and used to explore the variable resistance to coarticulation for non-analogous rhotics and analogous laterals in Australian, French, and Croatian. (3) Articulatory modeling was used to focus on specific articulatory gestures (tongue position and shape, lip protrusion, laryngeal height, etc.) and then to explore the articulatory strategies in the speakers' interlanguages for production of the French front rounded vowel series. This revealed that the Australian and American speakers used different strategies to produce the non-analogous French vowel series. We conclude that MRI-based articulatory data constitute a very rich and underused source of information that amply deserves applications to the study of L2 articulation and bilingual and multi-lingual speech.
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- Pierre Badin
- Institute of Engineering, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, GIPSA-lab, France
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- Department of Languages and Linguistics, La Trobe University, Australia
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- Université Grenoble Alpes and CHU de Grenoble, Inserm US 17, CNRS UMS 3552, UMS IRMaGe, France
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Cecconi B, Montupil J, Mortaheb S, Panda R, Sanders RD, Phillips C, Alnagger N, Remacle E, Defresne A, Boly M, Bahri MA, Lamalle L, Laureys S, Gosseries O, Bonhomme V, Annen J. Study protocol: Cerebral characterization of sensory gating in disconnected dreaming states during propofol anesthesia using fMRI. Front Neurosci 2024; 18:1306344. [PMID: 38419667 PMCID: PMC10900985 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2024.1306344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
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Background Disconnected consciousness describes a state in which subjective experience (i.e., consciousness) becomes isolated from the external world. It appears frequently during sleep or sedation, when subjective experiences remain vivid but are unaffected by external stimuli. Traditional methods of differentiating connected and disconnected consciousness, such as relying on behavioral responsiveness or on post-anesthesia reports, have demonstrated limited accuracy: unresponsiveness has been shown to not necessarily equate to unconsciousness and amnesic effects of anesthesia and sleep can impair explicit recollection of events occurred during sleep/sedation. Due to these methodological challenges, our understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying sensory disconnection remains limited. Methods To overcome these methodological challenges, we employ a distinctive strategy by combining a serial awakening paradigm with auditory stimulation during mild propofol sedation. While under sedation, participants are systematically exposed to auditory stimuli and questioned about their subjective experience (to assess consciousness) and their awareness of the sounds (to evaluate connectedness/disconnectedness from the environment). The data collected through interviews are used to categorize participants into connected and disconnected consciousness states. This method circumvents the requirement for responsiveness in assessing consciousness and mitigates amnesic effects of anesthesia as participants are questioned while still under sedation. Functional MRI data are concurrently collected to investigate cerebral activity patterns during connected and disconnected states, to elucidate sensory disconnection neural gating mechanisms. We examine whether this gating mechanism resides at the thalamic level or results from disruptions in information propagation to higher cortices. Furthermore, we explore the potential role of slow-wave activity (SWA) in inducing disconnected consciousness by quantifying high-frequency BOLD oscillations, a known correlate of slow-wave activity. Discussion This study represents a notable advancement in the investigation of sensory disconnection. The serial awakening paradigm effectively mitigates amnesic effects by collecting reports immediately after regaining responsiveness, while still under sedation. Ultimately, this research holds the potential to understand how sensory gating is achieved at the neural level. These biomarkers might be relevant for the development of sensitive anesthesia monitoring to avoid intraoperative connected consciousness and for the assessment of patients suffering from pathologically reduced consciousness. Clinical trial registration European Union Drug Regulating Authorities Clinical Trials Database (EudraCT), identifier 2020-003524-17.
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- Benedetta Cecconi
- Coma Science Group, GIGA-Consciousness, GIGA Institute, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- Centre du Cerveau, University Hospital of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Anesthesia and Perioperative Neuroscience Laboratory, GIGA-Consciousness, GIGA Institute, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- University Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Régional de la Citadelle (CHR Citadelle), Liège, Belgium
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- Physiology of Cognition Research Lab, GIGA-Consciousness, GIGA Institute, University of Liège, Liege, Belgium
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- Coma Science Group, GIGA-Consciousness, GIGA Institute, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- Centre du Cerveau, University Hospital of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Central Clinical School, Sydney Medical School & NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
- Department of Anaesthetics & Institute of Academic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- GIGA-CRC—In vivo Imaging—Neuroimaging, Data Acquisition and Processing, GIGA Institute, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Coma Science Group, GIGA-Consciousness, GIGA Institute, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- Centre du Cerveau, University Hospital of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Coma Science Group, GIGA-Consciousness, GIGA Institute, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Anesthesia and Perioperative Neuroscience Laboratory, GIGA-Consciousness, GIGA Institute, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- University Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Régional de la Citadelle (CHR Citadelle), Liège, Belgium
- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Liège University Hospital, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Psychiatry, Wisconsin Institute for Sleep and Consciousness, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States
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- GIGA-CRC—In vivo Imaging—Aging & Memory, GIGA Institute, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- GIGA-CRC—In vivo Imaging—Aging & Memory, GIGA Institute, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Coma Science Group, GIGA-Consciousness, GIGA Institute, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- Centre du Cerveau, University Hospital of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- Cervo Brain Research Centre, University Institute in Mental Health of Quebec, Québec, QC, Canada
- Consciousness Science Institute, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China
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- Coma Science Group, GIGA-Consciousness, GIGA Institute, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- Centre du Cerveau, University Hospital of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Anesthesia and Perioperative Neuroscience Laboratory, GIGA-Consciousness, GIGA Institute, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Liège University Hospital, Liège, Belgium
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- Coma Science Group, GIGA-Consciousness, GIGA Institute, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- Centre du Cerveau, University Hospital of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- Department of Data Analysis, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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Koshmanova E, Berger A, Beckers E, Campbell I, Mortazavi N, Sharifpour R, Paparella I, Balda F, Berthomier C, Degueldre C, Salmon E, Lamalle L, Bastin C, Van Egroo M, Phillips C, Maquet P, Collette F, Muto V, Chylinski D, Jacobs HI, Talwar P, Sherif S, Vandewalle G. Locus coeruleus activity while awake is associated with REM sleep quality in older individuals. JCI Insight 2023; 8:e172008. [PMID: 37698926 PMCID: PMC10619502 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.172008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 09/14/2023] Open
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BACKGROUNDThe locus coeruleus (LC) is the primary source of norepinephrine in the brain and regulates arousal and sleep. Animal research shows that it plays important roles in the transition between sleep and wakefulness, and between slow wave sleep and rapid eye movement sleep (REMS). It is unclear, however, whether the activity of the LC predicts sleep variability in humans.METHODSWe used 7-Tesla functional MRI, sleep electroencephalography (EEG), and a sleep questionnaire to test whether the LC activity during wakefulness was associated with sleep quality in 33 healthy younger (~22 years old; 28 women, 5 men) and 19 older (~61 years old; 14 women, 5 men) individuals.RESULTSWe found that, in older but not in younger participants, higher LC activity, as probed during an auditory attentional task, was associated with worse subjective sleep quality and with lower power over the EEG theta band during REMS. The results remained robust even when accounting for the age-related changes in the integrity of the LC.CONCLUSIONThese findings suggest that LC activity correlates with the perception of the sleep quality and an essential oscillatory mode of REMS, and we found that the LC may be an important target in the treatment of sleep- and age-related diseases.FUNDINGThis work was supported by Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (FRS-FNRS, T.0242.19 & J. 0222.20), Action de Recherche Concertée - Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (ARC SLEEPDEM 17/27-09), Fondation Recherche Alzheimer (SAO-FRA 2019/0025), ULiège, and European Regional Development Fund (Radiomed & Biomed-Hub).
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- Ekaterina Koshmanova
- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Institute, CRC-In Vivo Imaging Unit, University of Liège (ULiège), Liège, Belgium
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Institute, CRC-In Vivo Imaging Unit, University of Liège (ULiège), Liège, Belgium
- Institute of Neuroscience (IoNS), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Brussels, Belgium
- Synergia Medical SA, Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Institute, CRC-In Vivo Imaging Unit, University of Liège (ULiège), Liège, Belgium
- Alzheimer Centre Limburg, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Institute, CRC-In Vivo Imaging Unit, University of Liège (ULiège), Liège, Belgium
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Institute, CRC-In Vivo Imaging Unit, University of Liège (ULiège), Liège, Belgium
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Institute, CRC-In Vivo Imaging Unit, University of Liège (ULiège), Liège, Belgium
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Institute, CRC-In Vivo Imaging Unit, University of Liège (ULiège), Liège, Belgium
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Institute, CRC-In Vivo Imaging Unit, University of Liège (ULiège), Liège, Belgium
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Institute, CRC-In Vivo Imaging Unit, University of Liège (ULiège), Liège, Belgium
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Institute, CRC-In Vivo Imaging Unit, University of Liège (ULiège), Liège, Belgium
- Neurology Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège, Liège, Belgium
- PsyNCog and
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Institute, CRC-In Vivo Imaging Unit, University of Liège (ULiège), Liège, Belgium
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Institute, CRC-In Vivo Imaging Unit, University of Liège (ULiège), Liège, Belgium
- PsyNCog and
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- Alzheimer Centre Limburg, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Institute, CRC-In Vivo Imaging Unit, University of Liège (ULiège), Liège, Belgium
- In Silico Medicine Unit, GIGA-Institute, ULiège, Liège, Belgium
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Institute, CRC-In Vivo Imaging Unit, University of Liège (ULiège), Liège, Belgium
- Neurology Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Institute, CRC-In Vivo Imaging Unit, University of Liège (ULiège), Liège, Belgium
- PsyNCog and
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Institute, CRC-In Vivo Imaging Unit, University of Liège (ULiège), Liège, Belgium
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Institute, CRC-In Vivo Imaging Unit, University of Liège (ULiège), Liège, Belgium
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- Alzheimer Centre Limburg, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Gordon Center for Medical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Institute, CRC-In Vivo Imaging Unit, University of Liège (ULiège), Liège, Belgium
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Institute, CRC-In Vivo Imaging Unit, University of Liège (ULiège), Liège, Belgium
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Institute, CRC-In Vivo Imaging Unit, University of Liège (ULiège), Liège, Belgium
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Paparella I, Campbell I, Sharifpour R, Beckers E, Berger A, Aizpurua JFB, Koshmanova E, Mortazavi N, Talwar P, Degueldre C, Lamalle L, Sherif S, Phillips C, Maquet P, Vandewalle G. Light modulates task-dependent thalamo-cortical connectivity during an auditory attentional task. Commun Biol 2023; 6:945. [PMID: 37714936 PMCID: PMC10504287 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05337-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/17/2023] Open
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Exposure to blue wavelength light stimulates alertness and performance by modulating a widespread set of task-dependent cortical and subcortical areas. How light affects the crosstalk between brain areas to trigger this stimulating effect is not established. Here we record the brain activity of 19 healthy young participants (24.05±2.63; 12 women) while they complete an auditory attentional task in darkness or under an active (blue-enriched) or a control (orange) light, in an ultra-high-field 7 Tesla MRI scanner. We test if light modulates the effective connectivity between an area of the posterior associative thalamus, encompassing the pulvinar, and the intraparietal sulcus (IPS), key areas in the regulation of attention. We find that only the blue-enriched light strengthens the connection from the posterior thalamus to the IPS. To the best of our knowledge, our results provide the first empirical data supporting that blue wavelength light affects ongoing non-visual cognitive activity by modulating task-dependent information flow from subcortical to cortical areas.
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- Ilenia Paparella
- GIGA-Cyclotron Research Centre-In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, 4000, Liège, Belgium
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- GIGA-Cyclotron Research Centre-In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, 4000, Liège, Belgium
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- GIGA-Cyclotron Research Centre-In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, 4000, Liège, Belgium
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- GIGA-Cyclotron Research Centre-In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, 4000, Liège, Belgium
- Alzheimer Centre Limburg, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, 6229 ET, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- GIGA-Cyclotron Research Centre-In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, 4000, Liège, Belgium
- Institute of Neuroscience (IoNS), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), 1200, Brussels, Belgium
- Synergia Medical SA, 1435, Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium
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- GIGA-Cyclotron Research Centre-In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, 4000, Liège, Belgium
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- GIGA-Cyclotron Research Centre-In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, 4000, Liège, Belgium
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- GIGA-Cyclotron Research Centre-In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, 4000, Liège, Belgium
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- GIGA-Cyclotron Research Centre-In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, 4000, Liège, Belgium
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- GIGA-Cyclotron Research Centre-In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, 4000, Liège, Belgium
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- GIGA-Cyclotron Research Centre-In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, 4000, Liège, Belgium
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- GIGA-Cyclotron Research Centre-In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, 4000, Liège, Belgium
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- GIGA-Cyclotron Research Centre-In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, 4000, Liège, Belgium
- Neurology Department, CHU de Liège, 4000, Liège, Belgium
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- GIGA-Cyclotron Research Centre-In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, 4000, Liège, Belgium.
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Berger A, Koshmanova E, Beckers E, Sharifpour R, Paparella I, Campbell I, Mortazavi N, Balda F, Yi YJ, Lamalle L, Dricot L, Phillips C, Jacobs HIL, Talwar P, El Tahry R, Sherif S, Vandewalle G. Structural and functional characterization of the locus coeruleus in young and late middle-aged individuals. Front Neuroimaging 2023; 2:1207844. [PMID: 37554637 PMCID: PMC10406214 DOI: 10.3389/fnimg.2023.1207844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 08/10/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The brainstem locus coeruleus (LC) influences a broad range of brain processes, including cognition. The so-called LC contrast is an accepted marker of the integrity of the LC that consists of a local hyperintensity on specific Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) structural images. The small size of the LC has, however, rendered its functional characterization difficult in humans, including in aging. A full characterization of the structural and functional characteristics of the LC in healthy young and late middle-aged individuals is needed to determine the potential roles of the LC in different medical conditions. Here, we wanted to determine whether the activation of the LC in a mismatch negativity task changes in aging and whether the LC functional response was associated to the LC contrast. METHODS We used Ultra-High Field (UHF) 7-Tesla functional MRI (fMRI) to record brain response during an auditory oddball task in 53 healthy volunteers, including 34 younger (age: 22.15y ± 3.27; 29 women) and 19 late middle-aged (age: 61.05y ± 5.3; 14 women) individuals. RESULTS Whole-brain analyses confirmed brain responses in the typical cortical and subcortical regions previously associated with mismatch negativity. When focusing on the brainstem, we found a significant response in the rostral part of the LC probability mask generated based on individual LC images. Although bilateral, the activation was more extensive in the left LC. Individual LC activity was not significantly different between young and late middle-aged individuals. Importantly, while the LC contrast was higher in older individuals, the functional response of the LC was not significantly associated with its contrast. DISCUSSION These findings may suggest that the age-related alterations of the LC structural integrity may not be related to changes in its functional response. The results further suggest that LC responses may remain stable in healthy individuals aged 20 to 70.
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- Alexandre Berger
- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Cyclotron Research Centre-In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- Institute of Neuroscience (IoNS), Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
- Synergia Medical SA, Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Cyclotron Research Centre-In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Cyclotron Research Centre-In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- Alzheimer Centre Limburg, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Cyclotron Research Centre-In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Cyclotron Research Centre-In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Cyclotron Research Centre-In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Cyclotron Research Centre-In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Cyclotron Research Centre-In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research, Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Cyclotron Research Centre-In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Institute of Neuroscience (IoNS), Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Cyclotron Research Centre-In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Alzheimer Centre Limburg, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
- Department of Radiology, Gordon Center for Medical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Cyclotron Research Centre-In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Institute of Neuroscience (IoNS), Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
- Center for Refractory Epilepsy, Department of Neurology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
- Walloon Excellence in Life Sciences and Biotechnology (WELBIO) Department, WEL Research Institute, Wavre, Belgium
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Cyclotron Research Centre-In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, GIGA-Cyclotron Research Centre-In Vivo Imaging, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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Koshmanova E, Berger A, Beckers E, Campbell I, Mortazavi N, Sharifpour R, Paparella I, Balda F, Berthomier C, Degueldre C, Salmon E, Lamalle L, Bastin C, Egroo MV, Phillips C, Maquet P, Collette F, Muto V, Chylinski D, Jacobs HI, Talwar P, Sherif S, Vandewalle G. In vivo Locus Coeruleus activity while awake is associated with REM sleep quality in healthy older individuals. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.02.10.527974. [PMID: 36993680 PMCID: PMC10054994 DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.10.527974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
Abstract
The locus coeruleus (LC) is the primary source of norepinephrine (NE) in the brain, and the LC-NE system is involved in regulating arousal and sleep. It plays key roles in the transition between sleep and wakefulness, and between slow wave sleep (SWS) and rapid eye movement sleep (REMS). However, it is not clear whether the LC activity during the day predicts sleep quality and sleep properties during the night, and how this varies as a function of age. Here, we used 7 Tesla functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (7T fMRI), sleep electroencephalography (EEG) and a sleep questionnaire to test whether the LC activity during wakefulness was associated with sleep quality in 52 healthy younger (N=33; ~22y; 28 women) and older (N=19; ~61y; 14 women) individuals. We find that, in older, but not in younger participants, higher LC activity, as probed during an auditory mismatch negativity task, is associated with worse subjective sleep quality and with lower power over the EEG theta band during REMS (4-8Hz), which are two sleep parameters significantly correlated in our sample of older individuals. The results remain robust even when accounting for the age-related changes in the integrity of the LC. These findings suggest that the activity of the LC may contribute to the perception of the sleep quality and to an essential oscillatory mode of REMS, and that the LC may be an important target in the treatment of sleep disorders and age-related diseases.
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Dole M, Vilain C, Haldin C, Baciu M, Cousin E, Lamalle L, Lœvenbruck H, Vilain A, Schwartz JL. Comparing the selectivity of vowel representations in cortical auditory vs. motor areas: A repetition-suppression study. Neuropsychologia 2022; 176:108392. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2022.108392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2022] [Revised: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Banjac S, Roger E, Cousin E, Perrone-Bertolotti M, Haldin C, Pichat C, Lamalle L, Minotti L, Kahane P, Baciu M. Interactive mapping of language and memory with the GE2REC protocol. Brain Imaging Behav 2021; 15:1562-1579. [PMID: 32761343 PMCID: PMC8286228 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-020-00355-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Previous studies have highlighted the importance of considering cognitive functions from a dynamic and interactive perspective and multiple evidence was brought for a language and memory interaction. In this study performed with healthy participants, we present a new protocol entitled GE2REC that interactively accesses the neural representation of language-and-memory network. This protocol consists of three runs related to each other, providing a link between tasks, in order to assure an interactive measure of linguistic and episodic memory processes. GE2REC consists of a sentence generation (GE) in the auditory modality and two recollecting (2REC) memory tasks, one recognition performed in the visual modality, and another one recall performed in the auditory modality. Its efficiency was evaluated in 20 healthy volunteers using a 3T MR imager. Our results corroborate the ability of GE2REC to robustly activate fronto-temporo-parietal language network as well as temporal mesial, prefrontal and parietal cortices in encoding during sentence generation and recognition. GE2REC is useful because it: (a) requires simultaneous and interactive language-and-memory processes and jointly maps their neural basis; (b) explores encoding and retrieval, managing to elicit activation of mesial temporal structures; (c) is easy to perform, hence being suitable for more restrictive settings, and (d) has an ecological dimension of tasks and stimuli. GE2REC may be useful for studying neuroplasticity of cognitive functions, especially in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy who show reorganization of both language and memory networks. Overall, GE2REC can provide valuable information in terms of the practical foundation of exploration language and memory interconnection.
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- Sonja Banjac
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS LPNC UMR 5105, F-38000, Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS LPNC UMR 5105, F-38000, Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS LPNC UMR 5105, F-38000, Grenoble, France.,Univ. Grenoble Alpes, UMS IRMaGe CHU Grenoble, F-38000, Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS LPNC UMR 5105, F-38000, Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS LPNC UMR 5105, F-38000, Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, UMS IRMaGe CHU Grenoble, F-38000, Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, GIN, Synchronisation et modulation des Réseaux Neuronaux dans l'Epilepsie' and Neurology Department, F-38000, Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, GIN, Synchronisation et modulation des Réseaux Neuronaux dans l'Epilepsie' and Neurology Department, F-38000, Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS LPNC UMR 5105, F-38000, Grenoble, France.
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Banjac S, Roger E, Pichat C, Cousin E, Mosca C, Lamalle L, Krainik A, Kahane P, Baciu M. Reconfiguration dynamics of a language-and-memory network in healthy participants and patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. Neuroimage Clin 2021; 31:102702. [PMID: 34090125 PMCID: PMC8186554 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2021] [Revised: 04/21/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Current theoretical frameworks suggest that human behaviors are based on strong and complex interactions between cognitive processes such as those underlying language and memory functions in normal and neurological populations. We were interested in assessing the dynamic cerebral substrate of such interaction between language and declarative memory, as the composite function, in healthy controls (HC, N = 19) and patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE, N = 16). Our assumption was that the language and declarative memory integration is based on a language-and-memory network (LMN) that is dynamic and reconfigures according to task demands and brain status. Therefore, we explored two types of LMN dynamics, a state reconfiguration (intrinsic resting-state compared to extrinsic state assessed with a sentence recall task) and a reorganization of state reconfiguration (TLE compared to HC). The dynamics was evaluated in terms of segregation (community or module detection) and integration (connector hubs). In HC, the level of segregation was the same in both states and the mechanism of LMN state reconfiguration was shown through module change of key language and declarative memory regions with integrative roles. In TLE patients, the reorganization of LMN state reconfiguration was reflected in segregation increase and extrinsic modules that were based on shorter-distance connections. While lateral and mesial temporal regions enabled state reconfiguration in HC, these regions showed reduced flexibility in TLE. We discuss our results in a connectomic perspective and propose a dynamic model of language and declarative memory functioning. We claim that complex and interactive cognitive functions, such as language and declarative memory, should be investigated dynamically, considering the interaction between cognitive networks.
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- Sonja Banjac
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS LPNC UMR 5105, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS LPNC UMR 5105, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS LPNC UMR 5105, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS LPNC UMR 5105, 38000 Grenoble, France; Univ. Grenoble Alpes, UMS IRMaGe CHU Grenoble, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Neurology Department, Grenoble Hospital, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, UMS IRMaGe CHU Grenoble, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, UMS IRMaGe CHU Grenoble, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Neurology Department, Grenoble Hospital, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS LPNC UMR 5105, 38000 Grenoble, France.
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Roger E, Pichat C, Torlay L, David O, Renard F, Banjac S, Attyé A, Minotti L, Lamalle L, Kahane P, Baciu M. Cover Image. Hum Brain Mapp 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Roger E, Pichat C, Torlay L, David O, Renard F, Banjac S, Attyé A, Minotti L, Lamalle L, Kahane P, Baciu M. Hubs disruption in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. A resting-state fMRI study on a language-and-memory network. Hum Brain Mapp 2019; 41:779-796. [PMID: 31721361 PMCID: PMC7268007 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2019] [Revised: 09/23/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (mTLE) affects the brain networks at several levels and patients suffering from mTLE experience cognitive impairment for language and memory. Considering the importance of language and memory reorganization in this condition, the present study explores changes of the embedded language‐and‐memory network (LMN) in terms of functional connectivity (FC) at rest, as measured with functional MRI. We also evaluate the cognitive efficiency of the reorganization, that is, whether or not the reorganizations support or allow the maintenance of optimal cognitive functioning despite the seizure‐related damage. Data from 37 patients presenting unifocal mTLE were analyzed and compared to 48 healthy volunteers in terms of LMN‐FC using two methods: pairwise correlations (region of interest [ROI]‐to‐ROI) and graph theory. The cognitive efficiency of the LMN‐FC reorganization was measured using correlations between FC parameters and language and memory scores. Our findings revealed a large perturbation of the LMN hubs in patients. We observed a hyperconnectivity of limbic areas near the dysfunctional hippocampus and mainly a hypoconnectivity for several cortical regions remote from the dysfunctional hippocampus. The loss of FC was more important in left mTLE (L‐mTLE) than in right (R‐mTLE) patients. The LMN‐FC reorganization may not be always compensatory and not always useful for patients as it may be associated with lower cognitive performance. We discuss the different connectivity patterns obtained and conclude that interpretation of FC changes in relation to neuropsychological scores is important to determine cognitive efficiency, suggesting the concept of “connectome” would gain to be associated with a “cognitome” concept.
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- Elise Roger
- LPNC, CNRS, UMR 5105, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- LPNC, CNRS, UMR 5105, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- LPNC, CNRS, UMR 5105, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Grenoble Institute of Neuroscience, INSERM, Brain Stimulation and System Neuroscience, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- LPNC, CNRS, UMR 5105, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Grenoble Institute of Neuroscience, Synchronisation et Modulation des Réseaux Neuronaux dans l'Epilepsie and Neurology Department, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Grenoble Institute of Neuroscience, Synchronisation et Modulation des Réseaux Neuronaux dans l'Epilepsie and Neurology Department, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- LPNC, CNRS, UMR 5105, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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Serrurier A, Badin P, Lamalle L, Neuschaefer-Rube C. Characterization of inter-speaker articulatory variability: A two-level multi-speaker modelling approach based on MRI data. J Acoust Soc Am 2019; 145:2149. [PMID: 31046321 DOI: 10.1121/1.5096631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2018] [Accepted: 03/14/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Speech communication relies on articulatory and acoustic codes shared between speakers and listeners despite inter-individual differences in morphology and idiosyncratic articulatory strategies. This study addresses the long-standing problem of characterizing and modelling speaker-independent articulatory strategies and inter-speaker articulatory variability. It explores a multi-speaker modelling approach based on two levels: statistically-based linear articulatory models, which capture the speaker-specific articulatory variability on the one hand, are in turn controlled by a speaker model, which captures the inter-speaker variability on the other hand. A low dimensionality speaker model is obtained by taking advantage of the inter-speaker correlations between morphology and strategy. To validate this approach, contours of the vocal tract articulators were manually segmented on midsagittal MRI data recorded from 11 French speakers uttering 62 vowels and consonants. Using these contours, multi-speaker models with 14 articulatory components and two morphology and strategy components led to overall variance explanations of 66%-69% and root-mean-square errors of 0.36-0.38 cm obtained in leave-one-out procedure over the speakers. Results suggest that inter-speaker variability is more related to the morphology than to the idiosyncratic strategies and illustrate the adaptation of the articulatory components to the morphology.
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- Antoine Serrurier
- Clinic for Phoniatrics, Pedaudiology & Communication Disorders, University Hospital and Medical Faculty of the RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, GIPSA-lab, Grenoble, France
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- Inserm US 17-CNRS UMS 3552- Université Grenoble Alpes & CHU Grenoble Alpes, UMS IRMaGe, Grenoble, France
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- Clinic for Phoniatrics, Pedaudiology & Communication Disorders, University Hospital and Medical Faculty of the RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Attyé A, Jean C, Remond P, Peyrin C, Lecler A, Boudiaf N, Aptel F, Chiquet C, Lamalle L, Krainik A. Track-weighted imaging for neuroretina: Evaluations in healthy volunteers and ischemic optic neuropathy. J Magn Reson Imaging 2018; 48:737-747. [PMID: 29292557 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.25941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2017] [Accepted: 12/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The use of MRI-tractography to explore the human neuroretina is yet to be reported. Track-weighted imaging (TWI) was recently introduced as a qualitative tractography-based method with high anatomical contrast. PURPOSE To explore the human retina in healthy volunteers and patients with anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) using TWI reconstructions. STUDY TYPE Prospective. POPULATION Twenty AION patients compared with 20 healthy volunteers. FIELD STRENGTH/SEQUENCE 3.0T MRI diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) with b-value of 1000 s/mm2 and 60 diffusion-weighting noncollinear directions. ASSESSMENT We performed constrained spherical deconvolution from the diffusion-weighted signal and volumetric tractography method, whereby 10 million streamlines are initiated from seed points randomly distributed throughout the orbital area. We then reconstructed TWI maps with isotropic voxel size of 300 μm. STATISTICAL TESTS We tested the effect of the number of diffusion-weighting directions, ocular laterality, and ocular dominance on healthy retinal fascicles distribution. We then performed factorial analysis of variance to test the effects of the presence/absence of the fascicles on the visual field defect in patients. RESULTS In healthy volunteers, we found more temporal fascicle in right eyes (P = 0.001), more superior fascicles in dominant eyes (P = 0.014), and fewer fascicles with tractography maps based on 30 directions than those based on 45 directions (P = 9 × 10-8 ) and 60 directions (P = 6 × 10-7 ). Eight out of 20 AION patients presented with complete absence of neuroretinal fascicle, side of the disease, which was correlated with visual field mean deviation at the 6-month visit [F(1,17) = 6.97, P = 0.016]. Seven patients presented with a temporal fascicle in the injured eye; this fascicle presence was linked to visual field mean deviation at the 6-month visit [F(1,17) = 8.43, P = 0.009]. DATA CONCLUSION In AION patients, the presence of the temporal neuroretinal fascicle in the affected eye provides an objective outcome radiological sign correlated with visual performance. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 2 Technical Efficacy: Stage 2 J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2018.
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- Arnaud Attyé
- Department of Neuroradiology and MRI, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France
- University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
- IRMaGe, Inserm US 17, CNRS UMS 3552, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Neuroradiology and MRI, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France
- University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
- IRMaGe, Inserm US 17, CNRS UMS 3552, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Neuroradiology and MRI, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France
- Department of Ophthalmology, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
- Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Psychologie et Neurocognition (LPNC), Grenoble, France
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Rothschild Foundation, Paris, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
- Department of Ophthalmology, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
- Department of Ophthalmology, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
- IRMaGe, Inserm US 17, CNRS UMS 3552, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Neuroradiology and MRI, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France
- University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
- IRMaGe, Inserm US 17, CNRS UMS 3552, Grenoble, France
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Remond P, Attyé A, Lecler A, Lamalle L, Boudiaf N, Aptel F, Krainik A, Chiquet C. The Central Bright Spot Sign: A Potential New MR Imaging Sign for the Early Diagnosis of Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy due to Giant Cell Arteritis. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2017; 38:1411-1415. [PMID: 28495949 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a5205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2016] [Accepted: 02/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE A rapid identification of the etiology of anterior ischemic optic neuropathy is crucial because it determines therapeutic management. Our aim was to assess MR imaging to study the optic nerve head in patients referred with anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, due to either giant cell arteritis or the nonarteritic form of the disease, compared with healthy subjects. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifteen patients with giant cell arteritis-related anterior ischemic optic neuropathy and 15 patients with nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy from 2 medical centers were prospectively included in our study between August 2015 and May 2016. Fifteen healthy subjects and patients had undergone contrast-enhanced, flow-compensated, 3D T1-weighted MR imaging. The bright spot sign was defined as optic nerve head enhancement with a 3-grade ranking system. Two radiologists and 1 ophthalmologist independently performed blinded evaluations of MR imaging sequences with this scale. Statistical analysis included interobserver agreement. RESULTS MR imaging scores were significantly higher in patients with giant cell arteritis-related anterior ischemic optic neuropathy than in patients with nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (P ≤ .05). All patients with giant cell arteritis-related anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (15/15) and 7/15 patients with nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy presented with the bright spot sign. No healthy subjects exhibited enhancement of the anterior part of the optic nerve. There was a significant relationship between the side of the bright spot and the side of the anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (P ≤ .001). Interreader agreement was good for observers (κ = 0.815). CONCLUSIONS Here, we provide evidence of a new MR imaging sign that identifies the acute stage of giant cell arteritis-related anterior ischemic optic neuropathy; patients without this central bright spot sign always had a nonarteritic pathophysiology and therefore did not require emergency corticosteroid therapy.
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- P Remond
- From the Department of Neuroradiology and MRI (P.R., A.A., A.K.), SFR RMN Neurosciences
- Department of Ophthalmology (P.R., F.A., C.C.), University Hospital of Grenoble, Grenoble, France
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- From the Department of Neuroradiology and MRI (P.R., A.A., A.K.), SFR RMN Neurosciences
- University Grenoble Alpes (A.A., L.L., N.B., A.K.), IRMaGe, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Neuroradiology (A.L.), Rothschild Foundation, Paris, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes (A.A., L.L., N.B., A.K.), IRMaGe, Grenoble, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes (A.A., L.L., N.B., A.K.), IRMaGe, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Ophthalmology (P.R., F.A., C.C.), University Hospital of Grenoble, Grenoble, France
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- From the Department of Neuroradiology and MRI (P.R., A.A., A.K.), SFR RMN Neurosciences
- University Grenoble Alpes (A.A., L.L., N.B., A.K.), IRMaGe, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Ophthalmology (P.R., F.A., C.C.), University Hospital of Grenoble, Grenoble, France
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Jean C, Attyé A, Grand S, Lecler A, Chiquet C, Aptel F, Lamalle L, Krainik A. Retinal tractography: Influence of diffusion acquisition, ocular laterality and ocular dominance in healthy subjects. J Neuroradiol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2017.01.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Treille A, Vilain C, Hueber T, Lamalle L, Sato M. Inside Speech: Multisensory and Modality-specific Processing of Tongue and Lip Speech Actions. J Cogn Neurosci 2017; 29:448-466. [DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_01057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Action recognition has been found to rely not only on sensory brain areas but also partly on the observer's motor system. However, whether distinct auditory and visual experiences of an action modulate sensorimotor activity remains largely unknown. In the present sparse sampling fMRI study, we determined to which extent sensory and motor representations interact during the perception of tongue and lip speech actions. Tongue and lip speech actions were selected because tongue movements of our interlocutor are accessible via their impact on speech acoustics but not visible because of its position inside the vocal tract, whereas lip movements are both “audible” and visible. Participants were presented with auditory, visual, and audiovisual speech actions, with the visual inputs related to either a sagittal view of the tongue movements or a facial view of the lip movements of a speaker, previously recorded by an ultrasound imaging system and a video camera. Although the neural networks involved in visual visuolingual and visuofacial perception largely overlapped, stronger motor and somatosensory activations were observed during visuolingual perception. In contrast, stronger activity was found in auditory and visual cortices during visuofacial perception. Complementing these findings, activity in the left premotor cortex and in visual brain areas was found to correlate with visual recognition scores observed for visuolingual and visuofacial speech stimuli, respectively, whereas visual activity correlated with RTs for both stimuli. These results suggest that unimodal and multimodal processing of lip and tongue speech actions rely on common sensorimotor brain areas. They also suggest that visual processing of audible but not visible movements induces motor and visual mental simulation of the perceived actions to facilitate recognition and/or to learn the association between auditory and visual signals.
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- 2Université Grenoble-Alpes & CHU de Grenoble
- 3CNRS UMS 3552, Grenoble, France
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- 4CNRS UMR 7309 & Aix-Marseille Université
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Hannanu FF, Zeffiro TA, Lamalle L, Heck O, Renard F, Thuriot A, Krainik A, Hommel M, Detante O, Jaillard A. Parietal operculum and motor cortex activities predict motor recovery in moderate to severe stroke. Neuroimage Clin 2017; 14:518-529. [PMID: 28317947 PMCID: PMC5342999 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2017.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2016] [Revised: 01/09/2017] [Accepted: 01/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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While motor recovery following mild stroke has been extensively studied with neuroimaging, mechanisms of recovery after moderate to severe strokes of the types that are often the focus for novel restorative therapies remain obscure. We used fMRI to: 1) characterize reorganization occurring after moderate to severe subacute stroke, 2) identify brain regions associated with motor recovery and 3) to test whether brain activity associated with passive movement measured in the subacute period could predict motor outcome six months later. Because many patients with large strokes involving sensorimotor regions cannot engage in voluntary movement, we used passive flexion-extension of the paretic wrist to compare 21 patients with subacute ischemic stroke to 24 healthy controls one month after stroke. Clinical motor outcome was assessed with Fugl-Meyer motor scores (motor-FMS) six months later. Multiple regression, with predictors including baseline (one-month) motor-FMS and sensorimotor network regional activity (ROI) measures, was used to determine optimal variable selection for motor outcome prediction. Sensorimotor network ROIs were derived from a meta-analysis of arm voluntary movement tasks. Bootstrapping with 1000 replications was used for internal model validation. During passive movement, both control and patient groups exhibited activity increases in multiple bilateral sensorimotor network regions, including the primary motor (MI), premotor and supplementary motor areas (SMA), cerebellar cortex, putamen, thalamus, insula, Brodmann area (BA) 44 and parietal operculum (OP1-OP4). Compared to controls, patients showed: 1) lower task-related activity in ipsilesional MI, SMA and contralesional cerebellum (lobules V-VI) and 2) higher activity in contralesional MI, superior temporal gyrus and OP1-OP4. Using multiple regression, we found that the combination of baseline motor-FMS, activity in ipsilesional MI (BA4a), putamen and ipsilesional OP1 predicted motor outcome measured 6 months later (adjusted-R2 = 0.85; bootstrap p < 0.001). Baseline motor-FMS alone predicted only 54% of the variance. When baseline motor-FMS was removed, the combination of increased activity in ipsilesional MI-BA4a, ipsilesional thalamus, contralesional mid-cingulum, contralesional OP4 and decreased activity in ipsilesional OP1, predicted better motor outcome (djusted-R2 = 0.96; bootstrap p < 0.001). In subacute stroke, fMRI brain activity related to passive movement measured in a sensorimotor network defined by activity during voluntary movement predicted motor recovery better than baseline motor-FMS alone. Furthermore, fMRI sensorimotor network activity measures considered alone allowed excellent clinical recovery prediction and may provide reliable biomarkers for assessing new therapies in clinical trial contexts. Our findings suggest that neural reorganization related to motor recovery from moderate to severe stroke results from balanced changes in ipsilesional MI (BA4a) and a set of phylogenetically more archaic sensorimotor regions in the ventral sensorimotor trend, in which OP1 and OP4 processes may complement the ipsilesional dorsal motor cortex in achieving compensatory sensorimotor recovery. Motor recovery after stroke can be robustly predicted using a passive task fMRI paradigm. Sensorimotor network activity is decreased in moderate to severe stroke patients relative to healthy controls Compensatory mechanisms in severe stroke involve both the dorsal (MI BA4a), and the ventral (OP1 and OP4) sensorimotor stream
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- Firdaus Fabrice Hannanu
- Unité IRM 3T-Recherche- UMS IRMaGe – Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Grenoble Alpes, France
- Laboratoire MATICE - Pôle Recherche – CHU Grenoble-Alpes, France
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- Laboratoire MATICE - Pôle Recherche – CHU Grenoble-Alpes, France
- Neurometrika, Potomac, MD, United States
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- Unité IRM 3T-Recherche- UMS IRMaGe – Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Grenoble Alpes, France
- IRMaGe - Inserm US-017, France
- IRMaGe - CNRS UMS-3552, France
- IRMaGe - Université Grenoble-Alpes -, France
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- Neuroradiologie et IRM-Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble-Alpes, France
- Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences (GIN) Inserm U836-UJF-CEA-CHU, France
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- AGEIS, EA-UGA 7407 Université Grenoble Alpes, France
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- AGEIS, EA-UGA 7407 Université Grenoble Alpes, France
- Unité neurovasculaire - CHU Grenoble-Alpes, France
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- Unité IRM 3T-Recherche- UMS IRMaGe – Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Grenoble Alpes, France
- IRMaGe - Inserm US-017, France
- IRMaGe - CNRS UMS-3552, France
- IRMaGe - Université Grenoble-Alpes -, France
- Neuroradiologie et IRM-Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble-Alpes, France
- Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences (GIN) Inserm U836-UJF-CEA-CHU, France
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- Laboratoire MATICE - Pôle Recherche – CHU Grenoble-Alpes, France
- AGEIS, EA-UGA 7407 Université Grenoble Alpes, France
- Clinatec - CHU Grenoble-Alpes, France
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- Laboratoire MATICE - Pôle Recherche – CHU Grenoble-Alpes, France
- Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences (GIN) Inserm U836-UJF-CEA-CHU, France
- Unité neurovasculaire - CHU Grenoble-Alpes, France
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- Unité IRM 3T-Recherche- UMS IRMaGe – Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Grenoble Alpes, France
- Laboratoire MATICE - Pôle Recherche – CHU Grenoble-Alpes, France
- AGEIS, EA-UGA 7407 Université Grenoble Alpes, France
- Corresponding author at: Unité IRM 3T Recherche - CHU Grenoble-Alpes - CS 10217, 38043 Grenoble, France.Unité IRM 3T Recherche - CHU Grenoble-Alpes - CS 10217Grenoble38043France
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Verges S, Rupp T, Villien M, Lamalle L, Troprés I, Poquet C, Warnking JM, Estève F, Bouzat P, Krainik A. Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Investigation of Brain Adaptations to 6 Days at 4350 m. Front Physiol 2016; 7:393. [PMID: 27660613 PMCID: PMC5014870 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2016] [Accepted: 08/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Objective: Hypoxic exposure in healthy subjects can induce acute mountain sickness including headache, lethargy, cerebral dysfunction, and substantial cerebral structural alterations which, in worst case, can lead to potentially fatal high altitude cerebral edema. Within this context, the relationships between high altitude-induced cerebral edema, changes in cerebral perfusion, increased brain parenchyma volume, increased intracranial pressure, and symptoms remain unclear. Methods: In 11 subjects before and after 6 days at 4350 m, we performed multiparametric magnetic resonance investigations including anatomical, apparent diffusion coefficient and arterial spin labeling sequences. Results: After the altitude stay, while subjects were asymptomatic, white matter volume (+0.7 ± 0.4%, p = 0.005), diffusion (+1.7 ± 1.4%, p = 0.002), and cerebral blood flow (+28 ± 38%; p = 0.036) were significantly increased while cerebrospinal fluid volume was reduced (−1.4 ± 1.1%, p = 0.009). Optic nerve sheath diameter (used as an index of increased intracranial pressure) was unchanged from before (5.84 ± 0.53 mm) to after (5.92 ± 0.60 mm, p = 0.390) altitude exposure. Correlations were observed between increases in white matter volume and diffusion (rho = 0.81, p = 0.016) and between changes in CSF volume and changes in ONSD s (rho = −0.92, p = 0.006) and symptoms during the altitude stay (rho = −0.67, p = 0.031). Conclusions: These data demonstrate white matter alterations after several days at high altitude when subjects are asymptomatic that may represent the normal brain response to prolonged high altitude exposure.
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- Samuel Verges
- HP2 Laboratory, Université Grenoble AlpesGrenoble, France; U1042, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche MédicaleGrenoble, France
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- HP2 Laboratory, Université Grenoble AlpesGrenoble, France; U1042, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche MédicaleGrenoble, France; Inter-Universitary Laboratory of Human Movement Biology, Université Savoie Mont BlancChambéry, France
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- Grenoble Institute of Neurosciences, Université Grenoble AlpesGrenoble, France; SFR1, Université Grenoble AlpesGrenoble, France
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- U836, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Grenoble, France
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- U836, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Grenoble, France
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- Grenoble Institute of Neurosciences, Université Grenoble AlpesGrenoble, France; SFR1, Université Grenoble AlpesGrenoble, France
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- Grenoble Institute of Neurosciences, Université Grenoble AlpesGrenoble, France; SFR1, Université Grenoble AlpesGrenoble, France
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- Grenoble Institute of Neurosciences, Université Grenoble AlpesGrenoble, France; SFR1, Université Grenoble AlpesGrenoble, France
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- Grenoble Institute of Neurosciences, Université Grenoble AlpesGrenoble, France; SFR1, Université Grenoble AlpesGrenoble, France
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- Grenoble Institute of Neurosciences, Université Grenoble AlpesGrenoble, France; SFR1, Université Grenoble AlpesGrenoble, France
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Gottschalk M, Troprès I, Lamalle L, Grand S, Le Bas JF, Segebarth C. Refined modelling of the short-T2 signal component and ensuing detection of glutamate and glutamine in short-TE, localised, (1) H MR spectra of human glioma measured at 3 T. NMR Biomed 2016; 29:943-951. [PMID: 27197077 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2015] [Revised: 03/22/2016] [Accepted: 04/07/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Short-TE (1) H MRS has great potential for brain cancer diagnostics. A major difficulty in the analysis of the spectra is the contribution from short-T2 signal components, mainly coming from mobile lipids. This complicates the accurate estimation of the spectral parameters of the resonance lines from metabolites, so that a qualitative to semi-quantitative interpretation of the spectra dominates in practice. One solution to overcome this difficulty is to measure and estimate the short-T2 signal component and to subtract it from the total signal, thus leaving only the metabolite signals. The technique works well when applied to spectra obtained from healthy individuals, but requires some optimisation during data acquisition. In the clinical setting, time constraints hardly allow this. Here, we propose an iterative estimation of the short-T2 signal component, acquired in a single acquisition after measurement of the full spectrum. The method is based on QUEST (quantitation based on quantum estimation) and allows the refinement of the estimate of the short-T2 signal component after measurement. Thus, acquisition protocols used on healthy volunteers can also be used on patients without further optimisation. The aim is to improve metabolite detection and, ultimately, to enable the estimation of the glutamine and glutamate signals distinctly. These two metabolites are of great interest in the characterisation of brain cancer, gliomas in particular. When applied to spectra from healthy volunteers, the new algorithm yields similar results to QUEST and direct subtraction of the short-T2 signal component. With patients, up to 12 metabolites and, at least, seven can be quantified in each individual brain tumour spectrum, depending on the metabolic state of the tumour. The refinement of the short-T2 signal component significantly improves the fitting procedure and produces a separate short-T2 signal component that can be used for the analysis of mobile lipid resonances. Thus, in brain tumour spectra, distinct estimates of signals from glutamate and glutamine are possible. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, IRMaGe, CNRS, UMR 3552, INSERM, US17 and CLUNI, CHU de Grenoble, IRMaGe, F-38000, Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, IRMaGe, CNRS, UMR 3552, INSERM, US17 and CLUNI, CHU de Grenoble, IRMaGe, F-38000, Grenoble, France
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- Université des Alpes Grenoble 1, Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, Equipe 5, Clinique Universitaire de Neuroradiologie et IRM (CLUNI) and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble et des Alpes (CHUGA), Grenoble, France
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- Université des Alpes Grenoble 1, Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, Equipe 5, Clinique Universitaire de Neuroradiologie et IRM (CLUNI) and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble et des Alpes (CHUGA), Grenoble, France
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Baciu M, Boudiaf N, Cousin E, Perrone-Bertolotti M, Pichat C, Fournet N, Chainay H, Lamalle L, Krainik A. Functional MRI evidence for the decline of word retrieval and generation during normal aging. Age (Dordr) 2016; 38:3. [PMID: 26711670 PMCID: PMC5005885 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-015-9857-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2015] [Accepted: 11/06/2015] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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This fMRI study aimed to explore the effect of normal aging on word retrieval and generation. The question addressed is whether lexical production decline is determined by a direct mechanism, which concerns the language operations or is rather indirectly induced by a decline of executive functions. Indeed, the main hypothesis was that normal aging does not induce loss of lexical knowledge, but there is only a general slowdown in retrieval mechanisms involved in lexical processing, due to possible decline of the executive functions. We used three tasks (verbal fluency, object naming, and semantic categorization). Two groups of participants were tested (Young, Y and Aged, A), without cognitive and psychiatric impairment and showing similar levels of vocabulary. Neuropsychological testing revealed that older participants had lower executive function scores, longer processing speeds, and tended to have lower verbal fluency scores. Additionally, older participants showed higher scores for verbal automatisms and overlearned information. In terms of behavioral data, older participants performed as accurate as younger adults, but they were significantly slower for the semantic categorization and were less fluent for verbal fluency task. Functional MRI analyses suggested that older adults did not simply activate fewer brain regions involved in word production, but they actually showed an atypical pattern of activation. Significant correlations between the BOLD (Blood Oxygen Level Dependent) signal of aging-related (A > Y) regions and cognitive scores suggested that this atypical pattern of the activation may reveal several compensatory mechanisms (a) to overcome the slowdown in retrieval, due to the decline of executive functions and processing speed and (b) to inhibit verbal automatic processes. The BOLD signal measured in some other aging-dependent regions did not correlate with the behavioral and neuropsychological scores, and the overactivation of these uncorrelated regions would simply reveal dedifferentiation that occurs with aging. Altogether, our results suggest that normal aging is associated with a more difficult access to lexico-semantic operations and representations by a slowdown in executive functions, without any conceptual loss.
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- M Baciu
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, LPNC, F-38040, Grenoble, France.
- CNRS, LPNC UMR 5105, F-38040, Grenoble, France.
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, LPNC, F-38040, Grenoble, France
- CNRS, LPNC UMR 5105, F-38040, Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, LPNC, F-38040, Grenoble, France
- CNRS, LPNC UMR 5105, F-38040, Grenoble, France
- UMS IRMaGe CHU Grenoble, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, F-38043, Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, LPNC, F-38040, Grenoble, France
- CNRS, LPNC UMR 5105, F-38040, Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, LPNC, F-38040, Grenoble, France
- CNRS, LPNC UMR 5105, F-38040, Grenoble, France
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- CNRS, LPNC UMR 5105, F-38040, Grenoble, France
- Univ. Savoie Montblanc, LPNC, F-73000, Chambéry, France
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- Laboratoire d'Etude des Mécanismes Cognitifs, Université Lumière Lyon 2, F-69676, Bron, France
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- UMS IRMaGe CHU Grenoble, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, F-38043, Grenoble, France
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- UMS IRMaGe CHU Grenoble, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, F-38043, Grenoble, France
- GIN Univ. Grenoble Alpes, F-38043, Grenoble, France
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Delouche A, Attyé A, Heck O, Grand S, Kastler A, Lamalle L, Renard F, Krainik A. Diffusion MRI: Pitfalls, literature review and future directions of research in mild traumatic brain injury. Eur J Radiol 2016; 85:25-30. [PMID: 26724645 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2015.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2015] [Revised: 10/06/2015] [Accepted: 11/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Attyé A, Karkas A, Troprès I, Roustit M, Kastler A, Bettega G, Lamalle L, Renard F, Righini C, Krainik A. Parotid gland tumours: MR tractography to assess contact with the facial nerve. Eur Radiol 2015; 26:2233-41. [DOI: 10.1007/s00330-015-4049-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2015] [Revised: 09/11/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Sato M, Vilain C, Lamalle L, Grabski K. Adaptive coding of orofacial and speech actions in motor and somatosensory spaces with and without overt motor behavior. J Cogn Neurosci 2015; 27:334-51. [PMID: 25203272 DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Studies of speech motor control suggest that articulatory and phonemic goals are defined in multidimensional motor, somatosensory, and auditory spaces. To test whether motor simulation might rely on sensory-motor coding common with those for motor execution, we used a repetition suppression (RS) paradigm while measuring neural activity with sparse sampling fMRI during repeated overt and covert orofacial and speech actions. RS refers to the phenomenon that repeated stimuli or motor acts lead to decreased activity in specific neural populations and are associated with enhanced adaptive learning related to the repeated stimulus attributes. Common suppressed neural responses were observed in motor and posterior parietal regions in the achievement of both repeated overt and covert orofacial and speech actions, including the left premotor cortex and inferior frontal gyrus, the superior parietal cortex and adjacent intraprietal sulcus, and the left IC and the SMA. Interestingly, reduced activity of the auditory cortex was observed during overt but not covert speech production, a finding likely reflecting a motor rather an auditory imagery strategy by the participants. By providing evidence for adaptive changes in premotor and associative somatosensory brain areas, the observed RS suggests online state coding of both orofacial and speech actions in somatosensory and motor spaces with and without motor behavior and sensory feedback.
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Boudiaf N, Attyé A, Warnking JM, Troprès I, Lamalle L, Pietras J, Krainik A. BOLD fMRI of cerebrovascular reactivity in the middle cerebral artery territory: A 100 volunteers' study. J Neuroradiol 2015; 42:338-44. [PMID: 26031884 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2015.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2015] [Revised: 03/26/2015] [Accepted: 04/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The assessment of cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) has shown promising results for its use in medical diagnosis and prognosis, especially in patients suffering from severe intracranial arterial stenosis. However, its quantification remains uncertain because of a large variability inherent in brain anatomy and in methodological settings. To overcome this variability, we provide lateralization index (LI) values for CVR within the middle cerebral artery territory to detect CVR impairment. MATERIALS AND METHODS We assessed CVR in 100 volunteers (41 females; 47.52 ± 21.58 years) without cervico-encephalic arterial stenosis using BOLD-fMRI contrast with a block-design hypercapnic challenge. Averaged end-tidal CO2 was used as a physiological regressor for statistical analyses with a general linear model. We measured %BOLD signal-change in segmented gray matter regions of interest in the middle cerebral artery territory (MCA). We calculated a laterality index according to the following formula: LI=(CVRleft-CVRright)/(CVRleft+CVRright). We tested the effects of methodological settings (i.e. hypercapnic gas, gas administration means, MR acquisition and sex) on %BOLD signal change and LI values with analysis of variance. RESULTS No adverse effects of the hypercapnic challenge were reported. LI values were independent of experimental conditions. Mean LI calculated in MCA territories was 0.016 ± 0.031, giving the lower and upper limits of 95% (m ± 2SD) of this population distribution at]-0.05; 0.08[. CONCLUSION LI can effectively help us to overcome measurement variabilities. Therefore, it can be used to detect abnormal asymmetries in CVR and identify patients at higher risk of ischemic stroke.
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- Naïla Boudiaf
- Université Grenoble Alpes 3bis, CNRS, LPNC, 38000 Grenoble, France; Université Savoie 3, LPNC, 73000 Chambéry, France.
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- Inserm, université Grenoble Alpes, GIN, CHU de Grenoble, 38000 Grenoble, France; Department of Neuroradiology and MRI, University Hospital of Grenoble-IFR1, Grenoble, France
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- Inserm, université Grenoble Alpes, GIN, CHU de Grenoble, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Inserm, université Grenoble Alpes, GIN, CHU de Grenoble, 38000 Grenoble, France; Inserm, université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRMaGe, CHU de Grenoble, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Inserm, université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRMaGe, CHU de Grenoble, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Inserm, université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRMaGe, CHU de Grenoble, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Inserm, université Grenoble Alpes, GIN, CHU de Grenoble, 38000 Grenoble, France; Inserm, université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRMaGe, CHU de Grenoble, 38000 Grenoble, France; Department of Neuroradiology and MRI, University Hospital of Grenoble-IFR1, Grenoble, France
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Attyé A, Dumas G, Troprès I, Roustit M, Karkas A, Banciu E, Pietras J, Lamalle L, Schmerber S, Krainik A. Recurrent peripheral vestibulopathy: Is MRI useful for the diagnosis of endolymphatic hydrops in clinical practice? Eur Radiol 2015; 25:3043-9. [PMID: 25820480 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-015-3712-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2014] [Revised: 02/17/2015] [Accepted: 03/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Recurrent peripheral vestibulopathy (RPV) is a public health problem, yet the aetiology remains unclear. Recent developments in MRI of endolymphatic hydrops (EH) allow for a better understanding of inner ear disorders. We intended to study the prevalence of EH in patients with RPV, in comparison to those with Meniere's disease (MD). METHODS MRI examinations were performed 4 hours after intravenous injection of gadoteric acid in 132 patients with RPV (n = 64) and MD (n = 68). Two radiologists retrospectively studied the prevalence and localization of EH in RPV and MD groups. Patients were graded based on the number and localization of hydrops, between 1 (EH in either cochlea or vestibule on one side) and 4 (EH in cochlea and vestibule on both ears). RESULTS We identified EH in 31 out of 64 patients and in 61 out of 68 patients in the RPV and MD groups, respectively. There was a significant difference regarding the number of subjects with EH between the two groups (p ≤ 0.01), with a higher average number of hydrops localization in MD group (p ≤ 0.01). CONCLUSION MRI may reveal EH in some cases among patients with RPV, suggesting a similar pathophysiological mechanism in comparison with MD. KEY POINTS • MRI may reveal endolymphatic hydrops in some patients with recurrent peripheral vestibulopathy. • We suggest a similar pathophysiological mechanism in recurrent vestibulopathy and Meniere's Disease. • MRI with delayed acquisition helps clinicians to assess patients with recurrent vestibulopathy. • The outcome would be to aid the development of adapted therapeutic strategies. • MRI of endolymphatic hydrops should probably be included in future diagnostic protocols.
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- Arnaud Attyé
- Department of Neuroradiology and MRI, University Hospital of Grenoble, IFR1, Grenoble, France,
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Decorte N, Lamalle L, Carlier P, Giacomini E, Guinot M, Levy P, Verges S, Wuyam B. Impact of salbutamol on muscle metabolism assessed by31P NMR spectroscopy. Scand J Med Sci Sports 2014; 25:e267-73. [DOI: 10.1111/sms.12312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- N. Decorte
- HP2 Laboratory; Grenoble-Alpes University; Grenoble France
- U1042; INSERM; Grenoble France
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- HP2 Laboratory; Grenoble-Alpes University; Grenoble France
- INSERM US017; CNRS; UMS 3552; IRMaGe; CHU Grenoble; Grenoble France
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- Institute of Myology; NMR Laboratory Paris France
- CEA; I BM; MIRCen; NMR Laboratory; Paris France
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- Institute of Myology; NMR Laboratory Paris France
- CEA; I BM; MIRCen; NMR Laboratory; Paris France
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- HP2 Laboratory; Grenoble-Alpes University; Grenoble France
- U1042; INSERM; Grenoble France
- Institute for Doping Prevention; Grenoble France
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- HP2 Laboratory; Grenoble-Alpes University; Grenoble France
- U1042; INSERM; Grenoble France
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- HP2 Laboratory; Grenoble-Alpes University; Grenoble France
- U1042; INSERM; Grenoble France
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- HP2 Laboratory; Grenoble-Alpes University; Grenoble France
- U1042; INSERM; Grenoble France
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Attyé A, Dumas G, Troprés I, Karkas A, Lamalle L, Pietras J, Schmerber S, Krainik A. Maladie de Menière : quel est le meilleur biomarqueur en IRM ? J Neuroradiol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2014.01.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Attyé A, Grand S, Troprés I, Lamalle L, Kastler A, Pietras J, Krainik A. Radioanatomie des nerfs crâniens avec un modèle de tractographie d’ordre élevé. J Neuroradiol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2014.01.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Speakers unconsciously tend to mimic their interlocutor's speech during communicative interaction. This study aims at examining the neural correlates of phonetic convergence and deliberate imitation, in order to explore whether imitation of phonetic features, deliberate, or unconscious, might reflect a sensory-motor recalibration process. Sixteen participants listened to vowels with pitch varying around the average pitch of their own voice, and then produced the identified vowels, while their speech was recorded and their brain activity was imaged using fMRI. Three degrees and types of imitation were compared (unconscious, deliberate, and inhibited) using a go-nogo paradigm, which enabled the comparison of brain activations during the whole imitation process, its active perception step, and its production. Speakers followed the pitch of voices they were exposed to, even unconsciously, without being instructed to do so. After being informed about this phenomenon, 14 participants were able to inhibit it, at least partially. The results of whole brain and ROI analyses support the fact that both deliberate and unconscious imitations are based on similar neural mechanisms and networks, involving regions of the dorsal stream, during both perception and production steps of the imitation process. While no significant difference in brain activation was found between unconscious and deliberate imitations, the degree of imitation, however, appears to be determined by processes occurring during the perception step. Four regions of the dorsal stream: bilateral auditory cortex, bilateral supramarginal gyrus (SMG), and left Wernicke's area, indeed showed an activity that correlated significantly with the degree of imitation during the perception step.
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- Maëva Garnier
- GIPSA-LAB, Département Parole et Cognition, CNRS et Grenoble Université, UMR5216 Grenoble, France
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Krainik A, Villien M, Troprès I, Attyé A, Lamalle L, Bouvier J, Pietras J, Grand S, Le Bas JF, Warnking J. Functional imaging of cerebral perfusion. Diagn Interv Imaging 2013; 94:1259-78. [PMID: 24011870 DOI: 10.1016/j.diii.2013.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The functional imaging of perfusion enables the study of its properties such as the vasoreactivity to circulating gases, the autoregulation and the neurovascular coupling. Downstream from arterial stenosis, this imaging can estimate the vascular reserve and the risk of ischemia in order to adapt the therapeutic strategy. This method reveals the hemodynamic disorders in patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease or with arteriovenous malformations revealed by epilepsy. Functional MRI of the vasoreactivity also helps to better interpret the functional MRI activation in practice and in clinical research.
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- A Krainik
- Clinique universitaire de neuroradiologie et IRM, CHU de Grenoble, CS 10217, 38043 Grenoble cedex, France; Inserm U836, université Joseph-Fourier, site santé, chemin Fortuné-Ferrini, 38706 La Tronche cedex, France; UMS IRMaGe, unité IRM 3T recherche, CHU de Grenoble, CS 10217, 38043 Grenoble cedex 9, France.
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Landré L, Sava AA, Krainik A, Lamalle L, Krolak-Salmon P, Chainay H. Effects of Emotionally-Rated Material on Visual Memory in Alzheimer's Disease in Relation to Medial Temporal Atrophy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 36:535-44. [DOI: 10.3233/jad-130170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Lionel Landré
- Laboratoire EMC (EA 3082), Université Lyon 2 Lumière, Bron, France
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- CHU de Grenoble, Service de Neuroimagerie, La Tronche, France
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- Laboratoire EMC (EA 3082), Université Lyon 2 Lumière, Bron, France
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Villien M, Bouzat P, Rupp T, Robach P, Lamalle L, Troprès I, Estève F, Krainik A, Lévy P, Warnking JM, Verges S. Changes in cerebral blood flow and vasoreactivity to CO2 measured by arterial spin labeling after 6days at 4350m. Neuroimage 2013; 72:272-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.01.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2012] [Revised: 12/26/2012] [Accepted: 01/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Krainik A, Maillet A, Fleury V, Sahin M, Troprès I, Lamalle L, Thobois S, Fraix V, Villien M, Warnking J, Pollak P, Pinto S, Krack P. Levodopa does not change cerebral vasoreactivity in Parkinson's disease. Mov Disord 2012; 28:469-75. [DOI: 10.1002/mds.25267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2012] [Revised: 09/27/2012] [Accepted: 09/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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- Department of Neuroradiology and MRI; University Hospital of Grenoble; Grenoble; France
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- Hospices Civils de Lyon; Hôpital Neurologique; Université Lyon I; Faculté de Médecine Lyon Sud; CNRS; UMR 5229; Lyon; France
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- Department of Neurology; University Hospitals of Geneva; Geneva; Switzerland
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- Laboratoire Parole et Langage; UMR 7309 CNRS/Aix-Marseille University; Aix-en-Provence; France
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Mauz N, Krainik A, Tropres I, Lamalle L, Sellier E, Eker O, Tahon F, Le Bas JF, Grand S. Perfusion magnetic resonance imaging: Comparison of semiologic characteristics in first-pass perfusion of brain tumors at 1.5 and 3 Tesla. J Neuroradiol 2012; 39:308-16. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2011.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2011] [Revised: 12/05/2011] [Accepted: 12/30/2011] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Grabski K, Lamalle L, Vilain C, Schwartz JL, Vallée N, Tropres I, Baciu M, Le Bas JF, Sato M. Functional MRI assessment of orofacial articulators: neural correlates of lip, jaw, larynx, and tongue movements. Hum Brain Mapp 2012; 33:2306-21. [PMID: 21826760 PMCID: PMC6870116 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2010] [Revised: 04/01/2011] [Accepted: 04/26/2011] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Compared with complex coordinated orofacial actions, few neuroimaging studies have attempted to determine the shared and distinct neural substrates of supralaryngeal and laryngeal articulatory movements when performed independently. To determine cortical and subcortical regions associated with supralaryngeal motor control, participants produced lip, tongue and jaw movements while undergoing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). For laryngeal motor activity, participants produced the steady-state/i/vowel. A sparse temporal sampling acquisition method was used to minimize movement-related artifacts. Three main findings were observed. First, the four tasks activated a set of largely overlapping, common brain areas: the sensorimotor and premotor cortices, the right inferior frontal gyrus, the supplementary motor area, the left parietal operculum and the adjacent inferior parietal lobule, the basal ganglia and the cerebellum. Second, differences between tasks were restricted to the bilateral auditory cortices and to the left ventrolateral sensorimotor cortex, with greater signal intensity for vowel vocalization. Finally, a dorso-ventral somatotopic organization of lip, jaw, vocalic/laryngeal, and tongue movements was observed within the primary motor and somatosensory cortices using individual region-of-interest (ROI) analyses. These results provide evidence for a core neural network involved in laryngeal and supralaryngeal motor control and further refine the sensorimotor somatotopic organization of orofacial articulators.
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- Krystyna Grabski
- Gipsa-Lab, Département Parole & Cognition, UMR CNRS 5216, Grenoble Universités, France.
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Job A, Pons Y, Lamalle L, Jaillard A, Buck K, Segebarth C, Delon‐Martin C. Abnormal cortical sensorimotor activity during "Target" sound detection in subjects with acute acoustic trauma sequelae: an fMRI study. Brain Behav 2012; 2:187-99. [PMID: 22574285 PMCID: PMC3345361 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2011] [Revised: 08/18/2011] [Accepted: 08/31/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The most common consequences of acute acoustic trauma (AAT) are hearing loss at frequencies above 3 kHz and tinnitus. In this study, we have used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to visualize neuronal activation patterns in military adults with AAT and various tinnitus sequelae during an auditory "oddball" attention task. AAT subjects displayed overactivities principally during reflex of target sound detection, in sensorimotor areas and in emotion-related areas such as the insula, anterior cingulate and prefrontal cortex, in premotor area, in cross-modal sensory associative areas, and, interestingly, in a region of the Rolandic operculum that has recently been shown to be involved in tympanic movements due to air pressure. We propose further investigations of this brain area and fine middle ear investigations, because our results might suggest a model in which AAT tinnitus may arise as a proprioceptive illusion caused by abnormal excitability of middle-ear muscle spindles possibly link with the acoustic reflex and associated with emotional and sensorimotor disturbances.
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- Agnès Job
- Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, antenne CRSSA, La Tronche, France
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- Hôpital d’instruction des Armées du Val‐de‐Grâce, 75 bld de Port‐Royal, Paris, France
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- Institut franco‐allemand de recherche de Saint‐Louis, Saint Louis, France
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- INSERM U836, Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, Grenoble, France
- Université Joseph Fourier, 38702 La Tronche, France
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- INSERM U836, Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, Grenoble, France
- Université Joseph Fourier, 38702 La Tronche, France
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Vasseur F, Delon-Martin C, Bordier C, Warnking J, Lamalle L, Segebarth C, Dojat M. fMRI retinotopic mapping at 3 T: benefits gained from correcting the spatial distortions due to static field inhomogeneity. J Vis 2010; 10:30. [PMID: 21047762 DOI: 10.1167/10.12.30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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fMRI retinotopic mapping usually relies upon Fourier analysis of functional responses to periodic visual stimuli that encode eccentricity or polar angle in the visual field. Generally, phase estimations are assigned to a surface model of the cerebral cortex and borders between retinotopic areas are eventually determined following ad hoc phase analysis on the surface model. Assigning functional responses to a surface model of the cortex is particularly sensitive to geometric distortions of the 3D functional data due to static field inhomogeneity. Here, we assess and document the benefits gained from correcting the fMRI data for these effects, under standard experimental conditions (echo-planar imaging, 3.0-T field strength) and with well-chosen acquisition parameters (regarding slice orientation and phase-encoding direction). While it appears that, in the absence of correction, errors in the estimates of the borders between low-order visual areas do not then significantly exceed the variance of statistical origin, about half of the functional responses in a retinotopic experiment are misassigned to neighboring functional areas. Therefore, correction of the effects due to geometric distortions is important in any retinotopic mapping experiment and by extension in any fMRI experiment on the visual system.
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- Flor Vasseur
- INSERM, U836, Université J. Fourier, Institut de Neurosciences, Grenoble, France
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Bing F, Kremer S, Lamalle L, Chabardes S, Ashraf A, Pasquier B, Le Bas JF, Krainik A, Grand S. [Value of perfusion MRI in the study of pilocytic astrocytoma and hemangioblastoma: preliminary findings]. J Neuroradiol 2008; 36:82-7. [PMID: 18930545 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2008.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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PURPOSE Pilocytic astrocytomas (PA) and hemangioblastomas (HB) can present the same morphological characteristics on conventional MRI sequences, most usually in the form of a cerebellar cystic mass with a mural nodule that strongly enhances on post-contrast T1 images. We discuss here the value of perfusion MRI in the differentiation of these two tumors, the diagnoses of which have already been histopathologically established. METHOD Eleven patients with PA and eight with HB underwent first-pass perfusion MRI. The maximum relative cerebral blood volume (rCBV(max)), defined as the ratio between the CBV(max) in tumor tissue and the CBV in healthy, contralateral white matter, is considered to be indicative of the type of tumor. RESULTS The difference between the rCBV(max) of PA (rCBV(max)=1.19+/-0.71, range 0.6-3.27) compared with that of HB (rCBV(max)=9.37+/-2.37, range 5.38-13) was significant (P<0.001). The first-pass curve crossed the baseline, corresponding to vascular permeability problems in both PA and HB. CONCLUSION The first-pass method of perfusion MRI is a quick and useful way to differentiate between PA and HB.
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- F Bing
- Clinique universitaire de neuroradiologie et d'IRM, Michallon, 38043 Grenoble cedex 09, France.
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Gastaldo J, Boudou C, Lamalle L, Troprès I, Corde S, Sollier A, Rucka G, Elleaume H. Normoxic polyacrylamide gel doped with iodine: response versus X-ray energy. Eur J Radiol 2008; 68:S118-20. [PMID: 18602237 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.04.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2008] [Accepted: 04/28/2008] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The basis of Synchrotron Stereotactic Radio-Therapy (SSRT) is the incorporation of high atomic number atoms (iodine, for example) into the tumour mass followed by an irradiation with a monochromatic, low energy, X-ray beam from a synchrotron source. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether polymer gel dosimetry could be used to measure the enhancement of absorbed energy induced by the iodine in the media. We have used a standard nPAG formulation, loaded with NaI and the irradiations were performed either with monochromatic X-rays at the ESRF medical beamline or with a conventional 6 MV X-ray beam from a linear accelerator at the Grenoble University Hospital. We observed sensitivity increase with iodine loaded gels irradiated at low energies, in good agreement with the theoretical iodine dose-enhancement. As expected, the response of the iodine-doped polymer gel was not increased after irradiation with mega-voltage X-rays. We demonstrate in this study that polymer gel dosimeters can be used for measuring dose-enhancement due to iodine presence in SSR treatment.
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- Jérôme Gastaldo
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 836, Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, Equipe Rayonnement synchrotron et recherche médicale, Grenoble F-38043, Cedex 9, France.
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Gottschalk M, Lamalle L, Segebarth C. Short-TE localised 1H MRS of the human brain at 3 T: quantification of the metabolite signals using two approaches to account for macromolecular signal contributions. NMR Biomed 2008; 21:507-517. [PMID: 17955570 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The goal of this study was to validate metabolite quantification at short TE, with particular focus on how to best account for the macromolecular signal contribution. A robust, short-TE PRESS protocol is presented, which allows reliable quantification, in vivo, of metabolite signals at 3 T in human brain. Water suppression was adapted to the experimental conditions at 3 T. Metabolite signal from the parietal white matter was quantified in the time domain using QUEST (jMRUI). The increased macromolecular signal contribution at short TE was dealt with by two approaches, based on either metabolite nulling or initial signal truncation. A detailed comparison of the two approaches was made. The first used a metabolite-nulled signal, measured either individually or averaged over different subjects. The second used the total signal, metabolites and macromolecules, from a single scan. The two approaches gave similar quantification results in terms of metabolite concentrations, but differed in their precision and the number of metabolites quantified reliably. With an average metabolite-nulled baseline, a set of seven metabolites could be reliably quantified in parietal white matter under these experimental conditions: N-acetylaspartate, myo-inositol, glucose, glutamate, glutathione, creatine and choline. When initial signal truncation was used, glucose was removed from this set. The short TE (10-11 ms) facilitated quantification of glutamate. The reliable quantification of N-acetylaspartyl glutamate at 3 T proved very difficult.
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Kickler N, Krack P, Fraix V, Lebas JF, Lamalle L, Durif F, Krainik A, Rémy C, Segebarth C, Pollak P. Glutamate measurement in Parkinson's disease using MRS at 3 T field strength. NMR Biomed 2007; 20:757-62. [PMID: 17334978 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Loss of nigral dopamine neurons in Parkinson's disease induces abnormal activation of glutamate systems in the basal ganglia. The purpose of this study was to assess these changes in the lentiform nucleus using MRS with optimized glutamate sensitivity (TE-averaged method). Ten patients with Parkinson's disease and 10 healthy controls were examined. Compared with healthy controls, no significant differences in glutamate were measured in patients, but a trend to lower total creatine was observed.
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- Nils Kickler
- INSERM, U594, Neuroimagerie fonctionnelle et métabolique, Grenoble, France.
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Various techniques for k-space trajectory measurement have been described in the literature. Self-encoding gradient techniques are time-consuming due to the high number of phase-encoding steps needed. The approach with localized slices is faster, but its use apparently has not been reported in the context of high spatial resolution experiments. Signals associated with high k-space frequencies may then reach low or even zero values, and this may result in errors in the estimate of the trajectories at the k-space periphery. To overcome this problem without increasing the measurement duration of the localized slice method too much, a new approach is proposed in which an addition dephasing gradient applied prior to the gradient to be measured shifts the signal maximum.
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- Marine Beaumont
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U836, Grenoble, France
- Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U836, Grenoble, France
- Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U836, Grenoble, France
- Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
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Boudou C, Troprès I, Rousseau J, Lamalle L, Adam JF, Estève F, Elleaume H. Polymer gel dosimetry for synchrotron stereotactic radiotherapy and iodine dose-enhancement measurements. Phys Med Biol 2007; 52:4881-92. [PMID: 17671341 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/16/011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Synchrotron stereotactic radiotherapy (SSR) is a radiotherapy technique that makes use of the interactions of monochromatic low energy x-rays with high atomic number (Z) elements. An important dose-enhancement can be obtained if the target volume has been loaded with a sufficient amount of a high-Z element, such as iodine. In this study, we compare experimental dose measurements, obtained with normoxic polymer gel (nPAG), with Monte Carlo computations. Gels were irradiated within an anthropomorphic head phantom and were read out by magnetic resonance imaging. The dose-enhancement due to the presence of iodine in the gel (iodine concentration: 5 and 10 mg ml(-1)) was measured at two radiation energies (35 and 80 keV) and was compared to the calculated factors. nPAG dosimetry was shown to be efficient for measuring the sharp dose gradients produced by SSR. The agreement between 3D gel dosimetry and calculated dose distributions was found to be within 4% of the dose difference criterion and a distance to agreement of 2.1 mm for 80% of the voxels. Polymer gel doped with iodine exhibited higher sensitivity, in good agreement with the calculated iodine-dose enhancement. We demonstrate in this preliminary study that iodine-doped nPAG could be used for measuring in situ dose distributions for iodine-enhanced SSR treatment.
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- C Boudou
- INSERM U-836 Equipe 6 Rayonnement Synchrotron et Recherche Médicale, Institut des Neurosciences de Grenoble, France
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Cousin E, Peyrin C, Pichat C, Lamalle L, Le Bas JF, Baciu M. Functional MRI approach for assessing hemispheric predominance of regions activated by a phonological and a semantic task. Eur J Radiol 2007; 63:274-85. [PMID: 17339089 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.01.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2006] [Revised: 01/20/2007] [Accepted: 01/24/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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This fMRI study performed in healthy subjects aimed at using a statistical approach in order to determine significant functional differences between hemispheres and to assess specialized regions activated during a phonological and during a semantic task. This approach ("flip" method and subsequent statistical analyses of the parameter estimates extracted from regions of interest) allows identifying: (a) hemispheric specialized regions for each language task [semantic (living categorization) and phonological (rhyme detection)] and (b) condition-specific regions with respect to paradigm conditions (task and control). Our results showed that the rhyme-specific task regions were the inferior frontal (sub-region of BA 44, 45) and left inferior parietal (BA 40, 39) lobules. Furthermore, within the inferior parietal lobule, the angular gyrus was specific to target (rhyming) items (related to successfully grapho-phonemic processing). The categorization-specific task regions were the left inferior frontal (sub-region of BA 44, 45) and superior temporal (BA 22) cortices. Furthermore, the superior temporal gyrus was related to non-target (non-living) items (correlated to task difficulty). The relatively new approach used in this study has the advantage of providing: (a) statistical significance of the hemispheric specialized regions for a given language task and (b) supplementary information in terms of paradigm condition-specificity of the activated regions. The results (standard hemispheric specialized regions for a semantic and for a phonological task) obtained in healthy subjects may constitute a basement for mapping language and assessing hemispheric predominance in epileptic patients before surgery and avoiding post-surgical impairments of language.
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- Emilie Cousin
- Laboratoire de Psychologie et Neurocognition, UMR CNRS 5105, Université Pierre Mendès-France, BP 47, 38040 Grenoble Cedex 09, France
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Bing F, Kremer S, Lamalle L, Chabardes S, Pasquier B, Le Bas JF, Grand S. Intérêt de l’imagerie de perfusion dans l’étude des astrocytomes pilocytiques et des hémangioblastomes: étude préliminaire. J Neuroradiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2007.01.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Fifty-four sung tokens, each consisting of eight images were generated with the help of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique to demonstrate the work of intrapharyngeal muscles when singing and speaking, and to help the educational process. The MRI images can be used as a part of a visualization feed-back method in vocal education and contribute to creation of proper mental images. The use of visualization (pictures, drafts, graphs, spectra, MRI images, etc.), along with mental images, facilitates simplification and acceleration of the process of understanding and learning how to master the basics of vocal technique, especially in the initial period of study. It is shown that work on muscle development and use of imagination should progress with close interaction between the two. For higher effectiveness and tangible results, mental images used by a vocal pedagogue should correspond to the technical and emotional level of a student. Therefore, mental images have to undertake the same evolution as articulation technique-from simplified and comprehensible to complex and abstract. Our integrated approach suggests continuing the work on muscle development and use of imagination in singing classes, employing the experience of voice-speech teachers. Their exercises are modified using the empirical method and other techniques developed creatively by singing teachers. In this method, sensitivity towards the state of the tissues becomes increasingly refined; students acquire a conscious control over the muscle work, students gain full awareness of both sensation and muscle activity. As a result, a complex of professional conditioned reflexes is being developed. A case study of the New Zealand experience was conducted with groups of Maori and European students. Unique properties and trends in the voices of Maori people are discussed.
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- Irene Gullaer
- School of Music and Music Education, UNSW, Australia.
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Krainik A, Rubin C, Grand S, David O, Baciu M, Jaillard A, Troprès I, Lamalle L, Duffau H, Le Bas JF, Segebarth C, Lehéricy S. L’imagerie par résonance magnétique cérébrale fonctionnelle en pratique clinique. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 87:607-17. [PMID: 16788535 DOI: 10.1016/s0221-0363(06)74054-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In the last decade, functional MRI (fMRI) has become one of the most widely used functional imaging technique in neurosciences. However, its clinical applications remain limited. Despite methodological and practical issues, fMRI data has been validated by different techniques (magnetoencephalography, Wada test, electrical and magnetic stimulations, and surgical resections). In neurosurgical practice, fMRI can identify eloquent areas involved in motor and language functions, and may evaluate characteristics of postoperative neurological deficit including its occurrence, clinical presentation and duration. This may help to inform patients and to prepare postoperative care. fMRI may also identify epileptic foci. In neurological practice, fMRI may help to determine prognosis of recovery after stroke, appropriate medication, and rehabilitation. fMRI may help to identify patients at risk of developing Alzheimer disease. Finally, cerebrovascular reactivity imaging is an interesting approach that might provide new radiological insights of vascular function.
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- A Krainik
- Service de Neuroradiologie - Unité IRM, CHU Grenoble.
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Troprès I, Lamalle L, Farion R, Segebarth C, Rémy C. Vessel size imaging using low intravascular contrast agent concentrations. MAGMA 2004; 17:313-6. [PMID: 15580376 DOI: 10.1007/s10334-004-0067-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2004] [Revised: 08/18/2004] [Accepted: 09/15/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Vessel size index (VSI) measurements have been validated on rats bearing a glioma with high doses of contrast agent. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of using a reduced dose of contrast agent, necessary for clinical trials. Experiments were performed on rats at three doses of AMI-227 and clearly show higher VSI values at lower doses, whatever the region of interest (contralateral, peritumoral and intratumoral tissue). These results are in good correlation with Monte-Carlo simulations on healthy brain and suggest that only relative values can be obtained at clinical contrast agent doses and magnetic fields.
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- I Troprès
- IFR1, Unité IRM 3T, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, 38043, Grenoble CEDEX 9, France.
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Vessel size imaging (VSI) for brain tumor characterization was evaluated and the vessel size index measured by MRI (VSIMRI) was correlated with VSI obtained by histology (VSIhisto). Blood volume (BV) and VSI maps were obtained on 12 rats by simultaneous measurements of R2* and R2, before and after the injection of a macromolecular contrast agent, AMI-227. Immunostaining of collagen IV in vessels was performed. An expression was derived for evaluating VSI from stereologic measurements on histology data (VSIhisto). On BV and VSI images obtained from large-size tumors (n = 9), three regions could be distinguished and correlated well with histological sections: a high BV region surrounding the tumor, a necrotic area where BV is very low, and a viable tumor tissue region showing lower BV but higher VSI than the normal rat cortex, with the presence of larger vessels. The quantitative analysis showed a good correlation (Spearman rank's rho = 0.74) between VSIhisto and VSIMRI with a linear regression coefficient of 1.17. The good correlation coefficient supports VSI imaging as a quantitative method for tumor vasculature characterization.
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- I Troprès
- Unité mixte INSERM 594/Université Joseph Fourier, Laboratoire de Recherche Conventionné du CEA No. 30V, Hôpital Albert Michallon, and European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France.
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Abstract
With standard spectroscopic imaging, high spatial resolution is achieved at the price of a large number of phase-encoding steps, leading to long acquisition times. Fast spatial encoding methods reduce the minimum total acquisition time. In this article, a k-space scanning scheme using a continuous series of growing and shrinking, or "out-and-in," spiral trajectories is implemented and the feasibility of spiral spectroscopic imaging for animal models at high B(0) field is demonstrated. This method was applied to rat brain at 7 T. With a voxel size of about 8.7 microl (as calculated from the point-spread function), a 30 x 30 matrix, and a spectral bandwidth of 11 kHz, the minimum scan time was 9 min 20 sec for a signal-to-noise ratio of 7.1 measured on the N-acetylaspartate peak.
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Affiliation(s)
- Bassem Hiba
- Laboratoire mixte INSERM U594 / Université Joseph Fourier Neuroimagerie fonctionnelle et métabolique, Laboratoire de Recherche Conventionné (30V) du CEA, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Grenoble, France
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