2025
Uncovering cerebral blood flow patterns corresponding to Amyloid-beta accumulations in patients across the Alzheimer’s disease continuum using the arterial spin labeling
Daneshpour A, Nasiri H, Motamed A, Heidarzadeh N, Fard A, Koleini S, Fakhimi F, Abiri L, Mayeli M, Sadeghi M. Uncovering cerebral blood flow patterns corresponding to Amyloid-beta accumulations in patients across the Alzheimer’s disease continuum using the arterial spin labeling. Neurological Sciences 2025, 46: 2081-2090. PMID: 39838256, DOI: 10.1007/s10072-025-07992-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMild cognitive impairmentSubjective memory complaintsMethodsWe analyzed dataAmyloid-betaDisease continuumAD participantsLinear regression modelsMultiple linear regression modelMemory complaintsRight inferior parietal cortexUnadjusted analysisCaudal middle frontal cortexRight lateral occipital cortexEducation levelAlzheimer's disease continuumCerebral blood flowAmyloid-beta accumulationArterial spin labelingLeft pars triangularisMiddle frontal cortexInferior parietal cortexAD dementiaLateral occipital cortexHigher cognitive functionsCognitive decline
2024
Functional Connectivity of the Affective Blindsight Pathway in Atypical Alzheimer’s Disease
Yi H, Li J, Trainer A, Ficek‐Tani B, Constable T, Fredericks C. Functional Connectivity of the Affective Blindsight Pathway in Atypical Alzheimer’s Disease. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2024, 20: e090503. PMCID: PMC11710502, DOI: 10.1002/alz.090503.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLogopenic variant primary progressive aphasiaPosterior cortical atrophyResting state scansAmnestic Alzheimer's diseaseVisuospatial regionsFunctional connectivityLobe regionsVariant primary progressive aphasiaPrimary progressive aphasiaFrontal lobe regionsFunctional MRI scansLateral occipital cortexAtypical Alzheimer's diseaseOccipital lobe regionsVisual information processingDisease-related atrophyAmygdala seedAlzheimer's diseaseProgressive aphasiaEmotional processingAngular gyrusNeuropsychological dataVisuospatial tasksCONN toolboxOccipital cortexFunctional Connectivity of the Affective Blindsight Pathway in Atypical Alzheimer's Disease
Yi H, Li J, Trainer A, Ficek‐Tani B, Constable T, Fredericks C. Functional Connectivity of the Affective Blindsight Pathway in Atypical Alzheimer's Disease. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2024, 20: e093890. PMCID: PMC11712548, DOI: 10.1002/alz.093890.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLogopenic variant primary progressive aphasiaPosterior cortical atrophyResting state scansAmnestic Alzheimer's diseaseVisuospatial regionsFunctional connectivityLobe regionsVariant primary progressive aphasiaPrimary progressive aphasiaFrontal lobe regionsFunctional MRI scansLateral occipital cortexAtypical Alzheimer's diseaseOccipital lobe regionsVisual information processingDisease-related atrophyAmygdala seedAlzheimer's diseaseProgressive aphasiaEmotional processingAngular gyrusNeuropsychological dataVisuospatial tasksCONN toolboxOccipital cortex
2023
Country-level gender inequality is associated with structural differences in the brains of women and men
Zugman A, Alliende L, Medel V, Bethlehem R, Seidlitz J, Ringlein G, Arango C, Arnatkevičiūtė A, Asmal L, Bellgrove M, Benegal V, Bernardo M, Billeke P, Bosch-Bayard J, Bressan R, Busatto G, Castro M, Chaim-Avancini T, Compte A, Costanzi M, Czepielewski L, Dazzan P, de la Fuente-Sandoval C, Di Forti M, Díaz-Caneja C, Díaz-Zuluaga A, Du Plessis S, Duran F, Fittipaldi S, Fornito A, Freimer N, Gadelha A, Gama C, Garani R, Garcia-Rizo C, Campo C, Gonzalez-Valderrama A, Guinjoan S, Holla B, Ibañez A, Ivanovic D, Jackowski A, Leon-Ortiz P, Lochner C, López-Jaramillo C, Luckhoff H, Massuda R, McGuire P, Miyata J, Mizrahi R, Murray R, Ozerdem A, Pan P, Parellada M, Phahladira L, Ramirez-Mahaluf J, Reckziegel R, Marques T, Reyes-Madrigal F, Roos A, Rosa P, Salum G, Scheffler F, Schumann G, Serpa M, Stein D, Tepper A, Tiego J, Ueno T, Undurraga J, Undurraga E, Valdes-Sosa P, Valli I, Villarreal M, Winton-Brown T, Yalin N, Zamorano F, Zanetti M, cVEDA, Winkler A, Pine D, Evans-Lacko S, Crossley N, Murthy P, Chakrabarti A, Basu D, Subodh B, Singh L, Singh R, Kalyanram K, Kartik K, Kumaran K, Krishnaveni G, Kuriyan R, Kurpad S, Barker G, Bharath R, Desrivieres S, Purushottam M, Orfanos D, Sharma E, Hickman M, Heron J, Toledano M, Vaidya N. Country-level gender inequality is associated with structural differences in the brains of women and men. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2023, 120: e2218782120. PMID: 37155867, PMCID: PMC10193926, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2218782120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWorse outcomesCaudal anterior cingulateRight caudal anterior cingulateRight medial orbitofrontalAdult healthy menBrains of womenMental health problemsLateral occipital cortexHealthy menRegional cortexHigh riskOccipital cortexCortical thicknessCountry-level gender inequalityMedial orbitofrontalMRI scansThinner cortexAnterior cingulateHealth problemsBrain structuresWomen's brainsWomenBrainCortexRight hemisphere
2022
Identification of a novel link between adiposity and visuospatial perception
Chen H, Hovens I, Davis X, Hutelin Z, Wall K, Small D. Identification of a novel link between adiposity and visuospatial perception. Obesity 2022, 31: 423-433. PMID: 36546337, PMCID: PMC9877146, DOI: 10.1002/oby.23603.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealthy weightLine orientation taskOW/OBOverweight/obesityCase-control study participantsBody fat percentagePrimary visual cortexFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingHeart rate variabilityLateral occipital cortexFunctional magnetic resonanceHemoglobin A1cNegative associationVisual acuityVisual functionPhysical activityOccipital cortexLine orientation judgmentVisual cortexResonance imagingStudy participantsVisuospatial functionBMIAdiposityFood cue reactivity in successful laparoscopic gastric banding: A sham-deflation-controlled pilot study
Koenis MMG, Ng J, Anderson B, Stevens MC, Tishler DS, Papasavas PK, Stone A, McLaughlin T, Verhaak A, Domakonda MJ, Pearlson GD. Food cue reactivity in successful laparoscopic gastric banding: A sham-deflation-controlled pilot study. Frontiers In Human Neuroscience 2022, 16: 902192. PMID: 36092648, PMCID: PMC9454014, DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.902192.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLaparoscopic adjustable gastric bandingLateral occipital cortexGastric bandingOccipital cortexPilot studyWeight lossExcess weight lossAdjustable gastric bandingLaparoscopic gastric bandingSham-controlled designFood cue reactivityInferior temporal gyrusUnderlying neuronal mechanismsLAGB surgeryUnderwent removalNeuronal changesFrontal cortexLingual gyrusNeuronal mechanismsSurgery changesTemporal gyrusFood cravingsCue reactivityGyrusFood cues
2020
Emergence and organization of adult brain function throughout child development
Yates TS, Ellis CT, Turk-Browne NB. Emergence and organization of adult brain function throughout child development. NeuroImage 2020, 226: 117606. PMID: 33271266, PMCID: PMC8323508, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117606.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFMRI activityDevelopmental trajectoriesAdult cognitive neuroscienceInferior frontal gyrusLateral occipital cortexPain-related eventsCognitive neuroscienceFrontal gyrusFunctional neuroanatomyDevelopmental differencesChild developmentAge-related changesCognitive functionDifferent brain regionsSame movieHuman brain developmentNaturalistic approachOccipital cortexBrain regionsAdult brain functionBrain functionChronological ageYoung childrenBrain developmentBrain space
2018
Neural Overlap in Item Representations Across Episodes Impairs Context Memory
Kim G, Norman KA, Turk-Browne NB. Neural Overlap in Item Representations Across Episodes Impairs Context Memory. Cerebral Cortex 2018, 29: 2682-2693. PMID: 29897407, PMCID: PMC6519698, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhy137.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubsequent source memorySource memoryContext memoryInitial contextBetter source memoryNovel contextual informationLateral occipital cortexNeural overlapRepresentational similarityNeural representationNeural patternsFMRI studyItem representationsSecond presentationLater retrievalDifferent tasksMemorySame itemsOccipital cortexInitial taskPattern similaritySuch reactivationInitial itemsNovel experienceContextual information
2017
The Lateral Occipital Cortex Is Selective for Object Shape, Not Texture/Color, at Six Months
Emberson LL, Crosswhite SL, Richards JE, Aslin RN. The Lateral Occipital Cortex Is Selective for Object Shape, Not Texture/Color, at Six Months. Journal Of Neuroscience 2017, 37: 3698-3703. PMID: 28264984, PMCID: PMC5373142, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3300-16.2017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual systemVisual regionsVisual developmentHigh-level visual regionsHigh-level visual areasMid-level visionHuman visual developmentLateral occipital cortexVisual representationHuman visual systemFunctional specializationDevelopmental trajectoriesVisual areasFNIRS dataOccipital cortexCortical hemodynamicsHuman brainObject shapeEarly childhoodMonth oldsCurrent studyShape informationLOCMonths of ageFirst systematic investigation
2016
Brain Plasticity in Blind Subjects Centralizes Beyond the Modal Cortices
Ortiz-Terán L, Ortiz T, Perez D, Aragón J, Diez I, Pascual-Leone A, Sepulcre J. Brain Plasticity in Blind Subjects Centralizes Beyond the Modal Cortices. Frontiers In Systems Neuroscience 2016, 10: 61. PMID: 27458350, PMCID: PMC4937754, DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2016.00061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSuperior parietal cortexLateral occipital cortexLate-onset blindnessTemporoparietal junctionVentral premotorNeuroplastic changesGroup of sighted controlsDistributed neural systemVisual processing regionsBlind individualsFunctional connectivity analysisMultimodal integration regionsCross-modal neuroplasticityFunctional network alterationsInvestigate functional reorganizationHeteromodal cortexNeuroimaging investigationsParietal cortexBrain networksCross-modal plasticityAssociation cortexOccipital cortexConnectivity analysisNeuroplastic alterationsProcessing regions
2013
Dynamic Coupling Between the Lateral Occipital-Cortex, Default-Mode, and Frontoparietal Networks During Bistable Perception
Karten A, Pantazatos SP, Khalil D, Zhang X, Hirsch J. Dynamic Coupling Between the Lateral Occipital-Cortex, Default-Mode, and Frontoparietal Networks During Bistable Perception. Brain Connectivity 2013, 3: 286-293. PMID: 23510237, PMCID: PMC3685318, DOI: 10.1089/brain.2012.0119.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Frontal–Occipital Connectivity During Visual Search
Pantazatos SP, Yanagihara TK, Zhang X, Meitzler T, Hirsch J. Frontal–Occipital Connectivity During Visual Search. Brain Connectivity 2012, 2: 164-175. PMID: 22708993, PMCID: PMC3621345, DOI: 10.1089/brain.2012.0072.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLateral occipital cortexVisual searchVisual regionsPrefrontal cortexCategory-selective visual regionsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingVentromedial prefrontal cortexSimilar neural mechanismsVisual search processDynamic causal modelingMedial prefrontal cortexComplex natural scenesMultiple task-related componentsSpatial independent component analysisTask-related componentsVisual imageryPsychophysiological interactionNeural mechanismsSearch taskObject categoriesComplex search tasksCausal modelingConnectivity findingsFrontal regionsFunctional connectivity
2011
Brain Mechanisms for Processing Direct and Averted Gaze in Individuals with Autism
Pitskel NB, Bolling DZ, Hudac CM, Lantz SD, Minshew NJ, Vander Wyk BC, Pelphrey KA. Brain Mechanisms for Processing Direct and Averted Gaze in Individuals with Autism. Journal Of Autism And Developmental Disorders 2011, 41: 1686-1693. PMID: 21484518, PMCID: PMC3337548, DOI: 10.1007/s10803-011-1197-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAverted gazeBrain mechanismsCritical social cueRight temporoparietal junctionLateral occipital cortexDorsolateral prefrontal cortexRight anterior insulaSocial processingTemporoparietal junctionSocial cuesComparison participantsAnterior insulaFMRI studySocial deficitsSocial scenariosGaze directionPrefrontal cortexCondition interactionAutismSocial encountersDifferential processingInitial evidenceOccipital cortexGazeSignificant group
2010
Cortical integration of audio–visual speech and non-speech stimuli
Vander Wyk B, Ramsay GJ, Hudac CM, Jones W, Lin D, Klin A, Lee SM, Pelphrey KA. Cortical integration of audio–visual speech and non-speech stimuli. Brain And Cognition 2010, 74: 97-106. PMID: 20709442, PMCID: PMC3869029, DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2010.07.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLateral occipital cortexUni-modal stimuliNon-speech stimuliAudio-visual speechVisual stimuliOccipital cortexRight inferior frontal gyrusAudio-visual pairingsSimilar auditory stimuliMulti-modal stimuliAudio-visual processingSuperior temporal sulcusInferior frontal gyrusMiddle temporal regionsMiddle temporal gyrusDifferent cortical networksNeural basisTemporal sulcusAuditory stimuliFusiform gyrusFrontal gyrusTemporal gyrusCortical networksCortical integrationTemporal regions
1991
Dissociation of object and spatial visual processing pathways in human extrastriate cortex.
Haxby JV, Grady CL, Horwitz B, Ungerleider LG, Mishkin M, Carson RE, Herscovitch P, Schapiro MB, Rapoport SI. Dissociation of object and spatial visual processing pathways in human extrastriate cortex. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1991, 88: 1621-1625. PMID: 2000370, PMCID: PMC51076, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.88.5.1621.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtrastriate cortexRegional cerebral blood flowDissociation of ObjectPrimate extrastriate cortexCerebral blood flowHealthy young menExtrastriate visual pathwaysHuman extrastriate cortexPositron emission tomographyAnterior temporal cortexSuperior parietal cortexLateral occipital cortexNew cortical areasSensorimotor control taskVisual extrastriate cortexBolus injectionOccipital cortexBlood flowCortical areasTemporal cortexNeuroanatomical locationVisual pathwayParietal cortexVisual processing pathwayEmission tomography
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