2018
Functional connectivity of PAG with core limbic system and laryngeal cortico-motor structures during human phonation
Galgano J, Pantazatos S, Allen K, Yanagihara T, Hirsch J. Functional connectivity of PAG with core limbic system and laryngeal cortico-motor structures during human phonation. Brain Research 2018, 1707: 184-189. PMID: 30500402, PMCID: PMC7434632, DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2018.11.040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeriaqueductal gray regionPsychophysiological interaction analysisFunctional connectivityDiffusion tensor imaging (DTI) analysisTrend-level evidenceNeural mechanismsBilateral auditory corticesGreater functional connectivityAmygdala couplingWhole-brain resultsDorsomedial prefrontal cortexLimbic systemMotor areaAmygdala clustersAuditory cortexLaryngeal musculatureHealthy adultsPrefrontal cortexNeuroimaging studiesNeural activityVoice disordersStructural connectivityGray regionCortexMovement paradigm
2012
Neural systems for speech and song in autism
Lai G, Pantazatos SP, Schneider H, Hirsch J. Neural systems for speech and song in autism. Brain 2012, 135: 961-975. PMID: 22298195, PMCID: PMC3286324, DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr335.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAgingAnisotropyAttentionAutistic DisorderBrainChildDiffusion Tensor ImagingFemaleFunctional LateralityHead MovementsHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedInterview, PsychologicalLanguageMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMusicNerve NetNeural PathwaysNeuropsychological TestsPhotic StimulationRecruitment, NeurophysiologicalSpeechYoung AdultConceptsInferior frontal gyrusLeft inferior frontal gyrusFrontal gyrusAutistic childrenNeural systemsArcuate fasciculusFunctional magnetic resonanceSuperior temporal gyrusAge-matched control childrenLeft arcuate fasciculusPassive auditory stimulationMusic abilityLanguage disabilitySong conditionTemporal gyrusSpeech stimulationAuditory stimulationAutismFunctional connectivityNeural organizationBrain regionsSpeechControl childrenGyrusAutistic
2010
A translational bridge between mouse and human models of learned safety
Pollak DD, Rogan MT, Egner T, Perez DL, Yanagihara TK, Hirsch J. A translational bridge between mouse and human models of learned safety. Annals Of Medicine 2010, 42: 127-134. PMID: 20121549, DOI: 10.3109/07853890903583666.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDorsolateral prefrontal cortexNeural circuitryPrefrontal cortexAnimal experimentsTranslational bridgeFunctional magnetic resonanceParallel groupSafety signalsPupillary constrictionNoxious stimuliUnderlying neural circuitryHuman studiesExperimental animalsHuman modelNeural connectionsAnimal protocolsMiceCaudate responseNeutral stimuliNeural responsesNeural substratesDiffusion tensorAmygdalaCortexMolecular mechanisms