2023
Structural and functional asymmetry of the neonatal cerebral cortex
Williams L, Fitzgibbon S, Bozek J, Winkler A, Dimitrova R, Poppe T, Schuh A, Makropoulos A, Cupitt J, O’Muircheartaigh J, Duff E, Cordero-Grande L, Price A, Hajnal J, Rueckert D, Smith S, Edwards A, Robinson E. Structural and functional asymmetry of the neonatal cerebral cortex. Nature Human Behaviour 2023, 7: 942-955. PMID: 36928781, DOI: 10.1038/s41562-023-01542-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCortical asymmetryHealthy term-born neonatesNeonatal cerebral cortexTerm-born neonatesTerm-equivalent ageHealthy young adultsHuman Connectome ProjectPreterm birthPreterm neonatesNeonatal cortexCerebral cortexTerm cohortFunctional magnetic resonance imagesMagnetic resonance imagesConnectome ProjectBrain asymmetryYoung adultsSignificant differencesNeonatesResonance imagesFunctional asymmetryCortexBirthBiological sexCohort
2019
One-year changes in brain microstructure differentiate preclinical Huntington's disease stages
Pflanz C, Charquero-Ballester M, Majid D, Winkler A, Vallée E, Aron A, Jenkinson M, Douaud G. One-year changes in brain microstructure differentiate preclinical Huntington's disease stages. NeuroImage Clinical 2019, 25: 102099. PMID: 31865023, PMCID: PMC6931230, DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2019.102099.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOnset of symptomsPreclinical stageDisease stageMean diffusivityHuntington's diseaseGender-matched healthy controlsOnly clinical measurePosterior basal gangliaDistinct pathophysiological mechanismsOptimal therapeutic windowOne-year changeSignificant differencesPreclinical Huntington's diseasePresymptomatic Huntington's diseaseNeurodegenerative phaseNeuroinflammatory processesMotor scoresPathophysiological mechanismsBasal gangliaDisease progressionHealthy controlsHuntington's disease stagesCorpus callosumTreatment responseClinical measures