Interplay between preclinical indices of obesity and neural signatures of fluid intelligence in youth
Ward T, Schantell M, Dietz S, Ende G, Rice D, Coutant A, Arif Y, Wang Y, Calhoun V, Stephen J, Heinrichs-Graham E, Taylor B, Wilson T. Interplay between preclinical indices of obesity and neural signatures of fluid intelligence in youth. Communications Biology 2024, 7: 1285. PMID: 39379610, PMCID: PMC11461743, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-06924-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAbstract reasoning taskFluid intelligenceAbstract reasoningBrain regionsNeural activityReasoning tasksLeft dorsolateral prefrontal cortexLeft temporoparietal junctionDorsolateral prefrontal cortexHigher-order cognitionWhole-brain correlationHigh-density magnetoencephalographySignificant oscillatory responsesYouth aged 9Prefrontal cortexTemporoparietal junctionNeural signaturesTheta oscillationsResponse scaleWhole-brainNeurobehavioral functionNeural dynamicsAged 9CognitionReaction timeDevelopmentally sensitive multispectral cortical connectivity profiles serving visual selective attention
Son J, Killanin A, Arif Y, Johnson H, Okelberry H, Weyrich L, Wang Y, Calhoun V, Stephen J, Taylor B, Wilson T. Developmentally sensitive multispectral cortical connectivity profiles serving visual selective attention. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2024, 66: 101371. PMID: 38582064, PMCID: PMC11004069, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101371.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBrain regionsConnectivity profilesSensitive to developmental changesWhole-brain connectivity analysisMultiple cognitive domainsVisual selective attentionOscillatory brain responsesNeural oscillatory dynamicsYouth aged 6Pubertal transition periodPrefrontal cortexExecutive functionTemporoparietal junctionCognitive domainsBrain responsesSelective attentionDevelopmental sensitivityAge-related changesConnectivity analysisPeak voxelsCortical connectivity profilesDevelopmental changesGamma rangeCerebellar cortexBrainSexual dimorphism in cortical theta rhythms relates to elevated internalizing symptoms during adolescence
Petro N, Picci G, Ott L, Rempe M, Embury C, Penhale S, Wang Y, Stephen J, Calhoun V, Taylor B, Wilson T. Sexual dimorphism in cortical theta rhythms relates to elevated internalizing symptoms during adolescence. Imaging Neuroscience 2024, 2: 1-13. DOI: 10.1162/imag_a_00062.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpontaneous neural activityInternalizing symptomsNeural activityPsychiatric disordersEmergence of psychiatric disordersTheta activityEmergence of psychiatric symptomsAbstract Psychiatric disordersElevated internalizing symptomsStructural brain differencesTypically-developing youthSpontaneous theta activityEyes-closed restTheta frequency bandNegative ruminationCingulate cortexTemporoparietal junctionBrain differencesExternalizing symptomsPsychiatric symptomsAssociation cortexCortical regionsSex differencesCortical activityAssociation regions