2023
Mapping Lesion-Related Epilepsy to a Human Brain Network
Schaper F, Nordberg J, Cohen A, Lin C, Hsu J, Horn A, Ferguson M, Siddiqi S, Drew W, Soussand L, Winkler A, Simó M, Bruna J, Rheims S, Guenot M, Bucci M, Nummenmaa L, Staals J, Colon A, Ackermans L, Bubrick E, Peters J, Wu O, Rost N, Grafman J, Blumenfeld H, Temel Y, Rouhl R, Joutsa J, Fox M. Mapping Lesion-Related Epilepsy to a Human Brain Network. JAMA Neurology 2023, 80: 891-902. PMID: 37399040, PMCID: PMC10318550, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.1988.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of epilepsyLesion locationBrain regionsPoststroke epilepsyControl patientsSeizure controlBrain lesionsIndependent cohortBrain networksLesion typeBrain stimulation sitesLesion network mappingLesion-related epilepsyImproved seizure controlDrug-resistant epilepsyCase-control studyBrain stimulation therapyHuman brain networksSpecific brain regionsDifferent lesion typesSpecific brain networksBasal gangliaVascular territoriesStimulation therapyMAIN OUTCOMEMultimodal study of the neural sources of error monitoring in adolescents and adults
Conte S, Richards J, Fox N, Valadez E, McSweeney M, Tan E, Pine D, Winkler A, Liuzzi L, Cardinale E, White L, Buzzell G. Multimodal study of the neural sources of error monitoring in adolescents and adults. Psychophysiology 2023, 60: e14336. PMID: 37212619, PMCID: PMC10524909, DOI: 10.1111/psyp.14336.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDorsal anterior cingulate cortexEvent-related potentialsError monitoringGoal-directed behaviorUnderlying neural mechanismsAnterior cingulate cortexAge-related differencesPerformance monitoringTemperamental riskERN componentIndividual differencesN2 componentNeural mechanismsNeural responsesAge differencesNeural generatorsCingulate cortexNeural sourcesFunctional MRIAdult participantsMultimodal studyPatterns of activityDevelopmental changesROI analysisAdult groupCountry-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 hemisphereVolume of subcortical brain regions in social anxiety disorder: mega-analytic results from 37 samples in the ENIGMA-Anxiety Working Group
Groenewold N, Bas-Hoogendam J, Amod A, Laansma M, Van Velzen L, Aghajani M, Hilbert K, Oh H, Salas R, Jackowski A, Pan P, Salum G, Blair J, Blair K, Hirsch J, Pantazatos S, Schneier F, Talati A, Roelofs K, Volman I, Blanco-Hinojo L, Cardoner N, Pujol J, Beesdo-Baum K, Ching C, Thomopoulos S, Jansen A, Kircher T, Krug A, Nenadić I, Stein F, Dannlowski U, Grotegerd D, Lemke H, Meinert S, Winter A, Erb M, Kreifelts B, Gong Q, Lui S, Zhu F, Mwangi B, Soares J, Wu M, Bayram A, Canli M, Tükel R, Westenberg P, Heeren A, Cremers H, Hofmann D, Straube T, Doruyter A, Lochner C, Peterburs J, Van Tol M, Gur R, Kaczkurkin A, Larsen B, Satterthwaite T, Filippi C, Gold A, Harrewijn A, Zugman A, Bülow R, Grabe H, Völzke H, Wittfeld K, Böhnlein J, Dohm K, Kugel H, Schrammen E, Zwanzger P, Leehr E, Sindermann L, Ball T, Fonzo G, Paulus M, Simmons A, Stein M, Klumpp H, Phan K, Furmark T, Månsson K, Manzouri A, Avery S, Blackford J, Clauss J, Feola B, Harper J, Sylvester C, Lueken U, Veltman D, Winkler A, Jahanshad N, Pine D, Thompson P, Stein D, Van der Wee N. Volume of subcortical brain regions in social anxiety disorder: mega-analytic results from 37 samples in the ENIGMA-Anxiety Working Group. Molecular Psychiatry 2023, 28: 1079-1089. PMID: 36653677, PMCID: PMC10804423, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01933-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocial anxiety disorderSubcortical brain regionsAnxiety disordersSAD patientsBilateral putamen volumesSubcortical regionsBrain regionsLinear mixed effects analysisComorbid anxiety disordersSubcortical volumesFamily-wise errorPutamen volumeSAD onsetVolumetric differencesPallidum volumeMixed effects analysisD effect sizesInconsistent findingsLeft putamenEffect sizeFull samplePrevious findingsInternational sampleSignificant interactionLimited convergence
2022
Translating Big Data to Clinical Outcomes in Anxiety: Potential for Multimodal Integration
Khosravi P, Zugman A, Amelio P, Winkler A, Pine D. Translating Big Data to Clinical Outcomes in Anxiety: Potential for Multimodal Integration. Current Psychiatry Reports 2022, 24: 841-851. PMID: 36469202, PMCID: PMC9931491, DOI: 10.1007/s11920-022-01385-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnxiety disordersError Related NegativityPediatric anxiety disordersMost anxiety disordersDisorder treatment outcomesAnxious individualsNeural correlatesMultimodal integrationNeural markersGroup differencesResponse/outcomesAnxietyMultimodal dataCorrelatesTreatment responseTreatment outcomesDiverse relationsDisordersReviewThis reviewNegativityRecent FindingsRecent literatureRisk markersAdulthoodSuch workOutcomes
2021
Cortical and subcortical brain structure in generalized anxiety disorder: findings from 28 research sites in the ENIGMA-Anxiety Working Group
Harrewijn A, Cardinale E, Groenewold N, Bas-Hoogendam J, Aghajani M, Hilbert K, Cardoner N, Porta-Casteràs D, Gosnell S, Salas R, Jackowski A, Pan P, Salum G, Blair K, Blair J, Hammoud M, Milad M, Burkhouse K, Phan K, Schroeder H, Strawn J, Beesdo-Baum K, Jahanshad N, Thomopoulos S, Buckner R, Nielsen J, Smoller J, Soares J, Mwangi B, Wu M, Zunta-Soares G, Assaf M, Diefenbach G, Brambilla P, Maggioni E, Hofmann D, Straube T, Andreescu C, Berta R, Tamburo E, Price R, Manfro G, Agosta F, Canu E, Cividini C, Filippi M, Kostić M, Munjiza Jovanovic A, Alberton B, Benson B, Freitag G, Filippi C, Gold A, Leibenluft E, Ringlein G, Werwath K, Zwiebel H, Zugman A, Grabe H, Van der Auwera S, Wittfeld K, Völzke H, Bülow R, Balderston N, Ernst M, Grillon C, Mujica-Parodi L, van Nieuwenhuizen H, Critchley H, Makovac E, Mancini M, Meeten F, Ottaviani C, Ball T, Fonzo G, Paulus M, Stein M, Gur R, Gur R, Kaczkurkin A, Larsen B, Satterthwaite T, Harper J, Myers M, Perino M, Sylvester C, Yu Q, Lueken U, Veltman D, Thompson P, Stein D, Van der Wee N, Winkler A, Pine D. Cortical and subcortical brain structure in generalized anxiety disorder: findings from 28 research sites in the ENIGMA-Anxiety Working Group. Translational Psychiatry 2021, 11: 502. PMID: 34599145, PMCID: PMC8486763, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-021-01622-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGeneralized anxiety disorderHealthy controlsBrain structuresMain analysisSecondary analysisAnxiety disordersMale healthy controlsVertex-wise cortical thicknessFemale healthy controlsRandom interceptGlobal brain measuresStructural magnetic resonanceCortical surface areaSubcortical brain structuresMedication useYears of educationCortical thicknessSubcortical volumesWorking GroupVentral diencephalonSmall sample sizeBrain measuresInconsistent findingsRight ventral diencephalonMale individualsAn In-vivo 1H-MRS short-echo time technique at 7T: Quantification of metabolites in chronic multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica brain lesions and normal appearing brain tissue
Tackley G, Kong Y, Minne R, Messina S, Winkler A, Cavey A, Everett R, DeLuca G, Weir A, Craner M, Tracey I, Palace J, Stagg C, Emir U. An In-vivo 1H-MRS short-echo time technique at 7T: Quantification of metabolites in chronic multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica brain lesions and normal appearing brain tissue. NeuroImage 2021, 238: 118225. PMID: 34062267, PMCID: PMC7611458, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118225.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal N-acetylaspartateMultiple sclerosisN-acetylaspartateBrain lesionsPositive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorderWhite matterNeuromyelitis optica spectrum disorderOptica spectrum disorderChronic multiple sclerosisPost-hoc testingBrain white matterDisease groupMRS methodologyMRS profilesMRS studiesReciprocal findingsNon-invasive quantificationBrain tissueLesionsMagnetic resonance spectroscopyMyo-inositolDistinct diseasesNormal tissuesCNS moleculesIn-Vivo
2020
Ultra-high field imaging reveals increased whole brain connectivity underpins cognitive strategies that attenuate pain
Schulz E, Stankewitz A, Winkler A, Irving S, Witkovský V, Tracey I. Ultra-high field imaging reveals increased whole brain connectivity underpins cognitive strategies that attenuate pain. ELife 2020, 9: e55028. PMID: 32876049, PMCID: PMC7498261, DOI: 10.7554/elife.55028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPain attenuationBrain connectivityAttenuation of painCognitive strategiesHigher functional connectivityWhole-brain connectivityTonic cold painWhite matter integrityPain processingLower painFunctional imaging dataCold painPainCingulate cortexBrain regionsFunctional connectivityHealthy participantsTrialsCognitive interventionsDiffusion tensorTrial variabilityBrain dataImaging dataParticipantsMultiple testing correction over contrasts for brain imaging
Alberton B, Nichols T, Gamba H, Winkler A. Multiple testing correction over contrasts for brain imaging. NeuroImage 2020, 216: 116760. PMID: 32201328, PMCID: PMC8191638, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116760.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMinimal Relationship between Local Gyrification and General Cognitive Ability in Humans
Mathias S, Knowles E, Mollon J, Rodrigue A, Koenis M, Alexander-Bloch A, Winkler A, Olvera R, Duggirala R, Göring H, Curran J, Fox P, Almasy L, Blangero J, Glahn D. Minimal Relationship between Local Gyrification and General Cognitive Ability in Humans. Cerebral Cortex 2020, 30: 3439-3450. PMID: 32037459, PMCID: PMC7233007, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhz319.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGeneral cognitive abilityCognitive abilitiesLocal gyrificationSuperior cognitive abilitiesCortical surface pointsNeurobiology of intelligenceCognitive testsNeuroimaging studiesNeuroanatomical variablesStructural brain imagesMinimal relationshipCortical regionsEffect sizeGyrificationPrevious studiesAbilityNeurobiologyBrain imagesIntelligenceRelationshipHumansIndividualsPotential issuesImplicationsProfound implications
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 measuresAnticipatory Threat Responding: Associations With Anxiety, Development, and Brain Structure
Abend R, Gold A, Britton J, Michalska K, Shechner T, Sachs J, Winkler A, Leibenluft E, Averbeck B, Pine D. Anticipatory Threat Responding: Associations With Anxiety, Development, and Brain Structure. Biological Psychiatry 2019, 87: 916-925. PMID: 31955915, PMCID: PMC7211142, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2019.11.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSkin conductance responsesConductance responsesBrain structuresThreat conditioningPathological anxietyComparison subjectsPsychophysiological responsesLarger patient samplesPrefrontal cortical thicknessHealthy comparison subjectsStructural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) dataThreat stimuliAnticipatory respondingExtinction paradigmStimulus typeMagnetic resonance imaging dataWide age rangeCortical thicknessPatientsNeurodevelopmental changesAnticipatory responsesTranslational advancesStructural brainAdult populationPatient samplesSchizophrenia Exhibits Bi-directional Brain-Wide Alterations in Cortico-Striato-Cerebellar Circuits
Ji JL, Diehl C, Schleifer C, Tamminga CA, Keshavan MS, Sweeney JA, Clementz BA, Hill SK, Pearlson G, Yang G, Creatura G, Krystal JH, Repovs G, Murray J, Winkler A, Anticevic A. Schizophrenia Exhibits Bi-directional Brain-Wide Alterations in Cortico-Striato-Cerebellar Circuits. Cerebral Cortex 2019, 29: 4463-4487. PMID: 31157363, PMCID: PMC6917525, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhy306.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain-wide alterationsResting-state functional magnetic resonanceSensory-motor cortexFunctional magnetic resonanceNeural dysconnectivityPolysynaptic connectionsCortico-striatoFunctional disturbancesChronic patientsAssociation cortexFocal disruptionNeural effectsCerebellar circuitsPatientsDysconnectivityStriatal componentsSchizophreniaCortexSpecific alterationsHallmark featureCognitive performanceAlterationsFunctional pathwaysQuestion accountsMagnetic resonanceAccelerated estimation and permutation inference for ACE modeling
Chen X, Formisano E, Blokland G, Strike L, McMahon K, de Zubicaray G, Thompson P, Wright M, Winkler A, Ge T, Nichols T. Accelerated estimation and permutation inference for ACE modeling. Human Brain Mapping 2019, 40: 3488-3507. PMID: 31037793, PMCID: PMC6680147, DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24611.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPermutation inferenceIterative optimizationVariance component modelComputation timeComparable biasAccelerated estimationLinear modelSquared errorCluster sizeSpatial statisticsLinear regression modelsFalse positive riskInferenceHeritability estimationEstimationComponent modelModelWealth of toolsMemory datasetsOptimizationSimple methodSmall numberStatisticsACE modelPermutationsShort-interval intracortical inhibition is decreased in restless legs syndrome across a range of severity
Magalhães S, Queiroz de Paiva J, Kaelin-Lang A, Sterr A, Eckeli A, Winkler A, Fernandes do Prado G, Amaro E, Conforto A. Short-interval intracortical inhibition is decreased in restless legs syndrome across a range of severity. Sleep Medicine 2019, 62: 34-42. PMID: 31539846, DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.03.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShort-interval intracortical inhibitionRLS/WEDCortical thicknessIntracortical inhibitionRestless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom diseaseRestless legs syndromePrimary motor cortexWillis-Ekbom diseaseCharacteristic curve analysisGray matter thicknessDiscrimination of participantsIdiopathic mildRange of severityLegs syndromeMotor cortexMagnetic resonance imaging dataMild symptomsSurface-based analysisSeverity ScaleCortical areasMagnetic stimulationWhole brainCurve analysisCharacteristic curveSeverityStrategy-dependent modulation of cortical pain circuits for the attenuation of pain
Schulz E, Stankewitz A, Witkovský V, Winkler A, Tracey I. Strategy-dependent modulation of cortical pain circuits for the attenuation of pain. Cortex 2019, 113: 255-266. PMID: 30711854, DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2018.12.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive strategiesBrain activityDifferent cognitive strategiesPain attenuationUnderlying neuronal mechanismsPain-related brain activityVariability of performanceNeuroscientific techniquesNeurofeedback techniquesT fMRIPerception of painBehavioral dataBehavioral studiesTrial levelBrain regionsCortical regionsNeuronal mechanismsCortical feedbackInsular cortexDistractionTaskPain perceptionPotential predispositionAttenuation of painPerception
2017
Calcium channel blockade with nimodipine reverses MRI evidence of cerebral oedema following acute hypoxia
Rowland M, Ezra M, Winkler A, Garry P, Lamb C, Kelly M, Okell T, Westbrook J, Wise R, Douaud G, Pattinson K. Calcium channel blockade with nimodipine reverses MRI evidence of cerebral oedema following acute hypoxia. Cerebrovascular And Brain Metabolism Reviews 2017, 39: 285-301. PMID: 28857714, PMCID: PMC6360646, DOI: 10.1177/0271678x17726624.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsApparent diffusion coefficientAcute hypoxiaAcute cerebral hypoxiaCalcium channel blockadeCalcium channel antagonismSignificant decreaseCalcium channel antagonistsState functional MRIIntracellular calcium fluxBrain responsesGray matter volumeSame brain regionsEffects of hypoxiaCerebral edemaCerebral hypoxiaNeuronal damageMRI evidenceChannel antagonismCytotoxic edemaChannel antagonistsChannel blockadeClinical conditionsMultiparametric MRIMatter volumeWhole brainThe heritability of multi-modal connectivity in human brain activity
Colclough G, Smith S, Nichols T, Winkler A, Sotiropoulos S, Glasser M, Van Essen D, Woolrich M. The heritability of multi-modal connectivity in human brain activity. ELife 2017, 6: e20178. PMID: 28745584, PMCID: PMC5621837, DOI: 10.7554/elife.20178.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingFunctional connectivity profilesNeuronal activityResonance imagingCortical regionsFunctional connectivityFMRI connectivityGenetic factorsConnectivity profilesMagnetoencephalographic recordingsBrain activityCognitive performanceHuman brain activityHuman Connectome ProjectMulti-modal connectivityConnectome ProjectDiseaseAnxiety modulates the relation between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder severity and working memory-related brain activity
van der Meer D, Hoekstra P, van Rooij D, Winkler A, van Ewijk H, Heslenfeld D, Oosterlaan J, Faraone S, Franke B, Buitelaar J, Hartman C. Anxiety modulates the relation between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder severity and working memory-related brain activity. The World Journal Of Biological Psychiatry 2017, 19: 450-460. PMID: 28635543, PMCID: PMC5581282, DOI: 10.1080/15622975.2017.1287952.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAnxietyAnxiety DisordersAttention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityCerebellumChildCognitive DysfunctionCohort StudiesComorbidityCorpus StriatumFemaleFunctional NeuroimagingHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMemory, Short-TermSeverity of Illness IndexThalamusYoung AdultConceptsAttention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderCo-occurring anxietyADHD severityNeural activityMemory taskAttention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder severityMemory-related brain activityPresence of ADHDVisuospatial Working Memory TaskWorking Memory TaskLevel of anxietyVSWM tasksMemory loadHyperactivity disorderTask accuracyPrevious theorisingAnxiety severityBrain activityNeurobiological heterogeneityDisorder severityAnxietyWorse performanceInformation gatingYoung adultsNeural pathways
2016
Investigating resting-state functional connectivity in the cervical spinal cord at 3T
Eippert F, Kong Y, Winkler A, Andersson J, Finsterbusch J, Büchel C, Brooks J, Tracey I. Investigating resting-state functional connectivity in the cervical spinal cord at 3T. NeuroImage 2016, 147: 589-601. PMID: 28027960, PMCID: PMC5315056, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.12.072.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCervical spinal cordSpinal cord injurySpinal cordVentral hornCord injuryResting-state functional connectivityMagnetic resonance imaging studyResting-state connectivityResonance imaging studyFunctional magnetic resonance imaging studyLevel-dependent signalHealthy human participantsNon-human primatesDorsal hornDisease progressionTreatment responseEffects of pathologyNeurological conditionsSpinal segmentsResting-state signalsImaging studiesCordFunctional connectivitySpinal componentsSpontaneous fluctuations