Neuroimaging

Article Neurosciences

A meta-analysis of deep brain structural shape and asymmetry abnormalities in 2,833 individuals with schizophrenia compared with 3,929 healthy volunteers via the ENIGMA Consortium

Boris A. Gutman, Theo G. M. van Erp, Kathryn Alpert, Christopher R. K. Ching, Dmitry Isaev, Anjani Ragothaman, Neda Jahanshad, Arvin Saremi, Artemis Zavaliangos-Petropulu, David C. Glahn, Li Shen, Shan Cong, Dag Alnaes, Ole Andreas Andreassen, Nhat Trung Doan, Lars T. Westlye, Peter Kochunov, Theodore D. Satterthwaite, Daniel H. Wolf, Alexander J. Huang, Charles Kessler, Andrea Weideman, Dana Nguyen, Bryon A. Mueller, Lawrence Faziola, Steven G. Potkin, Adrian Preda, Daniel H. Mathalon, Juan Bustillo, Vince Calhoun, Judith M. Ford, Esther Walton, Stefan Ehrlich, Giuseppe Ducci, Nerisa Banaj, Fabrizio Piras, Federica Piras, Gianfranco Spalletta, Erick J. Canales-Rodriguez, Paola Fuentes-Claramonte, Edith Pomarol-Clotet, Joaquim Radua, Raymond Salvador, Salvador Sarro, Erin W. Dickie, Aristotle Voineskos, Diana Tordesillas-Gutierrez, Benedicto Crespo-Facorro, Esther Setien-Suero, Jacqueline Mayoral van Son, Stefan Borgwardt, Fabienne Schoenborn-Harrisberger, Derek Morris, Gary Donohoe, Laurena Holleran, Dara Cannon, Colm McDonald, Aiden Corvin, Michael Gill, Geraldo Busatto Filho, Pedro G. P. Rosa, Mauricio H. Serpa, Marcus Zanetti, Irina Lebedeva, Vasily Kaleda, Alexander Tomyshev, Tim Crow, Anthony James, Simon Cervenka, Carl M. Sellgren, Helena Fatouros-Bergman, Ingrid Agartz, Fleur Howells, Dan J. Stein, Henk Temmingh, Anne Uhlmann, Greig de Zubicaray, Katie L. McMahon, Margie Wright, Derin Cobia, John G. Csernansky, Paul M. Thompson, Jessica A. Turner, Lei Wang

Summary: Schizophrenia is associated with significant shape differences in subcortical brain structures, specifically more-concave-than-convex shapes in the hippocampus, amygdala, accumbens, and thalamus in individuals with schizophrenia. The study also found exaggerated patterns of asymmetry in schizophrenia patients compared to healthy controls, as well as associations between medication dosage and positive symptom levels with subcortical shape differences. These findings suggest common neural mechanisms may contribute to gray matter reduction in schizophrenia.

HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING (2022)

Article Neurosciences

Using OPM-MEG in contrasting magnetic environments

Ryan M. Hill, Jasen Devasagayam, Niall Holmes, Elena Boto, Vishal Shah, James Osborne, Kristina Safar, Frank Worcester, Christopher Mariani, Eliot Dawson, David Woolger, Richard Bowtell, Margot J. Taylor, Matthew J. Brookes

Summary: Magnetoencephalography (MEG) has been revolutionized by optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs), offering higher sensitivity, better spatial resolution, and lower cost. This study demonstrates the reliability of OPM-MEG data by conducting a cross-site comparison using near identical commercial systems, showing that appropriate field control allows for the deployment of OPM-MEG systems even in city center hospital locations.

NEUROIMAGE (2022)

Article Neurosciences

Interference suppression techniques for OPM-based MEG: Opportunities and challenges

Robert A. Seymour, Nicholas Alexander, Stephanie Mellor, George C. O'Neill, Tim M. Tierney, Gareth R. Barnes, Eleanor A. Maguire

Summary: This article discusses the technical challenges facing magnetoencephalography (MEG) and the strategies for interference suppression and signal processing using optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs).

NEUROIMAGE (2022)

Article Neuroimaging

Aneurysm treatment with the Woven EndoBridge (WEB) device in the combined population of two prospective, multicenter series: 5-year follow-up

Laurent Pierot, Istvan Szikora, Xavier Barreau, Markus Holtmannspoetter, Laurent Spelle, Joachim Klisch, Denis Herbreteau, Vincent Costalat, Jens Fiehler, Anne-Christine Januel, Thomas Liebig, Luc Stockx, Werner Weber, Joachim Berkefeld, Jacques Moret, Andy Molyneux, James Byrne

Summary: Five-year results: The analysis of clinical and anatomical outcomes of Woven EndoBridge (WEB) treatment for intracranial aneurysms in two European combined trial populations (WEBCAST and WEBCAST-2) is reported. The study demonstrates the long-term safety and efficacy of WEB treatment, with good aneurysm occlusion rates and low retreatment rates.

JOURNAL OF NEUROINTERVENTIONAL SURGERY (2023)

Review Neurosciences

ENIGMA brain injury: Framework, challenges, and opportunities

Emily L. Dennis, David Baron, Brenda Bartnik-Olson, Karen Caeyenberghs, Carrie Esopenko, Frank G. Hillary, Kimbra Kenney, Inga K. Koerte, Alexander P. Lin, Andrew R. Mayer, Stefania Mondello, Alexander Olsen, Paul M. Thompson, David F. Tate, Elisabeth A. Wilde

Summary: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of global disability, but predicting patient outcomes is challenging due to the heterogeneous nature of TBI in terms of injury severity and other factors. Neuroimaging research has been limited by small sample sizes, and the development of reliable biomarkers for mild TBI or repeated subconcussive impacts has been slow.

HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING (2022)

Article Neuroimaging

Learning curves for transradial access versus transfemoral access in diagnostic cerebral angiography: a case series

Michael K. Tso, Gary B. Rajah, Rimal H. Dossani, Michael J. Meyer, Matthew J. McPheeters, Kunal Vakharia, Muhammad Waqas, Kenneth Snyder, Elad Levy, Adnan H. Siddiqui, Jason M. Davies

Summary: A comparison of learning curves between transradial and transfemoral diagnostic cerebral angiograms performed by five neurovascular fellows showed higher angiographic efficiency and fewer access-site complications in the transradial group. Proficiency typically required between 25 and 50 diagnostic angiograms to achieve improvement in efficiency.

JOURNAL OF NEUROINTERVENTIONAL SURGERY (2022)

Article Neurosciences

What's new and what's next in diffusion MRI preprocessing

Chantal M. W. Tax, Matteo Bastiani, Jelle Veraart, Eleftherios Garyfallidis, M. Okan Irfanoglu

Summary: This review covers the artifacts and preprocessing steps of diffusion MRI (dMRI), highlighting some previously overlooked or recently addressed issues. It focuses on the advancements made since the Human Connectome Project (HCP) in 2013, including the development of novel strategies, open source tools, reproducible pipelines, databases, simulation tools, and automated quality control frameworks for dMRI preprocessing.

NEUROIMAGE (2022)

Article Neurosciences

Intracranial and subcortical volumes in adolescents withearly-onsetpsychosis: A multisitemega-analysisfrom theENIGMAconsortium

Tiril P. Gurholt, Vera Lonning, Stener Nerland, Kjetil N. Jorgensen, Unn K. Haukvik, Clara Alloza, Celso Arango, Claudia Barth, Carrie E. Bearden, Michael Berk, Hannes Bohman, Orwa Dandash, Covadonga M. Diaz-Caneja, Carl T. Edbom, Theo G. M. van Erp, Anne-Kathrin J. Fett, Sophia Frangou, Benjamin I. Goldstein, Anahit Grigorian, Neda Jahanshad, Anthony C. James, Joost Janssen, Cecilie Johannessen, Katherine H. Karlsgodt, Matthew J. Kempton, Peter Kochunov, Lydia Krabbendam, Marinos Kyriakopoulos, Mathias Lundberg, Bradley J. MacIntosh, Bjorn Rishovd Rund, Runar E. Smelror, Alysha Sultan, Christian K. Tamnes, Sophia I. Thomopoulos, Ariana Vajdi, Kirsten Wedervang-Resell, Anne M. Myhre, Ole A. Andreassen, Paul M. Thompson, Ingrid Agartz

Summary: This study investigated the differences in intracranial and subcortical brain volumes between patients with early-onset psychosis and healthy controls. The findings showed that patients with early-onset psychosis had lower intracranial and hippocampal volumes, and higher caudate and pallidum volumes compared to controls. The study also found that patients currently treated with antipsychotic medication had significantly lower intracranial volume.

HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING (2022)

Article Clinical Neurology

Automated 3D Fetal Brain Segmentation Using an Optimized Deep Learning Approach

L. Zhao, J. D. Asis-Cruz, X. Feng, Y. Wu, K. Kapse, A. Largent, J. Quistorff, C. Lopez, D. Wu, K. Qing, C. Meyer, C. Limperopoulos

Summary: This study developed a deep learning-based automatic fetal brain segmentation method that provides improved accuracy and robustness compared with atlas-based methods. The proposed method showed high consistency with manual segmentation and demonstrated significantly improved performance.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY (2022)

Article Neurosciences

How do substance use disorders compare to other psychiatric conditions on structural brain abnormalities? A cross-disorder meta-analytic comparison using theENIGMAconsortium findings

Xavier Navarri, Mohammad H. Afzali, Jacob Lavoie, Rajita Sinha, Dan J. Stein, Reza Momenan, Dick J. Veltman, Ozlem Korucuoglu, Zsuzsika Sjoerds, Ruth J. van Holst, Rob Hester, Catherine Orr, Janna Cousijn, Murat Yucel, Valentina Lorenzetti, Reinout Wiers, Neda Jahanshad, David C. Glahn, Paul M. Thompson, Scott Mackey, Patricia J. Conrod

Summary: Alcohol use disorder (AUD) and cannabis use disorder (CUD) are associated with significant brain alterations, particularly in subcortical and cortical regions. The brain abnormalities in AUD are comparable to or larger than those found in other psychiatric disorders, while CUD is most strongly related to reduced cortical thickness in the medial orbitofrontal cortex.

HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING (2022)

Article Neuroimaging

Endovascular therapy with or without intravenous thrombolysis in acute stroke with tandem occlusion

Mohammad Anadani, Gaultier Marnat, Arturo Consoli, Panagiotis Papanagiotou, Raul G. Nogueira, Alejandro M. Spiotta, Romain Bourcier, Maeva Kyheng, Julien Labreuche, Adnan H. Siddiqui, Marc Ribo, Adam de Havenon, Urs Fischer, Igor Sibon, Cyril Dargazanli, Caroline Arquizan, Christophe Cognard, Jean Marc Olivot, Rene Anxionnat, Gerard Audibert, Mikael Mazighi, Raphael Blanc, Bertrand Lapergue, Sebastien Richard, Benjamin Gory

Summary: This study compared the treatment effects of EVT alone and EVT plus IVT in patients with acute ischemic stroke due to anterior tandem occlusions. The results showed higher odds of favorable and excellent outcomes, as well as successful reperfusion in the IVT+ group, without a difference in the risk of significant hemorrhagic complications. Secondary analysis also indicated better outcomes with bridging therapy in patients treated with acute cervical internal carotid artery stenting.

JOURNAL OF NEUROINTERVENTIONAL SURGERY (2022)

Article Neurosciences

Patterns of a structural covariance network associated with dispositional optimism during late adolescence

Han Lai, Xiangzhen Kong, Yajun Zhao, Nanfang Pan, Xun Zhang, Min He, Song Wang, Qiyong Gong

Summary: This study investigated the intrinsic neurodevelopmental patterns associated with interindividual differences in optimism and found that optimism was positively related to global and local efficiency in the cortical gyrification covariance network. It was also linked to a pronounced betweenness centrality pattern.

NEUROIMAGE (2022)

Review Neuroimaging

First-line thrombectomy strategy for distal and medium vessel occlusions: a systematic review

Cem Bilgin, Nicole Hardy, Kristen Hutchison, John Michael Pederson, Alexander Mebane, Peace Olaniran, Hassan Kobeissi, Kevin M. Kallmes, David Fiorella, David F. Kallmes, Waleed Brinjikji

Summary: This systematic review confirms that mechanical thrombectomy is a safe and effective treatment option for distal and medium vessel occlusions. Both stent retriever thrombectomy and combined stent retriever thrombectomy with aspiration thrombectomy showed higher recanalization rates and functional independence rates, but they also had higher rates of subarachnoid hemorrhage.

JOURNAL OF NEUROINTERVENTIONAL SURGERY (2023)

Article Neuroimaging

Efficacy and mid-term outcome of middle meningeal artery embolization with or without burr hole evacuation for chronic subdural hematoma compared with burr hole evacuation alone

Christina Onyinzo, Ansgar Berlis, Maria Abel, Manfred Kudernatsch, Christoph J. Maurer

Summary: MMA embolization is a safe and effective minimally invasive adjuvant and/or alternative procedure for the treatment of CSDH, with a reduced recurrence rate. The combined treatment and embolization group had a significantly higher use of antiplatelet/anticoagulant medication compared to the surgery alone group. Patients who received MMA embolization combined with burr hole irrigation showed a trend towards fewer revision surgeries.

JOURNAL OF NEUROINTERVENTIONAL SURGERY (2022)

Article Neuroimaging

Frontline thrombectomy strategy and outcome in acute basilar artery occlusion

Mohamed Abdelrady, Julien Ognard, Federico Cagnazzo, Imad Derraz, Pierre-Henri Lefevre, Carlos Riquelme, Gregory Gascou, Caroline Arquizan, Cyril Dargazanli, Mourad Cheddad El Aouni, Douraied Ben Salem, Isabelle Mourand, Vincent Costalat, Jean Christophe Gentric

Summary: This study compares the safety and efficacy profile of key frontline thrombectomy strategies in basilar artery occlusion (BAO). The results showed that the combined technique effectively contributed to complete revascularization, with a 90-day favorable outcome equivalent to thrombectomy.

JOURNAL OF NEUROINTERVENTIONAL SURGERY (2023)

Review Neurosciences

Neuroimaging studies within Cognitive Genetics Collaborative Research Organization aiming to replicate and extend works of ENIGMA

Daisuke Koshiyama, Kenichiro Miura, Kiyotaka Nemoto, Naohiro Okada, Junya Matsumoto, Masaki Fukunaga, Ryota Hashimoto

Summary: Reproducibility is crucial for generalizing the findings of clinical research, but neuroimaging studies are often characterized by low reproducibility. To address this issue, the international neuroimaging consortium, Enhancing Neuroimaging Genetics through Meta-Analysis (ENIGMA), established standard protocols for imaging analysis and conducted meta- and mega-analyses of psychiatric disorders with large sample sizes. The Cognitive Genetics Collaborative Research Organization (COCORO) in Japan has replicated and expanded upon the work of ENIGMA in the field of neuroimaging studies. Further collaboration between ENIGMA and COCORO will contribute to the generalization of their research findings.

HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING (2022)

Article Neurosciences

Increased functional connectivity between presupplementary motor area and inferior frontal gyrus associated with the ability of motor response inhibition in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Hirofumi Tomiyama, Keitaro Murayama, Kiyotaka Nemoto, Mayumi Tomita, Suguru Hasuzawa, Taro Mizobe, Kenta Kato, Aikana Ohno, Sae Tsuruta, Osamu Togao, Akio Hiwatashi, Tomohiro Nakao

Summary: Recent evidence suggests that the presupplementary motor area (pre-SMA) and inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) play an important role in response inhibition. No study has investigated the relationship between these brain networks at resting-state and response inhibition in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The study found that OCD patients exhibit different associations between the ability of motor response inhibition and the functional connectivity between pre-SMA and IFG, indicating altered functional connectivity may contribute to impaired motor response inhibition in OCD.

HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING (2022)

Review Clinical Neurology

Neuroradiological features of the polymorphous low-grade neuroepithelial tumor of the young: five new cases with a systematic review of the literature

Mariko Kurokawa, Ryo Kurokawa, Aristides A. Capizzano, Akira Baba, Yoshiaki Ota, Emile Pinarbasi, Timothy Johnson, Ashok Srinivasan, Toshio Moritani

Summary: PLNTY typically presents as a calcified, well-defined mass in the supratentorial cortical or subcortical regions. The radiological findings defined here could facilitate the diagnosis of PLNTY.

NEURORADIOLOGY (2022)

Article Neurosciences

Insights into human cerebral white matter maturation and degeneration across the adult lifespan

Matthew Kiely, Curtis Triebswetter, Luis E. Cortina, Zhaoyuan Gong, Maryam H. Alsameen, Richard G. Spencer, Mustapha Bouhrara

Summary: This study evaluated sex and age-related differences in white matter microstructure using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The results showed that myelin content and axonal density in white matter exhibited nonlinear changes with age, and the posterior white matter regions were more preserved from neurodegeneration compared to anterior regions. Additionally, DTI indices were moderately correlated with myelin content, indicating their sensitivity to other constituents of white matter tissue.

NEUROIMAGE (2022)

Article Neurosciences

The role of visual attention in dyslexia: Behavioral and neurobiological evidence

Nikolay Taran, Rola Farah, Mark DiFrancesco, Mekibib Altaye, Jennifer Vannest, Scott Holland, Keri Rosch, Bradley L. Schlaggar, Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus

Summary: This study aimed to investigate the role of visual attention in fluent reading in children with dyslexia and typical readers. The results indicate that visual attention plays an important role in reading comprehension. Typical readers showed stronger functional connectivity, which was associated with higher reading comprehension, while children with dyslexia did not display this pattern. This suggests that children with dyslexia have difficulties in the integration of executive functions, visual attention, and reading-related networks.

HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING (2022)