In motor functional neurological disorders (mFND), relationships between interoception (a construct of high theoretical relevance to its pathophysiology) and neuroanatomy have not been previously investigated. This study characterized white matter in mFND patients compared to healthy controls (HCs), and investigated associations between fiber bundle integrity and cardiac interoception. Voxel-based analysis and tractography quantified fractional anisotropy (FA) in 38 mFND patients compared to 38 HCs. Secondary analyses compared functional seizures (FND-seiz; n = 21) or functional movement disorders (n = 17) to HCs. Network lesion mapping identified gray matter origins of implicated fiber bundles. Within-group mFND analyses investigated relationships between FA, heartbeat tracking accuracy and interoceptive trait prediction error (discrepancies between interoceptive accuracy and self-reported bodily awareness). Results were corrected for multiple comparisons, and all findings were adjusted for depression and trait anxiety. mFND and HCs did not show any between-group interoceptive accuracy or FA differences. However, the FND-seiz subgroup compared to HCs showed decreased integrity in right-lateralized tracts: extreme capsule/inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus, arcuate fasciculus, inferior longitudinal fasciculus, and thalamic/striatum to occipital cortex projections. These alterations originated predominantly from the right temporoparietal junction and inferior temporal gyrus. In mFND patients, individual differences in interoceptive accuracy and interoceptive trait prediction error correlated with fiber bundle integrity originating from the insula, temporoparietal junction, putamen and thalamus among other regions. In this first study investigating brain-interoception relationships in mFND, individual differences in interoceptive accuracy and trait prediction error mapped onto multimodal integration-related fiber bundles. Right-lateralized limbic and associative tract disruptions distinguished FND-seiz from HCs.

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• bílá hmota * diagnostické zobrazování   patologie   patofyziologie   MeSH
• biologická variabilita populace fyziologie   MeSH
• dospělí MeSH
• interocepce fyziologie   MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mladý dospělý MeSH
• mozková kůra MeSH
• pohybové poruchy * diagnostické zobrazování   patologie   patofyziologie   MeSH
• psychologická anticipace fyziologie   MeSH
• šedá hmota * diagnostické zobrazování   patologie   patofyziologie   MeSH
• srdeční frekvence fyziologie   MeSH
• zobrazování difuzních tenzorů * MeSH
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• dospělí MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mladý dospělý MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural MeSH

INTRODUCTION: Hypokinetic dysarthria (HD) is common in Parkinson's disease (PD). Our objective was to evaluate articulatory networks and their reorganization due to PD pathology in individuals without overt speech impairment using a multimodal MRI protocol and acoustic analysis of speech. METHODS: A total of 34 PD patients with no subjective HD complaints and 25 age-matched healthy controls (HC) underwent speech task recordings, structural MRI, and reading task-induced and resting-state fMRI. Grey matter probability maps, task-induced activations, and resting-state functional connectivity within the regions engaged in speech production (ROIs) were assessed and compared between groups. Correlation with acoustic parameters was also performed. RESULTS: PD patients as compared Tto HC displayed temporal decreases in speech loudness which were related to BOLD signal increases in the right-sided regions of the dorsal language pathway/articulatory network. Among those regions, activation of the right anterior cingulate was increased in PD as compared to HC. We also found bilateral posterior superior temporal gyrus (STG) GM loss in PD as compared to HC that was strongly associated with diadochokinetic (DDK) irregularity in the PD group. Task-induced activations of the left STG were increased in PD as compared to HC and were related to the DDK rate control. CONCLUSIONS: The results provide insight into the neural correlates of speech production control and distinct articulatory network reorganization in PD apparent already in patients without subjective speech impairment.

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• akustika řeči * MeSH
• dysartrie * diagnóza   etiologie   patologie   patofyziologie   MeSH
• konektom * MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• magnetická rezonanční tomografie * MeSH
• multimodální zobrazování MeSH
• nervová síť * diagnostické zobrazování   patologie   patofyziologie   MeSH
• Parkinsonova nemoc * komplikace   diagnostické zobrazování   patologie   patofyziologie   MeSH
• šedá hmota * diagnostické zobrazování   patologie   patofyziologie   MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• spánkový lalok * diagnostické zobrazování   patologie   patofyziologie   MeSH
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• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH

OBJECTIVE: The clinical diagnosis of corticobasal syndrome (CBS) represents a challenge for physicians and reliable diagnostic imaging biomarkers would support the diagnostic work-up. We aimed to investigate the neural signatures of CBS using multimodal T1-weighted and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS: Nineteen patients with CBS (age 67.0 ± 6.0 years; mean±SD) and 19 matched controls (66.5 ± 6.0) were enrolled from the German Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration Consortium. Changes in functional connectivity and structure were respectively assessed with eigenvector centrality mapping complemented by seed-based analysis and with voxel-based morphometry. In addition to mass-univariate statistics, multivariate support vector machine (SVM) classification tested the potential of multimodal MRI to differentiate patients and controls. External validity of SVM was assessed on independent CBS data from the 4RTNI database. RESULTS: A decrease in brain interconnectedness was observed in the right central operculum, middle temporal gyrus and posterior insula, while widespread connectivity increases were found in the anterior cingulum, medial superior-frontal gyrus and in the bilateral caudate nuclei. Severe and diffuse gray matter volume reduction, especially in the bilateral insula, putamen and thalamus, characterized CBS. SVM classification revealed that both connectivity (area under the curve 0.81) and structural abnormalities (0.80) distinguished CBS from controls, while their combination led to statistically non-significant improvement in discrimination power, questioning the additional value of functional connectivity over atrophy. SVM analyses based on structural MRI generalized moderately well to new data, which was decisively improved when guided by meta-analytically derived disease-specific regions-of-interest. CONCLUSIONS: Our data-driven results show impairment of functional connectivity and brain structure in CBS and explore their potential as imaging biomarkers.

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• konektom metody   MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• magnetická rezonanční tomografie * MeSH
• mozková kůra diagnostické zobrazování   patologie   patofyziologie   MeSH
• multimodální zobrazování MeSH
• nemoci bazálních ganglií diagnostické zobrazování   patologie   patofyziologie   MeSH
• nervová síť diagnostické zobrazování   patologie   patofyziologie   MeSH
• neurozobrazování metody   MeSH
• šedá hmota diagnostické zobrazování   patologie   patofyziologie   MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• support vector machine * MeSH
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• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural MeSH

Různé vyšetřovací modality magnetické rezonance (MR) prokázaly v mnoha publikovaných studiích morfologické i funkční změny v mozkové tkáni u osob se schizofrenií (SZ). Volumetrickými metodami byly popsány atrofické změny některých oblastí šedé hmoty, pomocí metody zobrazení difuzního tenzoru především pokles hodnot frakční anizotropie bílé hmoty. Tyto změny jsou obecně mírného stupně, široké distribuce a v čase pravděpodobně progredují. Při resting-state funkční magnetické rezonanci byly opakovaně nalezeny významné změny konektivity jednotlivých funkčních center mozku. Vesměs jsou MR nálezy kompatibilní s upřednostňovanou teorií o poruše konektivity mozku u schizofrenie. Mezi výsledky dosud publikovaných studií panuje ovšem velmi značná variabilita, která má více příčin. K těm nejvýznamnějším řadíme nejednotnost v metodice prováděných studií, metodologické a technické limitace MR, malé počty subjektů ve většině publikovaných studií, výraznou heterogenitu psychických a potažmo strukturálních změn u nemocných se schizofrenií, dobu trvání manifestního onemocnění (první ataka versus chronické stadium), možný vliv medikace, toxických a návykových látek na strukturální a funkční změny mozku atd. Má-li magnetická rezonance najít pevné klinické uplatnění v diagnostice schizofrenie, bude potřeba rozsáhlých multicentrických studií s klinicky homogenními skupinami probandů a jednotnou metodikou. V článku jsou shrnuty dosavadní znalosti o strukturálních a funkčních změnách mozku u schizofrenie.

Structural and functional cerebral changes in subjects suffering from schizophrenia (SZ) were proven by means of several modalities of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) according to the results of numerous studies. Atrophic changes were reported by using volumetric methods, microstructural changes of white matter were described by diffusion tensor imaging. These changes are of mild degree yet likely of widespread distribution and progressing over time. Extensive changes of connectivity were observed by resting-state functional MRI. MRI findings are generally compatible with currently preferred hypothesis of cerebral dysconnectivity in SZ. The published results show considerable degree of variability which can be explained by many reasons. Those of the highest importance are: different methodology, technical MRI limitations, low number of subjects included, high heterogeneity and variability of symptoms of the disease, variable duration of symptoms (first episode versus chronic illness), effects of medication, abuse of toxic substances etc. Before MRI can be utilized for diagnosing SZ in the clinical settings, more comprehensive multi-centric studies of homogenous cohorts with unified methodology are needed. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge of structural and functional cerebral changes in schizophrenia.

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• chronická nemoc MeSH
• klinická studie jako téma MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• magnetická rezonanční tomografie * MeSH
• metaanalýza jako téma MeSH
• mozek * patofyziologie   MeSH
• neurozobrazování * metody   MeSH
• rozpoznávání automatizované MeSH
• schizofrenie * diagnóza   patofyziologie   MeSH
• šedá hmota patofyziologie   MeSH
• zobrazování difuzních tenzorů metody   MeSH
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• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• přehledy MeSH

Déjà vu (DV) is an eerie phenomenon experienced frequently as an aura of temporal lobe epilepsy, but also reported commonly by healthy individuals. The former pathological manifestation appears to result from aberrant neural activity among brain structures within the medial temporal lobes. Recent studies also implicate medial temporal brain structures in the non-pathological experience of DV, but as one element of a diffuse neuroanatomical correlate; it remains to be seen if neural activity among the medial temporal lobes also underlies this benign manifestation. The present study set out to investigate this. Due to its unpredictable and infrequent occurrence, however, non-pathological DV does not lend itself easily to functional neuroimaging. Instead, we draw on research showing that brain structure covaries among regions that interact frequently as nodes of functional networks. Specifically, we assessed whether grey-matter covariance among structures implicated in non-pathological DV differs according to the frequency with which the phenomenon is experienced. This revealed two diverging patterns of structural covariation: Among the first, comprised primarily of medial temporal structures and the caudate, grey-matter volume becomes more positively correlated with higher frequency of DV experience. The second pattern encompasses medial and lateral temporal structures, among which greater DV frequency is associated with more negatively correlated grey matter. Using a meta-analytic method of co-activation mapping, we demonstrate a higher probability of functional interactions among brain structures constituting the former pattern, particularly during memory-related processes. Our findings suggest that altered neural signalling within memory-related medial temporal brain structures underlies both pathological and non-pathological DV.

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• databáze jako téma MeSH
• déja vu * MeSH
• dospělí MeSH
• epilepsie temporálního laloku diagnostické zobrazování   patofyziologie   psychologie   MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• magnetická rezonanční tomografie MeSH
• mapování mozku metody   MeSH
• metaanalýza jako téma MeSH
• metoda nejmenších čtverců MeSH
• mladý dospělý MeSH
• nervové dráhy diagnostické zobrazování   fyziologie   patofyziologie   MeSH
• nucleus caudatus diagnostické zobrazování   fyziologie   patofyziologie   MeSH
• šedá hmota diagnostické zobrazování   fyziologie   patofyziologie   MeSH
• spánkový lalok diagnostické zobrazování   fyziologie   patofyziologie   MeSH
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• dospělí MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mladý dospělý MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH

BACKGROUND: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a promising tool to study and modulate brain plasticity. OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to investigate the effects of rTMS on cognitive functions in patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease (MCI/AD) and assess the effect of gray matter (GM) atrophy on stimulation outcomes. METHODS: Twenty MCI/AD patients participated in the proof-of-concept controlled study. Each patient received three sessions of 10 Hz rTMS of the right inferior frontal gyrus (IFG), the right superior temporal gyrus (STG), and the vertex (VTX, a control stimulation site) in a randomized order. Cognitive functions were tested prior to and immediately after each session. The GM volumetric data of patients were: 1) compared to healthy controls (HC) using source-based morphometry; 2) correlated with rTMS-induced cognitive improvement. RESULTS: The effect of the stimulated site on the difference in cognitive scores was statistically significant for the Word part of the Stroop test (ST-W, p = 0.012, linear mixed models). As compared to the VTX stimulation, patients significantly improved after both IFG and STG stimulation in this cognitive measure. MCI/AD patients had significant GM atrophy in characteristic brain regions as compared to HC (p = 0.029, Bonferroni corrected). The amount of atrophy correlated with the change in ST-W scores after rTMS of the STG. CONCLUSION: rTMS enhanced cognitive functions in MCI/AD patients. We demonstrated for the first time that distinct pattern of GM atrophy in MCI/AD diminishes the cognitive effects induced by rTMS of the temporal neocortex.

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• Alzheimerova nemoc komplikace   MeSH
• analýza rozptylu MeSH
• kognitivní poruchy * etiologie   patologie   terapie   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mozková kůra fyziologie   MeSH
• neuropsychologické testy MeSH
• psychiatrické posuzovací škály MeSH
• šedá hmota patologie   patofyziologie   MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• transkraniální magnetická stimulace metody   MeSH
• výsledek terapie MeSH
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• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH