NeuroImagePub Date : 2024-09-06DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120827
{"title":"Neurodevelopmental subtypes of functional brain organization in the ABCD study using a rigorous analytic framework","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120827","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120827","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The current study demonstrates that an individual's resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) is a dependable biomarker for identifying differential patterns of cognitive and emotional functioning during late childhood. Using baseline RSFC data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study, which includes children aged 9–11, we identified four distinct RSFC subtypes. We introduce an integrated methodological pipeline for testing the reliability and importance of these subtypes. In the Identification phase, Leiden Community Detection defined RSFC subtypes, with their reproducibility confirmed through a split-sample technique in the Validation stage. The Evaluation phase showed that distinct cognitive and mental health profiles are associated with each subtype, with the Predictive phase indicating that subtypes better predict various cognitive and mental health characteristics than individual RSFC connections. The Replication stage employed bootstrapping and down-sampling methods to substantiate the reproducibility of these subtypes further. This work allows future explorations of developmental trajectories of these RSFC subtypes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":19299,"journal":{"name":"NeuroImage","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811924003240/pdfft?md5=6a70f1dbad5b800fe9fb829a5307677d&pid=1-s2.0-S1053811924003240-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142154708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NeuroImagePub Date : 2024-09-06DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120841
{"title":"Low-intensity transcranial ultrasound stimulation improves memory behavior in an ADHD rat model by modulating cortical functional network connectivity","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120841","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120841","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Working memory in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is closely related to cortical functional network connectivity (CFNC), such as abnormal connections between the frontal, temporal, occipital cortices and with other brain regions. Low-intensity transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS) has the advantages of non-invasiveness, high spatial resolution, and high penetration depth and can improve ADHD memory behavior. However, how it modulates CFNC in ADHD and the CFNC mechanism that improves working memory behavior in ADHD remain unclear. In this study, we observed working memory impairment in ADHD rats, establishing a corresponding relationship between changes in CFNCs and the behavioral state during the working memory task. Specifically, we noted abnormalities in the information transmission and processing capabilities of CFNC in ADHD rats while performing working memory tasks. These abnormalities manifested in the network integration ability of specific areas, as well as the information flow and functional differentiation of CFNC. Furthermore, our findings indicate that TUS effectively enhances the working memory ability of ADHD rats by modulating information transmission, processing, and integration capabilities, along with adjusting the information flow and functional differentiation of CFNC. Additionally, we explain the CFNC mechanism through which TUS improves working memory in ADHD. In summary, these findings suggest that CFNCs are important in working memory behaviors in ADHD.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":19299,"journal":{"name":"NeuroImage","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811924003380/pdfft?md5=275eaa15f7cde724f2287a0916ae5b57&pid=1-s2.0-S1053811924003380-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142146074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NeuroImagePub Date : 2024-09-05DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120826
{"title":"Automated registration-based skull stripping procedure for feline neuroimaging","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120826","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120826","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Skull stripping is a fundamental preprocessing step in modern neuroimaging analyses that consists of removing non-brain voxels from structural images. When performed entirely manually, this laborious step can be rate-limiting for analyses, with the potential to influence the population size chosen. This emphasizes the need for a fully- or semi-automated masking procedure to decrease man-hours without an associated decline in accuracy. These algorithms are plentiful in human neuroimaging but are relatively lacking for the plethora of animal species used in research. Unfortunately, software designed for humans cannot be easily transformed for animal use due to the high amount of tailoring required to accurately account for the considerable degree of variation within the highly folded human cortex. As most animals have a relatively less complex cerebral morphology, intersubject variability is consequently decreased, presenting the possibility to simply warp the brain mask of a template image into subject space for the purpose of skull stripping. This study presents the use of the Cat Automated Registration-based Skull Stripper (CARSS) tool on feline structural images. Validation metrics revealed that this method was able to perform on par with manual raters on >90 % of scans tested, and that its consistency across multiple runs was superior to that of masking performed by two independent raters. Additionally, CARSS outperformed three well-known skull stripping programs on the validation dataset. Despite a handful of manual interventions required, the presented tool reduced the man-hours required to skull strip 60 feline images over tenfold when compared to a fully manual approach, proving to be invaluable for feline neuroimaging studies, particularly those with large population sizes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":19299,"journal":{"name":"NeuroImage","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811924003239/pdfft?md5=a87488db29a02774326122f3e2038435&pid=1-s2.0-S1053811924003239-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142146072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NeuroImagePub Date : 2024-09-05DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120838
{"title":"Pre-supplementary motor area strengthens reward sensitivity in intertemporal choice","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120838","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120838","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Previous investigations on the causal neural mechanisms underlying intertemporal decision making focused on the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex as neural substrate of cognitive control. However, little is known, about the causal contributions of further parts of the frontoparietal control network to delaying gratification, including the pre-supplementary motor area (pre-SMA) and posterior parietal cortex (PPC). Conflicting previous evidence related pre-SMA and PPC either to evidence accumulation processes, choice biases, or response caution. To disentangle between these alternatives, we combined drift diffusion models of decision making with online transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) over pre-SMA and PPC during an intertemporal decision task. While we observed no robust effects of PPC TMS, perturbation of pre-SMA activity reduced preferences for larger over smaller rewards. A drift diffusion model of decision making suggests that pre-SMA increases the weight assigned to reward magnitudes during the evidence accumulation process without affecting choice biases or response caution. Taken together, the current findings reveal the computational role of the pre-SMA in value-based decision making, showing that pre-SMA promotes choices of larger, costly rewards by strengthening the sensitivity to reward magnitudes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":19299,"journal":{"name":"NeuroImage","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811924003355/pdfft?md5=3cfb3a47d615819fde8350b9f4737a86&pid=1-s2.0-S1053811924003355-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142146075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NeuroImagePub Date : 2024-09-05DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120840
{"title":"A whole-brain analysis of functional connectivity and immediate early gene expression reveals functional network shifts after operant learning","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120840","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120840","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Previous studies of operant learning have addressed neuronal activities and network changes in specific brain areas, such as the striatum, sensorimotor cortex, prefrontal/orbitofrontal cortices, and hippocampus. However, how changes in the whole-brain network are caused by cellular-level changes remains unclear. We, therefore, combined resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rsfMRI) and whole-brain immunohistochemical analysis of early growth response 1 (EGR1), a marker of neural plasticity, to elucidate the temporal and spatial changes in functional networks and underlying cellular processes during operant learning. We used an 11.7-Tesla MRI scanner and whole-brain immunohistochemical analysis of EGR1 in mice during the early and late stages of operant learning. In the operant training, mice received a reward when they pressed left and right buttons alternately, and were punished with a bright light when they made a mistake. A group of mice (<em>n</em> = 22) underwent the first rsfMRI acquisition before behavioral sessions, the second acquisition after 3 training-session-days (early stage), and the third after 21 training-session-days (late stage). Another group of mice (<em>n</em> = 40) was subjected to histological analysis 15 min after the early or late stages of behavioral sessions. Functional connectivity increased between the limbic areas and thalamus or auditory cortex after the early stage of training, and between the motor cortex, sensory cortex, and striatum after the late stage of training. The density of EGR1-immunopositive cells in the motor and sensory cortices increased in both the early and late stages of training, whereas the density in the amygdala increased only in the early stage of training. The subcortical networks centered around the limbic areas that emerged in the early stage have been implicated in rewards, pleasures, and fears. The connectivities between the motor cortex, somatosensory cortex, and striatum that consolidated in the late stage have been implicated in motor learning. Our multimodal longitudinal study successfully revealed temporal shifts in brain regions involved in behavioral learning together with the underlying cellular-level plasticity between these regions. Our study represents a first step towards establishing a new experimental paradigm that combines rsfMRI and immunohistochemistry to link macroscopic and microscopic mechanisms involved in learning.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":19299,"journal":{"name":"NeuroImage","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811924003379/pdfft?md5=42404e2e727f2787404b813d849f9286&pid=1-s2.0-S1053811924003379-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142146071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NeuroImagePub Date : 2024-09-04DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120837
{"title":"Enhanced diversity on connector hubs following sleep deprivation: Evidence from diffusion and functional magnetic resonance imaging","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120837","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120837","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Sleep deprivation has been demonstrated to exert widespread and intricate impacts on the brain network. The human brain network is a modular network composed of interconnected nodes. This network consists of provincial hubs and connector hubs, with provincial hubs having diverse connectivities within their own modules, while connector hubs distribute their connectivities across different modules. The latter is crucial for integrating information from various modules and ensuring the normal functioning of the modular brain. However, there has been a lack of systematic investigation into the impact of sleep deprivation on brain connector hubs. In this study, we utilized functional connectivity from resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging, as well as structural connectivity from diffusion-weighted imaging, to systematically explore the variation of connector hub properties in the cerebral cortex after one night of sleep deprivation. The normalized participation coefficients (PCnorm) were utilized to identify connector hubs. In both the functional and structural networks, connector hubs exhibited a significant increase in average PCnorm, indicating the diversity enhancement of the connector hub following sleep deprivation. This enhancement is associated with increased network cost, reduced modularity, and decreased small-worldness, but enhanced global efficiency. This may potentially signify a compensatory mechanism within the brain following sleep deprivation. The significantly affected connector hubs were primarily observed in both the Control Network and Salience Network. We believe that the observed results reflect the increasing demand on the brain to invest more effort at preventing performance deterioration after sleep loss, in exchange for increased communication efficiency, especially involving systems responsible for neural resource allocation and cognitive control. These results have been replicated in an independent dataset. In conclusion, this study has enhanced our understanding of the compensatory mechanism in the brain response to sleep deprivation. This compensation is characterized by an enhancement in the connector hubs responsible for inter-modular communication, especially those related to neural resource and cognitive control. As a result, this compensation comes with a higher network cost but leads to an improvement in global communication efficiency, akin to a more random-like network manner.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":19299,"journal":{"name":"NeuroImage","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811924003343/pdfft?md5=d6c6c1478c0783bcad96a8654e349209&pid=1-s2.0-S1053811924003343-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142146073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NeuroImagePub Date : 2024-09-03DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120834
{"title":"Resting-state functional connectivity involved in tactile orientation processing","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120834","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120834","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Grating orientation discrimination (GOD) is commonly used to assess somatosensory spatial processing. It allows discrimination between parallel and orthogonal orientations of tactile stimuli applied to the fingertip. Despite its widespread application, the underlying mechanisms of GOD, particularly the role of cortico-cortical interactions and local brain activity in this process, remain elusive. Therefore, we aimed to investigate how a specific cortico-cortical network and inhibitory circuits within the primary somatosensory cortex (S1) and secondary somatosensory cortex (S2) contribute to GOD.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>In total, 51 healthy young adults were included in our study. We recorded resting-state magnetoencephalography (MEG) and somatosensory-evoked magnetic field (SEF) in participants with open eyes. We converted the data into a source space based on individual structural magnetic resonance imaging. Next, we estimated S1- and S2-seed resting-state functional connectivity (rs-FC) at the alpha and beta bands through resting-state MEG using the amplitude envelope correlation method across the entire brain (i.e., S1/S2-seeds × 15,000 vertices × two frequencies). We assessed the inhibitory response in the S1 and S2 from SEFs using a paired-pulse paradigm. We automatically measured the GOD task in parallel and orthogonal orientations to the index finger, applying various groove widths with a custom-made device.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>We observed a specific association between the GOD threshold (all <em>P</em> < 0.048) and the alpha rs-FC in the S1–superior parietal lobule and S1–adjacent to the parieto-occipital sulcus (i.e., lower rs-FC values corresponded to higher performance). In contrast, no association was observed between the local responses and the threshold.</p></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><p>The results of this study underpin the significance of specific cortico-cortical networks in recognizing variations in tactile stimuli.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":19299,"journal":{"name":"NeuroImage","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811924003318/pdfft?md5=2eb46cd5d88e86abd2f7af69ccf72f6a&pid=1-s2.0-S1053811924003318-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142140673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NeuroImagePub Date : 2024-09-03DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120833
{"title":"Morning resting hypothalamus-dorsal striatum connectivity predicts individual differences in diurnal sleepiness accumulation","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120833","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120833","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>While the significance of obtaining restful sleep at night and maintaining daytime alertness is well recognized for human performance and overall well-being, substantial variations exist in the development of sleepiness during diurnal waking periods. Despite the established roles of the hypothalamus and striatum in sleep-wake regulation, the specific contributions of this neural circuit in regulating individual sleep homeostasis remain elusive. This study utilized resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and mathematical modeling to investigate the role of hypothalamus-striatum connectivity in subjective sleepiness variation in a cohort of 71 healthy adults under strictly controlled in-laboratory conditions. Mathematical modeling results revealed remarkable individual differences in subjective sleepiness accumulation patterns measured by the Karolinska Sleepiness Scale (KSS). Brain imaging data demonstrated that morning hypothalamic connectivity to the dorsal striatum significantly predicts the individual accumulation of subjective sleepiness from morning to evening, while no such correlation was observed for the hypothalamus-ventral striatum connectivity. These findings underscore the distinct roles of hypothalamic connectivity to the dorsal and ventral striatum in individual sleep homeostasis, suggesting that hypothalamus-dorsal striatum circuit may be a promising target for interventions mitigating excessive sleepiness and promoting alertness.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":19299,"journal":{"name":"NeuroImage","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811924003306/pdfft?md5=744904aa89fd11c5e907aece831f3a9f&pid=1-s2.0-S1053811924003306-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142133375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NeuroImagePub Date : 2024-09-03DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120832
{"title":"Differential activation of lateral parabrachial nuclei and their limbic projections during head compared with body pain: A 7-Tesla functional magnetic resonance imaging study","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120832","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120832","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Pain is a complex experience that involves sensory, emotional, and motivational components. It has been suggested that pain arising from the head and orofacial regions evokes stronger emotional responses than pain from the body. Indeed, recent work in rodents reports different patterns of activation in ascending pain pathways during noxious stimulation of the skin of the face when compared to noxious stimulation of the body. Such differences may dictate different activation patterns in higher brain regions, specifically in those areas processing the affective component of pain. We aimed to use ultra-high field functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI at 7-Tesla) to determine whether noxious thermal stimuli applied to the surface of the face and body evoke differential activation patterns within the ascending pain pathway in awake humans (n=16). Compared to the body, noxious heat stimulation to the face evoked more widespread signal changes in prefrontal cortical regions and numerous brainstem and subcortical limbic areas. Moreover, facial pain evoked significantly different signal changes in the lateral parabrachial nucleus, substantia nigra, paraventricular hypothalamus, and paraventricular thalamus, to those evoked by body pain. These results are consistent with recent preclinical findings of differential activation in the brainstem and subcortical limbic nuclei and associated cortices during cutaneous pain of the face when compared with the body. The findings suggest one potential mechanism by which facial pain could evoke a greater emotional impact than that evoked by body pain.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":19299,"journal":{"name":"NeuroImage","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105381192400329X/pdfft?md5=10ba944a641b2202f5959b61c22f979b&pid=1-s2.0-S105381192400329X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142140672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NeuroImagePub Date : 2024-09-02DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120829
{"title":"Topographical metal burden correlates with brain atrophy and clinical severity in Wilson's disease","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120829","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120829","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) is a post-processing technique that creates brain susceptibility maps reflecting metal burden through tissue magnetic susceptibility. We assessed topographic differences in magnetic susceptibility between participants with and without Wilson's disease (WD), correlating these findings with clinical severity, brain volume, and biofluid copper and iron indices.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A total of 43 patients with WD and 20 unaffected controls, were recruited. QSM images were derived from a 3T MRI scanner. Clinical severity was defined using the minimal Unified Wilson's Disease Rating Scale (M-UWDRS) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment scoring. Differences in magnetic susceptibilities between groups were evaluated using general linear regression models, adjusting for age and sex. Correlations between the susceptibilities and clinical scores were analyzed using Spearman's method.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>In age- and sex-adjusted analyses, magnetic susceptibility values were increased in WD patients compared with controls, including caudate nucleus, putamen, globus pallidus, and substantia nigra (all <em>p</em> < 0.01). Putaminal susceptibility was greater with an initial neuropsychiatric presentation (<em>n</em> = 25) than with initial hepatic dysfunction (<em>n</em> = 18; <em>p</em> = 0.04). Susceptibility changes correlated negatively with regional brain volume in almost all topographic regions. Serum ferritin, but not serum copper or ceruloplasmin, correlated positively with magnetic susceptibility level in the caudate nucleus (<em>p</em> = 0.04), putamen (<em>p</em> = 0.04) and the hippocampus (<em>p</em> = 0.03). The dominance of magnetic susceptibility in cortical over subcortical regions correlated with M-UWDRS scores (<em>p</em> < 0.01).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>The magnetic susceptibility changes could serve as a surrogate marker for patients with WD.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":19299,"journal":{"name":"NeuroImage","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811924003264/pdfft?md5=5c17e63653a61c54a8ac8409f31916ee&pid=1-s2.0-S1053811924003264-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142129561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}