{"title":"Sex differences in structural and functional connectivity in healthy young adults from the Amsterdam Open MRI Collection.","authors":"Xiaojian Kang, Maheen M Adamson, Byung C Yoon","doi":"10.1007/s00429-025-02965-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00429-025-02965-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Understanding the structural and functional differences in the brain between sexes may provide insight into the sex differences in behaviors, cognition, and disorders. Structural (SC) and functional (FC) connectivity were examined in this study on 111 (Females = 56) right-handed, healthy, young adults controlled for brain size, using the cluster and region-of-interest (ROI) based algorithms. A nearly moderate correlation between SC and FC was observed for both male and female cohorts, but the degree of correlation was not significantly different between the sexes. Sex differences in SC were found in both intra- and inter-hemispheric clusters and connections, with more differences in the left hemisphere. Compared to males, females were found to have anatomical parcels with higher SC in the left hemisphere involving the language network. Females were also found to have anatomical parcels with higher FC than males in the left hemisphere, including connections to the somatomotor and default mode networks, and lower FC distributed symmetrically between the two hemispheres. These findings highlight the sex differences in the brain structure and function in healthy, young adult populations that may underly behavioral and cognitive differences, including language processing and somatomotor perception.</p>","PeriodicalId":9145,"journal":{"name":"Brain Structure & Function","volume":"230 6","pages":"98"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144301146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The bibliography of Rudolf Nieuwenhuys.","authors":"Suzanne Bakker","doi":"10.1007/s00429-025-02954-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00429-025-02954-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This comprehensive bibliography of Rudolf Nieuwenhuys's publications accompanies the multi-authored eulogy: Rudolf Nieuwenhuys (11 June 1927-4 November 2024): a scholarly life (Bakker et al. 2025, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-025-02953-1 ). In that article, the sections \"Seventy Years of Comparative Neuroanatomy\" by Hans ten Donkelaar and \"Towards a New Neuromorphology\" by Luis Puelles provide a description of the broad scientific interests of Rudolf. His legacy to the neuroscience community becomes further apparent in this bibliography, a condensed representation of his scientific endeavors.</p>","PeriodicalId":9145,"journal":{"name":"Brain Structure & Function","volume":"230 6","pages":"102"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144309520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eric Sobierajski, Miriam González-Gómez, Emilio González-Arnay, Petra Wahle, Gundela Meyer
{"title":"Developmental changes of Reelin-expressing cell populations in the marginal zone of the neocortex of the European wild boar, Sus scrofa.","authors":"Eric Sobierajski, Miriam González-Gómez, Emilio González-Arnay, Petra Wahle, Gundela Meyer","doi":"10.1007/s00429-025-02958-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00429-025-02958-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cortical Cajal-Retzius cells (CRc) are the main source of Reelin and essential for radial migration. We studied the development of cells expressing Reelin, Tbr1, p73 and calretinin in pig neocortex from E35 to P30. CRc originated around E35 from the cortical hem and filled the marginal zone (MZ). At E45, in an expanding cortex, CRc were more loosely arranged and more mature. At midgestation E60-E70, CRc with elongated horizontally oriented somata and long dendrites formed a dense network of processes in the upper MZ. Their axons were characterized by the presence of long axon initial segments and densely ramified in the lower MZ. Concurrently, the first GAD-positive/Reelin-positive as well as GAD-positive/Reelin-negative interneurons appeared in the MZ and in cortical layers. At E85, in an already highly gyrated cortex, the switch in Reelin-positive neuronal populations was largely completed. At E100 and P30, CRc were rare. A subpial granular layer was not detectable in pig. In sum, by form, distribution and the presence of a calretinin-positive axon plexus in the lower MZ, the pig CRc closely resembled the lagomorph and carnivore rather than the human morphotypes, and they become complemented by interneurons already after midgestation.</p>","PeriodicalId":9145,"journal":{"name":"Brain Structure & Function","volume":"230 6","pages":"96"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12159104/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144265250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Silvio Sarubbo, Fracesco Vergani, Joseph Yuan-Mou Yang
{"title":"Tractography in brain tumor surgery: current clinical impact and future challenges.","authors":"Silvio Sarubbo, Fracesco Vergani, Joseph Yuan-Mou Yang","doi":"10.1007/s00429-025-02956-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00429-025-02956-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Over the past two decades, surgical treatment of intrinsic brain tumors has shifted towards maximizing resection while preserving cognitive and functional abilities. Tractography plays a key role in neurosurgical planning by mapping patient-specific white matter anatomy, enhancing surgical safety. However, did you know its standalone use is limited by methodological challenges, particularly in tumor cases? Future research should focus on standardizing tractography methods, integrating advanced neuroimaging, and validating its role with intraoperative mapping to optimize surgical outcomes. Such unified approach will set the foundation to help fully harness tractography's potential to enhance surgical outcomes and as a valuable training and education tool for future neurosurgeons.</p>","PeriodicalId":9145,"journal":{"name":"Brain Structure & Function","volume":"230 6","pages":"93"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144257359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrea Vaquero-Rodríguez, Jone Razquin, Ane Murueta-Goyena, Cristina Miguelez, José Ángel Ruíz-Ortega, José Vicente Lafuente, Harkaitz Bengoetxea, Naiara Ortuzar
{"title":"Temporal progression of pathological features in an α-synuclein overexpression model of Parkinson's disease.","authors":"Andrea Vaquero-Rodríguez, Jone Razquin, Ane Murueta-Goyena, Cristina Miguelez, José Ángel Ruíz-Ortega, José Vicente Lafuente, Harkaitz Bengoetxea, Naiara Ortuzar","doi":"10.1007/s00429-025-02959-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00429-025-02959-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder, affecting 1-5% of individuals over 60, with a higher incidence in men. It is clinically characterized by progressive motor impairments, including rigidity, bradykinesia, tremors, and gait disturbances. The neuropathological hallmark of PD is the aggregation of α-synuclein (α-syn) into Lewy bodies (LB) and neurites (LN). Although α-syn plays essential physiological roles, its misfolding and accumulation drive neurodegeneration. In this study, we investigated the temporal progression and anatomical distribution of α-syn pathology using a bilateral adeno-associated virus serotype-9 (AAV9)-mediated α-syn overexpression model in rats. Disease-related features were analyzed at one, two and four months post-injection. Neuronal α-syn overexpression was confirmed as it co-localized predominantly with tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-positive neurons, distinctly separate from glial markers. Behavioral assessment, immunofluorescence assays, stereological quantification, and optical densitometry revealed progressive motor impairments, dopaminergic neuronal loss in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc), and decreased TH + fibers in the striatum and dendrites of the substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNpr). These changes were accompanied by increased microglial activation. Furthermore, axonal swellings in the striatum increased progressively over time, correlating with reductions in striatal TH optical density. By characterizing the temporal dynamics of α-syn-induced pathology, this study underscores the model's relevance for PD research and highlights critical time windows for evaluating therapeutic interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":9145,"journal":{"name":"Brain Structure & Function","volume":"230 6","pages":"91"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12149260/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144246378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Suzanne Bakker, Hans J Ten Donkelaar, Jan Voogd, Charles Nicholson, Lawrence H Bannister, Loreta Medina, Ester Desfilis, Mario F Wullimann, Johannes Meek, Luis Puelles, Cees A J Broere, Robert Turner, Leonardo Cerliani, Matthew F Glasser
{"title":"Rudolf Nieuwenhuys (11 June 1927-4 November 2024): a scholarly life.","authors":"Suzanne Bakker, Hans J Ten Donkelaar, Jan Voogd, Charles Nicholson, Lawrence H Bannister, Loreta Medina, Ester Desfilis, Mario F Wullimann, Johannes Meek, Luis Puelles, Cees A J Broere, Robert Turner, Leonardo Cerliani, Matthew F Glasser","doi":"10.1007/s00429-025-02953-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00429-025-02953-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This collective eulogy by colleagues, co-authors and friends is a tribute to the work and life of Rudolf Nieuwenhuys. 'Neurofascination' is an apt label for his scholarly life in the sciences from the start in 1955 until his last days in 2024. In addition, he had a broad interest in Roman and Gothic architecture, the history and politics of the twentieth century, religion and the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Extensive discussions on one or more of these topics often led to long-lasting friendships, some of which inform the following pages. Rudolf is remembered for his highly didactical and remarkably illustrated presentations and publications, including the three-volume The Central Nervous System of Vertebrates and the four editions of The Human Central Nervous System. His research interests addressed an impressively wide range of topics concerning development and evolutionary neurobiology and a systematic approach to comparative brain structures in vertebrates. His almost endless fascination for neuromorphology included the invertebrates as well. But unfortunately, even his long life was not enough to write the book on the comparative neuroanatomy of invertebrates which he long had in mind. The many years of his career spanned the remarkable histology of the gigantocerebellum of mormyrids to an exploratory synthesis of subdivisions of the human cortex, as originally mapped by the Vogt-Vogt school of cortical architectonics.</p>","PeriodicalId":9145,"journal":{"name":"Brain Structure & Function","volume":"230 6","pages":"90"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144246377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Renate Schweizer, Anna Marie Muellen, Julius Stropel
{"title":"The deep winding at the brain surface: replicating a historical report associating the 'bridged' central sulcus with the pli de passage fronto-pariétal moyen.","authors":"Renate Schweizer, Anna Marie Muellen, Julius Stropel","doi":"10.1007/s00429-025-02947-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00429-025-02947-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9145,"journal":{"name":"Brain Structure & Function","volume":"230 6","pages":"87"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12144068/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144233201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quantitative tractography: joys and sorrows.","authors":"Alessandro Daducci, Simona Schiavi","doi":"10.1007/s00429-025-02939-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00429-025-02939-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Quantitative tractography is the term used to indicate informing the estimation of the major axonal pathways of the brain from diffusion MRI with microstructural information (such as volume, myelin, axonal densities, etc.) to deliver veridical and biologically meaningful connectomes. The literature is replete with studies showing promising results obtained with such methods; however, did you know that these methods also have some subtle pitfalls that aren't immediately apparent but, if neglected, could result in incorrect or biased conclusions? This brief paper provides an overview of such pitfalls and solutions to mitigate them.</p>","PeriodicalId":9145,"journal":{"name":"Brain Structure & Function","volume":"230 6","pages":"88"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144233200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dogu Baran Aydogan, Alexander Leemans, Jessica Dubois, Flavio Dell'Acqua, Chiara Maffei
{"title":"DTI-based fiber tractography: why not?","authors":"Dogu Baran Aydogan, Alexander Leemans, Jessica Dubois, Flavio Dell'Acqua, Chiara Maffei","doi":"10.1007/s00429-025-02960-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00429-025-02960-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) has been fundamental in enabling the noninvasive exploration of the brain white matter architecture. However, the use of DTI for tractography remains challenging due to the known limitations of the tensor model in capturing complex fiber configurations. This short communication summarizes the key points of a debate held at the 2024 Tract-Anat Retreat sparked by the provocative statement: \"it is never acceptable to use DTI for tractography\". While we identified the advantages of moving towards more advanced orientation models that can provide more complete and accurate reconstructions of white matter pathways, we also highlighted the valuable contribution DTI-based tractography can make in clinical contexts, or when investigating simpler fiber architectures. These perspectives underscore the importance of the specific application when evaluating whether it is acceptable or not to use the tensor model for tractography.</p>","PeriodicalId":9145,"journal":{"name":"Brain Structure & Function","volume":"230 6","pages":"84"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144224319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}