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ArticleBrain connectivity2019

Asymmetric Insular Connectomics Revealed by Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging Analysis of Healthy Brain Development.

Jacob Levman, Zihang Fang, Katarina Zumwalt, Liam Cogger, Lana Vasung, Patrick MacDonald, Ashley Lim, Emi Takahashi

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Article in Brain connectivity, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Intrinsic functional clustering of the macaque insular cortex.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jacob Levman1 Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Zihang Fang1 Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Katarina Zumwalt5 OceanPath Fellow, Coady International Institute, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Canada.
Liam Cogger4 Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Canada.
Lana Vasung1 Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Patrick MacDonald1 Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Ashley Lim1 Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Emi Takahashi1 Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Boston Children's Hospital · USHarvard University · USSt. Francis Xavier University · CA

Funding

Development of Brain Connectivity in Human Fetus, Newborn, and Toddler AgesR01HD078561 · NICHD · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI TAKAHASHI (OKI), EMI · 2014 to 2018
$1.7M
MRI-based biomarkers for regional brain abnormalities in autism spectrum disorder: From newborns to young adultsR21MH118739 · NIMH · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI TAKAHASHI (OKI), EMI · 2018 to 2019
$487k
Aberrant Patterns of Human Brain Connectivity and Gyral StructuresR03NS091587 · NINDS · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI TAKAHASHI (OKI), EMI · 2015 to 2016
$177k
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD078561NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH118739NINDS NIH HHS R03 NS091587
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The insula has been implicated in playing important roles in various brain functions including consciousness, homeostasis, perception, self-awareness, language processing, and interpersonal experience. Abnormalities of the insula have been observed in patients suffering from addiction, deteriorating language function, anorexia, and emotional dysregulation. We analyzed typical development of insular connections in a large-scale pediatric population using 642 magnetic resonance imaging examinations. Interpreting large quantities of acquired data is one of the major challenges in connectomics. This article focuses its analysis on the connectivity observed between the insula and many other regions throughout the brain and performs a hemispheric asymmetry analysis comparing localized connectome measurements. Results demonstrate asymmetries in the pathways connecting the insula to the superior temporal region, pars opercularis, etc. that may be representative of language lateralization in the brain. Results also demonstrate multiple fiber pathways that exhibit hemispheric dominance in tract length and an inverted hemispheric dominance in tract counts, implying the presence of asymmetric lateralization of some of the brain's insular pathways. This study illustrates the investigative potential of performing connectomics-style analyses in a clinical context across a large population of children as part of routine imaging, demonstrating the feasibility of using current technologies to perform regionally focused clinical connectivity studies.

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultAnisotropyBrainCerebral CortexChildChild, PreschoolConnectomeData Interpretation, StatisticalDiffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingFemaleFunctional LateralityHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedInfantMaleasymmetryconnectomicsdiffusionhealthy developmentinsulamagnetic resonance imaging

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PMID30501515
PMCPMC6390666
OpenAlexW2902621341

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