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ArticleScientific reports2020

Robustness of sex-differences in functional connectivity over time in middle-aged marmosets.

Benjamin C Nephew, Marcelo Febo, Ryan Cali, Kathryn P Workman, Laurellee Payne, Constance M Moore, Jean A King, Agnès Lacreuse

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Benjamin C NephewDepartment of Biology and Biotechnology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, 01609, USA. bcnephew@aol.com.
Marcelo FeboDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA.
Ryan CaliDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01655, USA.
Kathryn P WorkmanPsychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA.
Laurellee PayneCenter for Comparative Neuroimaging, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01655, USA.
Constance M MooreCenter for Comparative Neuroimaging, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01655, USA.
Jean A KingDepartment of Biology and Biotechnology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, 01609, USA.
Agnès LacreusePsychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA.
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · USUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst · USWorcester Polytechnic Institute · USUniversity of Florida · US

Funding

Sex differences in cognitive and brain aging: a primate modelR01AG046266 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI LACREUSE, AGNES · 2014 to 2018
$2.1M
4.7T Magnet System UpgradeS10OD018132 · OD · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI KING, JEAN A · 2014 to 2014
$598k
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG046266NIH HHS S10 OD018132
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nonhuman primates (NHPs) are an essential research model for gaining a comprehensive understanding of the neural mechanisms of neurocognitive aging in our own species. In the present study, we used resting state functional connectivity (rsFC) to investigate the relationship between prefrontal cortical and striatal neural interactions, and cognitive flexibility, in unanaesthetized common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) at two time points during late middle age (8 months apart, similar to a span of 5-6 years in humans). Based on our previous findings, we also determine the reproducibility of connectivity measures over the course of 8 months, particularly previously observed sex differences in rsFC. Male marmosets exhibited remarkably similar patterns of stronger functional connectivity relative to females and greater cognitive flexibility between the two imaging time points. Network analysis revealed that the consistent sex differences in connectivity and related cognitive associations were characterized by greater node strength and/or degree values in several prefrontal, premotor and temporal regions, as well as stronger intra PFC connectivity, in males compared to females. The current study supports the existence of robust sex differences in prefrontal and striatal resting state networks that may contribute to differences in cognitive function and offers insight on the neural systems that may be compromised in cognitive aging and age-related conditions such as mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.

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Sex CharacteristicsAgingAlzheimer DiseaseAnimalsCallithrixCognitionCognitive DysfunctionCorpus StriatumFemaleMaleNeural PathwaysPrefrontal Cortex

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PMID33024242
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