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ArticleJournal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging2021

Matched neurofeedback during fMRI differentially activates reward-related circuits in active and sham groups.

Seyhmus Guler, Alexander L Cohen, Onur Afacan, Simon K Warfield

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Article in Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging, 2021. 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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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Seyhmus GulerDepartment of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, Boston, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7777-2605
Alexander L CohenComputational Radiology Lab, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, Boston, USA.
Onur AfacanComputational Radiology Lab, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, Boston, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2112-3205
Simon K WarfieldComputational Radiology Lab, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, Boston, USA.
Boston University · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Genetic Analysis and Manipulation Core (GAEC)P50HD105351 · NICHD · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI SCOTT Loren POMEROY, MUSTAFA SAHIN · 2021 to 2026
$9.4M
Improved Motion Robust MRI of ChildrenR01EB019483 · NIBIB · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI WARFIELD, SIMON K · 2015 to 2024
$3.9M
MRI Biomarkers of Patients with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex and AutismR01NS079788 · NINDS · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI WARFIELD, SIMON K · 2013 to 2017
$3.6M
The neuroanatomical basis for face processing deficits in autism spectrum disorderK23MH120510 · NIMH · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI COHEN, ALEXANDER LI · 2020 to 2023
$779k
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB019483NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD105351NIMH NIH HHS K23 MH120510NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS079788
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeFunctional MRI neurofeedback (fMRI-nf) leverages the brain's ability to self-regulate its own activity. However, self-regulation processes engaged during fMRI-nf are incompletely understood. Here, we used matched feedback in an fMRI-nf experimental protocol to investigate whether brain processes recognize true neurofeedback signals.

methodsWe implemented an existing fMRI-nf protocol to train lateralized motor activity using a finger-tap task in conjunction with real-time feedback. Twelve healthy, right-handed, adult participants were assigned into age- and sex-matched active and sham study groups. Matched participant pairs received the same visual feedback, based on brain activity of the participant from the active group. We compared group-averaged activation maps before, during, and after neurofeedback, and analyzed changes in lateralized motor activity due to neurofeedback.

resultsActive and sham groups demonstrated different brain activation to the same feedback during neurofeedback. In particular, there was higher activation in visual cortex, secondary somatosensory cortex, and right inferior frontal gyrus in the active group compared to the sham group. Conversely, sham participants demonstrated higher activation in anterior cingulate cortex, left frontal pole, and posterior superior temporal gyrus. Despite differing brain activations during neurofeedback, neither group demonstrated significant improvement in lateralized motor activity from pre to postfeedback scan in the same session. We also observed no significant difference between pre and postfeedback activation maps, suggesting that no significant finger-tap related functional reorganization had occurred.

conclusionsThese findings suggest that fMRI neurofeedback paradigms that monitor or incorporate activity from regions reported here would provide enhanced efficacy for research investigation and clinical intervention.

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NeurofeedbackAdultBrainBrain MappingHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingRewardfMRImatchedneurofeedbackreal-timereward

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PMID34101274
PMCPMC8440351
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