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ArticleHuman brain mapping2023

Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging connectome features are predictive of functional lateralization of semantic processing in the anterior temporal lobes.

Felix Zahnert, Gunter Kräling, Leander Melms, Marcus Belke, Urs Kleinholdermann, Lars Timmermann, Martin Hirsch, Andreas Jansen, Peter Mross, Katja Menzler and 2 more

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Article in Human brain mapping, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Felix ZahnertEpilepsy Center Hesse, Department for Neurology, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0366-6724
Gunter KrälingDepartment of Medical Technology, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Leander MelmsInstitute for Artificial Intelligence, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Marcus BelkeEpilepsy Center Hesse, Department for Neurology, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Urs KleinholdermannDepartment for Neurology, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Lars TimmermannDepartment for Neurology, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Martin HirschInstitute for Artificial Intelligence, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Andreas JansenCenter for Mind, Brain and Behavior (CMBB), Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Peter MrossEpilepsy Center Hesse, Department for Neurology, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Katja MenzlerEpilepsy Center Hesse, Department for Neurology, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Lena HabermehlEpilepsy Center Hesse, Department for Neurology, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Susanne KnakeEpilepsy Center Hesse, Department for Neurology, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Philipps University of Marburg · DEGoethe University Frankfurt · DE

Funding

Mapping the Human Connectome: Structure, Function, and HeritabilityU54MH091657 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI UGURBIL, KAMIL, VAN ESSEN, DAVID C · 2010 to 2014
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NIMH NIH HHS U54 MH091657
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Assessment of regional language lateralization is crucial in many scenarios, but not all populations are suited for its evaluation via task-functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). In this study, the utility of structural connectome features for the classification of language lateralization in the anterior temporal lobes (ATLs) was investigated. Laterality indices for semantic processing in the ATL were computed from task-fMRI in 1038 subjects from the Human Connectome Project who were labeled as stronger rightward lateralized (RL) or stronger leftward to bilaterally lateralized (LL) in a data-driven approach. Data of unrelated subjects (n = 432) were used for further analyses. Structural connectomes were generated from diffusion-MRI tractography, and graph theoretical metrics (node degree, betweenness centrality) were computed. A neural network (NN) and a random forest (RF) classifier were trained on these metrics to classify subjects as RL or LL. After classification, comparisons of network measures were conducted via permutation testing. Degree-based classifiers produced significant above-chance predictions both during cross-validation (NN: AUC-ROC[CI] = 0.68[0.64-0.73], accuracy[CI] = 68.34%[63-73.2%]; RF: AUC-ROC[CI] = 0.7[0.66-0.73], accuracy[CI] = 64.81%[60.9-68.5]) and testing (NN: AUC-ROC[CI] = 0.69[0.53-0.84], accuracy[CI] = 68.09[53.2-80.9]; RF: AUC-ROC[CI] = 0.68[0.53-0.84], accuracy[CI] = 68.09[55.3-80.9]). Comparison of network metrics revealed small effects of increased node degree within the right posterior middle temporal gyrus (pMTG) in subjects with RL, while degree was decreased in the right posterior cingulate cortex (PCC). Above-chance predictions of functional language lateralization in the ATL are possible based on diffusion-MRI connectomes alone. Increased degree within the right pMTG as a right-sided homologue of a known semantic hub, and decreased hubness of the right PCC may form a structural basis for rightward-lateralized semantic processing.

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ConnectomeSemanticsBrain MappingDiffusion Tensor ImagingFunctional LateralityHumansLanguageMagnetic Resonance ImagingTemporal Lobegraph theorylanguage dominancemachine learningsemantic processingstructural connectome

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