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ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2022

Between-subject similarity of functional connectivity-based organization of the human periaqueductal gray related to autonomic processing.

Mathijs M de Rijk, Janine M W Janssen, Susana Fernández Chadily, Lori A Birder, Mohammad S Rahnama'i, Gommert A van Koeveringe, Job van den Hurk

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Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2022. 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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5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mathijs M de RijkDepartment of Urology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Janine M W JanssenDepartment of Urology, Maastricht University Medical Center+ (MUMC+), Maastricht, Netherlands.
Susana Fernández ChadilyDepartment of Urology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Lori A BirderDepartment of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Mohammad S Rahnama'iDepartment of Urology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Gommert A van KoeveringeDepartment of Urology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Job van den HurkDepartment of Urology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Maastricht University · NLUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The periaqueductal gray (PAG) is a brain stem area designated to play an essential role in lower urinary tract (LUT) control. Post-mortem human and animal studies have indicated that the PAG is symmetrically organized in functionally and anatomically distinct columns which are involved in sympathetic or parasympathetic autonomic control of the LUT. The current study aims to find consistency across subjects and identify homologous clusters between subjects. Here, we evaluated data from 10 female participants. During a bladder filling protocol, we ran a resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scan while participants experienced a strong desire to void. A voxel-by-voxel correlation matrix of the PAG was created and parcellated using the Louvain module detection algorithm. Resulting in a map of the PAG in which each voxel is assigned to a cluster as determined by the Louvain module detection algorithm. The spatial similarity of resulting clusters between participants was assessed by computing the Dice similarity coefficient for all cluster comparisons. Next, we designed a permutation test to create randomized parcellation maps which enabled us to statistically test the similarity values observed across participants. We observed several significantly similar clusters between subjects compared to permutations (

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autonomic regulationbrain mappingbrain steminteroceptionparcellation

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