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ArticleHuman brain mapping2024

Track-Weighted Dynamic Functional Connectivity Profiles and Topographic Organization of the Human Pulvinar.

Gianpaolo Antonio Basile, Angelo Quartarone, Antonio Cerasa, Augusto Ielo, Lilla Bonanno, Salvatore Bertino, Giuseppina Rizzo, Demetrio Milardi, Giuseppe Pio Anastasi, Manojkumar Saranathan and 1 more

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Gianpaolo Antonio BasileBrain Mapping Lab, Department of Biomedical, Dental Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Angelo QuartaroneIRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo, Messina, Italy.
Antonio CerasaInstitute of Bioimaging and Complex Biological Systems (IBSBC CNR), Milan, Italy.
Augusto IeloIRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo, Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9661-9681
Lilla BonannoIRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo, Messina, Italy.
Salvatore BertinoBrain Mapping Lab, Department of Biomedical, Dental Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Giuseppina RizzoBrain Mapping Lab, Department of Biomedical, Dental Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Demetrio MilardiBrain Mapping Lab, Department of Biomedical, Dental Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7311-2757
Giuseppe Pio AnastasiBrain Mapping Lab, Department of Biomedical, Dental Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Manojkumar SaranathanDepartment of Radiology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
Alberto CacciolaBrain Mapping Lab, Department of Biomedical, Dental Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9412-4116

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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Ministero della Salute, Current Research Funds 2023Ministry of University and Research (MUR), National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Project MNESYS CUPD93C22000930002Ministry of University and Research (MUR), National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Project MNESYS ProjectCode0000006NIMH NIH HHS U54 MH091657U.S. Department of Defense W81XWH-19-1-0810
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Abstract

The human pulvinar is considered a prototypical associative thalamic nucleus as it represents a key node in several cortico-subcortical networks. Through this extensive connectivity to widespread brain areas, it has been suggested that the pulvinar may play a central role in modulating cortical oscillatory dynamics of complex cognitive and executive functions. Additionally, derangements of pulvinar activity are involved in different neuropsychiatric conditions including Lewy-body disease, Alzheimer's disease, and schizophrenia. Anatomical investigations in nonhuman primates have demonstrated a topographical organization of cortico-pulvinar connectivity along its dorsoventral and rostrocaudal axes; this specific organization shows only partial overlap with the traditional subdivision into subnuclei (anterior, lateral, medial, and inferior) and is thought to coordinate information processing within specific brain networks. However, despite its relevance in mediating higher-order cognitive functions, such a structural and functional organization of the pulvinar in the human brain remains poorly understood. Track-weighted dynamic functional connectivity (tw-dFC) is a recently developed technique that combines structural and dynamic functional connectivity, allowing the identification of white matter pathways underlying the fluctuations observed in functional connectivity between brain regions over time. Herein, we applied a data-driven parcellation approach to reveal topographically organized connectivity clusters within the human pulvinar complex, in two large cohorts of healthy human subjects. Unsupervised clustering of tw-dFC time series within the pulvinar complex revealed dorsomedial, dorsolateral, ventral anterior, and ventral posterior connectivity clusters. Each of these clusters shows functional coupling to specific, widespread cortico-subcortical white matter brain networks. Altogether, our findings represent a relevant step towards a better understanding of pulvinar anatomy and function, and a detailed characterization of his role in healthy and pathological conditions.

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PulvinarAdultConnectomeFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleNeural PathwaysWhite MatterYoung AdultcortexdMRIfMRIthalamustractography

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