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  1. Article ; Online: Pregnancy renders anatomical changes in hypothalamic substructures of the human brain that relate to aspects of maternal behavior.

    Spalek, Klara / Straathof, Milou / Koyuncu, Lal / Grydeland, Håkon / van der Geest, Anouk / Van't Hof, Sophie R / Crone, Eveline A / Barba-Müller, Erika / Carmona, Susana / Denys, Damiaan / Tamnes, Christian K / Burke, Sarah / Hoekzema, Elseline

    Psychoneuroendocrinology

    2024  Volume 164, Page(s) 107021

    Abstract: Animal studies have shown that pregnancy is associated with neural adaptations that promote maternal care. The hypothalamus represents a central structure of the mammalian maternal brain and hormonal priming of specific hypothalamic nuclei plays a key ... ...

    Abstract Animal studies have shown that pregnancy is associated with neural adaptations that promote maternal care. The hypothalamus represents a central structure of the mammalian maternal brain and hormonal priming of specific hypothalamic nuclei plays a key role in the induction and expression of maternal behavior. In humans, we have previously demonstrated that becoming a mother involves changes in grey matter anatomy, primarily in association areas of the cerebral cortex. In the current study, we investigated whether pregnancy renders anatomical changes in the hypothalamus. Using an advanced delineation technique, five hypothalamic substructures were defined in longitudinal MRI scans of 107 women extracted from two prospective pre-conception cohort studies, including 50 women who were scanned before and after pregnancy and 57 nulliparous control women scanned at a similar time interval. We showed that becoming a mother is associated with volume reductions in the anterior-superior, superior tuberal and posterior hypothalamus. In addition, these structural changes related to hormonal levels during pregnancy and specific aspects of self-reported maternal behavior in late pregnancy, including maternal-fetal attachment and nesting behavior. These findings show that pregnancy leads to changes in hypothalamic anatomy and suggest that these contribute to the development of maternal behavior in humans, supporting the conservation of key aspects of maternal brain circuitry and their role in maternal behavior across species.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Humans ; Pregnancy ; Female ; Prospective Studies ; Brain ; Maternal Behavior ; Mothers ; Hypothalamus, Posterior ; Mammals
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-12
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 197636-9
    ISSN 1873-3360 ; 0306-4530
    ISSN (online) 1873-3360
    ISSN 0306-4530
    DOI 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2024.107021
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  2. Article ; Online: Hippocampal-cortical functional connectivity during memory encoding and retrieval.

    Raud, Liisa / Sneve, Markus H / Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac / Sørensen, Øystein / Folvik, Line / Ness, Hedda T / Mowinckel, Athanasia M / Grydeland, Håkon / Walhovd, Kristine B / Fjell, Anders M

    NeuroImage

    2023  Volume 279, Page(s) 120309

    Abstract: Memory encoding and retrieval are critical sub-processes of episodic memory. While the hippocampus is involved in both, less is known about its connectivity with the neocortex during memory processing in humans. This is partially due to variations in ... ...

    Abstract Memory encoding and retrieval are critical sub-processes of episodic memory. While the hippocampus is involved in both, less is known about its connectivity with the neocortex during memory processing in humans. This is partially due to variations in demands in common memory tasks, which inevitably recruit cognitive processes other than episodic memory. Conjunctive analysis of data from different tasks with the same core elements of encoding and retrieval can reduce the intrusion of patterns related to subsidiary perceptual and cognitive processing. Leveraging data from two large-scale functional resonance imaging studies with different episodic memory tasks (514 and 237 participants), we identified hippocampal-cortical networks active during memory tasks. Whole-brain functional connectivity maps were similar during resting state, encoding, and retrieval. Anterior and posterior hippocampus had distinct connectivity profiles, which were also stable across resting state and memory tasks. When contrasting encoding and retrieval connectivity, conjunctive encoding-related connectivity was sparse. During retrieval hippocampal connectivity was increased with areas known to be active during recollection, including medial prefrontal, inferior parietal, and parahippocampal cortices. This indicates that the stable functional connectivity of the hippocampus along its longitudinal axis is superposed by increased functional connectivity with the recollection network during retrieval, while auxiliary encoding connectivity likely reflects contextual factors.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Mental Recall ; Brain Mapping/methods ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods ; Hippocampus/diagnostic imaging ; Neocortex ; Memory, Episodic
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-06
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1147767-2
    ISSN 1095-9572 ; 1053-8119
    ISSN (online) 1095-9572
    ISSN 1053-8119
    DOI 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120309
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  3. Article ; Online: Personality Traits Are Associated With Cortical Development Across Adolescence: A Longitudinal Structural MRI Study.

    Ferschmann, Lia / Fjell, Anders M / Vollrath, Margarete E / Grydeland, Håkon / Walhovd, Kristine B / Tamnes, Christian K

    Child development

    2018  Volume 89, Issue 3, Page(s) 811–822

    Abstract: How personality traits relate to structural brain changes in development is an important but understudied question. In this study, cortical thickness (CT) and surface area (SA), estimated using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), were investigated in 99 ... ...

    Abstract How personality traits relate to structural brain changes in development is an important but understudied question. In this study, cortical thickness (CT) and surface area (SA), estimated using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), were investigated in 99 participants aged 8-19 years. Follow-up MRI data were collected after on average 2.6 years for 74 individuals. The Big Five personality traits were related to longitudinal regional CT or SA development, but limited cross-sectional relations were observed. Conscientiousness, emotional stability, and imagination were associated with more age-expected cortical thinning over time. The results suggest that the substantial individual variability observed in personality traits may partly be explained by cortical maturation across adolescence, implying a developmental origin for personality-brain relations observed in adults.
    MeSH term(s) Adolescent ; Adult ; Age Factors ; Cerebral Cortex/anatomy & histology ; Cerebral Cortex/diagnostic imaging ; Child ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Female ; Humans ; Longitudinal Studies ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Neuroimaging/methods ; Personality/physiology ; Young Adult
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-01-04
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 215602-7
    ISSN 1467-8624 ; 0009-3920
    ISSN (online) 1467-8624
    ISSN 0009-3920
    DOI 10.1111/cdev.13016
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  4. Article ; Online: Intracortical Posterior Cingulate Myelin Content Relates to Error Processing: Results from T1- and T2-Weighted MRI Myelin Mapping and Electrophysiology in Healthy Adults.

    Grydeland, Håkon / Westlye, Lars T / Walhovd, Kristine B / Fjell, Anders M

    Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)

    2016  Volume 26, Issue 6, Page(s) 2402–2410

    Abstract: Myelin content of the cerebral cortex likely impacts cognitive functioning, but this notion has scarcely been investigated in vivo in humans. Here we tested for a relationship between intracortical myelin and a direct measure of neural activity in the ... ...

    Abstract Myelin content of the cerebral cortex likely impacts cognitive functioning, but this notion has scarcely been investigated in vivo in humans. Here we tested for a relationship between intracortical myelin and a direct measure of neural activity in the form of the electrophysiological response error-related negativity (ERN). Using magnetic resonance imaging, myelin mapping was performed in 81 healthy adults aged 40-60 years by means of a T1- and T2-weighted (T1w/T2w) signal intensity ratio approach. Error trials on a version of the Eriksen flanker task triggered the ERN, a negative deflection of the event-related potential reflecting performance monitoring. Compelling evidence from neuroimaging, lesion, and source localization studies indicates that the ERN stems from the cingulate cortex. Vertex-wise analyses across the cingulate demonstrated that increased amplitude of the ERN was related to higher levels of intracortical myelin in the left posterior cingulate cortex. The association was independent of general ability level and subjacent white matter myelin. The results fit the notion that degree of myelin within the posterior cingulate cortex as measured by T1w/T2w signal intensity plays a role in error processing and cognitive control through the relationship with neural activity as measured by ERN amplitude, potentially by facilitating local neural synchronization.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Attention/physiology ; Evoked Potentials/physiology ; Executive Function/physiology ; Female ; Gyrus Cinguli/diagnostic imaging ; Gyrus Cinguli/physiology ; Humans ; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Motor Activity/physiology ; Myelin Proteins/metabolism ; Neuropsychological Tests ; Reaction Time
    Chemical Substances Myelin Proteins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1077450-6
    ISSN 1460-2199 ; 1047-3211
    ISSN (online) 1460-2199
    ISSN 1047-3211
    DOI 10.1093/cercor/bhv065
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  5. Article ; Online: Effects of change in FreeSurfer version on classification accuracy of patients with Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment.

    Chepkoech, Joy-Loi / Walhovd, Kristine B / Grydeland, Håkon / Fjell, Anders M

    Human brain mapping

    2016  Volume 37, Issue 5, Page(s) 1831–1841

    Abstract: Studies have found non-negligible differences in cortical thickness estimates across versions of software that are used for processing and quantifying MRI-based cortical measurements, and issues have arisen regarding these differences, as obtained ... ...

    Abstract Studies have found non-negligible differences in cortical thickness estimates across versions of software that are used for processing and quantifying MRI-based cortical measurements, and issues have arisen regarding these differences, as obtained estimates could potentially affect the validity of the results. However, more critical for diagnostic classification than absolute thickness estimates across versions is the inter-subject stability. We aimed to investigate the effect of change in software version on classification of older persons in groups of healthy, mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's Disease. Using MRI samples of 100 older normal controls, 100 with mild cognitive impairment and 100 Alzheimer's Disease patients obtained from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative database, we performed a standard reconstruction processing using the FreeSurfer image analysis suite versions 4.1.0, 4.5.0 and 5.1.0. Pair-wise comparisons of cortical thickness between FreeSurfer versions revealed significant differences, ranging from 1.6% (4.1.0 vs. 4.5.0) to 5.8% (4.1.0 vs. 5.1.0) across the cortical mantle. However, change of version had very little effect on detectable differences in cortical thickness between diagnostic groups, and there were little differences in accuracy between versions when using entorhinal thickness for diagnostic classification. This lead us to conclude that differences in absolute thickness estimates across software versions in this case did not imply lacking validity, that classification results appeared reliable across software versions, and that classification results obtained in studies using different FreeSurfer versions can be reliably compared. Hum Brain Mapp 37:1831-1841, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
    MeSH term(s) Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Alzheimer Disease/diagnostic imaging ; Alzheimer Disease/pathology ; Brain/diagnostic imaging ; Brain/pathology ; Brain Mapping ; Cognitive Dysfunction/diagnostic imaging ; Cognitive Dysfunction/pathology ; Female ; Humans ; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted ; Longitudinal Studies ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Neuroimaging ; Neuropsychological Tests ; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-03-28
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1197207-5
    ISSN 1097-0193 ; 1065-9471
    ISSN (online) 1097-0193
    ISSN 1065-9471
    DOI 10.1002/hbm.23139
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  6. Article ; Online: Evidence for widespread alterations in cortical microstructure after 32 h of sleep deprivation.

    Voldsbekk, Irene / Bjørnerud, Atle / Groote, Inge / Zak, Nathalia / Roelfs, Daniel / Maximov, Ivan I / Geier, Oliver / Due-Tønnessen, Paulina / Bøen, Erlend / Kuiper, Yvonne S / Løkken, Lise-Linn / Strømstad, Marie / Blakstvedt, Taran Y / Bjorvatn, Bjørn / Malt, Ulrik F / Westlye, Lars T / Elvsåshagen, Torbjørn / Grydeland, Håkon

    Translational psychiatry

    2022  Volume 12, Issue 1, Page(s) 161

    Abstract: Cortical microstructure is influenced by circadian rhythm and sleep deprivation, yet the precise underpinnings of these effects remain unclear. The ratio between ... ...

    Abstract Cortical microstructure is influenced by circadian rhythm and sleep deprivation, yet the precise underpinnings of these effects remain unclear. The ratio between T
    MeSH term(s) Brain ; Female ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods ; Male ; Myelin Sheath/pathology ; Sleep Deprivation/diagnostic imaging ; Young Adult
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-04-14
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2609311-X
    ISSN 2158-3188 ; 2158-3188
    ISSN (online) 2158-3188
    ISSN 2158-3188
    DOI 10.1038/s41398-022-01909-x
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  7. Article ; Online: Cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression relate differentially to longitudinal structural brain development across adolescence.

    Ferschmann, Lia / Vijayakumar, Nandita / Grydeland, Håkon / Overbye, Knut / Mills, Kathryn L / Fjell, Anders M / Walhovd, Kristine B / Pfeifer, Jennifer H / Tamnes, Christian K

    Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior

    2021  Volume 136, Page(s) 109–123

    Abstract: Emotional disorders commonly emerge in adolescence, a period characterized by changes in emotion-related processes. Thus, the ability to regulate emotions is crucial for well-being and adaptive social functioning during this period. Concurrently, the ... ...

    Abstract Emotional disorders commonly emerge in adolescence, a period characterized by changes in emotion-related processes. Thus, the ability to regulate emotions is crucial for well-being and adaptive social functioning during this period. Concurrently, the brain undergoes large structural and functional changes. We investigated relations between tendencies to use two emotion regulation strategies, cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression, and structural development of the cerebral cortex and subcortical structures (specifically amygdala and nucleus accumbens given these structures are frequently associated with emotion regulation). A total of 112 participants (59 females) aged 8-26 were followed for up to 3 times over a 7-year period, providing 272 observations. Participants completed the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ), yielding a measure of tendencies to use cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression at the final time point. Linear mixed model analyses were performed to account for the longitudinal nature of the data. Contrary to expectations, volumetric growth of the amygdala and nucleus accumbens was not associated with either emotion regulation strategy. However, frequent use of expressive suppression was linked to greater regionally-specific apparent cortical thinning in both sexes, while tendency to use cognitive reappraisal was associated with greater regionally-specific apparent thinning in females and less thinning in males. Although cognitive reappraisal is traditionally associated with cognitive control regions of the brain, our results suggest it is also associated with regions involved in social cognition and semantics. The continued changes in cortical morphology and their associations with habitual use of different emotion regulation strategies indicate continued plasticity during this period, and represent an opportunity for interventions targeting emotion regulation for adolescents at risk.
    MeSH term(s) Adolescent ; Amygdala ; Brain ; Brain Mapping ; Cognition ; Emotions ; Female ; Humans ; Male
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-01-12
    Publishing country Italy
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 280622-8
    ISSN 1973-8102 ; 0010-9452
    ISSN (online) 1973-8102
    ISSN 0010-9452
    DOI 10.1016/j.cortex.2020.11.022
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  8. Article ; Online: The Disconnected Brain and Executive Function Decline in Aging.

    Fjell, Anders M / Sneve, Markus H / Grydeland, Håkon / Storsve, Andreas B / Walhovd, Kristine B

    Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)

    2017  Volume 27, Issue 3, Page(s) 2303–2317

    Abstract: Higher order speeded cognitive abilities depend on efficient coordination of activity across the brain, rendering them vulnerable to age reductions in structural and functional brain connectivity. The concept of "disconnected aging" has been invoked, ... ...

    Abstract Higher order speeded cognitive abilities depend on efficient coordination of activity across the brain, rendering them vulnerable to age reductions in structural and functional brain connectivity. The concept of "disconnected aging" has been invoked, suggesting that degeneration of connections between distant brain regions cause cognitive reductions. However, it has not been shown that changes in cognitive functions over time can be explained by simultaneous changes in brain connectivity. We followed 119 young and middle-aged (23-52 years) and older (63-86 years) adults for 3.3 years with repeated assessments of structural and functional brain connectivity and executive functions. We found unique age-related longitudinal reductions in executive function over and above changes in more basic cognitive processes. Intriguingly, 82.5% of the age-related decline in executive function could be explained by changes in connectivity over time. While both structural and functional connectivity changes were related to longitudinal reductions in executive function, only structural connectivity change could explain the age-specific decline. This suggests that the major part of the age-related reductions in executive function can be attributed to micro- and macrostructural alterations in brain connectivity. Although correlational in nature, we believe the present results constitute evidence for a "disconnected brain" view on cognitive aging.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Brain/diagnostic imaging ; Brain/physiology ; Brain Mapping ; Cognitive Aging/physiology ; Diffusion Tensor Imaging ; Executive Function/physiology ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Longitudinal Studies ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Mental Status Schedule ; Middle Aged ; Neural Pathways/diagnostic imaging ; Neural Pathways/physiology ; Stroop Test ; Young Adult
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-03-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1077450-6
    ISSN 1460-2199 ; 1047-3211
    ISSN (online) 1460-2199
    ISSN 1047-3211
    DOI 10.1093/cercor/bhw082
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  9. Article ; Online: Brain Events Underlying Episodic Memory Changes in Aging: A Longitudinal Investigation of Structural and Functional Connectivity.

    Fjell, Anders M / Sneve, Markus H / Storsve, Andreas B / Grydeland, Håkon / Yendiki, Anastasia / Walhovd, Kristine B

    Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)

    2016  Volume 26, Issue 3, Page(s) 1272–1286

    Abstract: Episodic memories are established and maintained by close interplay between hippocampus and other cortical regions, but degradation of a fronto-striatal network has been suggested to be a driving force of memory decline in aging. We wanted to directly ... ...

    Abstract Episodic memories are established and maintained by close interplay between hippocampus and other cortical regions, but degradation of a fronto-striatal network has been suggested to be a driving force of memory decline in aging. We wanted to directly address how changes in hippocampal-cortical versus striatal-cortical networks over time impact episodic memory with age. We followed 119 healthy participants (20-83 years) for 3.5 years with repeated tests of episodic verbal memory and magnetic resonance imaging for quantification of functional and structural connectivity and regional brain atrophy. While hippocampal-cortical functional connectivity predicted memory change in young, changes in cortico-striatal functional connectivity were related to change in recall in older adults. Within each age group, effects of functional and structural connectivity were anatomically closely aligned. Interestingly, the relationship between functional connectivity and memory was strongest in the age ranges where the rate of reduction of the relevant brain structure was lowest, implying selective impacts of the different brain events on memory. Together, these findings suggest a partly sequential and partly simultaneous model of brain events underlying cognitive changes in aging, where different functional and structural events are more or less important in various time windows, dismissing a simple uni-factorial view on neurocognitive aging.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Aging/pathology ; Aging/physiology ; Aging/psychology ; Brain/pathology ; Brain/physiology ; Brain Mapping ; Female ; Humans ; Longitudinal Studies ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Memory, Episodic ; Middle Aged ; Neural Pathways/pathology ; Neural Pathways/physiology ; Neuropsychological Tests ; Rest ; Speech Perception ; Young Adult
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-03
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1077450-6
    ISSN 1460-2199 ; 1047-3211
    ISSN (online) 1460-2199
    ISSN 1047-3211
    DOI 10.1093/cercor/bhv102
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  10. Article ; Online: Decoupling of large-scale brain networks supports the consolidation of durable episodic memories.

    Sneve, Markus H / Grydeland, Håkon / Amlien, Inge K / Langnes, Espen / Walhovd, Kristine B / Fjell, Anders M

    NeuroImage

    2016  Volume 153, Page(s) 336–345

    Abstract: At a large scale, the human brain is organized into modules of interconnected regions, some of which play opposing roles in supporting cognition. In particular, the Default-Mode Network (DMN) has been linked to operations on internal representations, ... ...

    Abstract At a large scale, the human brain is organized into modules of interconnected regions, some of which play opposing roles in supporting cognition. In particular, the Default-Mode Network (DMN) has been linked to operations on internal representations, while task-positive networks are recruited during interactions with the external world. Here, we test the hypothesis that the generation of durable long-term memories depends on optimal recruitment of such antagonistic large-scale networks. As long-term memory consolidation is a process ongoing for days and weeks after an experience, we propose that individuals characterized by strong decoupling of the DMN and task-positive networks at rest operate in a mode beneficial for the long-term stabilization of episodic memories. To capture network connectivity unaffected by transient task demands and representative of brain behavior outside an experimental setting, 87 participants were scanned during rest before performing an associative encoding task. To link individual resting-state functional connectivity patterns to time-dependent memory consolidation processes, participants were given an unannounced memory test, either after a brief interval or after a retention period of ~6 weeks. We found that participants with a resting state characterized by high synchronicity in a DMN-centered network system and low synchronicity between task-positive networks showed superior recollection weeks after encoding. These relationships were not observed for information probed only hours after encoding. Furthermore, the two network systems were found to be anticorrelated. Our results suggest that this memory-relevant antagonism between DMN and task-positive networks is maintained through complex regulatory interactions between the systems.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Brain/physiology ; Brain Mapping ; Female ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Memory Consolidation/physiology ; Memory, Episodic ; Memory, Long-Term/physiology ; Neural Pathways/physiology ; Young Adult
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-05-20
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1147767-2
    ISSN 1095-9572 ; 1053-8119
    ISSN (online) 1095-9572
    ISSN 1053-8119
    DOI 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.05.048
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