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  1. Article ; Online: A phylogenetically-conserved axis of thalamocortical connectivity in the human brain.

    Oldham, Stuart / Ball, Gareth

    Nature communications

    2023  Volume 14, Issue 1, Page(s) 6032

    Abstract: The thalamus enables key sensory, motor, emotive, and cognitive processes via connections to the cortex. These projection patterns are traditionally considered to originate from discrete thalamic nuclei, however recent work showing gradients of molecular ...

    Abstract The thalamus enables key sensory, motor, emotive, and cognitive processes via connections to the cortex. These projection patterns are traditionally considered to originate from discrete thalamic nuclei, however recent work showing gradients of molecular and connectivity features in the thalamus suggests the organisation of thalamocortical connections occurs along a continuous dimension. By performing a joint decomposition of densely sampled gene expression and non-invasive diffusion tractography in the adult human thalamus, we define a principal axis of genetic and connectomic variation along a medial-lateral thalamic gradient. Projections along this axis correspond to an anterior-posterior cortical pattern and are aligned with electrophysiological properties of the cortex. The medial-lateral axis demonstrates phylogenetic conservation, reflects transitions in neuronal subtypes, and shows associations with neurodevelopment and common brain disorders. This study provides evidence for a supra-nuclear axis of thalamocortical organisation characterised by a graded transition in molecular properties and anatomical connectivity.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Humans ; Phylogeny ; Brain ; Brain Diseases ; Cardiac Electrophysiology ; Diffusion Tensor Imaging
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-09-27
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2553671-0
    ISSN 2041-1723 ; 2041-1723
    ISSN (online) 2041-1723
    ISSN 2041-1723
    DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-41722-8
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  2. Article: Molecular signatures of cortical expansion in the human fetal brain.

    Ball, G / Oldham, S / Kyriakopoulou, V / Williams, L Z J / Karolis, V / Price, A / Hutter, J / Seal, M L / Alexander-Bloch, A / Hajnal, J V / Edwards, A D / Robinson, E C / Seidlitz, J

    bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

    2024  

    Abstract: The third trimester of human gestation is characterised by rapid increases in brain volume and cortical surface area. A growing catalogue of cells in the prenatal brain has revealed remarkable molecular diversity across cortical areas. ...

    Abstract The third trimester of human gestation is characterised by rapid increases in brain volume and cortical surface area. A growing catalogue of cells in the prenatal brain has revealed remarkable molecular diversity across cortical areas.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-13
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Preprint
    DOI 10.1101/2024.02.13.580198
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  3. Article ; Online: Early and late development of hub connectivity in the human brain.

    Oldham, Stuart / Ball, Gareth / Fornito, Alex

    Current opinion in psychology

    2021  Volume 44, Page(s) 321–329

    Abstract: Human brain networks undergo pronounced changes during development. The emergence of highly connected hub regions that can support integrated brain function is central to this maturational process, with these areas undergoing a particularly protracted ... ...

    Abstract Human brain networks undergo pronounced changes during development. The emergence of highly connected hub regions that can support integrated brain function is central to this maturational process, with these areas undergoing a particularly protracted period of development that extends into adulthood. The location of cortical network hubs emerges early but connections to and from hubs continue to strengthen throughout childhood and adolescence. Patterns of functional coupling in cortical association hubs are immature and incomplete at birth, but gradually strengthen during development. Early establishment of hub connectivity may provide a stable substrate that is refined by changes in tissue organization and microstructure, resulting in the emergence of complex functional dynamics by adulthood.
    MeSH term(s) Adolescent ; Adult ; Brain ; Brain Mapping ; Child ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Neural Pathways ; Social Networking
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-11-13
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Review ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2831565-0
    ISSN 2352-2518 ; 2352-250X ; 2352-250X
    ISSN (online) 2352-2518 ; 2352-250X
    ISSN 2352-250X
    DOI 10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.10.010
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  4. Article ; Online: Macronutrients effects on satiety and food intake in older and younger adults: A randomised controlled trial.

    Dericioglu, Dilara / Oldham, Stephanie / Methven, Lisa / Shafat, Amir / Clegg, Miriam E

    Appetite

    2023  Volume 189, Page(s) 106982

    Abstract: Older adults are advised to increase their protein intake to maintain their muscle mass. However, protein is considered the most satiating macronutrient and this recommendation may cause a decrease in total energy intake. To date, satiety studies ... ...

    Abstract Older adults are advised to increase their protein intake to maintain their muscle mass. However, protein is considered the most satiating macronutrient and this recommendation may cause a decrease in total energy intake. To date, satiety studies comparing all three macronutrients have been undertaken in young adults, and it is unclear if the same response is seen in older adults. The objective of this study was to compare the effect of preloads high in protein, fat, and carbohydrate but equal in energy (∼300 kcal) and volume (250 ml) on energy intake, perceived appetite, and gastric emptying in younger and older adults. Twenty older and 20 younger adults completed a single-blinded randomised crossover trial involving three study visits. Participants consumed a standard breakfast, followed by a preload milkshake high in either carbohydrate, fat, or protein. Three hours after the preload, participants were offered an ad libitum meal to assess food intake. Visual analogue scales were used to measure perceived appetite and gastric emptying was measured via the
    MeSH term(s) Young Adult ; Humans ; Aged ; Satiation/physiology ; Appetite/physiology ; Energy Intake ; Nutrients ; Eating ; Carbohydrates/pharmacology ; Cross-Over Studies
    Chemical Substances Carbohydrates
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-07-26
    Publishing country England
    Document type Randomized Controlled Trial ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1461347-5
    ISSN 1095-8304 ; 0195-6663
    ISSN (online) 1095-8304
    ISSN 0195-6663
    DOI 10.1016/j.appet.2023.106982
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  5. Article ; Online: The development of brain network hubs.

    Oldham, Stuart / Fornito, Alex

    Developmental cognitive neuroscience

    2018  Volume 36, Page(s) 100607

    Abstract: Some brain regions have a central role in supporting integrated brain function, marking them as network hubs. Given the functional importance of hubs, it is natural to ask how they emerge during development and to consider how they shape the function of ... ...

    Abstract Some brain regions have a central role in supporting integrated brain function, marking them as network hubs. Given the functional importance of hubs, it is natural to ask how they emerge during development and to consider how they shape the function of the maturing brain. Here, we review evidence examining how brain network hubs, both in structural and functional connectivity networks, develop over the prenatal, neonate, childhood, and adolescent periods. The available evidence suggests that structural hubs of the brain arise in the prenatal period and show a consistent spatial topography through development, but undergo a protracted period of consolidation that extends into late adolescence. In contrast, the hubs of brain functional networks show a more variable topography, being predominantly located in primary cortical areas in early development, before moving to association areas by late childhood. These findings suggest that while the basic anatomical infrastructure of hubs may be established early, the functional viability and integrative capacity of these areas undergoes extensive postnatal maturation. Not all findings are consistent with this view however. We consider methodological factors that might drive these inconsistencies, and which should be addressed to promote a more rigorous investigation of brain network development.
    MeSH term(s) Adolescent ; Brain/growth & development ; Brain Mapping/methods ; Child ; Female ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Neural Pathways/growth & development ; Pregnancy
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-12-13
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2572271-2
    ISSN 1878-9307 ; 1878-9307
    ISSN (online) 1878-9307
    ISSN 1878-9307
    DOI 10.1016/j.dcn.2018.12.005
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  6. Article ; Online: Obesity and nutrient sensing TOR pathway in flies and vertebrates: Functional conservation of genetic mechanisms.

    Oldham, Sean

    Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM

    2011  Volume 22, Issue 2, Page(s) 45–52

    Abstract: The global prevalence of obesity has grown to epidemic proportions, and 400 million people are now considered to be obese. Excessive accumulation of dietary lipids (obesity) is a known risk factor for the development of deleterious metabolic conditions ... ...

    Abstract The global prevalence of obesity has grown to epidemic proportions, and 400 million people are now considered to be obese. Excessive accumulation of dietary lipids (obesity) is a known risk factor for the development of deleterious metabolic conditions and has been strongly linked to the progression of heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Investigating the origin and effects of high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obesity and its genetic mediators is an important step in understanding the mechanisms that contribute to obesity. However, the mechanisms that underlie HFD pathophysiology have yet to be elucidated fully. Here we describe recent work in a Drosophila model to investigate the origin and genetic mechanisms that could underlie HFD-induced obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiac dysfunction.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Biological Evolution ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/etiology ; Dietary Fats/administration & dosage ; Drosophila ; Heart Diseases/etiology ; Humans ; Insulin/physiology ; Lipid Metabolism/genetics ; Longevity ; Mitochondria/genetics ; Mitochondria/physiology ; Models, Biological ; Obesity/complications ; Obesity/genetics ; Signal Transduction ; TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics ; TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/physiology
    Chemical Substances Dietary Fats ; Insulin ; TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases (EC 2.7.1.1)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2011-01-07
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1042384-9
    ISSN 1879-3061 ; 1043-2760
    ISSN (online) 1879-3061
    ISSN 1043-2760
    DOI 10.1016/j.tem.2010.11.002
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  7. Article ; Online: Investigating longitudinal changes to frontal cortico-striatal tracts in Huntington's disease: the IMAGE-HD study.

    Tan, Brendan / Shishegar, Rosita / Oldham, Stuart / Fornito, Alex / Poudel, Govinda / Georgiou-Karistianis, Nellie

    Brain imaging and behavior

    2022  Volume 16, Issue 6, Page(s) 2457–2466

    Abstract: The striatum is the principal site of disease pathology in Huntington's disease and contains neural connections to numerous cortical brain regions. Studies examining abnormalities to neural connections find that white matter integrity is compromised in ... ...

    Abstract The striatum is the principal site of disease pathology in Huntington's disease and contains neural connections to numerous cortical brain regions. Studies examining abnormalities to neural connections find that white matter integrity is compromised in HD; however, further regional, and longitudinal investigation is required. This paper is the first longitudinal investigation into region-based white-matter integrity changes in Huntington's Disease. The aim of this study was to better understand how disease progression impacts white matter tracts connecting the striatum to the prefrontal and motor cortical regions in HD. We used existing neuroimaging data from IMAGE-HD, comprised of 25 pre-symptomatic, 27 symptomatic, and 25 healthy controls at three separate time points (baseline, 18-months, 30-months). Fractional anisotropy, axial diffusivity and radial diffusivity were derived as measures of white matter microstructure. The anatomical regions of interest were identified using the Desikan-Killiany brain atlas. A Group by Time repeated measures ANCOVA was conducted for each tract of interest and for each measure. We found significantly lower fractional anisotropy and significantly higher radial diffusivity in the symptomatic group, compared to both the pre-symptomatic group and controls (the latter two groups did not differ from each other), in the rostral middle frontal and superior frontal tracts; as well as significantly higher axial diffusivity in the rostral middle tracts only. We did not find a Group by Time interaction for any of the white matter integrity measures. These findings demonstrate that whilst the microstructure of white matter tracts, extending from the striatum to these regions of interest, are compromised during the symptomatic stages of Huntington's disease, 36-month follow-up did not show progressive changes in these measures. Additionally, no correlations were found between clinical measures and tractography changes, indicating further investigations into the relationship between tractography changes and clinical symptoms in Huntington's disease are required.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Huntington Disease/diagnostic imaging ; Huntington Disease/pathology ; Diffusion Tensor Imaging/methods ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; White Matter/diagnostic imaging ; White Matter/pathology ; Brain/pathology ; Anisotropy
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-06-29
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2377165-3
    ISSN 1931-7565 ; 1931-7557
    ISSN (online) 1931-7565
    ISSN 1931-7557
    DOI 10.1007/s11682-022-00699-6
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  8. Article ; Online: Can hubs of the human connectome be identified consistently with diffusion MRI?

    Gajwani, Mehul / Oldham, Stuart / Pang, James C / Arnatkevičiūtė, Aurina / Tiego, Jeggan / Bellgrove, Mark A / Fornito, Alex

    Network neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.)

    2023  Volume 7, Issue 4, Page(s) 1326–1350

    Abstract: Recent years have seen a surge in the use of diffusion MRI to map connectomes in humans, paralleled by a similar increase in processing and analysis choices. Yet these different steps and their effects are rarely compared systematically. Here, in a ... ...

    Abstract Recent years have seen a surge in the use of diffusion MRI to map connectomes in humans, paralleled by a similar increase in processing and analysis choices. Yet these different steps and their effects are rarely compared systematically. Here, in a healthy young adult population (
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-12-22
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2472-1751
    ISSN (online) 2472-1751
    DOI 10.1162/netn_a_00324
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  9. Article ; Online: Restoring polyamine levels by supplementation of spermidine modulates hepatic immune landscape in murine model of NASH.

    Szydlowska, Marta / Lasky, Ginger / Oldham, Stephanie / Rivera, Cristian / Ford, Michael / Sellman, Bret R / Rhodes, Christopher J / Cohen, Taylor S

    Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease

    2023  Volume 1869, Issue 6, Page(s) 166697

    Abstract: Aims: To determine if changes in polyamines metabolism occur during non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in human patients and mice, as well as to assess systemic and liver-specific effects of spermidine administration into mice suffering from advanced ... ...

    Abstract Aims: To determine if changes in polyamines metabolism occur during non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in human patients and mice, as well as to assess systemic and liver-specific effects of spermidine administration into mice suffering from advanced NASH.
    Materials and methods: Human fecal samples were collected from 50 healthy and 50 NASH patients. For the preclinical studies C57Bl6/N male mice fed GAN or NIH-31 diet for 6 months were ordered from Taconic and liver biopsy was performed. Based on severity of liver fibrosis, body composition and body weight, the mice from both dietary groups were randomized into another two groups: half receiving 3 mM spermidine in drinking water, half normal water for subsequent 12 weeks. Body weight was measured weekly and glucose tolerance and body composition were assessed at the end. Blood and organs were collected during necropsy, and intrahepatic immune cells were isolated for flow cytometry analysis.
    Results: Metabolomic analysis of human and murine feces confirmed that levels of polyamines decreased along NASH progression. Administration of exogenous spermidine to the mice from both dietary groups did not affect body weight, body composition or adiposity. Moreover, incidence of macroscopic hepatic lesions was higher in NASH mice receiving spermidine. On the other hand, spermidine normalized numbers of Kupffer cells in the livers of mice suffering from NASH, although these beneficial effects did not translate into improved liver steatosis or fibrosis severity.
    Conclusion: Levels of polyamines decrease during NASH in mice and human patients but spermidine administration does not improve advanced NASH.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Male ; Mice ; Animals ; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease/metabolism ; Spermidine/pharmacology ; Disease Models, Animal ; Polyamines ; Diet, High-Fat ; Body Weight ; Dietary Supplements
    Chemical Substances Spermidine (U87FK77H25) ; Polyamines
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-11
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 60-7
    ISSN 1879-260X ; 1879-2596 ; 1872-8006 ; 1879-2642 ; 1879-2618 ; 1879-2650 ; 0006-3002 ; 0005-2728 ; 0005-2736 ; 0304-4165 ; 0167-4838 ; 1388-1981 ; 0167-4889 ; 0167-4781 ; 0304-419X ; 1570-9639 ; 0925-4439 ; 1874-9399
    ISSN (online) 1879-260X ; 1879-2596 ; 1872-8006 ; 1879-2642 ; 1879-2618 ; 1879-2650
    ISSN 0006-3002 ; 0005-2728 ; 0005-2736 ; 0304-4165 ; 0167-4838 ; 1388-1981 ; 0167-4889 ; 0167-4781 ; 0304-419X ; 1570-9639 ; 0925-4439 ; 1874-9399
    DOI 10.1016/j.bbadis.2023.166697
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  10. Article ; Online: Parameter estimation for connectome generative models: Accuracy, reliability, and a fast parameter fitting method.

    Liu, Yuanzhe / Seguin, Caio / Mansour, Sina / Oldham, Stuart / Betzel, Richard / Di Biase, Maria A / Zalesky, Andrew

    NeuroImage

    2023  Volume 270, Page(s) 119962

    Abstract: Generative models of the human connectome enable in silico generation of brain networks based on probabilistic wiring rules. These wiring rules are governed by a small number of parameters that are typically fitted to individual connectomes and quantify ... ...

    Abstract Generative models of the human connectome enable in silico generation of brain networks based on probabilistic wiring rules. These wiring rules are governed by a small number of parameters that are typically fitted to individual connectomes and quantify the extent to which geometry and topology shape the generative process. A significant shortcoming of generative modeling in large cohort studies is that parameter estimation is computationally burdensome, and the accuracy and reliability of current estimation methods remain untested. Here, we propose a fast, reliable, and accurate parameter estimation method for connectome generative models that is scalable to large sample sizes. Our method achieves improved estimation accuracy and reliability and reduces computational cost by orders of magnitude, compared to established methods. We demonstrate an inherent tradeoff between accuracy, reliability, and computational expense in parameter estimation and provide recommendations for leveraging this tradeoff. To enable power analyses in future studies, we empirically approximate the minimum sample size required to detect between-group differences in generative model parameters. While we focus on the classic two-parameter generative model based on connection length and the topological matching index, our method can be generalized to other growth-based generative models. Our work provides a statistical and practical guide to parameter estimation for connectome generative models.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Connectome/methods ; Reproducibility of Results ; Models, Statistical ; Brain/diagnostic imaging ; Sample Size
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-02-22
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 1147767-2
    ISSN 1095-9572 ; 1053-8119
    ISSN (online) 1095-9572
    ISSN 1053-8119
    DOI 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.119962
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