Evidence for segregated and integrative connectivity patterns in the human Basal Ganglia.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_B5E3AE595031
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Evidence for segregated and integrative connectivity patterns in the human Basal Ganglia.
Journal
Journal of Neuroscience
Author(s)
Draganski B., Kherif F., Klöppel S., Cook P.A., Alexander D.C., Parker G.J., Deichmann R., Ashburner J., Frackowiak R.S.
ISSN
1529-2401 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0270-6474
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2008
Volume
28
Number
28
Pages
7143-7152
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov'tPublication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Detailed knowledge of the anatomy and connectivity pattern of cortico-basal ganglia circuits is essential to an understanding of abnormal cortical function and pathophysiology associated with a wide range of neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases. We aim to study the spatial extent and topography of human basal ganglia connectivity in vivo. Additionally, we explore at an anatomical level the hypothesis of coexistent segregated and integrative cortico-basal ganglia loops. We use probabilistic tractography on magnetic resonance diffusion weighted imaging data to segment basal ganglia and thalamus in 30 healthy subjects based on their cortical and subcortical projections. We introduce a novel method to define voxel-based connectivity profiles that allow representation of projections from a source to more than one target region. Using this method, we localize specific relay nuclei within predefined functional circuits. We find strong correlation between tractography-based basal ganglia parcellation and anatomical data from previously reported invasive tracing studies in nonhuman primates. Additionally, we show in vivo the anatomical basis of segregated loops and the extent of their overlap in prefrontal, premotor, and motor networks. Our findings in healthy humans support the notion that probabilistic diffusion tractography can be used to parcellate subcortical gray matter structures on the basis of their connectivity patterns. The coexistence of clearly segregated and also overlapping connections from cortical sites to basal ganglia subregions is a neuroanatomical correlate of both parallel and integrative networks within them. We believe that this method can be used to examine pathophysiological concepts in a number of basal ganglia-related disorders.
Keywords
Adult, Basal Ganglia/anatomy & histology, Basal Ganglia/physiology, Brain Mapping, Cerebral Cortex/anatomy & histology, Cerebral Cortex/physiology, Female, Functional Laterality, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted/methods, Imaging, Three-Dimensional/methods, Male, Middle Aged, Neural Pathways/anatomy & histology, Neural Pathways/physiology
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Web of science
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