Author(s): Jäger AP; Steele CJ; Dreyer FR; Osterloh MR; Sadlon A; Nikulin V; Mohr B; Pulvermüller F;

Background: Intensive language-action therapy treats language deficits and depressive symptoms in chronic poststroke aphasia, yet the underlying neural mechanisms remain underexplored. Long-range temporal correlations (LRTCs) in blood oxygenation level-dependent signals indicate persistence in brain activity patterns and may relate to learning and levels ...

Article GUID: 40927858

Author(s): Tremblay SA; Potvin-Jutras Z; Sabra D; Rezaei A; Sanami S; Gagnon C; Intzandt B; Mainville-Berthiaume A; Wright L; Leppert IR; Tardif CL; Steele CJ; Iglesies-Grau J; Nigam A; Bherer L; Gauthier CJ;

Patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) face an increased risk of cognitive impairment, dementia, and stroke. While white matter (WM) lesions are frequently reported in patients with CAD, the effects on WM microstructure alterations remain largely unknown. We aimed to identify WM microstructu ...

Article GUID: 40829939

Author(s): Carter F; Anwander A; Johnson M; Goucha T; Adamson H; Friederici AD; Lutti A; Gauthier CJ; Weiskopf N; Bazin PL; Steele CJ;

The study of brain structure and change in neuroscience is commonly conducted using macroscopic morphological measures of the brain such as regional volume or cortical thickness, providing little insight into the microstructure and physiology of the brain. In contrast, quantitative Magnetic Reson ...

Article GUID: 40705745

Author(s): Parent O; Alasmar Z; Osborne S; Bussy A; Costantino M; Fouquet JP; Quesada D; Pastor-Bernier A; Fajardo-Valdez A; Pichet-Binette A; McQuarrie A; Maranzano J; Devenyi GA; Steele CJ; Villeneuve S; ; Dadar M; Chakravarty MM;

White matter hyperintensities (WMHs) are neuroimaging markers widely interpreted as caused by cerebral small vessel disease, yet emerging evidence suggests that a subset may have a neurodegenerative etiology. Current imaging methods have lacked the specificity to disentangle biological processes ...

Article GUID: 40585093

Author(s): Rousseau PN; Bazin PL; Steele CJ;

The cerebellum's involvement in a range of cognitive, emotional, and motor processes has become increasingly evident. Given the uniformity of the cerebellar cortex's cellular architecture its contributions to varied processes are thought be partially mediated by its patterns of reciprocal connectivity with the rest of the brain. A better understan ...

Article GUID: 40355513

Author(s): Tremblay SA; Nathan Spreng R; Wearn A; Alasmar Z; Pirhadi A; Tardif CL; Chakravarty MM; Villeneuve S; Leppert IR; Carbonell F; Medina YI; Steele CJ; Gauthier CJ;

Early detection of pathological changes in Alzheimer's disease (AD) has garnered significant attention in the last few decades as interventions aiming to prevent progression will likely be most effective when initiated early. White matter (WM) alterations are among the earliest changes in AD, ...

Article GUID: 40086421

Author(s): Alasmar Z; Chakravarty MM; Penhune VB; Steele CJ;

The cortex and cerebellum are densely connected through reciprocal input/output projections that form segregated circuits. These circuits are shown to differentially connect anterior lobules of the cerebellum to sensorimotor regions, and lobules Crus I and II to prefrontal regions. This differential connectivity pattern leads to the hypothesis that indivi ...

Article GUID: 39791308

Author(s): Tremblay SA; Spreng RN; Wearn A; Alasmar Z; Pirhadi A; Tardif CL; Chakravarty MM; Villeneuve S; Leppert IR; Carbonell F; Medina YI; Steele CJ; Gauthier CJ;

Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is thought to result from a complex cascade of events involving several pathological processes. Recent studies have reported alterations in white matter (WM) microstructure in the early phase of AD, but WM remains understudied. We used a multivariate appro ...

Article GUID: 39782998

Author(s): Tremblay SA; Spreng RN; Wearn A; Alasmar Z; Pirhadi A; Tardif CL; Chakravarty MM; Villeneuve S; Leppert IR; Carbonell F; Medina YI; Steele CJ; Gauthier CJ;

Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is thought to result from a complex cascade of events involving several pathological processes. Recent studies have reported alterations in white matter (WM) microstructure in the early phase of AD, but WM remains understudied. We used a multivariate appro ...

Article GUID: 39785351

Author(s): Tremblay SA; Alasmar Z; Pirhadi A; Carbonell F; Iturria-Medina Y; Gauthier CJ; Steele CJ;

Multivariate approaches have recently gained in popularity to address the physiological unspecificity of neuroimaging metrics and to better characterize the complexity of biological processes underlying behavior. However, commonly used approaches are biased by the intrinsic associations between variables, or they are computationally expensive and may be m ...

Article GUID: 38463982

Author(s): Jäger AP; Bailey A; Huntenburg JM; Tardif CL; Villringer A; Gauthier CJ; Nikulin V; Bazin PL; Steele CJ;

Decreased long-range temporal correlations (LRTC) in brain signals can be used to measure cognitive effort during task execution. Here, we examined how learning a motor sequence affects long-range temporal memory within resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging signal. Using the Hurst e ...

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