Non-invasive mapping of connections between human thalamus and cortex using diffusion imaging

By Timothy Edward John Behrens, Heidi Johansen-Berg, Mark William Woolrich, S. Smith, C. Wheeler-Kingshott, Philip A. Boulby, G. Barker, E. Sillery, K. Sheehan, O. Ciccarelli and 3 more. Nature Neuroscience, 2003

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Toward in vivo histology: A comparison of quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) with magnitude-, phase-, and R2⁎-imaging at ultra-high magnetic field strength (2013, positive): “…of its alignment andmicroscopic composition inwhitematter with respect to the external magnetic field on both magnetic susceptibility (Li et al., 2012a,b; Liu, 2010; Schweser et al., 2012b) and R2⁎ (Bender and Klose, 2010; Denk et al., 2011; Lee et al., 2011; Sati et al., 2012) has been reported.”
Modelling neural correlates of working memory: A coordinate-based meta-analysis (2011, neutral): “Subcortical activation was found in bilateral regions of the thalamus that connect to prefrontal and temporal cortices (Behrens et al., 2003) and mainly the left basal ganglia.”
A probabilistic atlas of the human thalamic nuclei combining ex vivo MRI and histology (2018, background): “In their pioneering work, Behrens et al. (2003) and Johansen-Berg et al. (2005) used probabilistic tractography to parcellate the thalamus according to the connectivity of its voxels with predefined target regions of the cerebral cortex.”
Anatomical connectivity patterns predict face-selectivity in the fusiform gyrus (2011, positive): “However, diffusion weighted imaging (DWI), an MRI technique that measures the propensity of water to travel along myelinated axons, can be used to estimate brain connectivity in vivo 16, 17 , which can be analyzed alongside fMRI data in the same individual.”
Language processing in the occipital cortex of congenitally blind adults (2011, background): “These thalamic nuclei are anatomically connected with the prefrontal cortex and have been implicated in higher cognitive functions, including language (39, 40).”
The cerebral signature for pain perception and its modulation. (2007, positive): “…2005; Tracey and Iannetti, 2006) and map white matter tracts within the human brain noninvasively using diffusion tensor imaging and tractography (Behrens et al., 2003; Johansen-Berg and Behrens, 2006; Le Bihan, 2003) are already contributing to a better understanding of the neuroanatomical…”
Hemispheric asymmetries in language-related pathways: A combined functional MRI and tractography study (2006, methodology): “…approach by incorporating the uncertainty in the orientation of the principal direction of diffusion defined for each voxel to generate maps of probability of connection to chosen start points (Behrens et al., 2003a,b; Lazar and Alexander, 2005; Parker et al., 2003; Parker and Alexander, 2003).”
Using diffusion imaging to study human connectional anatomy. (2009, methodology): “However, a class of alternative tractography approaches, which operate within a probabilistic framework, allow for tracking IPL: inferior parietal lobule IPS: intraparietal sulcus even in the presence of uncertainty (Behrens et al. 2003b, Parker & Alexander 2005).”
Diffusion tensor imaging of adult age differences in cerebral white matter: relation to response time (2004, background): “…the anterior limb of the internal capsule contains the axons of thalamic neurons in the mediodorsal and anterior nuclear complex that project to the prefrontal cortex, as well as the axons of prefrontal cortical neurons that provide feedback to the associated thalamic nuclei (Behrens et al., 2003).”
Probabilistic diffusion tractography with multiple fibre orientations: What can we gain? (2006, methodology): “We perform tractography using the same sampling scheme that was shown to sample from the global probability of connection in Behrens et al. (2003b), and has also been used in Parker and Alexander (2003), Hagmann et al.”
Is emotional contagion special? An fMRI study on neural systems for affective and cognitive empathy (2008, background): “All incoming subcortical input to the human cortex – including somatosensory and motor cortices – is relayed via thalamus (Behrens et al., 2003), and thalamus is involved in the coordination of integrated behavioural and autonomic expression of emotions (Bard, 1928) as well as regulation of arousal ”