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XTRACT - Standardised protocols for automated tractography in the human and macaque brain (2020)
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Warrington, S., Bryant, K. L., Khrapitchev, A. A., Sallet, J., Charquero-Ballester, M., Douaud, G., …Sotiropoulos, S. N. (2020). XTRACT - Standardised protocols for automated tractography in the human and macaque brain. NeuroImage, 217, Article 116923. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116923

We present a new software package with a library of standardised tractography protocols devised for the robust automated extraction of white matter tracts both in the human and the macaque brain. Using in vivo data from the Human Connectome Project (... Read More about XTRACT - Standardised protocols for automated tractography in the human and macaque brain.

Mechanisms and Risk Factors Contributing to Visual Field Deficits following Stereotactic Laser Amygdalohippocampotomy (2019)
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Voets, N. L., Alvarez, I., Qiu, D., Leatherday, C., Willie, J. T., Sotiropoulos, S., …Drane, D. L. (2019). Mechanisms and Risk Factors Contributing to Visual Field Deficits following Stereotactic Laser Amygdalohippocampotomy. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, 97(4), 255–265. https://doi.org/10.1159/000502701

Selective laser amygdalohippocampotomy (SLAH) is a minimally invasive surgical treatment for medial temporal lobe epilepsy. Visual field deficits (VFDs) are a significant potential complication. The objective of this study was to determine the relati... Read More about Mechanisms and Risk Factors Contributing to Visual Field Deficits following Stereotactic Laser Amygdalohippocampotomy.

MRS and DTI evidence of progressive posterior cingulate cortex and corpus callosum injury in the hyper-acute phase after Traumatic Brain Injury (2019)
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Lawrence, T. P., Steel, A., Ezra, M., Speirs, M., Pretorius, P. M., Douaud, G., …Voets, N. L. (2019). MRS and DTI evidence of progressive posterior cingulate cortex and corpus callosum injury in the hyper-acute phase after Traumatic Brain Injury. Brain Injury, 33(7), 854-868. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2019.1584332

The posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) and corpus callosum (CC) are susceptible to trauma, but injury often evades detection. PCC Metabolic disruption may predict CC white matter tract injury and the secondary cascade responsible for progression. While... Read More about MRS and DTI evidence of progressive posterior cingulate cortex and corpus callosum injury in the hyper-acute phase after Traumatic Brain Injury.

Hierarchical heterogeneity across human cortex shapes large-scale neural dynamics (2019)
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Demirtas, M., Burt, J. B., Helmer, M., Ji, J. L., Adkinson, B. D., Glasser, M. F., …Murray, J. D. (2019). Hierarchical heterogeneity across human cortex shapes large-scale neural dynamics. Neuron, 101(6), 1181-1194.e13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2019.01.017

The large-scale organization of dynamical neural activity across cortex emerges through long-range interactions among local circuits. We hypothesized that large-scale dynamics are also shaped by heterogeneity of intrinsic local properties across cort... Read More about Hierarchical heterogeneity across human cortex shapes large-scale neural dynamics.

Using GPUs to accelerate computational diffusion MRI: from microstructure estimation to tractography and connectomes (2018)
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Hernandez-Fernandez, M., Reguly, I., Jbabdi, S., Giles, M., Smith, S., & Sotiropoulos, S. N. (2019). Using GPUs to accelerate computational diffusion MRI: from microstructure estimation to tractography and connectomes. NeuroImage, 188, 598-615. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.12.015

The great potential of computational diffusion MRI (dMRI) relies on indirect inference of tissue microstructure and brain connections, since modelling and tractography frameworks map diffusion measurements to neuroanatomical features. This mapping ho... Read More about Using GPUs to accelerate computational diffusion MRI: from microstructure estimation to tractography and connectomes.

Cognition based bTBI mechanistic criteria; a tool for preventive and therapeutic innovations (2018)
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Garcia-Gonzalez, D., Race, N. S., Voets, N. L., Jenkins, D. R., Sotiropoulos, S. N., Acosta, G., Cruz-Haces, M., Tang, J., Shi, R., & Jérusalem, A. (in press). Cognition based bTBI mechanistic criteria; a tool for preventive and therapeutic innovations. Scientific Reports, 8, Article 10273. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28271-7

Blast-induced traumatic brain injury has been associated with neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders. To date, although damage due to oxidative stress appears to be important, the specific mechanistic causes of such disorders remain elusive... Read More about Cognition based bTBI mechanistic criteria; a tool for preventive and therapeutic innovations.

Automated processing pipeline for neonatal diffusion MRI in the developing Human Connectome Project (2018)
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Bastiani, M., Andersson, J. L., Cordero-Grande, L., Murgasova, M., Hutter, J., Price, A. N., Makropoulos, A., Fitzgibbon, S. P., Hughes, E. J., Rueckert, D., Suresh, V., Rutherford, M., Edwards, A. D., Smith, S., Tournier, J. D., Hajnal, J. V., Jbabdi, S., & Sotiropoulos, S. N. (2019). Automated processing pipeline for neonatal diffusion MRI in the developing Human Connectome Project. NeuroImage, 185, 750-763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.05.064

The developing Human Connectome Project is set to create and make available to the scientific community a 4-dimensional map of functional and structural cerebral connectivity from 20 to 44 weeks post-menstrual age, to allow exploration of the genetic... Read More about Automated processing pipeline for neonatal diffusion MRI in the developing Human Connectome Project.

Whole brain comparative anatomy using connectivity blueprints (2018)
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Mars, R. B., Sotiropoulos, S. N., Passingham, R. E., Sallet, J., Verhagen, L., Khrapitchev, A. A., Sibson, N., & Jbabdi, S. (in press). Whole brain comparative anatomy using connectivity blueprints. eLife, 7, Article e35237. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35237

Comparing the brains of related species faces the challenges of establishing homologies whilst accommodating evolutionary specializations. Here we propose a general framework for understanding similarities and differences between the brains of primat... Read More about Whole brain comparative anatomy using connectivity blueprints.

A gyral coordinate system predictive of fibre orientations (2018)
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Cottaar, M., Bastiani, M., Chen, C., Dikranian, K., Van Essen, D., Behrens, T. E., Sotiropoulos, S. N., & Jbabdi, S. (2018). A gyral coordinate system predictive of fibre orientations. NeuroImage, 176, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.04.040

When axonal fibres approach or leave the cortex, their trajectories tend to closely follow the cortical convolutions. To quantify this tendency, we propose a three-dimensional coordinate system based on the gyral geometry. For every voxel in the brai... Read More about A gyral coordinate system predictive of fibre orientations.

Bayesian optimization of large-scale biophysical networks (2018)
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Hadida, J., Sotiropoulos, S. N., Abeysuriya, R. G., Woolrich, M. W., & Jbabdi, S. (2018). Bayesian optimization of large-scale biophysical networks. NeuroImage, 174, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.02.063

The relationship between structure and function in the human brain is well established, but not yet well characterised. Large-scale biophysical models allow us to investigate this relationship, by leveraging structural information (e.g. derived from... Read More about Bayesian optimization of large-scale biophysical networks.

A biophysical model of dynamic balancing of excitation and inhibition in fast oscillatory large-scale networks (2018)
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Abeysuriya, R. G., Hadida, J., Sotiropoulos, S. N., Jbabdi, S., Becker, R., Hunt, B. A., Brookes, M. J., & Woolrich, M. W. (in press). A biophysical model of dynamic balancing of excitation and inhibition in fast oscillatory large-scale networks. PLoS Computational Biology, 14(2), Article e1006007. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006007

Over long timescales, neuronal dynamics can be robust to quite large perturbations, such as changes in white matter connectivity and grey matter structure through processes including learning, aging, development and certain disease processes. One pos... Read More about A biophysical model of dynamic balancing of excitation and inhibition in fast oscillatory large-scale networks.

Image processing and Quality Control for the first 10,000 brain imaging datasets from UK Biobank (2017)
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Alfaro-Almagro, F., Jenkinson, M., Bangerter, N. K., Andersson, J. L., Griffanti, L., Douaud, G., …Smith, S. M. (2018). Image processing and Quality Control for the first 10,000 brain imaging datasets from UK Biobank. NeuroImage, 166, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.10.034

UK Biobank is a large-scale prospective epidemiological study with all data accessible to researchers worldwide. It is currently in the process of bringing back 100,000 of the original participants for brain, heart and body MRI, carotid ultrasound an... Read More about Image processing and Quality Control for the first 10,000 brain imaging datasets from UK Biobank.

The heritability of multi-modal connectivity in human brain activity (2017)
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Colclough, G. L., Smith, S. M., Nichols, T. E., Winkler, A. M., Sotiropoulos, S. N., Glasser, M. F., …Woolrich, M. W. (in press). The heritability of multi-modal connectivity in human brain activity. eLife, 6, Article e20178. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.20178

Patterns of intrinsic human brain activity exhibit a profile of functional connectivity that is associated with behaviour and cognitive performance, and deteriorates with disease. This paper investigates the relative importance of genetic factors and... Read More about The heritability of multi-modal connectivity in human brain activity.

Subthalamic deep brain stimulation sweet spots and hyperdirect cortical connectivity in Parkinson’s disease (2017)
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Akram, H., Sotiropoulos, S. N., Jbabdi, S., Georgiev, D., Mahlknecht, P., Hyam, J., Foltynie, T., Limousin, P., De Vita, E., Jahanshahi, M., Hariz, M., Ashburner, J., Behrens, T., & Zrinzo, L. (2017). Subthalamic deep brain stimulation sweet spots and hyperdirect cortical connectivity in Parkinson’s disease. NeuroImage, 158, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.07.012

Objectives
Firstly, to identify subthalamic region stimulation clusters that predict maximum improvement in rigidity, bradykinesia and tremor, or emergence of side-effects; and secondly, to map-out the cortical fingerprint, mediated by the hyperdire... Read More about Subthalamic deep brain stimulation sweet spots and hyperdirect cortical connectivity in Parkinson’s disease.

Building connectomes using diffusion MRI: why, how and but (2017)
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Sotiropoulos, S. N., & Zalesky, A. (in press). Building connectomes using diffusion MRI: why, how and but. NMR in Biomedicine, https://doi.org/10.1002/nbm.3752

Why has diffusion MRI become a principal modality for mapping connectomes in vivo? How do different image acquisition parameters, fiber tracking algorithms and other methodological choices affect connectome estimation? What are the main factors that... Read More about Building connectomes using diffusion MRI: why, how and but.

Evaluating fibre orientation dispersion in white matter: comparison of diffusion MRI, histology and polarized light imaging (2017)
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Mollink, J., Kleinnijenhuis, M., Cappellen van Walsum, A.-M. V., Sotiropoulos, S. N., Cottaar, M., Mirfin, C., …Miller, K. L. (2017). Evaluating fibre orientation dispersion in white matter: comparison of diffusion MRI, histology and polarized light imaging. NeuroImage, 157, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.06.001

Diffusion MRI is an exquisitely sensitive probe of tissue microstructure, and is currently the only non-invasive measure of the brain’s fibre architecture. As this technique becomes more sophisticated and microstructurally informative, there is incre... Read More about Evaluating fibre orientation dispersion in white matter: comparison of diffusion MRI, histology and polarized light imaging.

Image quality transfer and applications in diffusion MRI (2017)
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Alexander, D. C., Zikic, D., Ghosh, A., Tanno, R., Wottschel, V., Zhang, J., …Criminisi, A. (2017). Image quality transfer and applications in diffusion MRI. NeuroImage, 152, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.02.089

This paper introduces a new computational imaging technique called image quality transfer (IQT). IQT uses machine learning to transfer the rich information available from one-off experimental medical imaging devices to the abundant but lower-quality... Read More about Image quality transfer and applications in diffusion MRI.

Studying neuroanatomy using MRI (2017)
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Lerch, J. P., van der Kouwe, A. J., Raznahan, A., Paus, T., Johansen-Berg, H., Miller, K. L., …Sotiropoulos, S. N. (in press). Studying neuroanatomy using MRI. Nature Neuroscience, 20(3), https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.4501

The study of neuroanatomy using imaging enables key insights into how our brains function, are shaped by genes and environment, and change with development, aging, and disease. Developments in MRI acquisition, image processing, and data modelling hav... Read More about Studying neuroanatomy using MRI.