Danilo Bzdok

Multi-tract multi-symptom relationships in pediatric concussion

Guido I Guberman

Sonja Stojanovski

Eman Nishat

Alain Ptito

Anne L Wheeler

Maxime Descoteaux

The heterogeneity of white matter damage and symptoms in concussions has been identified as a major obstacle to therapeutic innovation. In c… (voir plus)ontrast, the vast majority of diffusion MRI studies on concussion have traditionally employed group-comparison approaches. Such studies do not consider heterogeneity of damage and symptoms in concussion. To parse concussion heterogeneity, the present study combines diffusion MRI (dMRI) and multivariate statistics to investigate multi-tract multi-symptom relationships. Using dMRI data from a sample of 306 children ages 9 and 10 with a history of concussion from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study (ABCD study), we built connectomes weighted by classical and emerging diffusion measures. These measures were combined into two informative indices, the first capturing a mixture of patterns suggestive of microstructural complexity, the second representing almost exclusively axonal density. We deployed pattern-learning algorithms to jointly decompose these connectivity features and 19 behavioural measures that capture well-known symptoms of concussions. We found idiosyncratic symptom-specific multi-tract connectivity features, which would not be captured in traditional univariate analyses. Multivariable connectome-symptom correspondences were stronger than all single-tract/single-symptom associations. Multi-tract connectivity features were also expressed equally across different sociodemographic strata and their expression was not accounted for by injury-related variables. In a replication dataset, the expression of multi-tract connectivity features predicted adverse psychiatric outcomes after accounting for other psychopathology-related variables. By defining cross-demographic multi-tract multi-symptom relationships to parse concussion heterogeneity, the present study can pave the way for the development of improved stratification strategies that may contribute to the success of future clinical trials and the improvement of concussion management.

2022-05-17

eLife (publié)

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Population heterogeneity in clinical cohorts affects the predictive accuracy of brain imaging

Oualid Benkarim

Casey Paquola

Bo-yong Park

Valeria Kebets

Seok-Jun Hong

Reinder Vos de Wael

Shaoshi Zhang

B.T. Thomas Yeo

Michael Eickenberg

Tian Ge

Jean-Baptiste Poline

Boris C Bernhardt

Danilo Bzdok

2022-04-29

PLoS Biology (publié)

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Shared and unique brain network features predict cognitive, personality, and mental health scores in the ABCD study

Jianzhong Chen

Angela Tam

Valeria Kebets

Csaba Orban

L.Q.R. Ooi

Leon Qi Rong Ooi

Christopher L. Asplund

Scott Marek

Nico Dosenbach

Simon B. Eickhoff

Danilo Bzdok

Avram J. Holmes

B.T. Thomas Yeo

2022-04-25

Nature Communications (publié)

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Shared and unique brain network features predict cognitive, personality, and mental health scores in the ABCD study

Jianzhong Chen

Angela Tam

Valeria Kebets

Csaba Orban

L.Q.R. Ooi

Christopher L Asplund

Scott A. Marek

N. Dosenbach

Simon B. Eickhoff

Danilo Bzdok

Avram J. Holmes

B.T. Thomas Yeo

2022-04-25

Nature Communications (published)

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Multivariate, Transgenerational Associations of the COVID-19 Pandemic Across Minoritized and Marginalized Communities.

Sarah W. Yip

Ayana Jordan

Robert J. Kohler

Avram J. Holmes

Danilo Bzdok

Importance The experienced consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have diverged across individuals, families, and communities, resulting in i… (voir plus)nequity within a host of factors. There is a gap of quantitative evidence about the transgenerational impacts of these experiences and factors. Objective To identify baseline predictors of COVID-19 experiences, as defined by child and parent report, using a multivariate pattern-learning framework from the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development (ABCD) cohort. Design, Setting, and Participants ABCD is an ongoing prospective longitudinal study of child and adolescent development in the United States including 11 875 youths, enrolled at age 9 to 10 years. Using nationally collected longitudinal profiling data from 9267 families, a multivariate pattern-learning strategy was developed to identify factor combinations associated with transgenerational costs of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. ABCD data (release 3.0) collected from 2016 to 2020 and released between 2019 and 2021 were analyzed in combination with ABCD COVID-19 rapid response data from the first 3 collection points (May-August 2020). Exposures Social distancing and other response measures imposed by COVID-19, including school closures and shutdown of many childhood recreational activities. Main Outcomes and Measures Mid-COVID-19 experiences as defined by the ABCD's parent and child COVID-19 assessments. Results Deep profiles from 9267 youth (5681 female [47.8%]; mean [SD] age, 119.0 [7.5] months) and their caregivers were quantitatively examined. Enabled by a pattern-learning analysis, social determinants of inequity, including family structure, socioeconomic status, and the experience of racism, were found to be primarily associated with transgenerational impacts of COVID-19, above and beyond other candidate predictors such as preexisting medical or psychiatric conditions. Pooling information across more than 17 000 baseline pre-COVID-19 family indicators and more than 280 measures of day-to-day COVID-19 experiences, non-White (ie, families who reported being Asian, Black, Hispanic, other, or a combination of those choices) and/or Spanish-speaking families were found to have decreased resources (mode 1, canonical vector weight [CVW] = 0.19; rank 5 of 281), escalated likelihoods of financial worry (mode 1, CVW = -0.20; rank 4), and food insecurity (mode 1, CVW = 0.21; rank 2), yet were more likely to have parent-child discussions regarding COVID-19-associated health and prevention issues, such as handwashing (mode 1, CVW = 0.14; rank 9), conserving food or other items (mode 1, CVW = 0.21; rank 1), protecting elderly individuals (mode 1, CVW = 0.11; rank 21), and isolating from others (mode 1, CVW = 0.11; rank 23). In contrast, White families (mode 1, CVW = -0.07; rank 3), those with higher pre-COVID-19 income (mode 1, CVW = -0.07; rank 5), and presence of a parent with a postgraduate degree (mode 1, CVW = -0.06; rank 14) experienced reduced COVID-19-associated impact. In turn, children from families experiencing reduced COVID-19 impacts reported longer nighttime sleep durations (mode 1, CVW = 0.13; rank 14), less difficulties with remote learning (mode 2, CVW = 0.14; rank 7), and decreased worry about the impact of COVID-19 on their family's financial stability (mode 1, CVW = 0.134; rank 13). Conclusions and Relevance The findings of this study indicate that community-level, transgenerational intervention strategies may be needed to combat the disproportionate burden of pandemics on minoritized and marginalized racial and ethnic populations.

2022-04-01

JAMA Psychiatry (publié)

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Population heterogeneity in clinical cohorts affects the predictive accuracy of brain imaging

O. Benkarim

Casey Paquola

Bo-yong Park

Valeria Kebets

Seokjun Hong

Reinder Vos de Wael

Shaoshi Zhang

B.T. Thomas Yeo

Michael Eickenberg

Tian Ge

Jean-Baptiste Poline

B. Bernhardt

Danilo Bzdok

Brain imaging research enjoys increasing adoption of supervised machine learning for single-participant disease classification. Yet, the suc… (voir plus)cess of these algorithms likely depends on population diversity, including demographic differences and other factors that may be outside of primary scientific interest. Here, we capitalize on propensity scores as a composite confound index to quantify diversity due to major sources of population variation. We delineate the impact of population heterogeneity on the predictive accuracy and pattern stability in 2 separate clinical cohorts: the Autism Brain Imaging Data Exchange (ABIDE, n = 297) and the Healthy Brain Network (HBN, n = 551). Across various analysis scenarios, our results uncover the extent to which cross-validated prediction performances are interlocked with diversity. The instability of extracted brain patterns attributable to diversity is located preferentially in regions part of the default mode network. Collectively, our findings highlight the limitations of prevailing deconfounding practices in mitigating the full consequences of population diversity.

2022-04-01

PLoS Biology (published)

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Cross-ethnicity/race generalization failure of behavioral prediction from resting-state functional connectivity

Jingwei Li

Danilo Bzdok

Jianzhong Chen

Angela Tam

Leon Qi

Leon Qi Rong Ooi

Avram J. Holmes

Tian Ge

Kaustubh R. Patil

Mbemba Jabbi

Simon B. Eickhoff

B.T. Thomas Yeo

Sarah Genon

Algorithmic biases that favor majority populations pose a key challenge to the application of machine learning for precision medicine. Here,… (voir plus) we assessed such bias in prediction models of behavioral phenotypes from brain functional magnetic resonance imaging. We examined the prediction bias using two independent datasets (preadolescent versus adult) of mixed ethnic/racial composition. When predictive models were trained on data dominated by white Americans (WA), out-of-sample prediction errors were generally higher for African Americans (AA) than for WA. This bias toward WA corresponds to more WA-like brain-behavior association patterns learned by the models. When models were trained on AA only, compared to training only on WA or an equal number of AA and WA participants, AA prediction accuracy improved but stayed below that for WA. Overall, the results point to the need for caution and further research regarding the application of current brain-behavior prediction models in minority populations.

2022-03-16

Science Advances (publié)

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Cross-ethnicity/race generalization failure of behavioral prediction from resting-state functional connectivity

Jingwei Li

Danilo Bzdok

Jianzhong Chen

Angela Tam

Leon Qi

Rong Ooi

Avram J. Holmes

Tian Ge

K. Patil

M. Jabbi

Simon B. Eickhoff

B.T. Thomas Yeo

Sarah Genon

Algorithmic biases that favor majority populations pose a key challenge to the application of machine learning for precision medicine. Here,… (voir plus) we assessed such bias in prediction models of behavioral phenotypes from brain functional magnetic resonance imaging. We examined the prediction bias using two independent datasets (preadolescent versus adult) of mixed ethnic/racial composition. When predictive models were trained on data dominated by white Americans (WA), out-of-sample prediction errors were generally higher for African Americans (AA) than for WA. This bias toward WA corresponds to more WA-like brain-behavior association patterns learned by the models. When models were trained on AA only, compared to training only on WA or an equal number of AA and WA participants, AA prediction accuracy improved but stayed below that for WA. Overall, the results point to the need for caution and further research regarding the application of current brain-behavior prediction models in minority populations.

2022-03-01

Science Advances (published)

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More Than Meets the Eye: Art Engages the Social Brain

Janneke E. P. van Leeuwen

Jeroen Boomgaard

Danilo Bzdok

S. Crutch

J. Warren

Here we present the viewpoint that art essentially engages the social brain, by demonstrating how art processing maps onto the social brain … (voir plus)connectome—the most comprehensive diagram of the neural dynamics that regulate human social cognition to date. We start with a brief history of the rise of neuroaesthetics as the scientific study of art perception and appreciation, in relation to developments in contemporary art practice and theory during the same period. Building further on a growing awareness of the importance of social context in art production and appreciation, we then set out how art engages the social brain and outline candidate components of the “artistic brain connectome.” We explain how our functional model for art as a social brain phenomenon may operate when engaging with artworks. We call for closer collaborations between the burgeoning field of neuroaesthetics and arts professionals, cultural institutions and diverse audiences in order to fully delineate and contextualize this model. Complementary to the unquestionable value of art for art’s sake, we argue that its neural grounding in the social brain raises important practical implications for mental health, and the care of people living with dementia and other neurological conditions.

2022-02-25

Frontiers in Neuroscience (published)

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More Than Meets the Eye: Art Engages the Social Brain

Janneke E. P. van Leeuwen

Jeroen Boomgaard

Danilo Bzdok

Sebastian J. Crutch

Jason D. Warren

2022-02-25

Frontiers in Neuroscience (publié)

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Multivariate, Transgenerational Associations of the COVID-19 Pandemic Across Minoritized and Marginalized Communities.

S. Yip

Ayana Jordan

Robert J. Kohler

Avram J. Holmes

Danilo Bzdok

Importance The experienced consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have diverged across individuals, families, and communities, resulting in i… (voir plus)nequity within a host of factors. There is a gap of quantitative evidence about the transgenerational impacts of these experiences and factors. Objective To identify baseline predictors of COVID-19 experiences, as defined by child and parent report, using a multivariate pattern-learning framework from the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development (ABCD) cohort. Design, Setting, and Participants ABCD is an ongoing prospective longitudinal study of child and adolescent development in the United States including 11 875 youths, enrolled at age 9 to 10 years. Using nationally collected longitudinal profiling data from 9267 families, a multivariate pattern-learning strategy was developed to identify factor combinations associated with transgenerational costs of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. ABCD data (release 3.0) collected from 2016 to 2020 and released between 2019 and 2021 were analyzed in combination with ABCD COVID-19 rapid response data from the first 3 collection points (May-August 2020). Exposures Social distancing and other response measures imposed by COVID-19, including school closures and shutdown of many childhood recreational activities. Main Outcomes and Measures Mid-COVID-19 experiences as defined by the ABCD's parent and child COVID-19 assessments. Results Deep profiles from 9267 youth (5681 female [47.8%]; mean [SD] age, 119.0 [7.5] months) and their caregivers were quantitatively examined. Enabled by a pattern-learning analysis, social determinants of inequity, including family structure, socioeconomic status, and the experience of racism, were found to be primarily associated with transgenerational impacts of COVID-19, above and beyond other candidate predictors such as preexisting medical or psychiatric conditions. Pooling information across more than 17 000 baseline pre-COVID-19 family indicators and more than 280 measures of day-to-day COVID-19 experiences, non-White (ie, families who reported being Asian, Black, Hispanic, other, or a combination of those choices) and/or Spanish-speaking families were found to have decreased resources (mode 1, canonical vector weight [CVW] = 0.19; rank 5 of 281), escalated likelihoods of financial worry (mode 1, CVW = -0.20; rank 4), and food insecurity (mode 1, CVW = 0.21; rank 2), yet were more likely to have parent-child discussions regarding COVID-19-associated health and prevention issues, such as handwashing (mode 1, CVW = 0.14; rank 9), conserving food or other items (mode 1, CVW = 0.21; rank 1), protecting elderly individuals (mode 1, CVW = 0.11; rank 21), and isolating from others (mode 1, CVW = 0.11; rank 23). In contrast, White families (mode 1, CVW = -0.07; rank 3), those with higher pre-COVID-19 income (mode 1, CVW = -0.07; rank 5), and presence of a parent with a postgraduate degree (mode 1, CVW = -0.06; rank 14) experienced reduced COVID-19-associated impact. In turn, children from families experiencing reduced COVID-19 impacts reported longer nighttime sleep durations (mode 1, CVW = 0.13; rank 14), less difficulties with remote learning (mode 2, CVW = 0.14; rank 7), and decreased worry about the impact of COVID-19 on their family's financial stability (mode 1, CVW = 0.134; rank 13). Conclusions and Relevance The findings of this study indicate that community-level, transgenerational intervention strategies may be needed to combat the disproportionate burden of pandemics on minoritized and marginalized racial and ethnic populations.

2022-02-09

JAMA psychiatry (published)

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Sex-specific lesion pattern of functional outcomes after stroke

Anna K. Bonkhoff

Martin Bretzner

Sungmin Hong

Markus D. Schirmer

Alexander L. Cohen

Robert W. Regenhardt

Kathleen Donahue

Marco Nardin

Adrian Dalca

Anne-Katrin Giese

Mark R. Etherton

Brandon L. Hancock

Steven J.T. Mocking

Elissa McIntosh

John Richard Attia

Oscar Benavente

S. Bevan

John W. Cole

Amanda Donatti

Christoph Griessenauer … (voir 38 de plus)

Laura Heitsch

Lukas Holmegaard

Katarina Jood

Jordi Jimenez-Conde

Steven Kittner

Robin Lemmens

C. Levi

Caitrin W. McDonough

James Meschia

Chia-Ling Phuah

Arndt Rolfs

Stefan Ropele

Jonathan Rosand

Jaume Roquer

Tatjana Rundek

Ralph L. Sacco

Reinhold Schmidt

Pankaj Sharma

Agnieszka Slowik

Martin Söderholm

Alessandro Sousa

Tara M. Stanne

Daniel Strbian

Turgut Tatlisumak

Vincent Thijs

Achala Vagal

Johan Wasselius

Daniel Woo

Ramin Zand

P. McArdle

Bradford B. Worrall

Christina Jern

Arne G. Lindgren

Jane Maguire

M. Fox

Danilo Bzdok

Ona Wu

Natalia S. Rost

Abstract Stroke represents a considerable burden of disease for both men and women. However, a growing body of literature suggests clinicall… (voir plus)y relevant sex differences in the underlying causes, presentations and outcomes of acute ischaemic stroke. In a recent study, we reported sex divergences in lesion topographies: specific to women, acute stroke severity was linked to lesions in the left-hemispheric posterior circulation. We here determined whether these sex-specific brain manifestations also affect long-term outcomes. We relied on 822 acute ischaemic patients [age: 64.7 (15.0) years, 39% women] originating from the multi-centre MRI-GENIE study to model unfavourable outcomes (modified Rankin Scale >2) based on acute neuroimaging data in a Bayesian hierarchical framework. Lesions encompassing bilateral subcortical nuclei and left-lateralized regions in proximity to the insula explained outcomes across men and women (area under the curve = 0.81). A pattern of left-hemispheric posterior circulation brain regions, combining left hippocampus, precuneus, fusiform and lingual gyrus, occipital pole and latero-occipital cortex, showed a substantially higher relevance in explaining functional outcomes in women compared to men [mean difference of Bayesian posterior distributions (men – women) = −0.295 (90% highest posterior density interval = −0.556 to −0.068)]. Once validated in prospective studies, our findings may motivate a sex-specific approach to clinical stroke management and hold the promise of enhancing outcomes on a population level.

2022-02-02

Brain Communications (published)

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