Factors modulating neural processing time measured using fMRI

• Processo: 12/50722-0
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular
• Data de Início da vigência: 01 de outubro de 2012
• Data de Término da vigência: 30 de setembro de 2014
• Área do conhecimento: Ciências da Saúde - Medicina - Radiologia Médica
• Acordo de Cooperação: King's College London
• Pesquisador responsável: Edson Amaro Junior
• Beneficiário: Edson Amaro Junior
• Pesquisador Responsável no exterior: Thomas White
• Instituição Parceira no exterior: King's College London , Inglaterra
• Instituição Sede: Faculdade de Medicina (FM). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brasil
• Município da Instituição Sede: São Paulo
• Vinculado ao auxílio: 09/53443-1 - Neuroimunologia, genômica funcional e neuroimagem: uma abordagem integrada no estudo da fisiopatologia e tratamento da epilepsia refratária, AP.TEM
• Assunto(s): Imagem por ressonância magnética funcional Técnicas de diagnóstico neurológico Esquizofrenia Anfetamina
• Palavra(s)-Chave do Pesquisador: Amphetamine | Cortical Efficiency | Eeg Fmri | Fmri | Neural Processing Time | Schizophrenia

Resumo

Morphometric features of the hemodynamic response function (HRF) potentially provide a window on to alternative characteristics of neuronal activity using fMRI. Recently, neural processing time (NPT) - the period for which event-related neuonal activity occurs - was proposed as a measurable feature of the biophysical model of HRF. However, systematic investigation of the factors modulating NPT has not yet been conducted but could potentially mark a significant improvement of our understanding of the neural conditions characteristic of efficient information processing. Accordingly, we propose a collaborative study which will adapt NPT inference, developed at USP, to test four principal hypotheses on N-back data previously collected at KCL: (i) that NPT in decision-making regions will be modulated by working memory load, being shorter in low memory-load conditions; (ii) that individuals with psychosis will exhibit aberrant NPT on account of diminished cortical efficiency, with psychosis-related differences moderated by symptom profile; (iii) that this aberrance will be mirrored by healthy individuals following amphetamine sensitisation; and (iv) that simultaneously acquired electroencephalography (EEG)-fMRI data collected during working memory performance will provide a means of further validating NPT by permitting the assessment of the relationship between neuroelectric components (from EEG) and fMRI NPT measures. (AU)

Publicações científicas

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HOEXTER, MARCELO Q.; BIAZOLI, JR., CLAUDINEI E.; ALVARENGA, PEDRO G.; BATISTUZZO, MARCELO C.; SALUM, GIOVANNI A.; GADELHA, ARY; PAN, PEDRO M.; ANES, MAURICIO; MANCINI-MARTINS, LETICIA; MOURA, LUCIANA M.; et al. Low frequency fluctuation of brain spontaneous activity and obsessive compulsive symptoms in a large school-age sample. JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH, v. 96, p. 224-230, JAN 2018. (13/08531-5, 08/57896-8, 13/00506-1, 16/05865-8, 16/02246-5, 12/50722-0, 13/10498-6)