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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Brain Imaging

Background:

  • Functional brain connectivity research traditionally relies on correlational methods like fMRI.
  • Establishing causal circuit mechanisms in the human brain remains a significant challenge.
  • Non-invasive techniques lack the ability to determine direct causal relationships between brain regions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a method for generating reliable causal connectivity maps using interleaved single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation with functional MRI (spTMS/fMRI).
  • To investigate the causal engagement of cortical and subcortical brain regions by targeting the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (sgACC) and basolateral amygdala (BLA).
  • To provide a robust framework and publicly available data for future studies on functional connectivity.

Main Methods:

  • Employed interleaved single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation with functional MRI (spTMS/fMRI) in over 80 participants.
  • Utilized personalized, connectivity-guided targets in the left hemisphere for sgACC and BLA stimulation.
  • Quantified TMS-evoked responses using voxelwise event-related BOLD maps and controlled for confounding factors in group-level analyses.

Main Results:

  • Targeted stimulation of the sgACC induced responses within the sgACC and modulated distributed cortical and subcortical areas.
  • Ventrolateral stimulation targeting the BLA elicited negative BOLD responses in the amygdala and engaged widespread downstream regions.
  • ROI-based analyses showed no significant differences in evoked responses between sgACC- and BLA-targeted stimulations, validating the method's consistency.

Conclusions:

  • Image-guided TMS can causally engage distributed brain circuits, offering a powerful new framework for functional connectivity mapping.
  • The study successfully validated spTMS/fMRI as a reliable method for establishing causal brain circuit mechanisms.
  • Publicly available causal connectivity maps serve as a valuable resource for future neuroscience research.