吉拉尔王冠有助于人类面部处理的皮质基础设施
Ethan H Willbrand1, Joseph P Kelly2, Xiayu Chen3
1Medical Scientist Training Program, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
|April 1, 2025
概括
患有发育性前视的个体在状回形中表现出较小的旋转冠高度,影响面部感知. 面部选择性区域的神经解剖学差异是理解面部识别缺陷的关键.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 认知神经科学 认知神经科学
- 神经解剖学是一个神经解剖学.
背景情况:
- 皮层折叠,特别是旋转冠高,对于大脑功能和个体行为差异至关重要.
- 功能专业化和旋转冠之间的关系尚不清楚,特别是在临床人群中.
- 状回形 (FG) 在面部处理中起着至关重要的作用.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究旋转冠状形态和状圆周中的面部选择性之间的关系.
- 与神经类型对照者 (NTs) 相比,检查发育性前列腺炎症 (DPs) 患者的这些神经解剖学特征.
主要方法:
- 使用磁共振成像 (MRI) 来测量神经解剖学特征.
- 在DPs和NTs之间的FG面部选择区域的旋转冠尺寸和高度的比较分析.
- 在一个更大的NTs队列中复制发现.
主要成果:
- 与对照人群相比,患有发育前的个体在FG的中部,但不是后部,面部选择区域的尺寸和旋转冠高较小.
- 这些神经解剖学差异与人脸感知能力相关.
- 旋转冠和面部选择性之间的关联在一个更大的神经型样本中得到证实.
结论:
- 状圈的状冠状形态是面部处理中的一个重要的神经解剖学因素.
- 足关节的回旋冠高度降低可能导致发育期前视症中观察到的面部识别缺陷.
- 这项研究确定了一种新的神经解剖学标记,用于理解面部感知皮质基础.
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