Association of player position and functional connectivity alterations in collegiate American football players: an fMRI study by Owen Griffith, Xiaoxiao Bai, Alexa E. Walter, Michael Gay, Jon Kelly, Wayne Sebastianelli, Linda Papa, Semyon Slobounov

“…During group analysis, first, voxel-wise paired sample t-tests identified significant changes in connectivity from pre- to post-season, by player, and previous concussion history. …”
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Dissociation between Cerebellar and Cerebral Neural Activities in Humans with Long-Term Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss by Xiao-Min Xu, Yun Jiao, Tian-Yu Tang, Jian Zhang, Chun-Qiang Lu, Ying Luan, Richard Salvi, Gao-Jun Teng

“…Twenty-one subjects with long-term bilateral moderate-to-severe sensorineural hearing loss and 21 matched controls with clinically normal hearing underwent MRI scanning and a series of neuropsychological tests targeting cognition and emotion. Voxel-wise functional connectivity (FC) analysis demonstrated decreased couplings between the cerebellum and other cerebral areas, including the temporal pole (TP), insula, supramarginal gyrus, inferior frontal gyrus (IFG), medial frontal gyrus, and thalamus, in long-term bilateral sensorineural hearing loss patients. …”
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Structural Alteration of Medial Temporal Lobe Subfield in the Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment Stage of Alzheimer’s Disease by Pan He, Hang Qu, Ming Cai, Weijie Liu, Xinyi Gu, Qiang Ma

“…Methods. 30 patients with aMCI, 16 patients with AD, and 30 NC are recruited; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scans are conducted. Voxel-based morphometry was employed to conduct the quantitative measurement of gray matter densities of the hippocampus, amygdala, entorhinal cortex, and mammillary body (MB). …”
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Reconfigurable Ultra-Miniaturized MIMO Antenna for Tissue-Independent Communication in Injectable Medical Implants by L. Harlan, M. Susila, Sachin Kumar, Hyun Chul Choi, Kang Wook Kim

“…Furthermore, MIMO characteristics are evaluated and antenna robustness and safety are verified through specific absorption rate measurements using voxel models, highlighting the antenna’s suitability for injectable applications.…”
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Asymmetric representation of symmetric semantic information in the human brain by Jiaxin Wang, Kiichi Kawahata, Antoine Blanc, Naoya Maeda, Shinji Nishimoto, Satoshi Nishida

“…In this modeling, response in each voxel was predicted from semantic labels designated for each movie scene. …”
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The Instant Effects of Continuous Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation at Acupoints on the Functional Connectivity of Amygdala in Migraine without Aura: A Preliminary S... by Wenting Luo, Yue Zhang, Zhaoxian Yan, Xian Liu, Xiaoyan Hou, Weicui Chen, Yongsong Ye, Hui Li, Bo Liu

“…Finally, 27 of them were included in the analysis of seed-to-voxel FC with the left/right amygdala as seeds. Results. …”
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Associations between CAG repeat size, brain and spinal cord volume loss, and motor symptoms in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3: a cohort study by Zhi-Xian Ye, Xuan-Yu Chen, Meng-Cheng Li, Xin-Yuan Chen, Yu-Sen Qiu, Ru-Ying Yuan, Zhi-Li Chen, Min-Ting Lin, Jian-Ping Hu, Ying Fu, Wan-Jin Chen, Ning Wang, Shi-Rui Gan, on behalf of the OSCCAR Investigators

“…Methods In this prospective, cross-observational study, we analyzed 3D T1-weighted MRIs from 92 patients with SCA3 and 42 healthy controls using voxel-based morphometry and region of interest approaches. …”
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Modeling dose uncertainty in cone-beam computed tomography: Predictive approach for deep learning-based synthetic computed tomography generation by Cédric Hémon, Lucía Cubero, Valentin Boussot, Romane-Alize Martin, Blanche Texier, Joël Castelli, Renaud de Crevoisier, Anaïs Barateau, Caroline Lafond, Jean-Claude Nunes

“…This study aims to introduce a voxel-wise uncertainty estimator correlated with the error between sCT and CT. …”
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Functional and structural connectivity of the subregions of the amygdala in ADHD children with or without ODD by Zhao-Min Wu, Peng Wang, Xue-Chun Liu, Qing-Chao Zhou, Xiao-Lan Cao, Li Sun, Lu Liu, Qing-Jiu Cao, Li Yang, Yu-Feng Wang, Ying Qian, Bin-Rang Yang

“…Functional connectivity and structural connectivity were calculated using bilateral subregions of the Amygdala as seeds. Between-group voxel-wise comparisons were conducted. Results The ADHD + ODD group had more anxious/depressed moods, more delinquent and aggressive behaviors, more emotional control problems, and more inhibition deficits than the ADHD-only group (all P Bonferroni−corrected < 0.05). …”
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Increased Insular Connectivity and Enhanced Empathic Ability Associated with Dance/Music Training by Li Gujing, He Hui, Li Xin, Zhang Lirong, Yao Yutong, Ye Guofeng, Lu Jing, Zhou Shulin, Yang Lei, Luo Cheng, Yao Dezhong

“…Thus, to expand the knowledge of insular function associated with empathy under the dance/music training background, we mapped the insular network and its associated brain regions in 21 dancers, 20 musicians, and 24 healthy controls using resting-state functional connectivity (FC) analysis. Whole brain voxel-based analysis was performed using seeds from the posterior insula (PI), the ventral anterior insula (vAI), and the dorsal anterior insula (dAI). …”
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Dynamic alterations in spontaneous neural activity in patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A resting-state fMRI study by Rui Hu, Wei Du, Fan Tan, Yong Wu, Chun Yang, Weiwei Wang, Wen Chen, Yanwei Miao

“…We investigated the relationship between clinical and dynamic indicators, and additionally performed voxel-based functional connectivity (FC) analysis. …”
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Lateralization study of the basal ganglia, thalamus and supplying arteries in healthy individuals based on structure and connectivity analysis using 7.0T MRI by Hongqin Liang, Yawei Gu, Xiaoqi Yi, Li Kong, Jian Wang, Fajin Lv

“…Additionally, we segmented the bilateral BG and thalami into 28 subregions based on the Brainnetome atlas and calculated their volumes using single-subject voxel-based morphometry (VBM) analysis. We also obtained four parameters from Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) within these 28 subregions. …”
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Influence of binge drinking on the resting state functional connectivity of university Students: A follow-up study by Samuel Suárez-Suárez, Fernando Cadaveira, Alfonso Barrós-Loscertales, José Manuel Pérez-García, Socorro Rodríguez Holguín, Javier Blanco-Ramos, Sonia Doallo

“…In this two-year follow-up study, the impact of sustained BD on RS-FC was investigated in 44 college students (16 binge-drinkers) via two fMRI sessions at ages 18–19 and 20–21. Using a seed-to-voxel approach, RS-FC differences were examined in nodes of the main brain functional networks vulnerable to alcohol misuse, according to previous studies. …”
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The Modulation of Reward and Habit Systems by Acupuncture in Adolescents with Internet Addiction by Yang Wang, Yun Qin, Hui Li, Dezhong Yao, Bo Sun, Zhiliang Li, Xin Li, Yu Dai, Chao Wen, Lingrui Zhang, Chenchen Zhang, Tianmin Zhu, Cheng Luo

“…We acquired the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data in IA subjects before and after 40 days of acupuncture treatment. Seed-to-voxel and ROI-to-ROI analyses were applied to detect the rsFC alterations of the VS and related network in IA subjects and to investigate the modulation effect of acupuncture on the rsFC. …”
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Hippocampal Functional Radiomic Features for Identification of the Cognitively Impaired Patients from Low-Back-Related Pain: A Prospective Machine Learning Study by Yang Z, Liang X, Ji Y, Zeng W, Wang Y, Zhang Y, Zhou F

“…After calculating the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (ALFF), regional homogeneity (ReHo), voxel-mirrored homotopic connectivity (VMHC) and degree centrality (DC) imaging, the radiomic features (n = 819) of bilateral hippocampi were extracted from these images, respectively. …”
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Immediate modulatory effects of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation on patients with Parkinson’s disease: a crossover self-controlled fMRI study by Chengwei Fu, Chengwei Fu, Chengwei Fu, Xiaoyan Hou, Chunye Zheng, Yue Zhang, Zhijie Gao, Zhijie Gao, Zhaoxian Yan, Yongsong Ye, Bo Liu

“…Real taVNS was associated with a widespread decrease in ALFF in the right hemisphere, including the superior parietal lobule, precentral gyrus, postcentral gyrus, middle occipital gyrus, and cuneus (voxel p &lt; 0.001, GRF corrected). The ALFF value in the right superior parietal lobule during real taVNS was negatively correlated with the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale Part III (r = −0.417, p = 0.004, Bonferroni corrected).ConclusionTaVNS could immediately modulate the functional activity of brain regions involved in superior parietal lobule, precentral gyrus, postcentral gyrus, middle occipital gyrus, and cuneus. …”
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Three-dimensional structure of entire hydrated murine hearts at histological resolution by Jasper Frohn, Frederik Böddeker, Marius Reichardt, Hendrik Bruns, Titus Czajka, Amara Khan, Ludovic Broche, Michael Krisch, Alberto Bravin, Frauke Alves, Jana Zschüntzsch, Tim Salditt

“…An entire hydrated murine heart has been covered at an isotropic voxel size of 1.6 $$\upmu$$ μ m (distributed over several volumes). …”
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A Test-Retest Study of Single- and Multi-Delay pCASL for Choroid Plexus Perfusion Imaging in Healthy Subjects Aged 19 to 87 Years by Zixuan Liu, Qinyang Shou, Kay Jann, Chenyang Zhao, Danny JJ Wang, Xingfeng Shao

“…In this study, 12.15 % of ChP voxels exhibited ATTs longer than 2 s, potentially leading to a significant underestimation of CBF using single-delay ASL. …”
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Altered Topological Properties of Grey Matter Structural Covariance Networks in Complete Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury Patients: A Graph Theoretical Network Analysis by Wen-Li Wang, Yu-Lin Li, Mou-Xiong Zheng, Xu-Yun Hua, Jia-Jia Wu, Fei-Fei Yang, Nan Yang, Xia He, Li-Juan Ao, Jian-Guang Xu

“…Structural MRI of brain was acquired in 24 complete thoracic SCI patients (38.50±11.19 years, 22 males) within the first postinjury year, while 26 age- and gender-matched healthy participants (38.38±10.63 years, 24 males) were enrolled as control. The voxel-based morphometry (VBM) approach and graph theoretical network analysis based on cross-subject grey matter volume- (GMV-) based structural covariance networks (SCNs) were conducted to investigate the impact of SCI on brain structure. …”
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Brain Iron Deposition Alterations in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients With Mild Cognitive Impairment Based on Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping by Qiuyue Zhao, Subinuer Maimaitiaili, Yan Bi, Ming Li, Xin Li, Qian Li, Xinyi Shen, Min Wu, Linqing Fu, Zhengyang Zhu, Xin Zhang, Jiu Chen, Anning Hu, Zhou Zhang, Wen Zhang, Bing Zhang

“…The group comparison was performed by a voxel‐based analysis. Then we evaluated the relationships between cognitive indicators and magnetic susceptibility value (MSV) measured by QSM of the significant brain areas, which were set as the regions of interest (ROIs). …”
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