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Gradient theories of brain activation: A novel application to studying the parental brain.

ABSTRACT: Purpose of review:Parental brain research primarily employs general-linear-model-based (GLM-based) analyses to assess blood-oxygenation-level-dependent responses to infant auditory and visual cues, reporting common responses in shared cortical and subcortical structures. However, this approach does not reveal intermixed neural substrates related to different sensory modalities. We consider this notion in studying the parental brain. Recent findings:Spatial independent component analysis (sICA) has been used to separate mixed source signals from overlapping functional networks. We explore relative differences between GLM-based analysis and sICA as applied to an fMRI dataset acquired from women while they listened to infant cries or viewed infant sad faces. Summary:There is growing appreciation for the value of moving beyond GLM-based analyses to consider brain functional organization as continuous, distributive, and overlapping gradients of neural substrates related to different sensory modalities. Preliminary findings suggest sICA can be applied to the study of the parental brain.

SUBMITTER: Rutherford HJV

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7062306 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Gradient theories of brain activation: A novel application to studying the parental brain.

Rutherford Helena J V HJV Xu Jiansong J Worhunsky Patrick D PD Zhang Rubin R Yip Sarah W SW Morie Kristen P KP Calhoun Vince D VD Kim Sohye S Strathearn Lane L Mayes Linda C LC Potenza Marc N MN

Current behavioral neuroscience reports 20190705 3

<h4>Purpose of review</h4>Parental brain research primarily employs general-linear-model-based (GLM-based) analyses to assess blood-oxygenation-level-dependent responses to infant auditory and visual cues, reporting common responses in shared cortical and subcortical structures. However, this approach does not reveal intermixed neural substrates related to different sensory modalities. We consider this notion in studying the parental brain.<h4>Recent findings</h4>Spatial independent component an ...[more]

PMID: 32154064

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Gradient theories of brain activation: A novel application to studying the parental brain.

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Gradient theories of brain activation: A novel application to studying the parental brain.

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