[HTML][HTML] The challenge of mapping the human connectome based on diffusion tractography

…, JC Houde, MA Côté, E Garyfallidis, J Zhong… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Tractography based on non-invasive diffusion imaging is central to the study of human brain
connectivity. To date, the approach has not been systematically validated in ground truth …

Focused ultrasound thalamotomy location determines clinical benefits in patients with essential tremor

A Boutet, M Ranjan, J Zhong, J Germann, D Xu… - Brain, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) thalamotomy is a novel and
minimally invasive ablative treatment for essential tremor. The size and location of therapeutic …

Emotional expressions in voice and music: same code, same effect?

N Escoffier, J Zhong, A Schirmer… - Human brain mapping, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Scholars have documented similarities in the way voice and music convey emotions. By
using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) we explored whether these similarities …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting pain relief: use of pre-surgical trigeminal nerve diffusion metrics in trigeminal neuralgia

PSP Hung, DQ Chen, KD Davis, J Zhong, M Hodaie - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2017 - Elsevier
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a chronic neuropathic facial pain disorder that commonly
responds to surgery. A proportion of patients, however, do not benefit and suffer ongoing pain. …

Tractography-based connectomes are dominated by false-positive connections

…, P Neher, JC Houde, MA Côté, E Garyfallidis, J Zhong… - BioRxiv, 2016 - biorxiv.org
Fiber tractography based on non-invasive diffusion imaging is at the heart of connectivity
studies of the human brain. To date, the approach has not been systematically validated in …

Multimodal MRI for MRgFUS in essential tremor: post-treatment radiological markers of clinical outcome

…, J Germann, A Pancholi, P Chu, J Zhong… - Journal of Neurology …, 2020 - jnnp.bmj.com
Background MRI-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) thalamotomy is a promising non-invasive
treatment option for medication-resistant essential tremor. However, it has been …

GABA and glutamate levels correlate with MTR and clinical disability: Insights from multiple sclerosis

JC Nantes, S Proulx, J Zhong, SA Holmes… - Neuroimage, 2017 - Elsevier
Converging areas of research have implicated glutamate and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
as key players in neuronal signalling and other central functions. Further research is needed, …

Early postsurgical diffusivity metrics for prognostication of long-term pain relief after Gamma Knife radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia

S Tohyama, PSP Hung, J Zhong, M Hodaie - Journal of neurosurgery, 2018 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) is an important treatment modality for trigeminal
neuralgia (TN). Current longitudinal assessment after GKRS relies primarily on clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Affective circuitry alterations in patients with trigeminal neuralgia

DJ Hayes, DQ Chen, J Zhong, A Lin, B Behan… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a severe chronic neuropathic facial pain disorder. Affect-related
behavioral and structural brain changes have been noted across chronic pain disorders, …

Quantitative evaluation of LDDMM, FreeSurfer, and CARET for cortical surface mapping

J Zhong, DYL Phua, A Qiu - Neuroimage, 2010 - Elsevier
Cortical surface mapping has been widely used to compensate for individual variability of
cortical shape and topology in anatomical and functional studies. While many surface mapping …