Publications by authors named "M Bocchetta"

Background And Objectives: Sleep dysfunction is common in patients with neurodegenerative disorders; however, its neural underpinnings remain poorly characterized in genetic frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Hypothalamic nuclei important for sleep regulation may be related to this dysfunction. Thus, we examined changes in hypothalamic structure across the lifespan in patients with genetic FTD and whether these changes related to sleep dysfunction.

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Inquiries into properties of brain structure and function have progressed due to developments in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). To sustain progress in investigating and quantifying neuroanatomical details in vivo, the reliability and validity of brain measurements are paramount. Quality control (QC) is a set of procedures for mitigating errors and ensuring the validity and reliability of brain measurements.

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  • The study focuses on primary progressive aphasia, which consists of rare language-based dementias with three variants: semantic, non-fluent/agrammatic, and logopenic.
  • Using a machine learning algorithm called SuStaIn, the researchers analyzed MRI scans from 270 participants to identify distinct neuroanatomical subtype progression profiles and characterize the variations within the condition.
  • Four neuroanatomical subtypes were identified, with specific correlations to the variants, showing that while S1 is strongly associated with the semantic variant, other subtypes (S2, S3, S4) have mixed associations, complicating the discrimination between the non-fluent/agrammatic and logopenic variants.
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the standard tool to image the human brain In this domain, digital brain atlases are essential for subject-specific segmentation of anatomical regions of interest (ROIs) and spatial comparison of neuroanatomy from different subjects in a common coordinate frame. High-resolution, digital atlases derived from histology (e.g.

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Segmentation of brain structures on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a highly relevant neuroimaging topic, as it is a prerequisite for different analyses such as volumetry or shape analysis. Automated segmentation facilitates the study of brain structures in larger cohorts when compared with manual segmentation, which is time-consuming. However, the development of most automated methods relies on large and manually annotated datasets, which limits the generalizability of these methods.

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