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ArticleNature communications2025

Neurotransmitters' white matter mapping unveils the neurochemical fingerprints of stroke.

Pedro Nascimento Alves, Victor Nozais, Justine Y Hansen, Maurizio Corbetta, Parashkev Nachev, Isabel Pavão Martins, Michel Thiebaut de Schotten

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Pedro Nascimento AlvesLaboratório de Estudos de Linguagem, Centro de Estudos Egas Moniz, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. pedronascimentoalves@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5740-5904
Victor NozaisGroupe d'Imagerie Neurofonctionnelle, Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives-UMR 5293, CNRS, CEA, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
Justine Y HansenMontréal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3142-7480
Maurizio CorbettaClinica Neurologica, Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8295-3304
Parashkev NachevQueen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2718-4423
Isabel Pavão MartinsLaboratório de Estudos de Linguagem, Centro de Estudos Egas Moniz, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
Michel Thiebaut de SchottenGroupe d'Imagerie Neurofonctionnelle, Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives-UMR 5293, CNRS, CEA, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0329-1814

Funding

EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020) 818521Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Distinctive patterns of brain neurotransmission frame determinant circuits for behavior. Understanding the relationship between their damage and the cognitive impairment provoked by brain lesions could provide insights into the pathophysiology and therapeutics of disabling disorders, like stroke. Yet, the challenges of neurotransmitter circuits mapping in vivo have hampered this investigation. Here, we developed an MRI white matter atlas of neurotransmitter circuits and created a method to chart how stroke damages neurotransmitter systems, which distinguishes pre and postsynaptic disruption. Our model, trained and tested in two large stroke patient samples, identified eight clusters with different neurochemical patterns. The associations with patients' cognitive profiles were scarce, denoting that a particular cognitive deficit might have finer underlying neurochemical disturbances that are unfit to the granularity of our analyses. These findings depict stroke neurochemical diaschisis patterns, provide insights into stroke cognitive deficits and potential treatments, and open a new window for tailored neurotransmitter modulation.

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Neurotransmitter AgentsStrokeWhite MatterAgedBrainBrain MappingCognitive DysfunctionFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedNeurotransmitter Agents

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PMID40089467
PMCPMC11910582

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