Larsen Kit Melissa, Thapaliya Kiran, Barth Markus, Lin Chin-Husan Sophie, Siebner Hartwig R, Garrido Marta I
Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital - Amager and Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Saint Lucia, Australia.
Hum Brain Mapp. 2025 Apr 1;46(5):e70178. doi: 10.1002/hbm.70178.
40 Hz auditory steady-state responses (ASSR) can be evoked by brief auditory clicks delivered at 40 Hz. While the neuropharmacology behind the generation of ASSR is well examined, the link between ASSR and microstructural properties of the brain is unclear. Further, whether the 40 Hz ASSR can be manipulated through processes involving top-down control, such as prediction, is currently unknown. We recorded EEG in 50 neurotypical participants while they engaged in a 40 Hz auditory steady-state paradigm. We manipulated the predictability of the stimuli to test the modulatory effect of prediction on 40 Hz steady-state responses. Further, we acquired T1w and T2w structural MRI on the same individuals and used the T1/T2 ratio as a proxy to determine myelination content in gray matter. The phase locking of the 40 Hz ASSR was indeed modulated by prediction, suggesting that prediction violation directly affects phase locking to the 40 Hz ASSR. We found that the prediction violation of the phase locking at 40 Hz (gamma) was associated with the degree of gray matter myelination in the right cerebellum, such that greater myelin led to less desynchronization induced by prediction violations. We demonstrate that prediction violations modulate steady-state activity at 40 Hz and suggest that the efficiency of this process is promoted by greater cerebellar myelin. Our findings provide a structural-functional relationship for myelin and phase locking of auditory oscillatory activity. These results introduce a framework for investigating the interaction of predictive processes and ASSR in disorders where these processes are impaired, such as in psychosis.
40赫兹听觉稳态反应(ASSR)可由以40赫兹频率发出的短暂听觉点击诱发。虽然ASSR产生背后的神经药理学已得到充分研究,但ASSR与大脑微观结构特性之间的联系尚不清楚。此外,40赫兹ASSR是否能通过涉及自上而下控制的过程(如预测)进行调节,目前尚不清楚。我们在50名神经典型参与者参与40赫兹听觉稳态范式时记录了他们的脑电图。我们操纵刺激的可预测性,以测试预测对40赫兹稳态反应的调节作用。此外,我们对同一批个体进行了T1加权和T2加权结构磁共振成像,并使用T1/T2比率作为代理指标来确定灰质中的髓鞘含量。40赫兹ASSR的锁相确实受到预测的调节,这表明预测违反直接影响对40赫兹ASSR的锁相。我们发现,40赫兹(γ)锁相的预测违反与右侧小脑灰质的髓鞘化程度相关,髓鞘越多,预测违反引起的去同步化越少。我们证明预测违反会调节40赫兹的稳态活动,并表明小脑髓鞘增加会促进这一过程的效率。我们的研究结果为髓鞘与听觉振荡活动锁相之间提供了一种结构-功能关系。这些结果引入了一个框架,用于研究预测过程与ASSR在这些过程受损的疾病(如精神病)中的相互作用。