Neuroimaging-and-Neuromodulation

Neuroimage has been used to investigate how the brain works for decades. But only in the past 10 years, fMRI has become a promising way to guide clinical treatment, such as repetitive transcranial stimulation (rTMS) for major depression disorder. In this background, we initiated a Neuroimaging-and-Neruomodulation project that aimed to develop a toolbox connecting imaging findings to rTMS treatment. Recently, we have developed two GUI-based tools, WhiteMatter and TMStarget.

WhiteMatter toolbox

It was developed for functional analsysis of brain white matter.

TMStarget toolbox

It was developed for computing the individualized target of rTMS.

Requriement:

This is a matlab toolbox. To use the full function of this package, you should add additional fMRI tools in your compute. 1) AFQ: https://github.com/yeatmanlab/AFQ (for bundle-based WM function analysis) 2) vistasoft: https://github.com/vistalab/vistasoft (for bundle-based WM function analysis) 3) FSL: https://fsl.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/fsl/fslwiki/ (not necessory for TMStarget user) 4) SPM12: https://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/software/

citation

Please cite our publised papers if this toolbox is useful to your work.

1. Gong-Jun JI, Wei Liao, et al., Low-frequency Blood Oxygen Level-dependent Fluctuations in the Brain White Matter: More Than Just Noise. Science Bulletin, 2017, 62(9): 656-657.
2. Gong-Jun JI, et al., Regional and network properties of white matter function in Parkinson’s disease. Human Brain Mapping, 2019, 40(4):1253-1263.
3. Gong-Jun Ji#, Jinmei Sun#, et al., White matter dysfunction in psychiatric disorders is associated with neurotransmitter and genetic profiles. Nature Mental Health. 2023