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Genetic polymorphisms in COMT and BDNF influence synchronization dynamics of human neuronal oscillations. / Simola, Jaana; Siebenhühner, Felix; Myrov, Vladislav et al.
In: iScience, Vol. 25, No. 9, 104985, 09.2022.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Genetic polymorphisms in COMT and BDNF influence synchronization dynamics of human neuronal oscillations
AU - Simola, Jaana
AU - Siebenhühner, Felix
AU - Myrov, Vladislav
AU - Kantojärvi, Katri
AU - Paunio, Tiina
AU - Palva, J. Matias
AU - Brattico, Elvira
AU - Palva, Satu
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Authors
PY - 2022/9
Y1 - 2022/9
N2 - Neuronal oscillations, their inter-areal synchronization, and scale-free dynamics constitute fundamental mechanisms for cognition by regulating communication in neuronal networks. These oscillatory dynamics have large inter-individual variability that is partly heritable. We hypothesized that this variability could be partially explained by genetic polymorphisms in neuromodulatory genes. We recorded resting-state magnetoencephalography (MEG) from 82 healthy participants and investigated whether oscillation dynamics were influenced by genetic polymorphisms in catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) Val158Met and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) Val66Met. Both COMT and BDNF polymorphisms influenced local oscillation amplitudes and their long-range temporal correlations (LRTCs), while only BDNF polymorphism affected the strength of large-scale synchronization. Our findings demonstrate that COMT and BDNF genetic polymorphisms contribute to inter-individual variability in neuronal oscillation dynamics. Comparison of these results to computational modeling of near-critical synchronization dynamics further suggested that COMT and BDNF polymorphisms influenced local oscillations by modulating the excitation-inhibition balance according to the brain criticality framework.
AB - Neuronal oscillations, their inter-areal synchronization, and scale-free dynamics constitute fundamental mechanisms for cognition by regulating communication in neuronal networks. These oscillatory dynamics have large inter-individual variability that is partly heritable. We hypothesized that this variability could be partially explained by genetic polymorphisms in neuromodulatory genes. We recorded resting-state magnetoencephalography (MEG) from 82 healthy participants and investigated whether oscillation dynamics were influenced by genetic polymorphisms in catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) Val158Met and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) Val66Met. Both COMT and BDNF polymorphisms influenced local oscillation amplitudes and their long-range temporal correlations (LRTCs), while only BDNF polymorphism affected the strength of large-scale synchronization. Our findings demonstrate that COMT and BDNF genetic polymorphisms contribute to inter-individual variability in neuronal oscillation dynamics. Comparison of these results to computational modeling of near-critical synchronization dynamics further suggested that COMT and BDNF polymorphisms influenced local oscillations by modulating the excitation-inhibition balance according to the brain criticality framework.
KW - Biological sciences
KW - Cognitive neuroscience
KW - Neuroscience
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85137304148&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104985
DO - 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104985
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 36093050
AN - SCOPUS:85137304148
VL - 25
JO - iScience
JF - iScience
SN - 2589-0042
IS - 9
M1 - 104985
ER -