Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition

fMRI: Applications in Neurology

Oral

Brain Function & fMRI

Tuesday, 12 May 2026

Auditorium 2

16:00 - 17:50

Moderators: Priyanka Bhat & Binu Thomas

Session Number: 406-03

CME/CE Credit Available

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This session will cover the fMRI application to neurological disorders.

16:00		406-03-001. fMRI for Neurological Disorders Koji Yamashita Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
16:11		406-03-002. Dynamic Functional-Structural Coupling States as Predictive Biomarkers for Motor Recovery in Stroke Patients after CIMT Qi Zheng, Yuming Zhong, Sai Kam Hui The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Impact: This study highlights dynamic functional-structural coupling as a promising biomarker for post-stroke motor recovery, offering insights for personalized rehabilitation. The findings suggest that monitoring specific brain states could guide targeted interventions and improve clinical outcomes.
16:22		406-03-003. Dynamics of Resting-state Brain Networks and Associated Entropy is Sensitive to White Matter Hyperintensity Load Niraj Gupta, Vivek Tiwari Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Berhampur, Odisha, India Impact: Progressive periventricular WMH, reflecting axonal injury from chronic small-vessel disease, drive network-specific functional dysregulation beyond normal aging. These longitudinal connectivity and entropy markers offer mechanistic insight and potential biomarkers for cerebrovascular contributions to cognitive decline and functional network health.
16:33		406-03-004. Novel cerebellar and hippocampal network markers derived from dynamic resting-state in Parkinson’s disease using 7T-fMRI Silke Kreitz, Alexander German, Jürgen Winkler, Andreas Hess, Arnd Dörfler University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany Impact: This 7T rs-fMRI study on Parkinson's disease offers two new clinical markers: I) cerebellar marker tracking duration and severity, II) hippocampal marker monitoring non-motor symptoms like cognitive, anxiety and sleep disorders, informing prognosis and guiding future treatments.
16:44		406-03-005. Cerebrocerebellar Functional Connectivity Alterations in Patients with Temporal Lobe Glioma Using Resting-state fMRI Sara Naghizadehkashani, Mahdi Alizadeh, Scott Faro, Micheal Hock, Sahar Darabi Monadi, Zahra Sadeghi Adl, Spandana Tammiraju, Feroze Mohamed, Devon Middleton, Kiran Talekar Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, United States of America
16:55		406-03-006. Neuro-Functional Correlates of Different Reflex Areas in Healthy Controls and Patients with Stroke Stefan Posse, Arthur Schoen, Barbara Kunz, Ann Van de Winckel, Essa Yacoub, Kevin Kunz University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, United States of America Impact: This preliminary fMRI study demonstrates for the first time that different reflex areas activate different brain networks in healthy controls and patients with stroke, thus establishing a neurobiological basis for reflexology and possible applications in patients with neurological disorders.
17:06		406-03-007. Functional Connectivity Gradient Reveals Subcortical-Cortical Hierarchical Disorganization and Recovery after TMS in SCA3 Xingang Wang, Zhiliang Long, Wei Sheng, Chen Liu Impact: TMS alleviates subcortical-cortical hierarchical disorganization in SCA3, and functional connectivity gradients may serve as imaging biomarkers for predicting individualized therapeutic responses.
17:17		406-03-008. Disrupted Brainstem Functional Architecture in Aging and in Isolated REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Lin Hua, Kavita Singh, María Guadalupe García-Gomar, Firdaus Fabrice Hannanu, Koley Subhranil, Ambra Stefani, Stephan Grimaldi, Aleksandar Videnovic, Marta Bianciardi Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, United States of America Impact: This study integrates 7-Tesla fMRI and transcriptomics to identify brainstem-associated functional and molecular biomarkers of aging and early α-synucleinopathy, with strong translational correspondence to 3-Tesla fMRI data, providing a framework for connectome–molecular biomarkers and therapeutic interventions.
17:28		406-03-009. Structure-Function Coupling: A Prognostic Biomarker for Motor Recovery after Stroke Yuming Zhong, Yan Wang, Chetwyn CHAN, Kenneth Fong, Sai Kam Hui The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Impact: This work establishes SFC as a robust biomarker for forecasting post-stroke recovery. It provides a principled framework for developing personalized rehabilitation strategies, ultimately aiming to improve clinical decision-making.
17:39		406-03-010. Cerebro-Cerebellar Structure-Function Covariation’s Role in Motor Recovery After Infarction Jing Liu, Yi Shan, Bixiao Cui, Zhenming Wang, Shaozhen Yan, Jie Xu, Boyan Xu, Jie Lu Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China Impact: This study shows that cerebro-cerebellar pathways exhibit structure-function covariation after cerebral infarction, which correlates with lower extremity motor recovery. These findings provide imaging support for targeted cerebellar stimulation therapy.