The default network of the human brain is associated with perceived social isolation.

Abstract:

:Humans survive and thrive through social exchange. Yet, social dependency also comes at a cost. Perceived social isolation, or loneliness, affects physical and mental health, cognitive performance, overall life expectancy, and increases vulnerability to Alzheimer's disease-related dementias. Despite severe consequences on behavior and health, the neural basis of loneliness remains elusive. Using the UK Biobank population imaging-genetics cohort (n = ~40,000, aged 40-69 years when recruited, mean age = 54.9), we test for signatures of loneliness in grey matter morphology, intrinsic functional coupling, and fiber tract microstructure. The loneliness-linked neurobiological profiles converge on a collection of brain regions known as the 'default network'. This higher associative network shows more consistent loneliness associations in grey matter volume than other cortical brain networks. Lonely individuals display stronger functional communication in the default network, and greater microstructural integrity of its fornix pathway. The findings fit with the possibility that the up-regulation of these neural circuits supports mentalizing, reminiscence and imagination to fill the social void.

journal_name

Nat Commun

journal_title

Nature communications

authors

Spreng RN,Dimas E,Mwilambwe-Tshilobo L,Dagher A,Koellinger P,Nave G,Ong A,Kernbach JM,Wiecki TV,Ge T,Li Y,Holmes AJ,Yeo BTT,Turner GR,Dunbar RIM,Bzdok D

doi

10.1038/s41467-020-20039-w

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-12-15 00:00:00

pages

6393

issue

1

issn

2041-1723

pii

10.1038/s41467-020-20039-w

journal_volume

11

pub_type

杂志文章
  • Marine sequestration of carbon in bacterial metabolites.

    abstract::Linking microbial metabolomics and carbon sequestration in the ocean via refractory organic molecules has been hampered by the chemical complexity of dissolved organic matter (DOM). Here, using bioassay experiments and ultra-high resolution metabolic profiling, we demonstrate that marine bacteria rapidly utilize simpl...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/ncomms7711

    authors: Lechtenfeld OJ,Hertkorn N,Shen Y,Witt M,Benner R

    更新日期:2015-03-31 00:00:00

  • Characterization of a membrane-bound C-glucosyltransferase responsible for carminic acid biosynthesis in Dactylopius coccus Costa.

    abstract::Carminic acid, a glucosylated anthraquinone found in scale insects like Dactylopius coccus, has since ancient times been used as a red colorant in various applications. Here we show that a membrane-bound C-glucosyltransferase, isolated from D. coccus and designated DcUGT2, catalyzes the glucosylation of flavokermesic ...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02031-z

    authors: Kannangara R,Siukstaite L,Borch-Jensen J,Madsen B,Kongstad KT,Staerk D,Bennedsen M,Okkels FT,Rasmussen SA,Larsen TO,Frandsen RJN,Møller BL

    更新日期:2017-12-07 00:00:00

  • Novel pleiotropic risk loci for melanoma and nevus density implicate multiple biological pathways.

    abstract::The total number of acquired melanocytic nevi on the skin is strongly correlated with melanoma risk. Here we report a meta-analysis of 11 nevus GWAS from Australia, Netherlands, UK, and USA comprising 52,506 individuals. We confirm known loci including MTAP, PLA2G6, and IRF4, and detect novel SNPs in KITLG and a regio...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析

    doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06649-5

    authors: Duffy DL,Zhu G,Li X,Sanna M,Iles MM,Jacobs LC,Evans DM,Yazar S,Beesley J,Law MH,Kraft P,Visconti A,Taylor JC,Liu F,Wright MJ,Henders AK,Bowdler L,Glass D,Ikram MA,Uitterlinden AG,Madden PA,Heath AC,Nelson EC,

    更新日期:2018-11-14 00:00:00

  • Bond competition and phase evolution on the IrTe₂ surface.

    abstract::Compounds with incommensurate structural modulations have been extensively studied in last several decades. However, the relationship between structurally incommensurate/commensurate phases and associated electronic states remains enigmatic. Here we report the coexisting of complex incommensurate structures and highly...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/ncomms6358

    authors: Li Q,Lin W,Yan J,Chen X,Gianfrancesco AG,Singh DJ,Mandrus D,Kalinin SV,Pan M

    更新日期:2014-11-07 00:00:00

  • Evidence for dynamic kagome ice.

    abstract::The search for two-dimensional quantum spin liquids, exotic magnetic states remaining disordered down to zero temperature, has been a great challenge in frustrated magnetism over the last few decades. Recently, evidence for fractionalized excitations, called spinons, emerging from these states has been observed in kag...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06212-2

    authors: Lhotel E,Petit S,Ciomaga Hatnean M,Ollivier J,Mutka H,Ressouche E,Lees MR,Balakrishnan G

    更新日期:2018-09-17 00:00:00

  • Solar energy storage at an atomically defined organic-oxide hybrid interface.

    abstract::Molecular photoswitches provide an extremely simple solution for solar energy conversion and storage. To convert stored energy to electricity, however, the photoswitch has to be coupled to a semiconducting electrode. In this work, we report on the assembly of an operational solar-energy-storing organic-oxide hybrid in...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/s41467-019-10263-4

    authors: Schuschke C,Hohner C,Jevric M,Ugleholdt Petersen A,Wang Z,Schwarz M,Kettner M,Waidhas F,Fromm L,Sumby CJ,Görling A,Brummel O,Moth-Poulsen K,Libuda J

    更新日期:2019-06-03 00:00:00

  • Blockade of leukemia inhibitory factor as a therapeutic approach to KRAS driven pancreatic cancer.

    abstract::KRAS mutations are present in over 90% of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDAC), and drive their poor outcomes and failure to respond to targeted therapies. Here we show that Leukemia Inhibitory Factor (LIF) expression is induced specifically by oncogenic KRAS in PDAC and that LIF depletion by genetic means or by n...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11044-9

    authors: Wang MT,Fer N,Galeas J,Collisson EA,Kim SE,Sharib J,McCormick F

    更新日期:2019-07-11 00:00:00

  • Identification and characterization of a novel botulinum neurotoxin.

    abstract::Botulinum neurotoxins are known to have seven serotypes (BoNT/A-G). Here we report a new BoNT serotype, tentatively named BoNT/X, which has the lowest sequence identity with other BoNTs and is not recognized by antisera against known BoNTs. Similar to BoNT/B/D/F/G, BoNT/X cleaves vesicle-associated membrane proteins (...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/ncomms14130

    authors: Zhang S,Masuyer G,Zhang J,Shen Y,Lundin D,Henriksson L,Miyashita SI,Martínez-Carranza M,Dong M,Stenmark P

    更新日期:2017-08-03 00:00:00

  • Group performance is maximized by hierarchical competence distribution.

    abstract::Groups of people or even robots often face problems they need to solve together. Examples include collectively searching for resources, choosing when and where to invest time and effort, and many more. Although a hierarchical ordering of the relevance of the group members' inputs during collective decision making is a...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/ncomms3484

    authors: Zafeiris A,Vicsek T

    更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00

  • Author Correction: Phylogenomic analysis sheds light on the evolutionary pathways towards acoustic communication in Orthoptera.

    abstract::An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. ...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 已发布勘误

    doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19626-8

    authors: Song H,Béthoux O,Shin S,Donath A,Letsch H,Liu S,McKenna DD,Meng G,Misof B,Podsiadlowski L,Zhou X,Wipfler B,Simon S

    更新日期:2020-11-03 00:00:00

  • Impaired β-arrestin recruitment and reduced desensitization by non-catechol agonists of the D1 dopamine receptor.

    abstract::Selective activation of dopamine D1 receptors (D1Rs) has been pursued for 40 years as a therapeutic strategy for neurologic and psychiatric diseases due to the fundamental role of D1Rs in motor function, reward processing, and cognition. All known D1R-selective agonists are catechols, which are rapidly metabolized and...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02776-7

    authors: Gray DL,Allen JA,Mente S,O'Connor RE,DeMarco GJ,Efremov I,Tierney P,Volfson D,Davoren J,Guilmette E,Salafia M,Kozak R,Ehlers MD

    更新日期:2018-02-14 00:00:00

  • C-terminal truncation of IFN-γ inhibits proinflammatory macrophage responses and is deficient in autoimmune disease.

    abstract::Controlled macrophage differentiation and activation in the initiation and resolution of inflammation is crucial for averting progression to chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Here we show a negative feedback mechanism for proinflammatory IFN-γ activation of macrophages driven by macrophage-associated matri...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04717-4

    authors: Dufour A,Bellac CL,Eckhard U,Solis N,Klein T,Kappelhoff R,Fortelny N,Jobin P,Rozmus J,Mark J,Pavlidis P,Dive V,Barbour SJ,Overall CM

    更新日期:2018-06-20 00:00:00

  • Variability in the location of high frequency oscillations during prolonged intracranial EEG recordings.

    abstract::The rate of interictal high frequency oscillations (HFOs) is a promising biomarker of the seizure onset zone, though little is known about its consistency over hours to days. Here we test whether the highest HFO-rate channels are consistent across different 10-min segments of EEG during sleep. An automated HFO detecto...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04549-2

    authors: Gliske SV,Irwin ZT,Chestek C,Hegeman GL,Brinkmann B,Sagher O,Garton HJL,Worrell GA,Stacey WC

    更新日期:2018-06-01 00:00:00

  • Multifunctional molecular modulators for perovskite solar cells with over 20% efficiency and high operational stability.

    abstract::Perovskite solar cells present one of the most prominent photovoltaic technologies, yet their stability, scalability, and engineering at the molecular level remain challenging. We demonstrate a concept of multifunctional molecular modulation of scalable and operationally stable perovskite solar cells that exhibit exce...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06709-w

    authors: Bi D,Li X,Milić JV,Kubicki DJ,Pellet N,Luo J,LaGrange T,Mettraux P,Emsley L,Zakeeruddin SM,Grätzel M

    更新日期:2018-10-26 00:00:00

  • A distinct sodium channel voltage-sensor locus determines insect selectivity of the spider toxin Dc1a.

    abstract::β-Diguetoxin-Dc1a (Dc1a) is a toxin from the desert bush spider Diguetia canities that incapacitates insects at concentrations that are non-toxic to mammals. Dc1a promotes opening of German cockroach voltage-gated sodium (Nav) channels (BgNav1), whereas human Nav channels are insensitive. Here, by transplanting common...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/ncomms5350

    authors: Bende NS,Dziemborowicz S,Mobli M,Herzig V,Gilchrist J,Wagner J,Nicholson GM,King GF,Bosmans F

    更新日期:2014-07-11 00:00:00

  • Evolution of separate predation- and defence-evoked venoms in carnivorous cone snails.

    abstract::Venomous animals are thought to inject the same combination of toxins for both predation and defence, presumably exploiting conserved target pharmacology across prey and predators. Remarkably, cone snails can rapidly switch between distinct venoms in response to predatory or defensive stimuli. Here, we show that the d...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/ncomms4521

    authors: Dutertre S,Jin AH,Vetter I,Hamilton B,Sunagar K,Lavergne V,Dutertre V,Fry BG,Antunes A,Venter DJ,Alewood PF,Lewis RJ

    更新日期:2014-03-24 00:00:00

  • Ultrasensitive visual read-out of nucleic acids using electrocatalytic fluid displacement.

    abstract::Diagnosis of disease outside of sophisticated laboratories urgently requires low-cost, user-friendly devices. Disposable, instrument-free testing devices are used for home and physician office testing, but are limited in applicability to a small class of highly abundant analytes. Direct, unambiguous visual read-out is...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/ncomms7978

    authors: Besant JD,Das J,Burgess IB,Liu W,Sargent EH,Kelley SO

    更新日期:2015-04-22 00:00:00

  • Massive mining of publicly available RNA-seq data from human and mouse.

    abstract::RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) is the leading technology for genome-wide transcript quantification. However, publicly available RNA-seq data is currently provided mostly in raw form, a significant barrier for global and integrative retrospective analyses. ARCHS4 is a web resource that makes the majority of published RNA-seq...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03751-6

    authors: Lachmann A,Torre D,Keenan AB,Jagodnik KM,Lee HJ,Wang L,Silverstein MC,Ma'ayan A

    更新日期:2018-04-10 00:00:00

  • Author Correction: Adaptive individual variation in phenological responses to perceived predation levels.

    abstract::An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. ...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 已发布勘误

    doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13715-z

    authors: Abbey-Lee RN,Dingemanse NJ

    更新日期:2019-12-06 00:00:00

  • Microfluidic multipoles theory and applications.

    abstract::Microfluidic multipoles (MFMs) have been realized experimentally and hold promise for "open-space" biological and chemical surface processing. Whereas convective flow can readily be predicted using hydraulic-electrical analogies, the design of advanced microfluidic multipole is constrained by the lack of simple, accur...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09740-7

    authors: Goyette PA,Boulais É,Normandeau F,Laberge G,Juncker D,Gervais T

    更新日期:2019-04-16 00:00:00

  • Efficient solar-driven electrocatalytic CO2 reduction in a redox-medium-assisted system.

    abstract::Solar-driven electrochemical carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction is capable of producing value-added chemicals and represents a potential route to alleviate carbon footprint in the global environment. However, the ever-changing sunlight illumination presents a substantial impediment of maintaining high electrocatalytic eff...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07380-x

    authors: Wang Y,Liu J,Wang Y,Wang Y,Zheng G

    更新日期:2018-11-27 00:00:00

  • Nrl knockdown by AAV-delivered CRISPR/Cas9 prevents retinal degeneration in mice.

    abstract::In retinitis pigmentosa, loss of cone photoreceptors leads to blindness, and preservation of cone function is a major therapeutic goal. However, cone loss is thought to occur as a secondary event resulting from degeneration of rod photoreceptors. Here we report a genome editing approach in which adeno-associated virus...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/ncomms14716

    authors: Yu W,Mookherjee S,Chaitankar V,Hiriyanna S,Kim JW,Brooks M,Ataeijannati Y,Sun X,Dong L,Li T,Swaroop A,Wu Z

    更新日期:2017-03-14 00:00:00

  • Transposable element expression in tumors is associated with immune infiltration and increased antigenicity.

    abstract::Profound global loss of DNA methylation is a hallmark of many cancers. One potential consequence of this is the reactivation of transposable elements (TEs) which could stimulate the immune system via cell-intrinsic antiviral responses. Here, we develop REdiscoverTE, a computational method for quantifying genome-wide T...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13035-2

    authors: Kong Y,Rose CM,Cass AA,Williams AG,Darwish M,Lianoglou S,Haverty PM,Tong AJ,Blanchette C,Albert ML,Mellman I,Bourgon R,Greally J,Jhunjhunwala S,Chen-Harris H

    更新日期:2019-11-19 00:00:00

  • Interactions with conspecific outsiders as drivers of cognitive evolution.

    abstract::The social intelligence hypothesis (SIH) posits that within-group interactions drive cognitive evolution, but it has received equivocal support. We argue the SIH overlooks a major component of social life: interactions with conspecific outsiders. Competition for vital resources means conspecific outsiders present myri...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18780-3

    authors: Ashton BJ,Kennedy P,Radford AN

    更新日期:2020-10-06 00:00:00

  • PAK proteins and YAP-1 signalling downstream of integrin beta-1 in myofibroblasts promote liver fibrosis.

    abstract::Fibrosis due to extracellular matrix (ECM) secretion from myofibroblasts complicates many chronic liver diseases causing scarring and organ failure. Integrin-dependent interaction with scar ECM promotes pro-fibrotic features. However, the pathological intracellular mechanism in liver myofibroblasts is not completely u...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/ncomms12502

    authors: Martin K,Pritchett J,Llewellyn J,Mullan AF,Athwal VS,Dobie R,Harvey E,Zeef L,Farrow S,Streuli C,Henderson NC,Friedman SL,Hanley NA,Piper Hanley K

    更新日期:2016-08-18 00:00:00

  • Intertwined topological phases induced by emergent symmetry protection.

    abstract::The dual role played by symmetry in many-body physics manifests itself through two fundamental mechanisms: spontaneous symmetry breaking and topological symmetry protection. These two concepts, ubiquitous in both condensed matter and high energy physics, have been applied successfully in the last decades to unravel a ...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/s41467-019-10796-8

    authors: González-Cuadra D,Bermudez A,Grzybowski PR,Lewenstein M,Dauphin A

    更新日期:2019-06-19 00:00:00

  • Thymoproteasomes produce unique peptide motifs for positive selection of CD8(+) T cells.

    abstract::Positive selection in the thymus provides low-affinity T-cell receptor (TCR) engagement to support the development of potentially useful self-major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I)-restricted T cells. Optimal positive selection of CD8(+) T cells requires cortical thymic epithelial cells that express β5t-cont...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/ncomms8484

    authors: Sasaki K,Takada K,Ohte Y,Kondo H,Sorimachi H,Tanaka K,Takahama Y,Murata S

    更新日期:2015-06-23 00:00:00

  • Quantifying cerebral contributions to pain beyond nociception.

    abstract::Cerebral processes contribute to pain beyond the level of nociceptive input and mediate psychological and behavioural influences. However, cerebral contributions beyond nociception are not yet well characterized, leading to a predominant focus on nociception when studying pain and developing interventions. Here we use...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/ncomms14211

    authors: Woo CW,Schmidt L,Krishnan A,Jepma M,Roy M,Lindquist MA,Atlas LY,Wager TD

    更新日期:2017-02-14 00:00:00

  • Human immunoglobulin G hinge regulates agonistic anti-CD40 immunostimulatory and antitumour activities through biophysical flexibility.

    abstract::Human immunoglobulin G (IgG) agonistic antibodies targeting costimulatory immunoreceptors represent promising cancer immunotherapies yet to be developed. Whether, and how, human IgG hinge and Fc impact on their agonistic functions have been disputed. Here, we show that different natural human IgGs confer divergent ago...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12097-6

    authors: Liu X,Zhao Y,Shi H,Zhang Y,Yin X,Liu M,Zhang H,He Y,Lu B,Jin T,Li F

    更新日期:2019-09-27 00:00:00

  • Arabidopsis uses two gluconeogenic gateways for organic acids to fuel seedling establishment.

    abstract::Gluconeogenesis is a fundamental metabolic process that allows organisms to make sugars from non-carbohydrate stores such as lipids and protein. In eukaryotes only one gluconeogenic route has been described from organic acid intermediates and this relies on the enzyme phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PCK). Here we s...

    journal_title:Nature communications

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1038/ncomms7659

    authors: Eastmond PJ,Astley HM,Parsley K,Aubry S,Williams BP,Menard GN,Craddock CP,Nunes-Nesi A,Fernie AR,Hibberd JM

    更新日期:2015-04-10 00:00:00