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Conserved and variable architecture of human white matter connectivity

. 2011 Jan 15;54(2):1262-79. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.09.006. Epub 2010 Sep 17. Conserved and variable architecture of human white matter connectivity

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¹ Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA. dbassett@physics.ucsb.edu

PMID: 20850551
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.09.006

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Conserved and variable architecture of human white matter connectivity

Danielle S Bassett et al. Neuroimage. 2011.

. 2011 Jan 15;54(2):1262-79. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.09.006. Epub 2010 Sep 17. Affiliation

¹ Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA. dbassett@physics.ucsb.edu

PMID: 20850551
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.09.006

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Abstract

Whole-brain network analysis of diffusion imaging tractography data is an important new tool for quantification of differential connectivity patterns across individuals and between groups. Here we investigate both the conservation of network architectural properties across methodological variation and the reproducibility of individual architecture across multiple scanning sessions. Diffusion spectrum imaging (DSI) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) data were both acquired in triplicate from a cohort of healthy young adults. Deterministic tractography was performed on each dataset and inter-regional connectivity matrices were then derived by applying each of three widely used whole-brain parcellation schemes over a range of spatial resolutions. Across acquisitions and preprocessing streams, anatomical brain networks were found to be sparsely connected, hierarchical, and assortative. They also displayed signatures of topo-physical interdependence such as Rentian scaling. Basic connectivity properties and several graph metrics consistently displayed high reproducibility and low variability in both DSI and DTI networks. The relative increased sensitivity of DSI to complex fiber configurations was evident in increased tract counts and network density compared with DTI. In combination, this pattern of results shows that network analysis of human white matter connectivity provides sensitive and temporally stable topological and physical estimates of individual cortical structure across multiple spatial scales.

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