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Gradients of structure-function tethering across neocortex

Vazqez-Rodriguez, Bertha
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Suarez, Laura E.
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Markello, Ross D.
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October 15, 2019
Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America (PNAS)

The white matter architecture of the brain imparts a distinct signature on neuronal coactivation patterns. Interregional projections promote synchrony among distant neuronal populations, giving rise to richly patterned functional networks. A variety of statistical, communication, and biophysical models have been proposed to study the relationship between brain structure and function, but the link is not yet known. In the present report we seek to relate the structural and functional connection profiles of individual brain areas. We apply a simple multilinear model that incorporates information about spatial proximity, routing, and diffusion between brain regions to predict their functional connectivity. We find that structure-function relationships vary markedly across the neocortex. Structure and function correspond closely in unimodal, primary sensory, and motor regions, but diverge in transmodal cortex, particularly the default mode and salience networks. The divergence between structure and function systematically follows functional and cytoarchitectonic hierarchies. Altogether, the present results demonstrate that structural and functional networks do not align uniformly across the brain, but gradually uncouple in higher-order polysensory areas.

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research article
DOI
10.1073/pnas.1903403116
Web of Science ID

WOS:000490183000061

Author(s)
Vazqez-Rodriguez, Bertha
Suarez, Laura E.
Markello, Ross D.
Shafiei, Golia
Paquola, Casey
Hagmann, Patric  
van den Heuvel, Martijn P.
Bernhardt, Boris C.
Spreng, R. Nathan
Misic, Bratislav
Date Issued

2019-10-15

Publisher

National Academy of Sciences

Published in
Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America (PNAS)
Volume

116

Issue

42

Start page

21219

End page

21227

Subjects

Multidisciplinary Sciences

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Science & Technology - Other Topics

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connectome

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structure-function

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cortical gradient

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human cerebral-cortex

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large-scale brain

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human connectome

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anatomical basis

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white-matter

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connectivity

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network

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models

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mri

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organization

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This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License

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November 6, 2019
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