Atlasing the frontal lobe connections and their variability due to age and education: a spherical deconvolution tractography study

• Published in: Brain Structure and Function Vol. 221; no. 3; pp. 1751 - 1766
• Main Authors: Rojkova, K., Volle, E., Urbanski, M., Humbert, F., Dell’Acqua, F., Thiebaut de Schotten, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.04.2016; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Verlag
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Aged; Aging; Atlases as Topic; Bioengineering; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Brain; Brain - anatomy & histology; Brain - physiology; Cell Biology; Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Diffusion Tensor Imaging - methods; Diffusion-weighted imaging; Education; Educational Status; Female; Frontal lobe; Frontal Lobe - anatomy & histology; Frontal Lobe - physiology; Human health and pathology; Humans; Imaging; Life Sciences; Male; Middle Aged; Neural Pathways - anatomy & histology; Neural Pathways - physiology; Neurology; Neurons and Cognition; Neurosciences; Original Article; Studies; Tissues and Organs; Tractography; U-shaped tracts; White matter; Young Adult; Diffusion-weighted imaging; Atlas; Frontal lobe; Fasciculi; Tractography; Aging; White matter; U-shaped tracts
• ISSN: 1863-2653; 1863-2661; 1863-2661; 0340-2061
• DOI: 10.1007/s00429-015-1001-3

In neuroscience, there is a growing consensus that higher cognitive functions may be supported by distributed networks involving different cerebral regions, rather than by single brain areas. Communication within these networks is mediated by white matter tracts and is particularly prominent in the...