Mapping Anatomical Connectivity Patterns of Human Cerebral Cortex Using In Vivo Diffusion Tensor Imaging Tractography

• Published in: Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. 1991) Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 524 - 536
• Main Authors: Gong, Gaolang, He, Yong, Concha, Luis, Lebel, Catherine, Gross, Donald W., Evans, Alan C., Beaulieu, Christian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Oxford University Press 01.03.2009; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Brain Mapping - methods; Cerebral Cortex - anatomy & histology; Cerebral Cortex - physiology; Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Female; Humans; Male; Nerve Net - anatomy & histology; Nerve Net - physiology; Neural Pathways - anatomy & histology; Neural Pathways - physiology; Young Adult; anatomical connectivity; small world; DTI tractography; betweenness centrality; network

The characterization of the topological architecture of complex networks underlying the structural and functional organization of the brain is a basic challenge in neuroscience. However, direct evidence for anatomical connectivity networks in the human brain remains scarce. Here, we utilized diffusi...