Structural and functional connectivity of the precuneus and thalamus to the default mode network
| Autor: | Samantha I. Cunningham, Dardo Tomasi, Nora D. Volkow |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Human Connectome Project
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology Resting state fMRI 05 social sciences Thalamus Precuneus Biology 050105 experimental psychology White matter Angular gyrus 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Neurology Fractional anisotropy medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Neurology (clinical) Anatomy Neuroscience 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Default mode network |
| Zdroj: | Human Brain Mapping. 38:938-956 |
| ISSN: | 1065-9471 |
| Popis: | Neuroimaging studies have identified functional interactions between the thalamus, precuneus, and default mode network (DMN) in studies of consciousness. However, less is known about the structural connectivity of the precuneus and thalamus to regions within the DMN. We used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to parcellate the precuneus and thalamus based on their probabilistic white matter connectivity to each other and DMN regions of interest (ROIs) in 37 healthy subjects from the Human Connectome Database. We further assessed resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) among the precuneus, thalamus, and DMN ROIs. The precuneus was found to have the greatest structural connectivity with the thalamus, where connection fractional anisotropy (FA) increased with age. The precuneus also showed significant structural connectivity to the hippocampus and middle pre-frontal cortex, but minimal connectivity to the angular gyrus and midcingulate cortex. In contrast, the precuneus exhibited significant RSFC with the thalamus and the strongest RSFC with the AG. Significant symmetrical structural connectivity was found between the thalamus and hippocampus, mPFC, sFG, and precuneus that followed known thalamocortical pathways, while thalamic RSFC was strongest with the precuneus and hippocampus. Overall, these findings reveal high levels of structural and functional connectivity linking the thalamus, precuneus, and DMN. Differences between structural and functional connectivity (such as between the precuneus and AG) may be interpreted to reflect dynamic shifts in RSFC for cortical hub-regions involved with consciousness, but could also reflect the limitations of DTI to detect superficial white matter tracts that connect cortico-cortical regions. Hum Brain Mapp 38:938-956, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
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