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ArticleCerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)2016

Genetic and Environmental Contributions to Functional Connectivity Architecture of the Human Brain.

Zhi Yang, Xi-Nian Zuo, Katie L McMahon, R Cameron Craddock, Clare Kelly, Greig I de Zubicaray, Ian Hickie, Peter A Bandettini, F Xavier Castellanos, Michael P Milham and 1 more

Abstract readTwin Study
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Article in Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Spacetime concordance in the primate cortex.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  5. Genetic contributions to brain criticality and its relationship with human cognitive functions.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  10. Co-representation of Functional Brain Networks Is Shaped by Cortical Myeloarchitecture and Reveals Individual Behavioral Ability.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024
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  11. Dissociation of Reliability, Heritability, and Predictivity in Coarse- and Fine-Scale Functional Connectomes during Development.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024
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  19. The Role of Visual Experience in Individual Differences of Brain Connectivity.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Zhi YangKey Laboratory of Behavioral Sciences and MRI Research Center, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xi-Nian ZuoKey Laboratory of Behavioral Sciences and MRI Research Center, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Katie L McMahonCentre for Advanced Imaging, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
R Cameron CraddockChild Mind Institute, New York, NY, USA.
Clare KellyPhyllis Green and Randolph Cowen Institute for Pediatric Neuroscience at the NYU Child Study Center, New York, NY, USA.
Greig I de ZubicaraySchool of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Ian HickieBrain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Peter A BandettiniSection on Functional Imaging Methods, Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
F Xavier CastellanosPhyllis Green and Randolph Cowen Institute for Pediatric Neuroscience at the NYU Child Study Center, New York, NY, USA.
Michael P MilhamChild Mind Institute, New York, NY, USA.
Margaret J WrightGenetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

Funding

Functional MRI Method DevelopmentZIAMH002783 · NIMH · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH · PI BANDETTINI, PETER · 2009 to 2025
$38.4M
Longitudinal Discovery of Brain Developmental TrajectoriesU01MH099059 · NIMH · NATHAN S. KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCH RES · PI MILHAM, MICHAEL PETER · 2013 to 2017
$3.7M
Discovery Science of Human Brain Function Across the LifespanR01MH094639 · NIMH · NATHAN S. KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCH RES · PI MILHAM, MICHAEL PETER · 2011 to 2014
$2.7M
Genetic influences on the brain: A twin imaging studyR01HD050735 · NICHD · QUEENSLAND INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH · PI WRIGHT, MARGARET JANE · 2007 to 2011
$2.6M
Functional and Structural Connectivity in Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DR01MH083246 · NIMH · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI CASTELLANOS, FRANCISCO XAVIER · 2009 to 2011
$1.7M
NICHD NIH HHS R01HD050735NIMH NIH HHS R01MH083246NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH094639NIMH NIH HHS R01MH094639NIMH NIH HHS U01MH099059
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One of the grand challenges faced by neuroscience is to delineate the determinants of interindividual variation in the comprehensive structural and functional connection matrices that comprise the human connectome. At present, this endeavor appears most tractable at the macroanatomic scale, where intrinsic brain activity exhibits robust patterns of synchrony that recapitulate core functional circuits at the individual level. Here, we use a classical twin study design to examine the heritability of intrinsic functional network properties in 101 twin pairs, including network activity (i.e., variance of a network's specific temporal fluctuations) and internetwork coherence (i.e., correlation between networks' specific temporal fluctuations). Five of 7 networks exhibited significantly heritable (23.3-65.2%) network activity, 6 of the 21 internetwork coherences were significantly heritable (25.6-42.0%), and 11 of the 21 internetwork coherences were significantly influenced by common environmental factors (18.0-47.1%). These results suggest that the source of interindividual variation in functional connectome has a modular architecture: individual modules represented by intrinsic connectivity networks are genetic controlled, while environmental factors influence the interplays between the modules. This work further provides network-specific hypotheses for discovery of the specific genetic and environmental factors influencing functional specialization and integration of the human brain.

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ConnectomeGene-Environment InteractionIndividualityAdolescentAdultBrainBrain MappingFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleNeural PathwaysYoung Adultconnectomeenvironmental contributionheritabilityintrinsic connectivity networktwins

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PMID26891986
PMCPMC4830303

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