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ArticleBrain imaging and behavior2020

Cortical 3-hinges could serve as hubs in cortico-cortical connective network.

Tuo Zhang, Xiao Li, Xi Jiang, Fangfei Ge, Shu Zhang, Lin Zhao, Huan Liu, Ying Huang, Xianqiao Wang, Jian Yang and 3 more

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Article in Brain imaging and behavior, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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13 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Tuo ZhangSchool of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, #127, West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, Shaanxi, China. tuozhang@nwpu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6075-3384
Xiao LiSchool of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, #127, West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, Shaanxi, China.
Xi JiangThe Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
Fangfei GeCortical Architecture Imaging and Discovery Lab, Department of Computer Science and Bioimaging Research Center, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
Shu ZhangCortical Architecture Imaging and Discovery Lab, Department of Computer Science and Bioimaging Research Center, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
Lin ZhaoSchool of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, #127, West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, Shaanxi, China.
Huan LiuSchool of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, #127, West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, Shaanxi, China.
Ying HuangSchool of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, #127, West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, Shaanxi, China.
Xianqiao WangCollege of Engineering, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
Jian YangRadiology Department of the First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Lei GuoSchool of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, #127, West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, Shaanxi, China.
Xiaoping HuDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA.
Tianming LiuCortical Architecture Imaging and Discovery Lab, Department of Computer Science and Bioimaging Research Center, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
Northwestern Polytechnical University · CNUniversity of Georgia · USFirst Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University · CNUniversity of California, Riverside · USUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of China · CN

Funding

Assessing Large-scale Connectivities in Prenatal Cocaine Exposure Affected BrainsR01DA033393 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI HU, XIAOPING P, LIU, TIANMING · 2012 to 2016
$1.6M
Assessing Large-scale Brain Connectivities in Mild Cognitive ImpairmentR01AG042599 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI LIU, TIANMING · 2013 to 2017
$1.4M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG042599NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA033393
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mapping the relation between cortical convolution and structural/functional brain architectures could provide deep insights into the mechanisms of brain development, evolution and diseases. In our previous studies, we found a unique gyral folding pattern, termed a 3-hinge, which was defined as the conjunction of three gyral crests. The uniqueness of the 3-hinge was evidenced by its thicker cortex and stronger fiber connections than other gyral regions. However, the role that 3-hinges play in cortico-cortical connective architecture remains unclear. To this end, we conducted MRI studies by constructing structural cortico-cortical connective networks based on a fine-granular cortical parcellation, the parcels of which were automatically labeled as 3-hinge, 2-hinge (ordinary gyrus) or sulcus. On human brains, 3-hinges possess significantly higher degrees, strengths and betweennesses than 2-hinges, suggesting that 3-hinges could serve more like hubs in the cortico-cortical connective network. This hypothesis gains supports from human functional network analyses, in which 3-hinges are involved in more global functional networks than ordinary gyri. In addition, 3-hinges could serve as 'connector' hubs rather than 'provincial' hubs and they account for a dominant proportion of nodes in the high-level 'backbone' of the network. These structural results are reproduced on chimpanzee and macaque brains, while the roles of 3-hinges as hubs become more pronounced in higher order primates. Our new findings could provide a new window to the relation between cortical convolution, anatomical connection and brain function.

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ConnectomeAnimalsBrainBrain MappingMacacaMagnetic Resonance ImagingNerve NetNeural PathwaysConnective hubFunctional networkGyral hingesStructural connectome

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