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ArticleBrain structure & function2025

Brain connectivity: complex, not chaotic.

Elena Borra, Derek K Jones, Martin Parent, Laurent Petit, Kathleen S Rockland, R Jarrett Rushmore, Diego Szczupak

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7 authors.

Elena BorraNeuroscience Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Derek K JonesCardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Martin ParentDepartment of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada.
Laurent PetitUniv. Bordeaux, CNRS, IMN, UMR 5293, 33000, Bordeaux, France.
Kathleen S RocklandDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA. krock@bu.edu.
R Jarrett RushmoreDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
Diego SzczupakDepartment of Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The term "connections" is a commonly used and convenient shorthand for describing the complex organization of the brain, but it can easily lead to an overemphasis on pairwise or point-to-point, source-target network connectivity. Anatomical studies make clear that there are other important features to consider such as divergence and collateralization (axons or bundles branching to multiple targets), convergence (multiple bundles from different sources converging on the same target), and scrambled topography along a trajectory. This short "Did You Know" communication elaborates on several of these features from the anatomical perspective, while inviting continued dialogue with the tractography community in addressing the shared goals of better understanding brain organization.

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BrainNerve NetNeural PathwaysAnimalsDiffusion Tensor ImagingHumans

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PMID40445394

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