Intrinsic Connectivity Network

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Title: Measurement of Spontaneous Signal Fluctuations in fMRI: A New  Method and Application to Aging Authors: Nan­kuei Chen, Ying­hui Chou, David J. Madden Submitted to: Brain Structure and Function (2009) Abstract: Functional connectivity (FC) reflects the coherence of  spontaneous, low­frequency fluctuations in functional magnetic resonance  imaging (fMRI) data. We report a new data analysis method, in which  whole­brain data are used to define behaviorally­relevant, intrinsic FC  networks. Nineteen younger adults (20­28 years) and 19 healthy, older  adults (63­78 years) were assessed with fMRI and diffusion tensor imaging  (DTI). Results indicated that FC involving a distributed network of brain  regions, particularly the inferior frontal gyri, exhibited age­related change in  the correlation with perceptual­motor speed (choice reaction time; RT). No  relation between FC and RT was evident for younger adults, whereas older  adults exhibited a significant age­related slowing of perceptual­motor  speed, which was mediated by decreasing FC. Older adults’ FC values  were in turn associated positively with white matter integrity (from DTI)  within the genu of the corpus callosum. This new method of FC analysis  illustrates the value of identifying connectivity by combining structural,  functional, and behavioral data.

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