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Networks of anatomical covariance
Abstract
Functional imaging or diffusion-weighted imaging techniques are widely used to understand brain connectivity at the systems level and its relation to normal neurodevelopment, cognition or brain disorders. It is also possible to extract information about brain connectivity from the covariance of morphological metrics derived from anatomical MRI. These covariance patterns may arise from genetic influences on normal development and aging, from mutual trophic reinforcement as well as from experience-related plasticity. This review describes the basic methodological strategies, the biological basis of the observed covariance as well as applications in normal brain and brain disease before a final review of future prospects for the technique.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Evans, A. C.
- Affiliations
- Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Evans, Alan C.
- ORCID
- Evans, Alan C.
- Venue
- NeuroImage
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-10
- Volume
- 80
- Pages
- 489-504
- ISSN
- 1053-8119 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2081828863
- Cited by
- 429
- References
- 261
- Citations by year
- 2026: 35 · 2025: 28 · 2024: 29 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 30 · 2021: 43 · 2020: 38 · 2019: 29 · 2018: 41 · 2017: 34 · 2016: 33 · 2015: 36 · 2014: 15 · 2013: 4
- FWCI
- 2.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- NeuroImage (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
- Keywords
- brain connectivity, morphometrics, anatomical MRI, brain development, brain aging, experience-dependent plasticity, brain disorders
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Brain, Brain Diseases, Humans, Models, Anatomic, Models, Neurological, Nerve Net, Models, Statistical, Connectome
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