Cited by 1,335Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesAdvanced Neuroimaging Techniques and ApplicationsAdvanced MRI Techniques and Applications

Precision Functional Mapping of Individual Human Brains

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Gordon, Evan M., Laumann, Timothy O., Gilmore, Adrian W., Newbold, Dillan J., Greene, Deanna J., Berg, Jeffrey J., Ortega, Mario, Hoyt-Drazen, Catherine +12 more·2017·Neuron

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Human functional MRI (fMRI) research primarily focuses on analyzing data averaged across groups, which limits the detail, specificity, and clinical utility of fMRI resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) and task-activation maps. To push our understanding of functional brain organization to the level of individual humans, we assembled a novel MRI dataset containing 5 hr of RSFC data, 6 hr of task fMRI, multiple structural MRIs, and neuropsychological tests from each of ten adults. Using these data, we generated ten high-fidelity, individual-specific functional connectomes. This individual-connectome approach revealed several new types of spatial and organizational variability in brain networks, including unique network features and topologies that corresponded with structural and task-derived brain features. We are releasing this highly sampled, individual-focused dataset as a resource for neuroscientists, and we propose precision individual connectomics as a model for future work examining the organization of healthy and diseased individual human brains.

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  • Core nodes of the salience network include the anterior cingulate cortex, the anterior insula, the superior temporal gyrus, and the amygdala, though involvement of the supramarginal gyrus and premotor cortices has also been reported.

    “Core nodes of this network include the anterior cingulate cortex, the anterior insula, the superior temporal gyrus, and the amygdala (Seeley et al. 2007; Yeo et al. 2011; Gordon et al. 2017; Seeley 2019), though the involvement of supramarginal gyrus and premotor cortices have been also reported (Fox et al. 2006; Corbetta and Shulman 2011).”

    From Neuroanatomical correlates of peripersonal space: bridging the gap between perception, action, emotion and social cognition (2024) · cites this paper as Gordon et al. 2017

    In Results, the paper describes a salience-network feature connected with the pregenual cingulate and ventral insula. It does not identify the anterior cingulate, anterior insula, superior temporal gyrus, and amygdala as the network’s core nodes. The later clause about supramarginal gyrus and premotor cortices is attributed to other citations, not Gordon et al. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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  • Studies with long scan times have revealed that both task-based and resting-state brain activity measures can be obtained with high reliability and precision, allowing researchers to focus on individuals rather than groups.

    “Studies with these long scan times have revealed that both task-based and resting-state brain activity measures can be obtained with high reliability and precision, allowing researchers to focus on individuals rather than on groups.”
  • Precision brain-mapping has shown individual differences in the organization of functional networks across the cerebral cortex and in subcortical structures such as the amygdala.

    “Precision brain-mapping, which involves the collection of several hours of imaging data from individual patients, has shown individual differences in the organization of functional networks across the cerebral cortex,104–107 as well as in subcortical structures such as the amygdala.108”

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Gordon, E. M., Laumann, T. O., Gilmore, A. W., Newbold, D. J., Greene, D. J., Berg, J. J., Ortega, M., Hoyt-Drazen, C., Gratton, C., Sun, H., Hampton, J. M., Coalson, R. S., Nguyen, A. L., McDermott, K. B., Shimony, J. S., Snyder, A. Z., Schlaggar, B. L., Petersen, S. E., Nelson, S. M., & Dosenbach, N. U. F.
Affiliations
  • The University of Texas at Dallas (US)
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
  • National Institutes of Health (US)
  • New York University (US)
  • Baylor University (US)
Corresponding author
  • Gordon, Evan M.
  • Laumann, Timothy O.
  • Nelson, Steven M.
  • Dosenbach, Nico U.F.
Venue
Neuron
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-08
Volume
95
Issue
4
Pages
791-807.e7
ISSN
0896-6273 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2741941708
Cited by
1,335
References
109
Citations by year
2026: 163 · 2025: 183 · 2024: 183 · 2023: 163 · 2022: 146 · 2021: 184 · 2020: 124 · 2019: 98 · 2018: 77 · 2017: 13
FWCI
48.99
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Neuron (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (NS088590, TR000448, MH104592, 1P30NS098577, HD087011)
  • Jacobs Foundation (2016121703)
  • Child Neurology Foundation
  • McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience
  • Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
  • Hope Center for Neurological Disorders
  • American Psychological Association
  • Dart Neuroscience LLC
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
resting-state functional connectivity, task-based fMRI, brain network topology, structural MRI, neuropsychological assessment, brain functional organization
MeSH terms
Adult, Analysis of Variance, Brain, Brain Mapping, Female, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Individuality, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Models, Neurological, Myelin Sheath, Neural Pathways, Oxygen, Rest, Reproducibility of Results, Young Adult, Connectome

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