Brain parcellation choice affects disease-related topology differences increasingly from global to local network levels

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Beitragende

Abstract

Network-based analyses of deviant brain function have become extremely popular in psychiatric neuroimaging. Underpinning brain network analyses is the selection of appropriate regions of interest (ROIs). Although ROI selection is fundamental in network analysis, its impact on detecting disease effects remains unclear. We investigated the impact of parcellation choice when comparing results from different studies. We investigated the effects of anatomical (AAL) and literature-based (Dosenbach) parcellation schemes on comparability of group differences in 35 female patients with anorexia nervosa and 35 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. Global and local network properties, including network-based statistics (NBS), were assessed on resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging data obtained at 3 T. Parcellation schemes were comparably consistent on global network properties, while NBS and local metrics differed in location, but not metric type. Location of local metric alterations varied for AAL (parietal and cingulate cortices) versus Dosenbach (insula, thalamus) parcellation approaches. However, consistency was observed for the occipital cortex. Patient-specific global network properties can be robustly observed using different parcellation schemes, while graph metrics characterizing impairments of individual nodes vary considerably. Therefore, the impact of parcellation choice on specific group differences varies depending on the level of network organization.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)12-19
Seitenumfang8
FachzeitschriftPsychiatry Research - Neuroimaging
Jahrgang249
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 30 März 2016
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

researchoutputwizard legacy.publication#72944
Scopus 84959283431
PubMed 27000302
ORCID /0000-0003-2132-4445/work/159171193

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Schlagwörter

  • Anorexia nervosa, FMRI, Graph metrics, Resting state