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Mapping multiple principles of parietal–frontal cortical organization using functional connectivity

Authors: Suhas Vijayakumar, Jerome Sallet, Lennart Verhagen, Davide Folloni, W. Pieter Medendorp, Rogier B. Mars

Published in: Brain Structure and Function | Issue 2/2019

Abstract

Resting state functional connectivity has been promoted as a promising tool for creating cortical maps that show remarkable similarity to those established by invasive histological methods. While this tool has been largely used to identify and map cortical areas, its true potential in the context of studying connectional architecture and in conducting comparative neuroscience has remained unexplored. Here, we employ widely used resting state connectivity and data-driven clustering methods to extend this approach for the study of the organizational principles of the macaque parietal–frontal system. We show multiple, overlapping principles of organization, including a dissociation between dorsomedial and dorsolateral pathways and separate parietal–premotor and parietal–frontal pathways. These results demonstrate the suitability of this approach for understanding the complex organizational principles of the brain and for large-scale comparative neuroscience.

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Title: Mapping multiple principles of parietal–frontal cortical organization using functional connectivity
Authors: Suhas Vijayakumar
Jerome Sallet
Lennart Verhagen
Davide Folloni
W. Pieter Medendorp
Rogier B. Mars
Publication date: 01-03-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Brain Structure and Function / Issue 2/2019
Print ISSN: 1863-2653
Electronic ISSN: 1863-2661
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-018-1791-1

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