The Structural Connectivity Pattern of the Default Mode Network and Its Association with Memory and Anxiety.

ABSTRACT: The default mode network (DMN) is one of the most widely studied resting state functional networks. The structural basis for the DMN is of particular interest and has been studied by several researchers using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Most of these previous studies focused on a few regions or white matter tracts of the DMN so that the global structural connectivity pattern and network properties of the DMN remain unclear. Moreover, evidences indicate that the DMN is involved in both memory and emotion, but how the DMN regulates memory and anxiety from the perspective of the whole DMN structural network remains unknown. We used multimodal neuroimaging methods to investigate the structural connectivity pattern of the DMN and the association of its network properties with memory and anx

SUBMITTER: Tao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4659898 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature