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Basics of Multivariate Analysis in Neuroimaging Data

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Relating brain anatomy and cognitive ability using a multivariate multimodal framework.

Philip A Cook¹, Corey T McMillan², Brian B Avants¹

¹Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.

|May 17, 2014

Summary

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This study links brain structure to verbal fluency in frontotemporal degeneration (FTD). Combining gray and white matter imaging revealed specific brain networks supporting different fluency tasks.

Keywords:

FTD Language Multimodal Verbal fluency

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Neuroimaging
Neurology

Background:

Linking structural neuroimaging data to cognitive performance is crucial in cognitive neuroscience.
Frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) provides a model for studying language network breakdown.

Purpose of the Study:

To examine the relationship between verbal fluency performance and neuroanatomy in FTD patients.
To incorporate both gray matter (cortical thickness) and white matter (fractional anisotropy) measures into a single statistical model.

Main Methods:

Used eigenanatomy, a multivariate dimensionality reduction technique, to define data-driven regions of interest (DD-ROIs) for gray and white matter.
Employed statistical model selection to identify DD-ROIs that best predict verbal fluency performance (category and letter fluency).
Analyzed T1- and diffusion-weighted imaging data from 54 FTD patients and 15 controls.

Main Results:

Both category and letter fluency performance were best modeled by networks combining gray and white matter.
Category fluency involved bilateral temporal cortex and white matter tracts (inferior longitudinal and frontal-occipital fasciculi).
Letter fluency involved left temporal lobe regions and frontal cortex areas.

Conclusions:

The findings support hypothesized neuroanatomical models of language processing and its disruption in FTD.
Eigenanatomy followed by linear regression is a promising approach for multimodal neuroimaging data analysis.