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General additive models address statistical issues in diffusion MRI: An example with clinically anxious adolescents.

Nathan M Muncy¹, Adam Kimbler¹, Ariana M Hedges-Muncy²

¹Center for Children and Families, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA.

Neuroimage. Clinical

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Summary

Generalized Additive Models (GAMs) improve analysis of diffusion-weighted MRI white matter tracts. GAMs revealed anxiety-related differences in the left uncinate fasciculus associated with memory overgeneralization.

Keywords:

Adolescence Anxiety DWI GAM MRI Uncinate

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Co-analysis of Brain Structure and Function using fMRI and Diffusion-weighted Imaging

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Area of Science:

Neuroimaging
Statistical Modeling
Developmental Neuroscience

Background:

Standard statistical models struggle with complex diffusion-weighted MRI (dMRI) data, particularly white matter tract analysis.
Existing methods often overlook data characteristics like distribution, type, interdependence, and numerous data points per tract.
This limits the accurate detection of group differences in brain structure.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce Generalized Additive Models (GAMs) as a superior statistical approach for analyzing dMRI white matter tracts.
To provide practical code and examples for implementing GAMs in dMRI research.
To demonstrate GAMs' utility in identifying group differences and their association with cognitive functions.

Main Methods:

Utilized dMRI data from 73 periadolescent participants (clinically anxious and healthy controls).
Applied GAMs to test for group differences in white matter tracts, accounting for data properties and covariates.
Investigated the association between identified tract differences and memory test performance.

Main Results:

GAMs successfully identified significant group differences within specific white matter tracts.
A positive association was found between the left uncinate fasciculus and memory overgeneralization for negative stimuli in higher anxiety groups.
This association was not observed in the right uncinate fasciculus or anterior forceps.

Conclusions:

GAMs are highly suitable for modeling dMRI data, effectively handling data complexity and covariates.
GAMs offer a powerful tool for advancing diffusion-weighted imaging analyses.
The findings highlight the potential of GAMs in uncovering neurobiological underpinnings of cognitive differences in clinical populations.