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    • Neuroimaging
    • Computational Neuroscience
    • Human Brain Mapping

    Background:

    • Structural similarity is a key method for mapping human brain network organization.
    • Existing methods may lack detailed anatomical resolution or sensitivity to individual variability.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To introduce Diffusion Similarity Networks (DSNs) for mapping gray matter structural organization.
    • To evaluate DSNs' performance against prior approaches and their correlation with other neurobiological data.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilizing rotationally invariant spherical harmonic features from diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI).
    • Developing DSNs to analyze gray matter structural organization in the human brain.

    Main Results:

    • DSNs demonstrated superior laminar, cytoarchitectural, and micro-architectural organization compared to previous methods.
    • DSNs showed higher sensitivity to age, cognition, and sex, and greater heritability in healthy adults.
    • DSN gradients aligned with cortical axes and correlated with functional, structural, and gene expression connectomes.

    Conclusions:

    • DSNs offer a sensitive and detailed approach to mapping brain structural organization.
    • DSNs provide complementary information to white matter connectivity and can be integrated into standard dMRI analysis.
    • DSNs hold potential for investigating neurological and psychiatric conditions.