Abstract
In vivo tracking of white matter fibres catalysed a modern perspective on the pivotal role of brain connectome disruption in neuropsychological deficits. However, the examination of white matter integrity in neurological patients by diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging bears conceptual limitations and is not widely applicable, as it requires imaging-compatible patients and resources beyond the capabilities of many researchers. The indirect estimation of structural disconnection offers an elegant and economical alternative. For this approach, a patient’s structural lesion information and normative connectome data are combined to estimate different measures of lesion-induced structural disconnection. Using one of several toolboxes, this method is relatively easy to implement and is even available to scientists without expertise in fibre tracking analyses. Nevertheless, the anatomo-behavioural statistical mapping of structural brain disconnection requires analysis steps that are not covered by these toolboxes. In this paper, we first review the current state of indirect lesion disconnection estimation, the different existing measures, and the available software. Second, we aim to fill the remaining methodological gap in statistical disconnection-symptom mapping by providing an overview and guide to disconnection data and the statistical mapping of their relationship to behavioural measurements using either univariate or multivariate statistical modelling. To assist in the practical implementation of statistical analyses, we have included software tutorials and analysis scripts.
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Sperber, C., Griffis, J. & Kasties, V. Indirect structural disconnection-symptom mapping. Brain Struct Funct 227, 3129–3144 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-022-02559-x
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