Heritability and Cognitive Relevance of Structural Brain Controllability
Abstract
Cognition and behavior are thought to emerge from the connections and interactions among brain regions. The precise nature of these relationships remains elusive. Here we use tools provided by network control theory to determine how the structural connectivity profile of brain regions may shape individual variation in cognition. In a cohort of healthy young adults (n = 1066), we computed two fundamental brain regional control patterns, average and modal controllability, which index the degree of influence of a region over others. We first established that regional brain controllability measures were both reproducible and heritable. Regions with controllability profiles theoretically conducive to facilitating multiple cognitive operations were over-represented in higher-order resting-state networks. Finally, variation in regional controllability accounted for about 50% of interindividual variability in multiple cognitive domains. We conclude that controllability is a biologically plausible property of the structural connectome and provides a mechanistic explanation for how brain structural architecture may influence cognitive functions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Dec 14, 2019
- Source ID
- 10.1093/cercor/bhz293
Entities
People
- Amanda Rodrigue
- Danielle Bassett
- David C. Glahn
- Sophia Frangou
- Won Hee Lee
Organizations
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Army Research Office
- Blueprint for Neuroscience Research
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Harvard Medical School
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Institute for Scientific Interchange
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience
- National Institute of Mental Health
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- National Science Foundation
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Army Research Laboratory
- University of Minnesota
- University of Oxford
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Washington