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White matter network of oral word reading identified by network-based lesion-symptom mapping

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ISCIENCE
Volume 24, Issue 8, Pages -

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CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102862

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  1. National Key Research and Development Program of China [2018YFC1315200]
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China [31872785, 81972144]

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Global white matter subnetwork plays a crucial role in supporting oral word reading, with NLSM method revealing behavior-specific subnetworks effectively. The left lateralized reading subnetwork consists of 7 gray matter regions and 15 white matter tracts, providing additional explanatory power for patients' reading performance.
Oral word reading is supported by a neural subnetwork that includes gray matter regions and white matter tracts connected by the regions. Traditional methods typically determine the reading-relevant focal gray matter regions or white matter tracts rather than the reading-relevant global subnetwork. The present study developed a network-based lesion-symptom mapping (NLSM) method to identify the reading-relevant global white matter subnetwork in 84 brain-damaged patients. The global subnetwork was selected among all possible subnetworks because its global efficiency exhibited the best explanatory power for patients' reading scores. This reading subnetwork was left lateralized and included 7 gray matter regions and 15 white matter tracts. Moreover, the reading subnetwork had additional explanatory power for the patients' reading performance after eliminating the effects of reading-related local regions and tracts. These findings refine the reading neuroanatomical architecture and indicate that the NLSM can be a better method for revealing behavior-specific subnetworks.

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