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. 2024 Nov 22;15:10124. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-54243-9

Fig. 2. Microstructural asymmetry in Human Connectome Project (HCP) using T1w/T2w images (N = 1101).

Fig. 2

a T1w/T2w intensity values for left and right hemispheres (Z-scored separately). Deeper purple indicates higher intensity. b The mean asymmetry index (AI) and related Cohen’s d maps calculated across subjects. Red/brown and blue/green indicate left- and right-ward asymmetry direction at populational level. AI was also summarized into functional networks with mean and standard error in the barplot. Cohen’s d map was thresholded at PFDR < 0.05 (two-sided). c Spatial correlation between mean HCP AI and BigBrain AI maps. A variogram permutation test was used to account for the spatial autocorrelation. Bold correlation with layer asymmetry indicates significance after variogram permutation at P < 0.05 level (two-sided). d Heritability map and network barplot (bar is standard error) estimated by individual variation of AI. The heritability map was thresholded at PFDR < 0.05 for multiple comparisons correction. Right panel is the spatial correlation between mean AI and heritability maps. e T-maps of sex and age effects in the model of AI = 1 + sex + age. Purple red indicates higher leftward asymmetry in females and in older people, respectively. Right panel is the spatial correlation between mean AI and t-value maps. Round and triangle dots represent sex and age. The t-maps were thresholded at PFDR < 0.05 for multiple comparisons correction. f and g plot the detailed sex and age effects in functional networks (AI mean and standard error). Dashed lines indicate t-value for sex and age, respectively. * indicates statistical significance after multiple comparisons (PFDR < 0.05). The colors of dots and bars in all plots reflect atlas-defined functional networks including primary visual (Vis1), secondary visual (Vis2), somatomotor (SMN), cingulo-opercular (CON), dorsal attention (DAN), language (LAN), frontoparietal (FPN), auditory network (AUD), default mode (DMN), posterior multimodal (PMN), ventral multimodal (VMN), orbito-affective (OAN).