Figure 1.

Thalamus-mediating corticocortical communication for functional brain networks. A, As a provincial hub, the thalamus is connected with cortical regions that belong to the same cortical functional network (represented in solid blue circles). A provincial hub will have a high WMD z-score. B, As a connector hub, the thalamus is connected with cortical regions in multiple cortical functional networks (one network colored in blue, and the other in green). A connector hub will exhibit high PC.