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6 claims from 3 papers

1. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

   Reduced default mode network functional connectivity in patients with recurrent major depressive disorder

   Yan, Chen, Le Li et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2019

   A consortium of 25 Chinese research groups pooled resting-state brain scans from patients with major depression and controls, and found reduced default mode network connectivity, mainly in recurrent depression.

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   1. UncheckedComparing 848 patients with major depression to 794 controls from 17 sites, the study found reduced, not increased, connectivity within the default mode network.“Instead, we found decreased DMN FC when we compared 848 patients with MDD to 794 NCs from 17 sites after data exclusion.”
   2. UncheckedIn this study, reduced connectivity within the default mode network appeared in recurrent depression but not in first-episode, drug-naïve depression.“We found FC reduction only in recurrent MDD, not in first-episode drug-naïve MDD.”
   3. UncheckedStronger connectivity within the brain's default mode network was linked to more severe depression symptoms, but only in people with recurrent major depression.“DMN FC was also positively related to symptom severity but only in recurrent MDD.”

2. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

   Functional network reorganization in older adults: Graph-theoretical analyses of age, cognition and sex

   Stumme, Jockwitz, Hoffstaedter, Amunts and Caspers · NeuroImage · 2020

   Using resting-state brain imaging in 772 older adults, the study mapped how functional networks reorganise with age, and how this relates to cognitive performance and sex.

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   1. UncheckedIn 772 adults aged 55-85, older age went with more connectivity between brain networks and less connectivity within them at rest.“Results show overall age-related increases of between- and decreases of within-network RSFC.”
   2. UncheckedIn this study of older adults, differences in resting-state connectivity of early sensory networks were found to mediate age-related differences in cognitive performance.“Importantly, RSFC differences of these early sensory networks were found to be a relevant mediator in terms of the age-related cognitive performance differences.”

3. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

   Toward Leveraging Human Connectomic Data in Large Consortia: Generalizability of fMRI-Based Brain Graphs Across Sites, Sessions, and Paradigms

   Cao, McEwen, Forsyth et al. · Cerebral Cortex · 2018

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   1. Unchecked“Our results revealed overall fair to excellent reliability for a majority of measures during both rest and tasks, in particular for those quantifying connectivity strength, network segregation and network integration.”