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ArticleNature neuroscience2025

The cell-type underpinnings of the human functional cortical connectome.

Xi-Han Zhang, Kevin M Anderson, Hao-Ming Dong, Sidhant Chopra, Elvisha Dhamala, Prashant S Emani, Mark B Gerstein, Daniel S Margulies, Avram J Holmes

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Article in Nature neuroscience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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34 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Xi-Han ZhangDepartment of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. xihan.zhang@yale.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2630-0063
Kevin M AndersonDepartment of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Hao-Ming DongDepartment of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0176-2969
Sidhant ChopraDepartment of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0866-3477
Elvisha DhamalaInstitute of Behavioral Science, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8253-6962
Prashant S EmaniProgram in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3091-5231
Mark B GersteinProgram in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Daniel S MarguliesWellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Avram J HolmesDepartment of Psychiatry, Brain Health Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA. avram.holmes@rutgers.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6583-803X

Funding

Mapping the Human Connectome: Structure, Function, and HeritabilityU54MH091657 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI UGURBIL, KAMIL, VAN ESSEN, DAVID C · 2010 to 2014
$34.7M
Functional genomics of the human connectome in psychiatric illnessR01MH120080 · NIMH · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI AVRAM J HOLMES, Thomas Boon Thye Yeo · 2019 to 2026
$4.8M
Integrative analysis of genomics and imaging data from the BRAIN Initiative and other public data sourcesRF1MH123245 · NIMH · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI GERSTEIN, MARK BENDER, HOLMES, AVRAM J · 2021 to 2021
$1.3M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH120080NIMH NIH HHS RF1 MH123245NIMH NIH HHS U54 MH091657U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) R01MH120080U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) R01MH123245
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The functional properties of the human brain arise, in part, from the vast assortment of cell types that pattern the cerebral cortex. The cortical sheet can be broadly divided into distinct networks, which are embedded into processing streams, or gradients, that extend from unimodal systems through higher-order association territories. Here using microarray data from the Allen Human Brain Atlas and single-nucleus RNA-sequencing data from multiple cortical territories, we demonstrate that cell-type distributions are spatially coupled to the functional organization of cortex, as estimated through functional magnetic resonance imaging. Differentially enriched cells follow the spatial topography of both functional gradients and associated large-scale networks. Distinct cellular fingerprints were evident across networks, and a classifier trained on postmortem cell-type distributions was able to predict the functional network allegiance of cortical tissue samples. These data indicate that the in vivo organization of the cortical sheet is reflected in the spatial variability of its cellular composition.

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Cerebral CortexConnectomeMagnetic Resonance ImagingAdultFemaleHumansMaleNerve NetNeurons

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PMID39572742
PMCPMC12903763

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