Nature Communications (May 2018)

Diffusion markers of dendritic density and arborization in gray matter predict differences in intelligence

  • Erhan Genç,
  • Christoph Fraenz,
  • Caroline Schlüter,
  • Patrick Friedrich,
  • Rüdiger Hossiep,
  • Manuel C. Voelkle,
  • Josef M. Ling,
  • Onur Güntürkün,
  • Rex E. Jung

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04268-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Previous studies suggest that individual differences in intelligence correlate with circuit complexity and dendritic arborization in the brain. Here the authors use NODDI, a diffusion MRI technique, to confirm that neurite density and arborization are inversely related to measures of intelligence.