Hussein H Khachfe, Firyal J Zayyoun, Ehssan Sharif-Askari, Wiam Ramadan, Nancy Hallal, Hassan M Khachfe
Effect of Leishmaniasis on the Performance of Elementary School Students: A Case Study among Syrian Refugees in Some Bekaa (Lebanon) Area Schools
Journal of epidemiology and global health
resting state functional connectivity research shown general cognitive ability gca associated brain resilience targeted random attacks tas ras however remains seen finding generalizes structural connectivity furthermore individuals showing performance levels high area gca distribution yet analyzed regard study relation tas ras structural brain networks gca structural diffusionweighted mri brain images collected 189 participants 60 high cognitive ability hca 129 average cognitive ability aca individuals participants completed standardized fluid reasoning ability test results revealed average hcaaca difference equivalent 33 iq points automated parcellation cortical subcortical nodes combined tractography achieve 82 82 connectivity matrix subject graph metrics derived structural connectivity matrices simulation approach used evaluate effects recursively removing nodes according network centrality tas versus eliminating nodes random ras hca individuals showed greater network integrity baseline prior network collapse aca individuals effects evident tas ras networks hca individuals less degraded removal nodes corresponding complex information processing stages pfit network removing nodes larger empirically observed centrality values analyzed network features suggest quantitative instead qualitative differences different levels cognitive ability distribution