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Abstract #3477

Structural Connectivity Within Neural Ganglia: A Default Small-World Network

Abdol Aziz O. Ould Ismail1,2, Ghoncheh Amouzandeh1,3, and Samuel Colles Grant1,2

1Center for Interdiscplinary Magnetic Resonance, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, 2Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, 3Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States

Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) provides a unique contrast based on the restricted directionality of water movement in an anisotropic environment. As such, DTI-based tractography can be used to characterize and quantify the structural connectivity within neural tissue. Here, structural connectivity within isolated abdominal neural ganglia of Aplysia californica (ABG) is assessed by integrating DTI and network theoretical analysis. For ABG, findings demonstrate a default structural network with preferential specific small-world properties when compared to simulated lattice and random networks that are equivalent in order and degree.

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