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you could try creating a study-specific template to replace fsaverage with make_average_subject and then re-run your reconall. Best, Laurel Laurel Raffington Postdoctoral Researcher Center for Lifespan Psychology Max Planck Institute for Human Development Lentzeallee 94, 14195 Berlin, Germany https://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/en/staff/laurel-raffington ________________________________ From: freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu <freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> on behalf of Derek Sayre Andrews <dandr...@ucdavis.edu> Sent: Thursday, August 9, 2018 9:49:09 PM To: Freesurfer support list Subject: [Freesurfer] Surface Area in Toddlers/Children External Email - Use Caution Dear Freesurfer Developers and Experts, I have been exploring various vertex wise (mass univariate) effects using freesurfer measures of cortical thickness and surface area in a cohort of toddlers/children aged 25-70 months. When looking at the effect of age on surface area using individuals’ measures mapped to fsaverage and smoothed at 15mm fwhm (area.pial. fwhm15.fsaverage.mgh) I observed a widespread negative effect of age (i.e. decreased surface area with age). Given the age group of the cohort this seems implausible. Plotting the sum of each individuals lh+rh.area.pialfsaverage.fwhm15.mgh against age shows the relationship: [cid:image001.png@01D42FCE.C197B360] However, plotting the lh+rh total surface area returned by mris_anatomical_stats reveals a much more plausible relationship between surface area and age: [cid:image002.png@01D42FCE.C197B360] My working hypothesis is that the significantly smaller brain sizes of our cohort compared to fsaverage, and the fact(?) that -qcache does not preserve global surface area, is causing an “over adjustment” in our cohorts smallest brains when mapped to fsaverage. Thus, my questions are three fold 1. Is the mapping of our significantly smaller brains to fsaverage a potential explanation for the results we are seeing in our mass univariate analyses of surface area? 1. If this is the case, would this effect be limited to surface area or also extend to other freesurfer measures including cortical thickness, lGI, sulcal depth etc. 1. How would you recommend approaching vertex wise analyses in a cohort of this age? Create a study specific average subject using make_average_subject to map onto? Thank you for your insight and guidance! Best, Derek PS: All processing was performed using freesurfer v5.1 Derek Sayre Andrews, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences The M.I.N.D Institute University of California Davis Telephone: +1 916 703 0360 Email: dandr...@ucdavis.edu<mailto:dandr...@ucdavis.edu>
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