Explain the difference between functional connectivity and structural connectivity.

Explain the difference between functional connectivity and structural connectivity.

Structural connectivity defines the existence of white matter tracts physically interconnecting brain regions whereas functional connectivity describes the statistical dependencies between neural signals acquired from different brain areas using measures such as correlation and coherence

In the healthy adult brain, structural connectivity (mea- sures of white matter integrity) and functional connectivity (measures of coupling strength) seem to show positive correlations, in that regions of the brain that are highly structurally interconnected tend to exhibit strong patterns of functional connectivity.

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