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Short-range human cortico-cortical white matter fibers have thinner axons and are less myelinated compared to long-range fibers despite a similar g-ratio
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Philip Ruthig ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Philip Ruthig, David Edler von der Planitz
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft
* E-mail: philip.ruthig@gmail.com (PR); Markus.Morawski@medizin.uni-leipzig.de (MM)
Affiliation Paul Flechsig Institute—Centre of Neuropathology and Brain Research, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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David Edler von der Planitz ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Philip Ruthig, David Edler von der Planitz
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft
Affiliation Paul Flechsig Institute—Centre of Neuropathology and Brain Research, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Maria Morozova,
Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Paul Flechsig Institute—Centre of Neuropathology and Brain Research, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Science, Leipzig, Germany
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Katja Reimann,
Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Paul Flechsig Institute—Centre of Neuropathology and Brain Research, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Carsten Jäger,
Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Paul Flechsig Institute—Centre of Neuropathology and Brain Research, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Science, Leipzig, Germany
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Tilo Reinert,
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Paul Flechsig Institute—Centre of Neuropathology and Brain Research, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Siawoosh Mohammadi,
Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Validation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Science, Leipzig, Germany, Department of Neuroradiology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany, Institute of Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Max Planck Research Group MR Physics, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
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Nikolaus Weiskopf,
Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Science, Leipzig, Germany, Felix Bloch Institute for Solid State Physics, Faculty of Physics and Earth System Sciences, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany, Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Evgeniya Kirilina,
Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Science, Leipzig, Germany
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Markus Morawski
Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: philip.ruthig@gmail.com (PR); Markus.Morawski@medizin.uni-leipzig.de (MM)
Affiliations Paul Flechsig Institute—Centre of Neuropathology and Brain Research, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Science, Leipzig, Germany
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Short-range human cortico-cortical white matter fibers have thinner axons and are less myelinated compared to long-range fibers despite a similar g-ratio
- Philip Ruthig,
- David Edler von der Planitz,
- Maria Morozova,
- Katja Reimann,
- Carsten Jäger,
- Tilo Reinert,
- Siawoosh Mohammadi,
- Nikolaus Weiskopf,
- Evgeniya Kirilina,
- Markus Morawski
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- Published: August 20, 2025
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002906