Dear Andrew,

I am using NBS to identify group differences in functional connectivity over several networks and do not have MNI coordinates for the ROIs, as they are based on a surface-based parcellation atlas. Below is my current setup for the statstical model:

Design Matrix:
1 0
1 0
1 0
1 0
...
0 1
0 1
...

Contrast = [-1 1] to test for group 2 > group 1

After running NBS and then accessing the nbs structure via global nbs, I get the following:

ans =
n: 1
con_mat: {[200x200 double]}
pval: 0.0012
test_stat: [200x200 double]
node_coor: [200x3 double]
node_label: {200x1 cell} 

This means it found 1 significant network, correct? When I go into con-mat, I see a list of connections (i.e. (1, 7), ... (23, 143), etc.) To confirm, each of the connections in con_mat are the connections found to be significantly different between groups that are part of this 1 network, correct? Even though they span several brain networks?

I am a bit confused because even when I change the t-stat threshold, I still get con_mat with size 200x200, indicating that it found the same number of significant connections, right?

If you could provide some clarification on this, that would be greatly appreciated.

-Anita

Hi Anita, 

Yes - this indicates one significant subnetwork.

con_mat will always be dimensions of n x n where n is the number of regions in your connectivity matrix. 

The subnetwork for which the null hypothesis can be rejected comprises the connections in this 200 x 200 matrix that are not zero. 

While the network dimensions are always 200 x 200, the connections that are not zero can differ depending on the contrast and threshold. 

Andrew


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