Collegiate athlete brain data for white matter mapping and network neuroscience

Published in Scientific Data, 2021

Recommended citation: Caron, B., Stuck, R., McPherson, B. et al. Collegiate athlete brain data for white matter mapping and network neuroscience. Sci Data 8, 56 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00823-z https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7878753/pdf/41597_2021_Article_823.pdf

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00823-z

We describe a dataset of processed data with associated reproducible preprocessing pipeline collected from two collegiate athlete groups and one non-athlete group. The dataset shares minimally processed diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) data, three models of the diffusion signal in the voxel, full-brain tractograms, segmentation of the major white matter tracts as well as structural connectivity matrices. There is currently a paucity of similar datasets openly shared. Furthermore, major challenges are associated with collecting this type of data. The data and derivatives shared here can be used as a reference to study the effects of long-term exposure to collegiate athletics, such as the effects of repetitive head impacts. We use advanced anatomical and dMRI data processing methods publicly available as reproducible web services at brainlife.io.