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Idesis S, Allegra M, Vohryzek J, Perl YS, Metcalf NV, Griffis JC, Corbetta M, Shulman GL, Deco G. Generative whole-brain dynamics models from healthy subjects predict functional alterations in stroke at the level of individual patients. Brain Commun 2024; 6:fcae237. [PMID: 39077378 PMCID: PMC11285191 DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcae237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2024] [Revised: 05/13/2024] [Accepted: 07/12/2024] [Indexed: 07/31/2024] Open
Abstract
Computational whole-brain models describe the resting activity of each brain region based on a local model, inter-regional functional interactions, and a structural connectome that specifies the strength of inter-regional connections. Strokes damage the healthy structural connectome that forms the backbone of these models and produce large alterations in inter-regional functional interactions. These interactions are typically measured by correlating the time series of the activity between two brain regions in a process, called resting functional connectivity. We show that adding information about the structural disconnections produced by a patient's lesion to a whole-brain model previously trained on structural and functional data from a large cohort of healthy subjects enables the prediction of the resting functional connectivity of the patient and fits the model directly to the patient's data (Pearson correlation = 0.37; mean square error = 0.005). Furthermore, the model dynamics reproduce functional connectivity-based measures that are typically abnormal in stroke patients and measures that specifically isolate these abnormalities. Therefore, although whole-brain models typically involve a large number of free parameters, the results show that, even after fixing those parameters, the model reproduces results from a population very different than that on which the model was trained. In addition to validating the model, these results show that the model mechanistically captures the relationships between the anatomical structure and the functional activity of the human brain.
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- Sebastian Idesis
- Center for Brain and Cognition (CBC), Department of Information Technologies and Communications (DTIC), Pompeu Fabra University, Edifici Mercè Rodoreda, Barcelona, Catalonia 08005, Spain
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- Padova Neuroscience Center (PNC), University of Padova, Padova 35129, Italy
- Department of Physics and Astronomy ‘G. Galilei’, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Center for Brain and Cognition (CBC), Department of Information Technologies and Communications (DTIC), Pompeu Fabra University, Edifici Mercè Rodoreda, Barcelona, Catalonia 08005, Spain
- Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing, Linacre College, University of Oxford, OX3 9BX, Oxford, UK
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- Center for Brain and Cognition (CBC), Department of Information Technologies and Communications (DTIC), Pompeu Fabra University, Edifici Mercè Rodoreda, Barcelona, Catalonia 08005, Spain
- Universidad de San Andrés, Centro de Neurociencias Cognitivias, NC1006ACC, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- National Scientific and Technical Research Council, C1425FQB, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière, 75013 Paris, France
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Padova Neuroscience Center (PNC), University of Padova, Padova 35129, Italy
- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
- Department of Neuroscience (DNS), University of Padova, Padova 35128, Italy
- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
- VIMM, Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM), Biomedical Foundation, Padova 35129, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Center for Brain and Cognition (CBC), Department of Information Technologies and Communications (DTIC), Pompeu Fabra University, Edifici Mercè Rodoreda, Barcelona, Catalonia 08005, Spain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca I Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia 08010, Spain
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Mecklenbrauck F, Gruber M, Siestrup S, Zahedi A, Grotegerd D, Mauritz M, Trempler I, Dannlowski U, Schubotz RI. The significance of structural rich club hubs for the processing of hierarchical stimuli. Hum Brain Mapp 2024; 45:e26543. [PMID: 38069537 PMCID: PMC10915744 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2023] [Revised: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 03/07/2024] Open
Abstract
The brain's structural network follows a hierarchy that is described as rich club (RC) organization, with RC hubs forming the well-interconnected top of this hierarchy. In this study, we tested whether RC hubs are involved in the processing of hierarchically higher structures in stimulus sequences. Moreover, we explored the role of previously suggested cortical gradients along anterior-posterior and medial-lateral axes throughout the frontal cortex. To this end, we conducted a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiment and presented participants with blocks of digit sequences that were structured on different hierarchically nested levels. We additionally collected diffusion weighted imaging data of the same subjects to identify RC hubs. This classification then served as the basis for a region of interest analysis of the fMRI data. Moreover, we determined structural network centrality measures in areas that were found as activation clusters in the whole-brain fMRI analysis. Our findings support the previously found anterior and medial shift for processing hierarchically higher structures of stimuli. Additionally, we found that the processing of hierarchically higher structures of the stimulus structure engages RC hubs more than for lower levels. Areas involved in the functional processing of hierarchically higher structures were also more likely to be part of the structural RC and were furthermore more central to the structural network. In summary, our results highlight the potential role of the structural RC organization in shaping the cortical processing hierarchy.
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- Falko Mecklenbrauck
- Department of Psychology, Biological PsychologyUniversity of MünsterMünsterGermany
- Otto Creutzfeldt Center for Cognitive and Behavioral NeuroscienceUniversity of MünsterMünsterGermany
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- Institute for Translational PsychiatryUniversity of MünsterMünsterGermany
- Department for Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and PsychotherapyUniversity Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe UniversityFrankfurtGermany
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- Department of Psychology, Biological PsychologyUniversity of MünsterMünsterGermany
- Otto Creutzfeldt Center for Cognitive and Behavioral NeuroscienceUniversity of MünsterMünsterGermany
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- Department of Psychology, Biological PsychologyUniversity of MünsterMünsterGermany
- Otto Creutzfeldt Center for Cognitive and Behavioral NeuroscienceUniversity of MünsterMünsterGermany
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- Institute for Translational PsychiatryUniversity of MünsterMünsterGermany
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- Institute for Translational PsychiatryUniversity of MünsterMünsterGermany
- Institute for Computational and Applied MathematicsUniversity of MünsterMünsterGermany
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- Department of Psychology, Biological PsychologyUniversity of MünsterMünsterGermany
- Otto Creutzfeldt Center for Cognitive and Behavioral NeuroscienceUniversity of MünsterMünsterGermany
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- Otto Creutzfeldt Center for Cognitive and Behavioral NeuroscienceUniversity of MünsterMünsterGermany
- Institute for Translational PsychiatryUniversity of MünsterMünsterGermany
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- Department of Psychology, Biological PsychologyUniversity of MünsterMünsterGermany
- Otto Creutzfeldt Center for Cognitive and Behavioral NeuroscienceUniversity of MünsterMünsterGermany
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Cancino-Fuentes N, Manasanch A, Covelo J, Suarez-Perez A, Fernandez E, Matsoukis S, Guger C, Illa X, Guimerà-Brunet A, Sanchez-Vives MV. Recording physiological and pathological cortical activity and exogenous electric fields using graphene microtransistor arrays in vitro. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:664-677. [PMID: 38100059 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr03842d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2024]
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Graphene-based solution-gated field-effect transistors (gSGFETs) allow the quantification of the brain's full-band signal. Extracellular alternating current (AC) signals include local field potentials (LFP, population activity within a reach of hundreds of micrometers), multiunit activity (MUA), and ultimately single units. Direct current (DC) potentials are slow brain signals with a frequency under 0.1 Hz, and commonly filtered out by conventional AC amplifiers. This component conveys information about what has been referred to as "infraslow" activity. We used gSGFET arrays to record full-band patterns from both physiological and pathological activity generated by the cerebral cortex. To this end, we used an in vitro preparation of cerebral cortex that generates spontaneous rhythmic activity, such as that occurring in slow wave sleep. This examination extended to experimentally induced pathological activities, including epileptiform discharges and cortical spreading depression. Validation of recordings obtained via gSGFETs, including both AC and DC components, was accomplished by cross-referencing with well-established technologies, thereby quantifying these components across different activity patterns. We then explored an additional gSGFET potential application, which is the measure of externally induced electric fields such as those used in therapeutic neuromodulation in humans. Finally, we tested the gSGFETs in human cortical slices obtained intrasurgically. In conclusion, this study offers a comprehensive characterization of gSGFETs for brain recordings, with a focus on potential clinical applications of this emerging technology.
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.
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- g.tec medical engineering, Schiedlberg, Austria
- Institute of Computational Perception, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
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- Instituto de Microelectrónica de Barcelona (IMB-CNM, CSIC), Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain
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- Instituto de Microelectrónica de Barcelona (IMB-CNM, CSIC), Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.
- ICREA, Barcelona, Spain
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Capouskova K, Zamora‐López G, Kringelbach ML, Deco G. Integration and segregation manifolds in the brain ensure cognitive flexibility during tasks and rest. Hum Brain Mapp 2023; 44:6349-6363. [PMID: 37846551 PMCID: PMC10681658 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Revised: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/18/2023] Open
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Adapting to a constantly changing environment requires the human brain to flexibly switch among many demanding cognitive tasks, processing both specialized and integrated information associated with the activity in functional networks over time. In this study, we investigated the nature of the temporal alternation between segregated and integrated states in the brain during rest and six cognitive tasks using functional MRI. We employed a deep autoencoder to explore the 2D latent space associated with the segregated and integrated states. Our results show that the integrated state occupies less space in the latent space manifold compared to the segregated states. Moreover, the integrated state is characterized by lower entropy of occupancy than the segregated state, suggesting that integration plays a consolidating role, while segregation may serve as cognitive expertness. Comparing rest and the tasks, we found that rest exhibits higher entropy of occupancy, indicating a more random wandering of the mind compared to the expected focus during task performance. Our study demonstrates that both transient, short-lived integrated and segregated states are present during rest and task performance, flexibly switching between them, with integration serving as information compression and segregation related to information specialization.
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- Katerina Capouskova
- Center for Brain and Cognition, Computational Neuroscience Group, DTICUniversitat Pompeu FabraBarcelonaSpain
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- Center for Brain and Cognition, Computational Neuroscience Group, DTICUniversitat Pompeu FabraBarcelonaSpain
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- Department of PsychiatryUniversity of OxfordOxfordUnited Kingdom
- Center for Music in the Brain, Department of Clinical MedicineAarhus UniversityAarhusDenmark
- Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing, Linacre CollegeUniversity of OxfordOxfordUnited Kingdom
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- Center for Brain and Cognition, Computational Neuroscience Group, DTICUniversitat Pompeu FabraBarcelonaSpain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA)BarcelonaSpain
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Lavanga M, Stumme J, Yalcinkaya BH, Fousek J, Jockwitz C, Sheheitli H, Bittner N, Hashemi M, Petkoski S, Caspers S, Jirsa V. The virtual aging brain: Causal inference supports interhemispheric dedifferentiation in healthy aging. Neuroimage 2023; 283:120403. [PMID: 37865260 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 09/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/23/2023] Open
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The mechanisms of cognitive decline and its variability during healthy aging are not fully understood, but have been associated with reorganization of white matter tracts and functional brain networks. Here, we built a brain network modeling framework to infer the causal link between structural connectivity and functional architecture and the consequent cognitive decline in aging. By applying in-silico interhemispheric degradation of structural connectivity, we reproduced the process of functional dedifferentiation during aging. Thereby, we found the global modulation of brain dynamics by structural connectivity to increase with age, which was steeper in older adults with poor cognitive performance. We validated our causal hypothesis via a deep-learning Bayesian approach. Our results might be the first mechanistic demonstration of dedifferentiation during aging leading to cognitive decline.
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- Mario Lavanga
- Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes (INS), Inserm, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille 13005, France
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany; Institute for Anatomy I, Medical Faculty & University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes (INS), Inserm, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille 13005, France
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- Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes (INS), Inserm, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille 13005, France
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany; Institute for Anatomy I, Medical Faculty & University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes (INS), Inserm, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille 13005, France
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany; Institute for Anatomy I, Medical Faculty & University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes (INS), Inserm, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille 13005, France
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- Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes (INS), Inserm, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille 13005, France
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany; Institute for Anatomy I, Medical Faculty & University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes (INS), Inserm, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille 13005, France.
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Chen N, Guo M, Li Y, Hu X, Yao Z, Hu B. Estimation of Discriminative Multimodal Brain Network Connectivity Using Message-Passing-Based Nonlinear Network Fusion. IEEE/ACM TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS 2023; 20:2398-2406. [PMID: 34941518 DOI: 10.1109/tcbb.2021.3137498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Effective estimation of brain network connectivity enables better unraveling of the extraordinary complexity interactions of brain regions and helps in auxiliary diagnosis of psychiatric disorders. Considering different modalities can provide comprehensive characterizations of brain connectivity, we propose the message-passing-based nonlinear network fusion (MP-NNF) algorithm to estimate multimodal brain network connectivity. In the proposed method, the initial functional and structural networks were computed from fMRI and DTI separately. Then, we update every unimodal network iteratively, making it more similar to the others in every iteration, and finally converge to one unified network. The estimated brain connectivities integrate complementary information from multiple modalities while preserving their original structure, by adding the strong connectivities present in unimodal brain networks and eliminating the weak connectivities. The effectiveness of the method was evaluated by applying the learned brain connectivity for the classification of major depressive disorder (MDD). Specifically, 82.18% classification accuracy was achieved even with the simple feature selection and classification pipeline, which significantly outperforms the competing methods. Exploration of brain connectivity contributed to MDD identification suggests that the proposed method not only improves the classification performance but also was sensitive to critical disease-related neuroimaging biomarkers.
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Perl YS, Zamora-Lopez G, Montbrió E, Monge-Asensio M, Vohryzek J, Fittipaldi S, Campo CG, Moguilner S, Ibañez A, Tagliazucchi E, Yeo BTT, Kringelbach ML, Deco G. The impact of regional heterogeneity in whole-brain dynamics in the presence of oscillations. Netw Neurosci 2023; 7:632-660. [PMID: 37397876 PMCID: PMC10312285 DOI: 10.1162/netn_a_00299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2023] Open
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Large variability exists across brain regions in health and disease, considering their cellular and molecular composition, connectivity, and function. Large-scale whole-brain models comprising coupled brain regions provide insights into the underlying dynamics that shape complex patterns of spontaneous brain activity. In particular, biophysically grounded mean-field whole-brain models in the asynchronous regime were used to demonstrate the dynamical consequences of including regional variability. Nevertheless, the role of heterogeneities when brain dynamics are supported by synchronous oscillating state, which is a ubiquitous phenomenon in brain, remains poorly understood. Here, we implemented two models capable of presenting oscillatory behavior with different levels of abstraction: a phenomenological Stuart-Landau model and an exact mean-field model. The fit of these models informed by structural- to functional-weighted MRI signal (T1w/T2w) allowed us to explore the implication of the inclusion of heterogeneities for modeling resting-state fMRI recordings from healthy participants. We found that disease-specific regional functional heterogeneity imposed dynamical consequences within the oscillatory regime in fMRI recordings from neurodegeneration with specific impacts on brain atrophy/structure (Alzheimer's patients). Overall, we found that models with oscillations perform better when structural and functional regional heterogeneities are considered, showing that phenomenological and biophysical models behave similarly at the brink of the Hopf bifurcation.
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- Yonatan Sanz Perl
- Department of Physics, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), CABA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Cognitive Neuroscience Center (CNC), Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Center for Brain and Cognition, Computational Neuroscience Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Center for Brain and Cognition, Computational Neuroscience Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Neuronal Dynamics Group, Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Center for Brain and Cognition, Computational Neuroscience Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Center for Brain and Cognition, Computational Neuroscience Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), CABA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Cognitive Neuroscience Center (CNC), Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Global Brain Health Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA; and Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), CABA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Cognitive Neuroscience Center (CNC), Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Global Brain Health Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA; and Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Latin American Brain Health Institute (BrainLat), Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago, Chile
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- National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), CABA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Cognitive Neuroscience Center (CNC), Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Global Brain Health Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA; and Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Latin American Brain Health Institute (BrainLat), Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago, Chile
- Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN), Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Physics, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), CABA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Cognitive Neuroscience Center (CNC), Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Latin American Brain Health Institute (BrainLat), Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago, Chile
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- Centre for Sleep and Cognition, Centre for Translational MR Research, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, N.1 Institute for Health and Institute for Digital Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Center for Music in the Brain, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
- Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Center for Brain and Cognition, Computational Neuroscience Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- Institució Catalana de la Recerca i Estudis Avancats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Neuropsychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
- School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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Noro Y, Li R, Matsui T, Jimura K. A method for reconstruction of interpretable brain networks from transient synchronization in resting-state BOLD fluctuations. Front Neuroinform 2023; 16:960607. [PMID: 36713290 PMCID: PMC9878402 DOI: 10.3389/fninf.2022.960607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Resting-state (rs) fMRI has been widely used to examine brain-wide large-scale spatiotemporal architectures, known as resting-state networks (RSNs). Recent studies have focused on the temporally evolving characteristics of RSNs, but it is unclear what temporal characteristics are reflected in the networks. To address this issue, we devised a novel method for voxel-based visualization of spatiotemporal characteristics of rs-fMRI with a time scale of tens of seconds. We first extracted clusters of dominant activity-patterns using a region-of-interest approach and then used these temporal patterns of the clusters to obtain voxel-based activation patterns related to the clusters. We found that activation patterns related to the clusters temporally evolved with a characteristic temporal structure and showed mutual temporal alternations over minutes. The voxel-based representation allowed the decoding of activation patterns of the clusters in rs-fMRI using a meta-analysis of functional activations. The activation patterns of the clusters were correlated with behavioral measures. Taken together, our analysis highlights a novel approach to examine brain activity dynamics during rest.
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- Yusuke Noro
- Department of Biosciences and Informatics, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, The University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan,PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo, Japan,Teppei Matsui ✉
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- Department of Informatics, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan,*Correspondence: Koji Jimura ✉
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The effect of noise on the synchronization dynamics of the Kuramoto model on a large human connectome graph. Neurocomputing 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2020.04.161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Zink N, Lenartowicz A, Markett S. A new era for executive function research: On the transition from centralized to distributed executive functioning. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2021; 124:235-244. [PMID: 33582233 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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"Executive functions" (EFs) is an umbrella term for higher cognitive control functions such as working memory, inhibition, and cognitive flexibility. One of the most challenging problems in this field of research has been to explain how the wide range of cognitive processes subsumed as EFs are controlled without an all-powerful but ill-defined central executive in the brain. Efforts to localize control mechanisms in circumscribed brain regions have not led to a breakthrough in understanding how the brain controls and regulates itself. We propose to re-conceptualize EFs as emergent consequences of highly distributed brain processes that communicate with a pool of highly connected hub regions, thus precluding the need for a central executive. We further discuss how graph-theory driven analysis of brain networks offers a unique lens on this problem by providing a reference frame to study brain connectivity in EFs in a holistic way and helps to refine our understanding of the mechanisms underlying EFs by providing new, testable hypotheses and resolves empirical and theoretical inconsistencies in the EF literature.
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- Nicolas Zink
- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Murphy AC, Bertolero MA, Papadopoulos L, Lydon-Staley DM, Bassett DS. Multimodal network dynamics underpinning working memory. Nat Commun 2020; 11:3035. [PMID: 32541774 PMCID: PMC7295998 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15541-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Complex human cognition arises from the integrated processing of multiple brain systems. However, little is known about how brain systems and their interactions might relate to, or perhaps even explain, human cognitive capacities. Here, we address this gap in knowledge by proposing a mechanistic framework linking frontoparietal system activity, default mode system activity, and the interactions between them, with individual differences in working memory capacity. We show that working memory performance depends on the strength of functional interactions between the frontoparietal and default mode systems. We find that this strength is modulated by the activation of two newly described brain regions, and demonstrate that the functional role of these systems is underpinned by structural white matter. Broadly, our study presents a holistic account of how regional activity, functional connections, and structural linkages together support integrative processing across brain systems in order for the brain to execute a complex cognitive process.
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- Andrew C Murphy
- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts & Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts & Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
- Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
- Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
- Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
- Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, USA.
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Kashyap A, Keilholz S. Brain network constraints and recurrent neural networks reproduce unique trajectories and state transitions seen over the span of minutes in resting-state fMRI. Netw Neurosci 2020; 4:448-466. [PMID: 32537536 PMCID: PMC7286308 DOI: 10.1162/netn_a_00129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
Large-scale patterns of spontaneous whole-brain activity seen in resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) are in part believed to arise from neural populations interacting through the structural network (Honey, Kötter, Breakspear, & Sporns, 2007). Generative models that simulate this network activity, called brain network models (BNM), are able to reproduce global averaged properties of empirical rs-fMRI activity such as functional connectivity (FC) but perform poorly in reproducing unique trajectories and state transitions that are observed over the span of minutes in whole-brain data (Cabral, Kringelbach, & Deco, 2017; Kashyap & Keilholz, 2019). The manuscript demonstrates that by using recurrent neural networks, it can fit the BNM in a novel way to the rs-fMRI data and predict large amounts of variance between subsequent measures of rs-fMRI data. Simulated data also contain unique repeating trajectories observed in rs-fMRI, called quasiperiodic patterns (QPP), that span 20 s and complex state transitions observed using k-means analysis on windowed FC matrices (Allen et al., 2012; Majeed et al., 2011). Our approach is able to estimate the manifold of rs-fMRI dynamics by training on generating subsequent time points, and it can simulate complex resting-state trajectories better than the traditional generative approaches. Brain network models have become a promising theoretical framework for simulating signals that are representative of whole-brain activity such as resting-state fMRI. However, it has been difficult to compare the complex brain activity obtained from simulations with empirical data. Previous studies have used simple metrics to characterize coordination between regions such as functional connectivity. In this manuscript, we extend this work by utilizing modern machine learning techniques to fit the brain network models to observed data and train on the mismatch between the model and observed signal. Our results show that our system training on these new metrics generalizes to a system that is able to reproduce trajectories and complex state transitions seen in rs-fMRI over the span of minutes. Our results will be useful in constraining and developing more realistic simulations of whole-brain activity.
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- Amrit Kashyap
- Department of Biological Engineering, Georgia Tech and Emory, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Georgia Tech and Emory, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Mansur RB, Lee Y, McIntyre RS, Brietzke E. What is bipolar disorder? A disease model of dysregulated energy expenditure. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2020; 113:529-545. [PMID: 32305381 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2019] [Revised: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 04/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Advances in the understanding and management of bipolar disorder (BD) have been slow to emerge. Despite notable recent developments in neurosciences, our conceptualization of the nature of this mental disorder has not meaningfully progressed. One of the key reasons for this scenario is the continuing lack of a comprehensive disease model. Within the increasing complexity of modern research methods, there is a clear need for an overarching theoretical framework, in which findings are assimilated and predictions are generated. In this review and hypothesis article, we propose such a framework, one in which dysregulated energy expenditure is a primary, sufficient cause for BD. Our proposed model is centered on the disruption of the molecular and cellular network regulating energy production and expenditure, as well its potential secondary adaptations and compensatory mechanisms. We also focus on the putative longitudinal progression of this pathological process, considering its most likely periods for onset, such as critical periods that challenges energy homeostasis (e.g. neurodevelopment, social isolation), and the resulting short and long-term phenotypical manifestations.
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- Rodrigo B Mansur
- Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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- Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; Kingston General Hospital, Providence Care Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Queen's University School of Medicine, Kingston, ON, Canada
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The thalamus is a neural processor and integrator for the activities of the forebrain. Surprisingly, little is known about the roles of the "cerebellar" thalamus despite the anatomical observation that all the cortico-cerebello-cortical loops make relay in the main subnuclei of the thalamus. The thalamus displays a broad range of electrophysiological responses, such as neuronal spiking, bursting, or oscillatory rhythms, which contribute to precisely shape and to synchronize activities of cortical areas. We emphasize that the cerebellar thalamus deserves a renewal of interest to better understand its specific contributions to the cerebellar motor and associative functions, especially at a time where the anatomy between cerebellum and basal ganglia is being rewritten.
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Kang J, Pae C, Park HJ. Graph-theoretical analysis for energy landscape reveals the organization of state transitions in the resting-state human cerebral cortex. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0222161. [PMID: 31498822 PMCID: PMC6733463 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2019] [Accepted: 08/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The resting-state brain is often considered a nonlinear dynamic system transitioning among multiple coexisting stable states. Despite the increasing number of studies on the multistability of the brain system, the processes of state transitions have rarely been systematically explored. Thus, we investigated the state transition processes of the human cerebral cortex system at rest by introducing a graph-theoretical analysis of the state transition network. The energy landscape analysis of brain state occurrences, estimated using the pairwise maximum entropy model for resting-state fMRI data, identified multiple local minima, some of which mediate multi-step transitions toward the global minimum. The state transition among local minima is clustered into two groups according to state transition rates and most inter-group state transitions were mediated by a hub transition state. The distance to the hub transition state determined the path length of the inter-group transition. The cortical system appeared to have redundancy in inter-group transitions when the hub transition state was removed. Such a hub-like organization of transition processes disappeared when the connectivity of the cortical system was altered from the resting-state configuration. In the state transition, the default mode network acts as a transition hub, while coactivation of the prefrontal cortex and default mode network is captured as the global minimum. In summary, the resting-state cerebral cortex has a well-organized architecture of state transitions among stable states, when evaluated by a graph-theoretical analysis of the nonlinear state transition network of the brain.
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- Jiyoung Kang
- Center for Systems and Translational Brain Sciences, Institute of Human Complexity and Systems Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Systems and Translational Brain Sciences, Institute of Human Complexity and Systems Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- BK21 PLUS Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Cognitive Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Kaboodvand N, van den Heuvel MP, Fransson P. Adaptive frequency-based modeling of whole-brain oscillations: Predicting regional vulnerability and hazardousness rates. Netw Neurosci 2019; 3:1094-1120. [PMID: 31637340 PMCID: PMC6779267 DOI: 10.1162/netn_a_00104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Accepted: 07/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Whole-brain computational modeling based on structural connectivity has shown great promise in successfully simulating fMRI BOLD signals with temporal coactivation patterns that are highly similar to empirical functional connectivity patterns during resting state. Importantly, previous studies have shown that spontaneous fluctuations in coactivation patterns of distributed brain regions have an inherent dynamic nature with regard to the frequency spectrum of intrinsic brain oscillations. In this modeling study, we introduced frequency dynamics into a system of coupled oscillators, where each oscillator represents the local mean-field model of a brain region. We first showed that the collective behavior of interacting oscillators reproduces previously shown features of brain dynamics. Second, we examined the effect of simulated lesions in gray matter by applying an in silico perturbation protocol to the brain model. We present a new approach to map the effects of vulnerability in brain networks and introduce a measure of regional hazardousness based on mapping of the degree of divergence in a feature space.
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- Neda Kaboodvand
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Dutch Connectome Lab, Department of Complex Traits Genetics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Clinical Genetics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Douw L, van Dellen E, Gouw AA, Griffa A, de Haan W, van den Heuvel M, Hillebrand A, Van Mieghem P, Nissen IA, Otte WM, Reijmer YD, Schoonheim MM, Senden M, van Straaten ECW, Tijms BM, Tewarie P, Stam CJ. The road ahead in clinical network neuroscience. Netw Neurosci 2019; 3:969-993. [PMID: 31637334 PMCID: PMC6777944 DOI: 10.1162/netn_a_00103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Clinical network neuroscience, the study of brain network topology in neurological and psychiatric diseases, has become a mainstay field within clinical neuroscience. Being a multidisciplinary group of clinical network neuroscience experts based in The Netherlands, we often discuss the current state of the art and possible avenues for future investigations. These discussions revolve around questions like "How do dynamic processes alter the underlying structural network?" and "Can we use network neuroscience for disease classification?" This opinion paper is an incomplete overview of these discussions and expands on ten questions that may potentially advance the field. By no means intended as a review of the current state of the field, it is instead meant as a conversation starter and source of inspiration to others.
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- Linda Douw
- Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology and MEG Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Connectome Lab, Department of Neuroscience, section Complex Trait Genetics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology and MEG Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Connectome Lab, Department of Neuroscience, section Complex Trait Genetics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology and MEG Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology and MEG Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Biomedical MR Imaging and Spectroscopy Group, Center for Image Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht and Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Maastricht Brain Imaging Centre, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology and MEG Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology and MEG Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology and MEG Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Oldham S, Fornito A. The development of brain network hubs. Dev Cogn Neurosci 2019; 36:100607. [PMID: 30579789 PMCID: PMC6969262 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2018.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Revised: 10/24/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Some brain regions have a central role in supporting integrated brain function, marking them as network hubs. Given the functional importance of hubs, it is natural to ask how they emerge during development and to consider how they shape the function of the maturing brain. Here, we review evidence examining how brain network hubs, both in structural and functional connectivity networks, develop over the prenatal, neonate, childhood, and adolescent periods. The available evidence suggests that structural hubs of the brain arise in the prenatal period and show a consistent spatial topography through development, but undergo a protracted period of consolidation that extends into late adolescence. In contrast, the hubs of brain functional networks show a more variable topography, being predominantly located in primary cortical areas in early development, before moving to association areas by late childhood. These findings suggest that while the basic anatomical infrastructure of hubs may be established early, the functional viability and integrative capacity of these areas undergoes extensive postnatal maturation. Not all findings are consistent with this view however. We consider methodological factors that might drive these inconsistencies, and which should be addressed to promote a more rigorous investigation of brain network development.
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- Stuart Oldham
- Brain and Mental Health Research Hub, School of Psychological Sciences and the Monash Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neurosciences (MICCN), Monash University, Australia.
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- Brain and Mental Health Research Hub, School of Psychological Sciences and the Monash Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neurosciences (MICCN), Monash University, Australia
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Kashyap A, Keilholz S. Dynamic properties of simulated brain network models and empirical resting-state data. Netw Neurosci 2019; 3:405-426. [PMID: 30793089 PMCID: PMC6370489 DOI: 10.1162/netn_a_00070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2018] [Accepted: 09/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Brain network models (BNMs) have become a promising theoretical framework for simulating signals that are representative of whole-brain activity such as resting-state fMRI. However, it has been difficult to compare the complex brain activity obtained from simulations to empirical data. Previous studies have used simple metrics to characterize coordination between regions such as functional connectivity. We extend this by applying various different dynamic analysis tools that are currently used to understand empirical resting-state fMRI (rs-fMRI) to the simulated data. We show that certain properties correspond to the structural connectivity input that is shared between the models, and certain dynamic properties relate more to the mathematical description of the brain network model. We conclude that the dynamic properties that explicitly examine patterns of signal as a function of time rather than spatial coordination between different brain regions in the rs-fMRI signal seem to provide the largest contrasts between different BNMs and the unknown empirical dynamical system. Our results will be useful in constraining and developing more realistic simulations of whole-brain activity.
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- Amrit Kashyap
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Griffa A, Van den Heuvel MP. Rich-club neurocircuitry: function, evolution, and vulnerability. DIALOGUES IN CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE 2018. [PMID: 30250389 PMCID: PMC6136122 DOI: 10.31887/dcns.2018.20.2/agriffa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Over the past decades, network neuroscience has played a fundamental role in the understanding of large-scale brain connectivity architecture. Brains, and more generally nervous systems, can be modeled as sets of elements (neurons, assemblies, or cortical chunks) that dynamically interact through a highly structured and adaptive neurocircuitry. An interesting property of neural networks is that elements rich in connections are central to the network organization and tend to interconnect strongly with each other, forming so-called rich clubs. The ubiquity of rich-club organization across different species and scales of investigation suggests that this topology could be a distinctive feature of biological systems with information processing capabilities. This review surveys recent neuroimaging, computational, and cross-species comparative literature to offer an insight into the function and origin of rich-club architecture in nervous systems, discussing its relevance to human cognition and behavior, and vulnerability to brain disorders.
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- Alessandra Griffa
- Dutch Connectome Lab, Department of Complex Trait Genetics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Dutch Connectome Lab, Department of Complex Trait Genetics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Clinical Genetics, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Lee WH, Moser DA, Ing A, Doucet GE, Frangou S. Behavioral and Health Correlates of Resting-State Metastability in the Human Connectome Project. Brain Topogr 2018; 32:80-86. [PMID: 30136050 PMCID: PMC6326990 DOI: 10.1007/s10548-018-0672-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Metastability is currently considered a fundamental property of the functional configuration of brain networks. The present study sought to generate a normative reference framework for the metastability of the major resting-state networks (RSNs) (resting-state metastability dataset) and discover their association with demographic, behavioral, physical and cognitive features (non-imaging dataset) from 818 participants of the Human Connectome Project. Using sparse canonical correlation analysis, we found that the metastability and non-imaging datasets showed significant but modest interdependency. Notable associations between the metastability variate and the non-imaging features were observed for higher-order cognitive ability and indicators of physical well-being. The intra-class correlation coefficient between the sibling pairs in the sample was very low which argues against a significant familial influence on RSN metastability.
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- Won Hee Lee
- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1425 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10029, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1425 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10029, USA
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1425 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10029, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1425 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10029, USA.
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Thompson WH, Richter CG, Plavén-Sigray P, Fransson P. Simulations to benchmark time-varying connectivity methods for fMRI. PLoS Comput Biol 2018; 14:e1006196. [PMID: 29813064 PMCID: PMC5993323 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Revised: 06/08/2018] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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There is a current interest in quantifying time-varying connectivity (TVC) based on neuroimaging data such as fMRI. Many methods have been proposed, and are being applied, revealing new insight into the brain's dynamics. However, given that the ground truth for TVC in the brain is unknown, many concerns remain regarding the accuracy of proposed estimates. Since there exist many TVC methods it is difficult to assess differences in time-varying connectivity between studies. In this paper, we present tvc_benchmarker, which is a Python package containing four simulations to test TVC methods. Here, we evaluate five different methods that together represent a wide spectrum of current approaches to estimating TVC (sliding window, tapered sliding window, multiplication of temporal derivatives, spatial distance and jackknife correlation). These simulations were designed to test each method's ability to track changes in covariance over time, which is a key property in TVC analysis. We found that all tested methods correlated positively with each other, but there were large differences in the strength of the correlations between methods. To facilitate comparisons with future TVC methods, we propose that the described simulations can act as benchmark tests for evaluation of methods. Using tvc_benchmarker researchers can easily add, compare and submit their own TVC methods to evaluate its performance.
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- William Hedley Thompson
- Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Price GR, Yeo DJ, Wilkey ED, Cutting LE. Prospective relations between resting-state connectivity of parietal subdivisions and arithmetic competence. Dev Cogn Neurosci 2018; 30:280-290. [PMID: 28268177 PMCID: PMC5568461 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2017.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2016] [Revised: 02/02/2017] [Accepted: 02/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The present study investigates the relation between resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) of cytoarchitectonically defined subdivisions of the parietal cortex at the end of 1st grade and arithmetic performance at the end of 2nd grade. Results revealed a dissociable pattern of relations between rsFC and arithmetic competence among subdivisions of intraparietal sulcus (IPS) and angular gyrus (AG). rsFC between right hemisphere IPS subdivisions and contralateral IPS subdivisions positively correlated with arithmetic competence. In contrast, rsFC between the left hIP1 and the right medial temporal lobe, and rsFC between the left AG and left superior frontal gyrus, were negatively correlated with arithmetic competence. These results suggest that strong inter-hemispheric IPS connectivity is important for math development, reflecting either neurocognitive mechanisms specific to arithmetic processing, domain-general mechanisms that are particularly relevant to arithmetic competence, or structural 'cortical maturity'. Stronger connectivity between IPS, and AG, subdivisions and frontal and temporal cortices, however, appears to be negatively associated with math development, possibly reflecting the ability to disengage suboptimal problem-solving strategies during mathematical processing, or to flexibly reorient task-based networks. Importantly, the reported results pertain even when controlling for reading, spatial attention, and working memory, suggesting that the observed rsFC-behavior relations are specific to arithmetic competence.
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- Gavin R Price
- Department of Psychology & Human Development, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University,230 Appleton Place, Nashville, TN, 37203, USA
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- Department of Psychology & Human Development, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University,230 Appleton Place, Nashville, TN, 37203, USA; Division of Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University,14 Nanyang Avenue, 637332, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Psychology & Human Development, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University,230 Appleton Place, Nashville, TN, 37203, USA
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- Department of Special Education, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University,230 Appleton Place, Nashville, TN, 37203, USA.
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Gilmore JH, Knickmeyer RC, Gao W. Imaging structural and functional brain development in early childhood. Nat Rev Neurosci 2018; 19:123-137. [PMID: 29449712 PMCID: PMC5987539 DOI: 10.1038/nrn.2018.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 491] [Impact Index Per Article: 81.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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In humans, the period from term birth to ∼2 years of age is characterized by rapid and dynamic brain development and plays an important role in cognitive development and risk of disorders such as autism and schizophrenia. Recent imaging studies have begun to delineate the growth trajectories of brain structure and function in the first years after birth and their relationship to cognition and risk of neuropsychiatric disorders. This Review discusses the development of grey and white matter and structural and functional networks, as well as genetic and environmental influences on early-childhood brain development. We also discuss initial evidence regarding the usefulness of early imaging biomarkers for predicting cognitive outcomes and risk of neuropsychiatric disorders.
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- John H Gilmore
- Department of Psychiatry, CB# 7160, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, CB# 7160, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Biomedical Imaging Research Institute, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Imaging, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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A common framework for the problem of deriving estimates of dynamic functional brain connectivity. Neuroimage 2017; 172:896-902. [PMID: 29292136 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.12.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2017] [Revised: 12/12/2017] [Accepted: 12/18/2017] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The research field of dynamic functional connectivity explores the temporal properties of brain connectivity. To date, many methods have been proposed, which are based on quite different assumptions. In order to understand in which way the results from different techniques can be compared to each other, it is useful to be able to formulate them within a common theoretical framework. In this study, we describe such a framework that is suitable for many of the dynamic functional connectivity methods that have been proposed. Our overall intention was to derive a theoretical framework that was constructed such that a wide variety of dynamic functional connectivity techniques could be expressed and evaluated within the same framework. At the same time, care was given to the fact that key features of each technique could be easily illustrated within the framework and thus highlighting critical assumptions that are made. We aimed to create a common framework which should serve to assist comparisons between different analytical methods for dynamic functional brain connectivity and promote an understanding of their methodological advantages as well as potential drawbacks.
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Senden M, Reuter N, van den Heuvel MP, Goebel R, Deco G, Gilson M. Task-related effective connectivity reveals that the cortical rich club gates cortex-wide communication. Hum Brain Mapp 2017; 39:1246-1262. [PMID: 29222818 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2017] [Revised: 11/23/2017] [Accepted: 11/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Higher cognition may require the globally coordinated integration of specialized brain regions into functional networks. A collection of structural cortical hubs-referred to as the rich club-has been hypothesized to support task-specific functional integration. In the present paper, we use a whole-cortex model to estimate directed interactions between 68 cortical regions from functional magnetic resonance imaging activity for four different tasks (reflecting different cognitive domains) and resting state. We analyze the state-dependent input and output effective connectivity (EC) of the structural rich club and relate these to whole-cortex dynamics and network reconfigurations. We find that the cortical rich club exhibits an increase in outgoing EC during task performance as compared with rest while incoming connectivity remains constant. Increased outgoing connectivity targets a sparse set of peripheral regions with specific regions strongly overlapping between tasks. At the same time, community detection analyses reveal massive reorganizations of interactions among peripheral regions, including those serving as target of increased rich club output. This suggests that while peripheral regions may play a role in several tasks, their concrete interplay might nonetheless be task-specific. Furthermore, we observe that whole-cortex dynamics are faster during task as compared with rest. The decoupling effects usually accompanying faster dynamics appear to be counteracted by the increased rich club outgoing EC. Together our findings speak to a gating mechanism of the rich club that supports fast-paced information exchange among relevant peripheral regions in a task-specific and goal-directed fashion, while constantly listening to the whole network.
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- Mario Senden
- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, 6201BC Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Maastricht Brain Imaging Centre, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Systems Neuroscience and Institute of Clinical Neuroscience & Medical Psychology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.,Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1, INM-7), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, 6201BC Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Maastricht Brain Imaging Centre, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Neuroimaging and Neuromodeling, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, an Institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), 1105BA Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Center for Brain and Cognition, Computational Neuroscience Group, Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Roc Boronat 138, Barcelona 08018, Spain.,Institució Catalana de la Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Passeig Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona 08010, Spain.,Department of Neuropsychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.,School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Clayton VIC 3800, Australia
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- Center for Brain and Cognition, Computational Neuroscience Group, Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Roc Boronat 138, Barcelona 08018, Spain
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Lee WH, Frangou S. Linking functional connectivity and dynamic properties of resting-state networks. Sci Rep 2017; 7:16610. [PMID: 29192157 PMCID: PMC5709368 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-16789-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2017] [Accepted: 11/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Spontaneous brain activity is organized into resting-state networks (RSNs) involved in internally-guided, higher-order mental functions (default mode, central executive and salience networks) and externally-driven, specialized sensory and motor processing (auditory, visual and sensorimotor networks). RSNs are characterized by their functional connectivity in terms of within-network cohesion and between-network integration, and by their dynamic properties in terms of synchrony and metastability. We examined the relationship between functional connectivity and dynamic network features using fMRI data and an anatomically constrained Kuramoto model. Extrapolating from simulated data, synchrony and metastability across the RSNs emerged at coupling strengths of 5 ≤ k ≤ 12. In the empirical RSNs, higher metastability and synchrony were respectively associated with greater cohesion and lower integration. Consistent with their dual role in supporting both sustained and diverse mental operations, higher-order RSNs had lower metastability and synchrony. Sensory and motor RSNs showed greater cohesion and metastability, likely to respectively reflect their functional specialization and their greater capacity for altering network states in response to multiple and diverse external demands. Our findings suggest that functional and dynamic RSN properties are closely linked and expand our understanding of the neural architectures that support optimal brain function.
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- Won Hee Lee
- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA.
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Tobia MJ, Hayashi K, Ballard G, Gotlib IH, Waugh CE. Dynamic functional connectivity and individual differences in emotions during social stress. Hum Brain Mapp 2017; 38:6185-6205. [PMID: 28940859 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2017] [Revised: 08/29/2017] [Accepted: 09/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Exposure to acute stress induces multiple emotional responses, each with their own unique temporal dynamics. Dynamic functional connectivity (dFC) measures the temporal variability of network synchrony and captures individual differences in network neurodynamics. This study investigated the relationship between dFC and individual differences in emotions induced by an acute psychosocial stressor. Sixteen healthy adult women underwent fMRI scanning during a social evaluative threat (SET) task, and retrospectively completed questionnaires that assessed individual differences in subjectively experienced positive and negative emotions about stress and stress relief during the task. Group dFC was decomposed with parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC) into 10 components, each with a temporal signature, spatial network of functionally connected regions, and vector of participant loadings that captures individual differences in dFC. Participant loadings of two networks were positively correlated with stress-related emotions, indicating the existence of networks for positive and negative emotions. The emotion-related networks involved the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, cingulate cortex, anterior insula, and amygdala, among other distributed brain regions, and time signatures for these emotion-related networks were uncorrelated. These findings demonstrate that individual differences in stress-induced positive and negative emotions are each uniquely associated with large-scale brain networks, and suggest that dFC is a mechanism that generates individual differences in the emotional components of the stress response. Hum Brain Mapp 38:6185-6205, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Michael J Tobia
- Department of Psychology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- Department of Computer Science, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- Department of Computer Science, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Department of Psychology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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Saenger VM, Kahan J, Foltynie T, Friston K, Aziz TZ, Green AL, van Hartevelt TJ, Cabral J, Stevner ABA, Fernandes HM, Mancini L, Thornton J, Yousry T, Limousin P, Zrinzo L, Hariz M, Marques P, Sousa N, Kringelbach ML, Deco G. Uncovering the underlying mechanisms and whole-brain dynamics of deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease. Sci Rep 2017; 7:9882. [PMID: 28851996 PMCID: PMC5574998 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-10003-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2016] [Accepted: 06/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson's disease is a highly effective treatment in controlling otherwise debilitating symptoms. Yet the underlying brain mechanisms are currently not well understood. Whole-brain computational modeling was used to disclose the effects of DBS during resting-state functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in ten patients with Parkinson's disease. Specifically, we explored the local and global impact that DBS has in creating asynchronous, stable or critical oscillatory conditions using a supercritical bifurcation model. We found that DBS shifts global brain dynamics of patients towards a Healthy regime. This effect was more pronounced in very specific brain areas such as the thalamus, globus pallidus and orbitofrontal regions of the right hemisphere (with the left hemisphere not analyzed given artifacts arising from the electrode lead). Global aspects of integration and synchronization were also rebalanced. Empirically, we found higher communicability and coherence brain measures during DBS-ON compared to DBS-OFF. Finally, using our model as a framework, artificial in silico DBS was applied to find potential alternative target areas for stimulation and whole-brain rebalancing. These results offer important insights into the underlying large-scale effects of DBS as well as in finding novel stimulation targets, which may offer a route to more efficacious treatments.
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- Victor M Saenger
- Center for Brain and Cognition, Computational Neuroscience Group, Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, 08018, Spain
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- Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience & Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom
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- Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience & Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DU, United Kingdom
- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DU, United Kingdom
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DU, United Kingdom
- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7JX, United Kingdom
- Center for Music in the Brain, Aarhus University, Aarhus, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7JX, United Kingdom
- Center for Music in the Brain, Aarhus University, Aarhus, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7JX, United Kingdom
- Center for Music in the Brain, Aarhus University, Aarhus, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7JX, United Kingdom
- Center for Music in the Brain, Aarhus University, Aarhus, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Lysholm Department of Neuroradiology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, London, WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom
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- Lysholm Department of Neuroradiology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, London, WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom
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- Lysholm Department of Neuroradiology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, London, WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom
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- Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience & Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom
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- Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience & Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom
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- Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience & Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
- ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
- Clinical Academic Center, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
- ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
- Clinical Academic Center, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7JX, United Kingdom.
- Center for Music in the Brain, Aarhus University, Aarhus, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark.
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- Center for Brain and Cognition, Computational Neuroscience Group, Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, 08018, Spain
- Instituci Catalana de la Recerca i Estudis Avanats (ICREA), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, 08010, Spain
- Department of Neuropsychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
- School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton VIC, 3800, Melbourne, Australia
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Gerchen MF, Kirsch P. Combining task-related activation and connectivity analysis of fMRI data reveals complex modulation of brain networks. Hum Brain Mapp 2017; 38:5726-5739. [PMID: 28782871 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2017] [Revised: 07/17/2017] [Accepted: 07/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Task-related effects in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data are usually analyzed with local activation approaches or integrative connectivity approaches, for example, by psychophysiological interaction (PPI) analysis. While both approaches are often applied to the same data set, a systematic combination of the results with a whole-brain (WB) perspective is rarely conducted and the relationship between task-dependent activation and connectivity effects is relatively unexplored. Here, we combined brain activation and graph theoretical analysis of WB-PPI results in an exemplary episodic memory data set of N = 136 healthy human participants and found regions with congruent as well as incongruent activation and connectivity changes between task and control conditions. A comparison with large-scale resting state networks showed that in congruent as well as incongruent regions task-positively modulated connections were mainly between-network connections, especially with the default mode network, while task-negatively modulated connections were mainly found within resting state networks. Over all regions, the strength of absolute activation effects was associated with the tendency to exhibit task-positive connectivity changes, mainly driven by a strong relationship in negatively activated regions. These results demonstrate that task demands lead to a complex modulation of brain networks and provide evidence that task-evoked activation and connectivity effects reflect separable and complementary information on the macroscale brain level assessed by fMRI. Hum Brain Mapp 38:5726-5739, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Martin Fungisai Gerchen
- Department of Clinical Psychology, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg/Medical Faculty Mannheim, Germany.,Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg/Medical Faculty Mannheim, Germany.,Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany
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Shine JM, Poldrack RA. Principles of dynamic network reconfiguration across diverse brain states. Neuroimage 2017; 180:396-405. [PMID: 28782684 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2017] [Revised: 07/04/2017] [Accepted: 08/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Recent methodological advances have enabled researchers to track the network structure of the human brain over time. Together, these studies provide novel insights into effective brain function, highlighting the importance of the systems-level perspective in understanding the manner in which the human brain organizes its activity to facilitate behavior. Here, we review a range of recent fMRI and electrophysiological studies that have mapped the relationship between inter-regional communication and network structure across a diverse range of brain states. In doing so, we identify both behavioral and biological axes that may underlie the tendency for network reconfiguration. We conclude our review by providing suggestions for future research endeavors that may help to refine our understanding of the functioning of the human brain.
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- James M Shine
- Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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Metastability in Senescence. Trends Cogn Sci 2017; 21:509-521. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2017.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2016] [Revised: 04/05/2017] [Accepted: 04/13/2017] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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