Revealing the relevant spatiotemporal scale underlying whole-brain dynamics

The brain rapidly processes and adapts to new information by dynamically transitioning between whole-brain functional networks. In this whole-brain modeling study we investigate the relevance of spatiotemporal scale in whole-brain functional networks. This is achieved through estimating brain parcel...

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Authors: Kobeleva, Xenia, López-González, Ane, 1993-, Kringelbach, Morten L., Deco, Gustavo
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2021
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repository:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/53592
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/53592
http://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2021.715861
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:modeling
spatiotemporal
brain dynamics
functional connectivity
brain networks
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Summary:The brain rapidly processes and adapts to new information by dynamically transitioning between whole-brain functional networks. In this whole-brain modeling study we investigate the relevance of spatiotemporal scale in whole-brain functional networks. This is achieved through estimating brain parcellations at different spatial scales (100– 900 regions) and time series at different temporal scales (from milliseconds to seconds) generated by a whole-brain model fitted to fMRI data. We quantify the richness of the dynamic repertoire at each spatiotemporal scale by computing the entropy of transitions between whole-brain functional networks. The results show that the optimal relevant spatial scale is around 300 regions and a temporal scale of around 150 ms. Overall, this study provides much needed evidence for the relevant spatiotemporal scales and recommendations for analyses of brain dynamics.