TY - JOUR
T1 - Dynamic brain functional connectivity modulated by resting-state networks
AU - Di, Xin
AU - Biswal, Bharat B.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by a National Institute of Health grant 5R01AG032088. We thank Suril Gohel and Dr. Eun H. Kim for discussions on data analysis and comments on an earlier version of this manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2013, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - Studies of large-scale brain functional connectivity using the resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging have advanced our understanding of human brain functions. Although the evidence of dynamic functional connectivity is accumulating, the variations of functional connectivity over time have not been well characterized. In the present study, we aimed to associate the variations of functional connectivity with the intrinsic activities of resting-state networks during a single resting-state scan by comparing functional connectivity differences between when a network had higher and lower intrinsic activities. The activities of the salience network, default mode network (DMN), and motor network were associated with changes of resting-state functional connectivity. Higher activity of the salience network was accompanied by greater functional connectivity between the fronto-parietal regions and the DMN regions, and between the regions within the DMN. Higher DMN activity was associated with less connectivity between the regions within the DMN, and greater connectivity between the regions within the fronto-parietal network. Higher motor network activity was correlated with greater connectivity between the regions within the motor network, and smaller connectivity between the DMN regions and fronto-parietal regions, and between the DMN regions and the motor regions. In addition, the whole brain network modularity was positively correlated with the motor network activity, suggesting that the brain is more segregated as sub-systems when the motor network is intrinsically activated. Together, these results demonstrate the association between the resting-state connectivity variations and the intrinsic activities of specific networks, which can provide insights on the dynamic changes in large-scale brain connectivity and network configurations.
AB - Studies of large-scale brain functional connectivity using the resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging have advanced our understanding of human brain functions. Although the evidence of dynamic functional connectivity is accumulating, the variations of functional connectivity over time have not been well characterized. In the present study, we aimed to associate the variations of functional connectivity with the intrinsic activities of resting-state networks during a single resting-state scan by comparing functional connectivity differences between when a network had higher and lower intrinsic activities. The activities of the salience network, default mode network (DMN), and motor network were associated with changes of resting-state functional connectivity. Higher activity of the salience network was accompanied by greater functional connectivity between the fronto-parietal regions and the DMN regions, and between the regions within the DMN. Higher DMN activity was associated with less connectivity between the regions within the DMN, and greater connectivity between the regions within the fronto-parietal network. Higher motor network activity was correlated with greater connectivity between the regions within the motor network, and smaller connectivity between the DMN regions and fronto-parietal regions, and between the DMN regions and the motor regions. In addition, the whole brain network modularity was positively correlated with the motor network activity, suggesting that the brain is more segregated as sub-systems when the motor network is intrinsically activated. Together, these results demonstrate the association between the resting-state connectivity variations and the intrinsic activities of specific networks, which can provide insights on the dynamic changes in large-scale brain connectivity and network configurations.
KW - Default mode network
KW - Dynamic connectivity
KW - Nonlinear connectivity
KW - Resting-state
KW - Salience network
KW - fMRI
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U2 - 10.1007/s00429-013-0634-3
DO - 10.1007/s00429-013-0634-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 25713839
AN - SCOPUS:84903853645
SN - 1863-2653
VL - 220
SP - 37
EP - 46
JO - Brain Structure and Function
JF - Brain Structure and Function
IS - 1
ER -