Static and Dynamic Cross-Network Functional Connectivity Shows Elevated Entropy in Schizophrenia Patients.

ABSTRACT: Schizophrenia (SZ) patients exhibit abnormal static and dynamic functional connectivity across various brain domains. We present a novel approach based on static and dynamic inter-network connectivity entropy (ICE), which represents the entropy of a given network's connectivity to all the other brain networks. This novel approach enables the investigation of how connectivity strength is heterogeneously distributed across available targets in both SZ patients and healthy controls. We analyzed fMRI data from 151 schizophrenia patients and demographically matched 160 healthy controls. Our assessment encompassed both static and dynamic ICE, revealing significant differences in the heterogeneity of connectivity levels across available brain networks between SZ patients and healthy controls (HC)

SUBMITTER: Maksymchuk N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11212858 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature