Time-varying functional network information extracted from brief instances of spontaneous brain activity.

ABSTRACT: Recent functional magnetic resonance imaging studies have shown that the brain is remarkably active even in the absence of overt behavior, and this activity occurs in spatial patterns that are reproducible across subjects and follow the brain's established functional subdivision. Investigating the distribution of these spatial patterns is an active area of research with the goal of obtaining a better understanding of the neural networks underlying brain function. One intriguing aspect of spontaneous activity is an apparent nonstationarity, or variability of interaction between brain regions. It was recently proposed that spontaneous brain activity may be dominated by brief traces of activity, possibly originating from a neuronal avalanching phenomenon. Such traces may involve different sub

SUBMITTER: Liu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3600481 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature