Stable functional networks exhibit consistent timing in the human brain.

ABSTRACT: Despite many advances in the study of large-scale human functional networks, the question of timing, stability, and direction of communication between cortical regions has not been fully addressed. At the cellular level, neuronal communication occurs through axons and dendrites, and the time required for such communication is well defined and preserved. At larger spatial scales, however, the relationship between timing, direction, and communication between brain regions is less clear. Here, we use a measure of effective connectivity to identify connections between brain regions that exhibit communication with consistent timing. We hypothesized that if two brain regions are communicating, then knowledge of the activity in one region should allow an external observer to better predict activi

SUBMITTER: Chapeton JI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5837656 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature