
pmid: 37339281
pmc: PMC10270719
Abstract The analysis of the resting-state functional connectome commonly relies on graph representations. However, the graph-based approach is restricted to pairwise interactions, not suitable to capture high-order interactions, that is, more than two regions. This work investigates the existence of cycles of synchronization emerging at the individual level in the resting-state fMRI dynamic. These cycles or loops correspond to more than three regions interacting in pairs surrounding a closed space in the resting dynamic. We devised a strategy for characterizing these loops on the fMRI resting state using persistent homology, a data analysis strategy based on topology aimed to characterize high-order connectivity features robustly. This approach describes the loops exhibited at the individual level on a population of 198 healthy controls. Results suggest that these synchronization cycles emerge robustly across different connectivity scales. In addition, these high-order features seem to be supported by a particular anatomical substrate. These topological loops constitute evidence of resting-state high-order arrangements of interaction hidden on classical pairwise models. These cycles may have implications for the synchronization mechanisms commonly described in the resting state.
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Artificial intelligence, Cognitive Neuroscience, Population, Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry, Analysis of Brain Functional Connectivity Networks, Pairwise comparison, Functional Connectivity, Graph, Statistical Topology, Functional connectivity, Theoretical computer science, Resting-State fMRI, Health Sciences, Synchronization (alternating current), Connectome, FOS: Mathematics, Biology, Persistent Homology, Topology (electrical circuits), Life Sciences, Computer science, Graph theory, Topological Data Analysis in Science and Engineering, Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Environmental health, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Combinatorics, Computer Science, Physical Sciences, Medicine, Resting state fMRI, Mathematics, RC321-571, Research Article, Neuroscience, Human Connectome Project
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Artificial intelligence, Cognitive Neuroscience, Population, Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry, Analysis of Brain Functional Connectivity Networks, Pairwise comparison, Functional Connectivity, Graph, Statistical Topology, Functional connectivity, Theoretical computer science, Resting-State fMRI, Health Sciences, Synchronization (alternating current), Connectome, FOS: Mathematics, Biology, Persistent Homology, Topology (electrical circuits), Life Sciences, Computer science, Graph theory, Topological Data Analysis in Science and Engineering, Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Environmental health, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Combinatorics, Computer Science, Physical Sciences, Medicine, Resting state fMRI, Mathematics, RC321-571, Research Article, Neuroscience, Human Connectome Project
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