Title
Endless Fluctuations: Temporal Dynamics of the Amplitude of Low Frequency Fluctuations.
Abstract
Intrinsic neural activity ubiquitously persists in all physiological states. However, how intrinsic brain activity (iBA) changes over a short time remains unknown. To uncover the brain dynamics' theoretic underpinning, electrophysiological relevance, and neuromodulation, we identified iBA dynamics on simulated data, electroencephalogram-functional magnetic resonance imaging (EEG-fMRI) data, and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) fMRI data using sliding-window analysis. The temporal variability (dynamics) of iBA were quantified using the variance of the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (ALFF) over time. We first used simulated fMRI data to examine the effects of various parameters including window length, and step size on dynamic ALFF. Secondly, using EEG-fMRI data, we found that the heteromodal association cortex had the most variable dynamics while the limbic regions had the least, consistent with previous findings. Additionally, the temporal variability of dynamic ALFF depended on EEG power fluctuations. Moreover, using rTMS fMRI data, we found that the temporal variability of dynamic ALFF could be modulated by rTMS. Taken together, these results provide an evidence about the theory, relevance, and adjustability of iBA dynamics.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1109/TMI.2019.2904555
IEEE transactions on medical imaging
Keywords
Field
DocType
Functional magnetic resonance imaging,Brain,Microsoft Windows,Time series analysis,Fluctuations,Neuromodulation
Time series,Computer vision,Neuroscience,Transcranial magnetic stimulation,Functional magnetic resonance imaging,Amplitude of low frequency fluctuations,Brain activity and meditation,Artificial intelligence,Amplitude,Electroencephalography,Mathematics,Electrophysiology
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
38
11
1558-254X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
10
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Wei Liao131.58
Jiao Li252.45
Gong-Jun Ji300.34
Guo-Rong Wu4626.59
Zhiliang Long561.82
Qiang Xu6261.91
Xujun Duan7463.80
Qian Cui831.40
Biswal Bharat B920420.86
Huafu Chen1002.03