scholarly journals EEG Resting-State Large-Scale Brain Network Dynamics Are Related to Depressive Symptoms

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alena Damborská ◽  
Miralena I. Tomescu ◽  
Eliška Honzírková ◽  
Richard Barteček ◽  
Jana Hořínková ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alena Damborská ◽  
Miralena I. Tomescu ◽  
Eliška Honzírková ◽  
Richard Barteček ◽  
Jana Hořínková ◽  
...  

AbstractBackgroundThe few previous studies on resting-state EEG microstates in depressive patients suggest altered temporal characteristics of microstates compared to those of healthy subjects. We tested whether resting-state microstate temporal characteristics could capture large-scale brain network dynamic activity relevant to depressive symptomatology.MethodsTo evaluate a possible relationship between the resting-state large-scale brain network dynamics and depressive symptoms, we performed EEG microstate analysis in patients with moderate to severe depression within bipolar affective disorder, depressive episode, and periodic depressive disorder, and in healthy controls.ResultsMicrostate analysis revealed six classes of microstates (A-F) in global clustering across all subjects. There were no between-group differences in the temporal characteristics of microstates. In the patient group, higher symptomatology on the Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale, a questionnaire validated as measuring severity of depressive episodes in patients with mood disorders, correlated with higher occurrence of microstate A (Spearman’s rank correlation, r = 0.70, p < 0.01).ConclusionOur results suggest that the observed interindividual differences in resting-state EEG microstate parameters could reflect altered large-scale brain network dynamics relevant to depressive symptomatology during depressive episodes. These findings suggest the utility of the microstate analysis approach in an objective depression assessment.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alena Damborská ◽  
Camille Piguet ◽  
Jean-Michel Aubry ◽  
Alexandre G. Dayer ◽  
Christoph M. Michel ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alena Damborská ◽  
Camille Piguet ◽  
Jean-Michel Aubry ◽  
Alexandre G. Dayer ◽  
Christoph M. Michel ◽  
...  

AbstractBackgroundNeuroimaging studies provided evidence for disrupted resting-state functional brain network activity in bipolar disorder (BD). Electroencephalographic (EEG) studies found altered temporal characteristics of functional EEG microstates during depressive episode within different affective disorders. Here we investigated whether euthymic patients with BD show deviant resting-state large-scale brain network dynamics as reflected by altered temporal characteristics of EEG microstates.MethodsWe used high-density EEG to explore between-group differences in duration, coverage and occurrence of the resting-state functional EEG microstates in 17 euthymic adults with BD in on-medication state and 17 age- and gender-matched healthy controls. Two types of anxiety, state and trait, were assessed separately with scores ranging from 20 to 80.ResultsMicrostate analysis revealed five microstates (A-E) in global clustering across all subjects. In patients compared to controls, we found increased occurrence and coverage of microstate A that did not significantly correlate with anxiety scores.ConclusionOur results provide neurophysiological evidence for altered large-scale brain network dynamics in BD patients and suggest the increased presence of A microstate to be an electrophysiological trait characteristic of BD.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tommaso Menara ◽  
Giuseppe Lisi ◽  
Fabio Pasqualetti ◽  
Aurelio Cortese

AbstractLarge multi-site neuroimaging datasets have significantly advanced our quest to understand brain-behaviour relationships and to develop biomarkers of psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders. Yet, such data collections come at a cost, as the inevitable differences across samples may lead to biased or erroneous conclusions. Previous work has investigated this critical issue in resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) data in terms of effects on static measures, such as functional connectivity and brain parcellations. Here, we depart from prior approaches and utilize dynamical models to examine how diverse scanning factors in multi-site fMRI recordings affect our ability to infer the brain’s spatiotemporal wandering between large-scale networks of activity. Building upon this premise, we first confirm the emergence of robust subject-specific dynamical patterns of brain activity. Next, we exploit these individual fingerprints to show that scanning sessions belonging to different sites and days tend to induce high variability, while other factors, such as the scanner manufacturer or the number of coils, affect the same metrics to a lesser extent. These results concurrently indicate that we can recover the unique trajectories of brain activity changes in each individual, but also that our ability to infer such patterns is affected by how, where and when we try to do so.Author summaryWe investigate the important issue of data heterogeneity in large multi-site data collections of brain activity recordings. At a time in which appraising the source of variability in large datasets is gaining increasing attention, this study provides a novel point of view based on data-driven dynamical models. By employing subject-specific signatures of brain network dynamics, we find that certain scanning factors significantly affect the quality of resting-state fMRI data. More specifically, we first validate the existence of subject-specific brain dynamics fingerprints. As a proof of concept, we show that dynamical states can be estimated reliably, even across different datasets. Finally, we assess which scanning factors, and to what extent, influence the variability of such fingerprints.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilles Naeije ◽  
Nicolas Coquelet ◽  
Vincent Wens ◽  
Serge Goldman ◽  
Massimo Pandolfo ◽  
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Author(s):  
Xerxes D. Arsiwalla ◽  
Riccardo Zucca ◽  
Alberto Betella ◽  
Enrique Martinez ◽  
David Dalmazzo ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hause Lin ◽  
Oshin Vartanian

Neuroeconomics is the study of the neurobiological bases of subjective preferences and choices. We present a novel framework that synthesizes findings from the literatures on neuroeconomics and creativity to provide a neurobiological description of creative cognition. It proposes that value-based decision-making processes and activity in the locus coeruleus-norepinephrine (LC-NE) neuromodulatory system underlie creative cognition, as well as the large-scale brain network dynamics shown to be associated with creativity. This framework allows us to re-conceptualize creative cognition as driven by value-based decision making, in the process providing several falsifiable hypotheses that can further our understanding of creativity, decision making, and brain network dynamics.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
RL van den Brink ◽  
S Nieuwenhuis ◽  
TH Donner

ABSTRACTThe widely projecting catecholaminergic (norepinephrine and dopamine) neurotransmitter systems profoundly shape the state of neuronal networks in the forebrain. Current models posit that the effects of catecholaminergic modulation on network dynamics are homogenous across the brain. However, the brain is equipped with a variety of catecholamine receptors with distinct functional effects and heterogeneous density across brain regions. Consequently, catecholaminergic effects on brain-wide network dynamics might be more spatially specific than assumed. We tested this idea through the analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) measurements performed in humans (19 females, 5 males) at ‘rest’ under pharmacological (atomoxetine-induced) elevation of catecholamine levels. We used a linear decomposition technique to identify spatial patterns of correlated fMRI signal fluctuations that were either increased or decreased by atomoxetine. This yielded two distinct spatial patterns, each expressing reliable and specific drug effects. The spatial structure of both fluctuation patterns resembled the spatial distribution of the expression of catecholamine receptor genes: α1 norepinephrine receptors (for the fluctuation pattern: placebo > atomoxetine), ‘D2-like’ dopamine receptors (pattern: atomoxetine > placebo), and β norepinephrine receptors (for both patterns, with correlations of opposite sign). We conclude that catecholaminergic effects on the forebrain are spatially more structured than traditionally assumed and at least in part explained by the heterogeneous distribution of various catecholamine receptors. Our findings link catecholaminergic effects on large-scale brain networks to low-level characteristics of the underlying neurotransmitter systems. They also provide key constraints for the development of realistic models of neuromodulatory effects on large-scale brain network dynamics.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTThe catecholamines norepinephrine and dopamine are an important class of modulatory neurotransmitters. Because of the widespread and diffuse release of these neuromodulators, it has commonly been assumed that their effects on neural interactions are homogenous across the brain. Here, we present results from the human brain that challenge this view. We pharmacologically increased catecholamine levels and imaged the effects on the spontaneous covariations between brain-wide fMRI signals at ‘rest’. We identified two distinct spatial patterns of covariations: one that was amplified and another that was suppressed by catecholamines. Each pattern was associated with the heterogeneous spatial distribution of the expression of distinct catecholamine receptor genes. Our results provide novel insights into the catecholaminergic modulation of large-scale human brain dynamics.


2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 881-892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Zöller ◽  
Corrado Sandini ◽  
Fikret Işik Karahanoğlu ◽  
Maria Carmela Padula ◽  
Marie Schaer ◽  
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