Large-scale network integration in the human brain tracks temporal fluctuations in memory encoding performance
- Kochi University of Technology, Japan
- Keio University, Japan
Abstract
Although activation/deactivation of specific brain regions have been shown to be predictive of successful memory encoding, the relationship between time-varying large-scale brain networks and fluctuations of memory encoding performance remains unclear. Here we investigated time-varying functional connectivity patterns across the human brain in periods of 30–40 s, which have recently been implicated in various cognitive functions. During functional magnetic resonance imaging, participants performed a memory encoding task, and their performance was assessed with a subsequent surprise memory test. A graph analysis of functional connectivity patterns revealed that increased integration of the subcortical, default-mode, salience, and visual subnetworks with other subnetworks is a hallmark of successful memory encoding. Moreover, multivariate analysis using the graph metrics of integration reliably classified the brain network states into the period of high (vs. low) memory encoding performance. Our findings suggest that a diverse set of brain systems dynamically interact to support successful memory encoding.
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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (17H00891)
- Ryuta Aoki
- Koji Jimura
- Kiyoshi Nakahara
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (17H06268)
- Kiyoshi Nakahara
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.
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Human subjects: All experimental procedures were approved by the Ethics Committee of Kochi University of Technology. Informed consent was obtained from all participants.
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© 2018, Keerativittayayut et al.
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Large-scale network integration in the human brain tracks temporal fluctuations in memory encoding performance
eLife 7:e32696.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.32696
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