Brain states govern the spatio-temporal dynamics of resting state functional connectivity

  1. Felipe Aedo-Jury  Is a corresponding author
  2. Miriam Schwalm
  3. Lara Hamzehpour
  4. Albrecht Stroh  Is a corresponding author
  1. Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research, Germany
  2. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

Abstract

Previously, using simultaneous resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and photometry-based neuronal calcium recordings in the anesthetized rat, we identified blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) responses directly related to slow calcium waves, revealing a cortex-wide and spatially organized correlate of locally recorded neuronal activity (Schwalm et al., 2017). Here, using the same techniques, we investigate two distinct cortical activity states: persistent activity, in which compartmentalized network dynamics were observed; and slow wave activity, dominated by a cortex-wide BOLD component, suggesting a strong functional coupling of inter-cortical activity. During slow wave activity we find a correlation between the occurring slow wave events and the strength of functional connectivity between different cortical areas. These findings suggest that down-up transitions of neuronal excitability can drive cortex-wide functional connectivity. This study provides further evidence that changes in functional connectivity are dependent on the brain’s current state, directly linked to the generation of slow waves.

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All data generated or analysed during this study are included in the manuscript and supporting files. All source data files are available on Dryad Digital repository (https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.vmcvdncqk). All custom Matlab codes used in these analyses are available at https://github.com/Strohlab/connectivityelife (Aedo-Jury & Stroh, 2020).

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  1. Felipe Aedo-Jury

    Systemic Resilience Mechanisms, Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research, Mainz, Germany
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  2. Miriam Schwalm

    Institute for Pathophysiology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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  3. Lara Hamzehpour

    Institute for Pathophysiology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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  4. Albrecht Stroh

    Institute for Pathophysiology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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    albrecht.stroh@unimedizin-mainz.de
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Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB 1193)

  • Albrecht Stroh

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SPP 1665)

  • Albrecht Stroh

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: Animal husbandry and experimental manipulation were carried out according to animal welfare guidelines of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz and were approved by the Landesuntersuchungsamt Rheinland-Pfalz, Koblenz, Germany. (G14-1-040).

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© 2020, Aedo-Jury et al.

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  1. Felipe Aedo-Jury
  2. Miriam Schwalm
  3. Lara Hamzehpour
  4. Albrecht Stroh
(2020)
Brain states govern the spatio-temporal dynamics of resting state functional connectivity
eLife 9:e53186.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.53186

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