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  • Neuroscience
  • Brain Connectivity
  • Network Science

Background:

  • Neuronal communication involves complex functional interactions.
  • Functional brain interactions depend on structural connections.
  • Multiple imaging methods explore structure-function relationships.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate consistent, modality-independent functional interactions in the brain.
  • Determine if structural properties explain these functional interactions.
  • Identify the key factors shaping the brain's functional core network.

Main Methods:

  • Used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and magnetoencephalography (MEG) in healthy adults.
  • Analyzed resting-state functional networks and a structural brain network.
  • Employed anatomically realistic neural mass models to simulate network dynamics.

Main Results:

  • Found significant overlap in functional networks between fMRI and MEG (especially alpha band).
  • Identified a strongly interconnected functional core network in temporo-posterior regions.
  • Neural mass models showed this network emerges near global synchronization thresholds.

Conclusions:

  • The functional core network is explained by a trade-off between connectivity degree and distance.
  • Structural network properties, particularly high-degree nodes, are key predictors of functional connectivity.
  • Modality-independent functional networks are shaped by communication between highly connected brain regions.