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  • Brain Connectivity
  • Computational Psychiatry

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  • Dynamic functional-structural connectivity (FC-SC) coupling reflects brain network flexibility.
  • Abnormalities in FC-SC coupling may be characteristic of depression.
  • Investigating FC-SC coupling during acute functional connectivity (FC) state changes is crucial for understanding depression.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore depression-related inter-network FC-SC coupling during dynamic acute FC state change phases.
  • To identify specific FC-SC coupling patterns associated with depression.
  • To utilize these patterns for depression recognition.

Main Methods:

  • Collected Magnetoencephalography (MEG) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) data from patients with depression and controls.
  • Constructed functional and structural brain networks.
  • Applied dynamic connectivity regression to identify FC state change points and phases.
  • Analyzed inter-network FC-SC coupling within these phases.
  • Used Support Vector Machine (SVM) for depression classification based on FC-SC couplings.

Main Results:

  • Achieved 82.7% discrimination accuracy for depression using FC-SC couplings, particularly in the acute rising phase of FC.
  • Identified significant discriminative coupling between the salience network (SN) and ventral attention network (VAN) during the early rising phase (70-170ms).

Conclusions:

  • Increased FC-SC coupling in depression, especially in the SN-VAN during acute FC rising phases, suggests reduced flexibility and potentially abnormal processing of negative emotions.
  • Depressive brain dysfunction can be characterized by diminished FC-SC coupling flexibility in specific dynamic phases.
  • Limitations include a small sample size and not considering individual phase lengths.