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Mangor Pedersen¹, Amir Omidvarnia¹, Jennifer M Walz¹

¹The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Network Neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.)

|June 19, 2018

Summary

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Brain network activity is complex. This study found that entropy, a measure of complexity, is higher for participation coefficients than clustering coefficients, revealing temporal network dynamics.

Keywords:

Brain networks Graph theory Instantaneous phase synchrony Sample entropy fMRI

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Network Science
Complexity Science

Background:

Understanding the temporal complexity of brain network activity is crucial but remains challenging.
Spontaneous brain activity exhibits complex dynamics that require advanced analytical methods.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the temporal complexity of brain networks using functional connectivity, graph theory, and entropy analysis.
To explore the relationship between network metrics (clustering and participation coefficients) and their temporal complexity (entropy).

Main Methods:

Utilized task-free functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data from 25 healthy individuals.
Calculated pairwise instantaneous phase synchrony to create brain graphs over 200 time points.
Estimated time series of clustering and participation coefficients, followed by sample entropy calculation.

Main Results:

Entropy was significantly higher for participation coefficients compared to clustering coefficients.
Clustering coefficients showed a negative relationship with entropy, while participation coefficients showed a positive relationship.
Entropy levels for participation coefficients were network-specific, notably high in default-mode, visual, and motor networks.

Conclusions:

Brain networks exhibit significant temporal complexity.
Entropy is a valuable metric for characterizing temporal network dynamics and may help identify alterations in neurological disorders.
Findings were validated on an independent replication dataset, supporting their robustness.