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Measuring directed functional connectivity using non-parametric directionality analysis: Validation and comparison

Timothy O West¹, David M Halliday², Steven L Bressler³

¹Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK; Centre for Mathematics and Physics in the Life Sciences and Experimental Biology, Department of Computer Science, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK; Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, WC1N 3AR, UK.

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Non-parametric directionality (NPD) accurately estimates directed functional connectivity in neural data, showing robustness against noise and signal mixing, making it a state-of-the-art method for neuroimaging analysis.

Keywords:

Computational neuroscience Directionality EEG Functional connectivity Local field potentials MEG Multimodal data Neural networks Signal-to-noise Volume conduction

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Area of Science:

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Computational Neuroscience
Signal Processing

Background:

Non-parametric directionality (NPD) is a novel method for estimating directed functional connectivity (dFC) in neural data.
Previous work validated NPD in simulated spiking neural networks.

Purpose of the Study:

Validate NPD in continuous neural recordings, such as local field potentials.
Assess NPD's accuracy in recovering network connectivity under various confounds.
Compare NPD's performance against non-parametric estimators of Granger causality (NPG).

Main Methods:

Simulated time-delayed correlations using autoregressive models.
Tested NPD under varying signal-to-noise ratios, signal strength asymmetries, instantaneous mixing, common drive, data length, and routing.
Applied NPD to simultaneous magnetoencephalography and deep brain recordings from a patient.

Main Results:

NPD accurately recovered directed functional connectivity in simulations.
NPD performance was comparable to NPG but more sensitive to data length.
NPD demonstrated greater robustness to noise, signal strength asymmetries, and instantaneous signal mixing compared to NPG.

Conclusions:

NPD accurately recovers causal networks and is resistant to common confounding effects in neural data.
NPD is positioned as a state-of-the-art method for directed functional connectivity estimation in neuroimaging.