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¹Department of Radiology and Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA.

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A new computational framework, Large-scale nEural Model Inversion (LEMI), accurately estimates brain-wide effective connectivity using resting-state fMRI. This tool reveals reduced excitation-inhibition balance in Alzheimer's disease patients.

Keywords:

Effective Connectivity Neural Mass Model Optimization

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Area of Science:

Computational neuroimaging
Systems neuroscience
Neuroinformatics

Background:

Estimating large-scale brain-wide effective connectivity (EC) from resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) is a significant challenge.
Existing methods may struggle with the computational demands of whole-brain analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate a novel computational framework, Large-scale nEural Model Inversion (LEMI), for efficient and accurate estimation of large-scale brain-wide EC.
To assess the framework's performance using simulations and apply it to empirical data for neuroscientific insights.

Main Methods:

Developed LEMI utilizing a linear neural mass model and a Kalman-filter based gradient descent algorithm.
Validated LEMI's accuracy and efficiency in recovering model parameters for a 100-region network within 90 minutes using ground-truth simulations.
Applied LEMI to an Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) rs-fMRI dataset.

Main Results:

LEMI accurately and efficiently recovered model parameters in large-scale network simulations.
The framework successfully estimated intra-regional and inter-regional connection strengths.
Application to ADNI data revealed a widespread reduction in the excitation-inhibition (E-I) ratio in Alzheimer's disease patients.

Conclusions:

LEMI offers an efficient and accurate computational framework for estimating large-scale effective connectivity from rs-fMRI data.
The framework enables the exploration of brain-wide E-I balance, providing insights into neurological conditions like Alzheimer's disease.
LEMI facilitates advancements in computational neuroimaging and understanding brain mechanisms.