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Dynamic functional connectivity using state-based dynamic community structure: method and application to opioid analgesia
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Dynamic functional connectivity using state-based dynamic community structure: method and application to opioid analgesia

Lucy F Robinson, Lauren Y Atlas and Tor D Wager
NeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.), v 108
Mar 2015
PMID: 25534114

Abstract

Analgesics, Opioid - pharmacology Brain - drug effects Brain - physiology Brain Mapping - methods Humans Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods Markov Chains Models, Neurological Neural Pathways - drug effects Neural Pathways - physiology
We present a new method, State-based Dynamic Community Structure, that detects time-dependent community structure in networks of brain regions. Most analyses of functional connectivity assume that network behavior is static in time, or differs between task conditions with known timing. Our goal is to determine whether brain network topology remains stationary over time, or if changes in network organization occur at unknown time points. Changes in network organization may be related to shifts in neurological state, such as those associated with learning, drug uptake or experimental conditions. Using a hidden Markov stochastic blockmodel, we define a time-dependent community structure. We apply this approach to data from a functional magnetic resonance imaging experiment examining how contextual factors influence drug-induced analgesia. Results reveal that networks involved in pain, working memory, and emotion show distinct profiles of time-varying connectivity.

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