Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Sex-specific associations of childhood adversity with frontostriatal network organization and anhedonia in young adulthood

The paper examines how childhood adversity dimensions relate to frontostriatal network connectivity and anhedonia in young adults, finding sex-specific associations.

Individualized surface parcellation enhances characterization of resting-state brain dynamics and their alterations in schizophrenia

This study compares parcellation strategies in schizophrenia rs-fMRI, finding that individualized parcellation better captures dynamic brain dynamics and symptom associations.

Comparing Nonlinear Trajectories Across Brain Networks: A Key to Understanding Complex Brain Dynamics

This study analyzes nonlinear developmental trajectories of brain networks in infants using a cubic model, revealing network-specific growth patterns and interactions.

Neural manifold connectomics reveals multiregime functional connectivity

The paper shows that using low-dimensional temporal subspaces from fMRI data reveals distinct functional connectivity regimes that depend on cognitive state and individual identity.

Developmental tuning of functional manifold dimensionality across the human brain

The paper estimates intrinsic dimensionality in fMRI data across development, finding that task-relevant brain regions have higher-dimensional activity in adults, while infants show no such modulation.

A low-variance subspace underlies individual differences in resting state fMRI

This study identifies a low-dimensional subspace in resting state fMRI that captures reliable individual differences and can accurately identify participants.

Feasibility of Precision Functional Mapping in Youth Multi-Echo fMRI Data

This study evaluates Precision Functional Mapping (PFM) in youth multi-echo fMRI data, showing improved functional connectivity reliability and network stability with increased data quantity.

Area-level context and functional brain organization across the lifespan

This paper reviews how neighborhood-level factors relate to functional brain connectivity across the lifespan, finding associations between area-level disadvantage and altered brain network organization.

Multivariate environmental exposures are reflected in whole-brain functional connectivity and cognition in youth

The paper examines how environmental exposures affect whole-brain functional connectivity and cognition in youth using machine learning and the ABCD Study data.

Brainana: an end-to-end preprocessing framework for macaque neuroimaging

Brainana provides an automated preprocessing framework for macaque neuroimaging, enabling reproducible and scalable analysis across multiple sites.

HEALTHY AGING AS INFORMATION DIVERGENCE IN THE MULTIPLEX BRAIN

This paper models the brain as a multiplex network to show that healthy aging involves a progressive divergence between structural and functional connectomes, with subcortical hubs showing significant age-related decoupling.

Intrinsic ignition-based propagation networks reveal hierarchical propagation pathways of spontaneous activity in the human brain

The paper uses an intrinsic ignition framework to analyze resting-state fMRI data and reveals hierarchical propagation pathways of spontaneous activity in the human brain, linking local events to global patterns and behavioral traits.

Brain network dynamics reflect psychiatric illness status and transdiagnostic symptom profiles across health and disease

The paper examines brain network dynamics in individuals with and without psychiatric diagnoses, finding that these dynamics can differentiate symptom profiles more effectively than diagnostic categories.

Estimating trial-wise modulation of functional connectivity using event-related fMRI

This paper introduces beta-PPI, a method to estimate how trial-wise variables modulate functional connectivity in event-related fMRI, showing improved statistical power and temporal specificity.

Siibra: A software tool suite for realizing a Multilevel Human Brain Atlas from complex data resources

The paper introduces siibra, a software tool suite that integrates diverse brain data into a Multilevel Human Brain Atlas, enabling interoperable analysis and visualization.

Spectral organization of individualized connectome harmonics across brain structure, function and cognition

This paper shows that individualized connectome harmonics reveal a hierarchical organization linking brain structure, function, and cognition across 875 participants.

The Physics Network is Distinct from the Multiple Demand System in the Human Brain

The paper investigates whether the Physics Network and Multiple Demand system in the human brain are distinct, finding they are dissociable spatially and functionally.

Task-specific ISS reduction and network balance during Stroop task performance in older adults

This study examines age-related changes in functional connectivity during the Stroop task using fMRI and Bayesian hierarchical modeling, finding reduced inter-subject similarity and specific spatial reorganization in older adults.

Large-scale population neuroimaging reveals latent subgroup structure in functional brain organisation

This paper identifies latent subgroups in functional brain organisation using large-scale resting-state fMRI data from UK Biobank participants, revealing associations with cognitive, lifestyle, and health phenotypes.

Functional connectivity gradients depend on cortical sampling position and brain state

The paper shows that functional connectivity gradients vary with cortical sampling position and brain state, revealing state-dependent reconfiguration of surface representations.

Early Adversity Selectively Reshapes the Somato-Cognitive Action Network in the Developing Brain

This study shows early adversity increases the size of the somato-cognitive action network in the developing brain, particularly in response to threat, and this change is linked to poorer cognition.

Selective convergence and graded divergence of hippocampal and amygdala subregions using functional connectivity

This study maps hippocampal and amygdala subregions using resting-state fMRI from 722 participants, revealing structured co-representation patterns and divergence in functional connectivity.

Brain-wide gaze-dependent activity during eyes-closed rest and sleep

This study investigates gaze-dependent brain activity during eyes-closed rest and sleep using MR-based eye-tracking, revealing widespread cortical and cerebellar coupling and altered functional connectivity when accounting for gaze.

Using fingerprinting as a testbed for strategies to improve reproducibility of functional connectivity

The paper tests functional connectome fingerprinting to improve reproducibility of functional connectivity analysis pipelines by optimizing pre- and post-processing parameters.

A Data-Driven Closed-Loop Control Approach to Drive Neural State Transitions for Mechanistic Insight

The paper uses a data-driven framework combining dynamical system reconstruction and model predictive control to analyze neural state transitions in fMRI data from individuals with remitted major depressive disorder and healthy controls.

Brain Structural and Resting-state Functional Network Changes Following Expiratory Musculature Targeted Resistance Training in Healthy Young Adults: A Pilot Study

This study examines the effects of expiratory muscle strength training on brain structure and function in healthy adults, finding increased functional connectivity without structural changes.

White-Matter BOLD Encoding Beyond Marginal Connectivity

This paper shows that white-matter BOLD signals can be predicted from cortical activity using multivariate encoding, revealing functional organization beyond pairwise connectivity.

FUNCTIONAL FRAGMENTATION AND STRUCTURAL DRIVERS OF THALAMO-CORTICAL CIRCUITS IN TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY

This study examines thalamo-cortical and thalamo-hippocampal functional connectivity in temporal lobe epilepsy, finding reduced connectivity in TLE patients and its association with seizure generalization and surgical outcomes.

Aberrant Recovery of Timescale-Aligned Amplitude Balance Links to Symptoms and Cognition in Schizophrenia

The paper develops a timescale-aligned framework to measure amplitude balance in brain networks and finds greater imbalance and slower recovery in schizophrenia, linked to symptoms and cognition.

Physiological Arousal as a Predominant Source of Individual Differences in Functional Brain Networks

This paper identifies physiological arousal as a major source of individual differences in functional brain networks, showing strong correlations between arousal and network properties across multiple sessions and samples.