Abstract
The default mode network (DMN) reflects spontaneous activity in the resting human brain. Previous studies examined the difference in static functional connectivity (sFC) of the DMN between eyes-closed (EC) and eyes-open (EO) using the resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) data. However, it remains unclear about the difference in dynamic FC (dFC) of the DMN between EC and EO. To this end, we acquired rs-fMRI data from 19 subjects in two different statues (EC and EO) and selected a seed region-of-interest (ROI) at the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) to generate the sFC map. We identified the DMN consisting of ten clusters that were significantly correlated with the PCC. By using a sliding-window approach, we analyzed the dFC of the DMN. Then, the Newman’s modularity algorithm was applied to identify dFC states based on nodal total connectivity strength in each sliding-window. In addition, graph-theory based network analysis was applied to detect dynamic topological properties of the DMN. We identified three group-level dFC states (State1, 2 and 3) that reflects the strength of dFC within the DMN between EC and EO in different time. The following results were reached: (1) no significant difference in sFC between EC and EO, (2) dFC was lower in State2 but higher in State3 in EC than in EO, (3) lower clustering coefficient, local efficiency, and global efficiency, but higher characteristic path length in State2 in EC than in EO, and (4) lower nodal strength in the precuneus (PCUN), PCC, angular gyrus (ANG), middle temporal gyrus (MTG) and medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) in State3 in EC. These results suggested different resting statuses, EC and EO, may induce different time-varying neural activity in the DMN.
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Abbreviations
- ANG:
-
Angular gyrus
- DMN:
-
Default mode network
- dFC:
-
Dynamic functional connectivity
- EC:
-
Eyes-closed
- EO:
-
Eyes-open
- FWE:
-
Family-wise error
- FWHM:
-
Full-width at half maximum
- LPC:
-
Lateral parietal cortex
- MPFC:
-
Medial prefrontal cortex
- MTG:
-
Middle temporal gyrus
- OFG:
-
Occipital fusiform gyrus
- PCC:
-
Posterior cingulate cortex
- PCUN:
-
Precuneus
- PHG:
-
Parahippocampal gyrus
- rs-fMRI:
-
Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging
- sFC:
-
Static functional connectivity
- SCA:
-
Seed-based connectivity analysis
- VF:
-
Visual fixation
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Liu, X., Wu, X., Zhong, M. et al. Dynamic Properties of Human Default Mode Network in Eyes-Closed and Eyes-Open. Brain Topogr 33, 720–732 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10548-020-00792-3
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