Journal
JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
Volume 30, Issue 2, Pages 384-393Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21848
Keywords
functional connectivity; low frequency fluctuations; spontaneous neural activity; spatiotemporal dynamics; rat cortex
Funding
- NINDS NIH HHS [R21 NS057718-01A2, R21 NS057718] Funding Source: Medline
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Purpose: To examine spatiotemporal dynamics of low frequency fluctuations in rat cortex. Materials and Methods: Gradient-echo echo-planar imaging images were acquired from anesthetized rats (repetition time = 100 ms). Power spectral analysis was performed to detect different frequency peaks. Functional connectivity maps were obtained for the frequency peaks of interest. The images in the filtered time-series were displayed as a movie to study spatiotemporal patterns in the data for frequency bands of interest. Results: High temporal and spectral resolution allowed separation of primary components of physiological noise and visualization of spectral details. Two low frequency peaks with distinct characteristics were observed. Selective visualization of the second low frequency peak revealed waves of activity that typically began in the secondary somatosensory cortex and propagated to the primary motor cortex. Conclusion: To date, analysis of these fluctuations has focused on the detection of functional networks assuming steady state conditions. These results suggest that detailed examination of the spatiotemporal dynamics of the low frequency fluctuations may provide more insight into brain function, and add a new perspective to the analysis of resting state fMRI data.
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