Brain
activity
during
the
resting
state
is
widely
used
to
examine
brain
organization,
cognition
and
alterations
in
disease
states.
While
it
known
that
neuromodulation
of
alertness
impact
resting-state
activity,
neural
mechanisms
behind
such
modulation
are
unknown.
In
this
work,
we
a
computational
model
demonstrate
cholinergic
input
influences
its
functional
connectivity
through
cellular
synaptic
modulation.
The
results
from
match
closely
with
experimental
work
on
direct
Default
Mode
Network
(DMN)
rodents.
We
further
extended
our
study
human
connectome
derived
diffusion-weighted
MRI.
simulations,
an
increase
resulted
brain-wide
reduction
connectivity.
Furthermore,
selective
DMN
captured
experimentally
observed
transitions
between
baseline
states
suppressed
fluctuations
associated
attention
external
tasks.
Our
thus
provides
insight
into
potential
for
effects
dynamics.
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: March 18, 2024
Storytelling
has
been
pivotal
for
the
transmission
of
knowledge
and
cultural
norms
across
human
history.
A
crucial
process
underlying
generation
narratives
is
exertion
cognitive
control
on
semantic
representations
stored
in
memory,
a
phenomenon
referred
as
control.
Despite
extensive
literature
investigating
neural
mechanisms
generative
language
tasks,
little
effort
done
towards
storytelling
under
naturalistic
conditions.
Here,
we
probed
participants
to
generate
stories
response
set
instructions
which
triggered
narrative
that
was
either
appropriate
(ordinary),
novel
(random),
or
balanced
(creative),
while
recording
functional
magnetic
resonance
imaging
(fMRI)
signal.
By
leveraging
deep
models,
demonstrated
how
ideally
level
during
story
generation.
At
level,
creative
were
differentiated
by
multivariate
pattern
activity
frontal
cortices
compared
ordinary
ones
fronto-
temporo-parietal
with
respect
randomly
generated
stories.
Crucially,
similar
brain
regions
also
encoding
features
distinguished
behaviourally.
Moreover,
decomposed
dynamics
into
connectome
harmonic
modes
found
specific
spatial
frequency
patterns
modulation
Finally,
different
coupling
within
between
default
mode,
salience
networks
when
contrasting
their
controls.
Together,
our
findings
highlight
regulation
exploration
ideation
contribute
deeper
understanding
underpinning
role
storytelling.
PLoS Computational Biology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
21(2), P. e1012816 - e1012816
Published: Feb. 6, 2025
Large-scale
recordings
of
neural
activity
over
broad
anatomical
areas
with
high
spatial
and
temporal
resolution
are
increasingly
common
in
modern
experimental
neuroscience.
Recently,
recurrent
switching
dynamical
systems
have
been
used
to
tackle
the
scale
complexity
these
data.
However,
an
important
challenge
remains
providing
insights
into
existence
structure
linear
dynamics
time
series
Here
we
test
a
scalable
approach
time-varying
autoregression
low-rank
tensors
recover
stochastic
mass
models
multiple
stable
attractors.
We
demonstrate
that
parsimonious
representation
system
matrices
terms
modes
can
attractor
simple
via
clustering.
then
consider
simulations
based
on
human
brain
connectivity
matrix
low
global
connection
strength
regimes,
reveal
hierarchical
clustering
dynamics.
Finally,
explain
impact
forecast
delay
estimation
underlying
rank
variability
This
study
illustrates
prediction
error
minimization
is
not
sufficient
meaningful
dynamic
it
crucial
account
for
three
key
timescales
arising
from
dynamics,
noise
processes,
switching.
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: April 23, 2025
Abstract
Epilepsy
is
a
neurological
disease
characterized
by
epileptic
seizures,
which
commonly
manifest
with
pronounced
frequency
and
amplitude
changes
in
the
EEG
signal.
In
case
of
focal
initially
localized
pathological
activity
spreads
from
so-called
“onset
zone”
to
wider
network
brain
areas.
Chimeras,
defined
as
states
simultaneously
occurring
coherent
incoherent
dynamics
symmetrically
coupled
networks
are
increasingly
invoked
for
characterization
seizures.
particular,
chimera-like
have
been
observed
during
transition
normal
(asynchronous)
seizure
(synchronous)
state.
However,
chimeras
epilepsy
only
investigated
respect
varying
phases
oscillators.
We
propose
novel
method
capture
characteristic
recorded
seizures
estimating
directly
signals
frequency-
time-resolved
manner.
test
on
publicly
available
intracranial
dataset
16
patients
epilepsy.
show
that
proposed
measure,
titled
Amplitude
Entropy,
sensitive
altered
seizure,
demonstrating
its
significant
increases
compared
before
after
seizure.
This
finding
robust
across
patients,
their
different
bands.
future,
Entropy
could
serve
not
feature
detection,
but
also
help
characterizing
other
networked
systems
dynamics.