• Acta Physica Sinica
  • Vol. 69, Issue 8, 080203-1 (2020)
Nan Yao1, Chun-Wang Su2、3, You-Jun Li2、*, Jue Wang2, Chang-Song Zhou4, and Zi-Gang Huang2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Science, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information and Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
  • 3School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
  • 4Center for Nonlinear Research, Institute of Computing and Theory, Department of Physics, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
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    DOI: 10.7498/aps.69.20200170 Cite this Article
    Nan Yao, Chun-Wang Su, You-Jun Li, Jue Wang, Chang-Song Zhou, Zi-Gang Huang. Dynamics of the default mode network in human brain[J]. Acta Physica Sinica, 2020, 69(8): 080203-1 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Brain is a typical complex system with characteristics such as self-adaptation, self-organization, and multistability. The activity of the default mode network (DMN), a crucial functional subnetwork of the human brain in resting state, obeys typical non-equilibrium statistical mechanical processes in which the system continually switches among multiple metastable states. Revealing the underlying dynamical mechanism of these processes has important scientific significance and clinical application prospects. In this paper, according to the blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) signals obtained from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we build an energy landscape, disconnectivity graph and transition network to explore the non-equilibrium processes of DMN switching among different attractors in resting state. Taking the activities of high-level visual and auditory cortices for examples, we verify the intimate relationship between the dynamics of DMN and the activity modes of these external brain regions, through comparing the distributions in state space and the algorithms such as XGBoost and deep neural networks. In addition, we analyze the interaction between various DMN regions in the resting state by using the techniques such as compressive-sensing-based partial correlation and convergence cross mapping. The results in this paper may presnt new insights into revealing the dynamics of the intrinsic non-equilibrium processes of brain in resting state, and putting forward clinically significant biomarkers for brain dysfunction from the viewpoint of dynamics.
    Nan Yao, Chun-Wang Su, You-Jun Li, Jue Wang, Chang-Song Zhou, Zi-Gang Huang. Dynamics of the default mode network in human brain[J]. Acta Physica Sinica, 2020, 69(8): 080203-1
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