Structure-function clustering in multiplex brain networks

Crofts, JJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7751-9984, Forrester, M and O'Dea, RD, 2016. Structure-function clustering in multiplex brain networks. EPL (Europhysics Letters): a Letters Journal Exploring the Frontiers of Physics, 116 (1), p. 18003. ISSN 0295-5075

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Abstract

A key question in neuroscience is to understand how a rich functional repertoire of brain activity arises within relatively static networks of structurally-connected neural populations: elucidating the subtle interactions between evoked ‘functional connectivity’ and the underlying ‘structural connectivity’ has the potential to address this. These structural-functional
networks (and neural networks more generally) are more naturally described using a multilayer or multiplex network approach, in favour of standard single-layer network analyses that are more typically applied to such systems. In this letter, we address such issues by exploring important structure-function relations in the Macaque cortical network by modelling it as a duplex network that comprises an anatomical layer, describing the known (macro-scale) network topology of the Macaque monkey, and a functional layer derived from simulated neural activity. We investigate and characterize correlations between structural and functional layers, as system parameters controlling simulated neural activity are varied, by employing recently described multiplex network measures. Moreover, we propose a novel measure of multiplex structure-function clustering which allows us to investigate the emergence of functional connections that are distinct from the underlying cortical structure, and to highlight the dependence of multiplex structure on the neural dynamical regime.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	EPL (Europhysics Letters): a Letters Journal Exploring the Frontiers of Physics
Creators:	Crofts, J.J., Forrester, M. and O'Dea, R.D.
Publisher:	EPL Association/IOP Publishing
Date:	11 November 2016
Volume:	116
Number:	1
ISSN:	0295-5075
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1209/0295-5075/116/18003 DOI
Divisions:	Schools > School of Science and Technology
Record created by:	Jill Tomkinson
Date Added:	17 Nov 2016 16:35
Last Modified:	11 Nov 2017 03:00
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/29153

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