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. 2010 Sep 22;5(9):e12945.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012945.

Topographic electrophysiological signatures of FMRI Resting State Networks

Kay Jann  1 , Mara Kottlow, Thomas Dierks, Chris Boesch, Thomas Koenig
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Topographic electrophysiological signatures of FMRI Resting State Networks

Kay Jann et al. PLoS One. .

Abstract

Background: fMRI Resting State Networks (RSNs) have gained importance in the present fMRI literature. Although their functional role is unquestioned and their physiological origin is nowadays widely accepted, little is known about their relationship to neuronal activity. The combined recording of EEG and fMRI allows the temporal correlation between fluctuations of the RSNs and the dynamics of EEG spectral amplitudes. So far, only relationships between several EEG frequency bands and some RSNs could be demonstrated, but no study accounted for the spatial distribution of frequency domain EEG.

Methodology/principal findings: In the present study we report on the topographic association of EEG spectral fluctuations and RSN dynamics using EEG covariance mapping. All RSNs displayed significant covariance maps across a broad EEG frequency range. Cluster analysis of the found covariance maps revealed the common standard EEG frequency bands. We found significant differences between covariance maps of the different RSNs and these differences depended on the frequency band.

Conclusions/significance: Our data supports the physiological and neuronal origin of the RSNs and substantiates the assumption that the standard EEG frequency bands and their topographies can be seen as electrophysiological signatures of underlying distributed neuronal networks.

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Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. RSNs and their topographic EEG signatures.
The left row shows sagittal, coronal and horizontal slices of the ten RSNs (p<0.005; corrected at α<0.05 / x, y & z coordinates are provided at the left bottom corner of each RSN). On the right side the covariance and t-maps for the 8 frequency bands are displayed. A positive covariance value (red) indicates that with increasing RSN activity there is a relative increase in spectral power at a given electrode in a given frequency band, while a negative value (blue) indicates a decrease in power when the RSN activity increases, and vice versa. [Note: MR images are in neuroradiological convention (left is right), EEG maps are not (left is left).]
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