Oscillation-Based Connectivity Architecture Is Dominated by an Intrinsic Spatial Organization, Not Cognitive State or Frequency

Parham Mostame, Sepideh Sadaghiani

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Abstract

Functional connectivity of neural oscillations (oscillation-based FC) is thought to afford dynamic information exchange across task-relevant neural ensembles. Although oscillation-based FC is classically defined relative to a prestimulus baseline, giving rise to rapid, context-dependent changes in individual connections, studies of distributed spatial patterns show that oscillation- based FC is omnipresent, occurring even in the absence of explicit cognitive demands. Thus, the issue of whether oscillation- based FC is primarily shaped by cognitive state or is intrinsic in nature remains open. Accordingly, we sought to reconcile these observations by interrogating the ECoG recordings of 18 presurgical human patients (8 females) for state dependence of oscillation-based FC in five canonical frequency bands across an array of six task states. FC analysis of phase and amplitude coupling revealed a highly similar, largely state-invariant (i.e., intrinsic) spatial component across cognitive states. This spatial organization was shared across all frequency bands. Crucially, however, each band also exhibited temporally independent FC dynamics capable of supporting frequency-specific information exchange. In conclusion, the spatial organization of oscillation-based FC is largely stable over cognitive states (i.e., primarily intrinsic in nature) and shared across frequency bands. Together, our findings converge with previous observations of spatially invariant patterns of FC derived from extremely slow and aperiodic fluctuations in fMRI signals. Our observations indicate that "background"FC should be accounted for in conceptual frameworks of oscillation-based FC targeting task-related changes.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)179-192
Number of pages14
JournalThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience
Volume41
Issue number1
Early online dateNov 17 2020
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 6 2021

Keywords

  • amplitude coupling
  • electrocorticography
  • functional connectivity
  • intrinsic
  • oscillations
  • phase coupling

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Neuroscience(all)

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