Diffuse neural coupling mediates complex network dynamics through the formation of quasi-critical brain states

EJ Müller, BR Munn, JM Shine - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
The biological mechanisms that allow the brain to balance flexibility and integration remain
poorly understood. A potential solution may lie in a unique aspect of neurobiology, which is …

Long-range amplitude coupling is optimized for brain networks that function at criticality

AE Avramiea, A Masood, HD Mansvelder… - Journal of …, 2022 - Soc Neuroscience
Brain function depends on segregation and integration of information processing in brain
networks often separated by long-range anatomic connections. Neuronal oscillations …

Low-dimensional criticality embedded in high-dimensional awake brain dynamics

AJ Fontenele, JS Sooter, VK Norman, SH Gautam… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Whether cortical neurons operate in a strongly or weakly correlated dynamical regime
determines fundamental information processing capabilities and has fueled decades of …

Quasiuniversal scaling in mouse-brain neuronal activity stems from edge-of-instability critical dynamics

GB Morales, S Di Santo… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The brain is in a state of perpetual reverberant neural activity, even in the absence of
specific tasks or stimuli. Shedding light on the origin and functional significance of such a …

Structural determinants of dynamic fluctuations between segregation and integration on the human connectome

M Fukushima, O Sporns - Communications biology, 2020 - nature.com
While segregation and integration of neural information in the neocortex are thought to be
important for human behavior and cognition, the neural substrates enabling their dynamic …

Relations between large-scale brain connectivity and effects of regional stimulation depend on collective dynamical state

L Papadopoulos, CW Lynn, D Battaglia… - PLoS computational …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
At the macroscale, the brain operates as a network of interconnected neuronal populations,
which display coordinated rhythmic dynamics that support interareal communication …

Mapping how local perturbations influence systems-level brain dynamics

LL Gollo, JA Roberts, L Cocchi - Neuroimage, 2017 - Elsevier
The human brain exhibits a distinct spatiotemporal organization that supports brain function
and can be manipulated via local brain stimulation. Such perturbations to local cortical …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic primitives of brain network interaction

M Schirner, X Kong, BTT Yeo, G Deco, P Ritter - Neuroimage, 2022 - Elsevier
What dynamic processes underly functional brain networks? Functional connectivity (FC)
and functional connectivity dynamics (FCD) are used to represent the patterns and dynamics …

The thalamus integrates the macrosystems of the brain to facilitate complex, adaptive brain network dynamics

JM Shine - Progress in neurobiology, 2021 - Elsevier
The human brain is a complex, adaptive system comprised of billions of cells with trillions of
connections. The interactions between the elements of the system oppose this seemingly …

Bridging single neuron dynamics to global brain states

JS Goldman, N Tort-Colet, M Di Volo… - Frontiers in systems …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Biological neural networks produce information backgrounds of multi-scale spontaneous
activity that become more complex in brain states displaying higher capacities for cognition …