Author : Javier Gomez-Pilar
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030499006
Total Pages : 79 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)
Book Synopsis Characterization of Neural Activity Using Complex Network Theory by : Javier Gomez-Pilar
Download or read book Characterization of Neural Activity Using Complex Network Theory written by Javier Gomez-Pilar and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reports on the development and assessment of a novel framework for studying neural interactions (the connectome) and their dynamics (the chronnectome). Using EEG recordings taken during an auditory oddball task performed by 48 patients with schizophrenia and 87 healthy controls, and applying local and network measures, changes in brain activation from pre-stimulus to cognitive response were assessed, and significant differences were observed between the patients and controls. This book investigates the source of the network abnormalities and presents new evidence for the disconnection hypothesis and the aberrant salience hypothesis with regard to schizophrenia. Moreover, it puts forward a novel approach to combining local regularity measures and graph measures in order to characterize schizophrenia brain dynamics, and presents interesting findings on the regularity of brain patterns in healthy control subjects versus patients with schizophrenia. Besides providing new evidence for the disconnection hypothesis, it offers a source of inspiration for future research directions in the field.