The older adult brain is less modular, more integrated, and less efficient at rest: A systematic review of large‐scale resting‐state functional brain networks in aging

HA Deery, R Di Paolo, C Moran, GF Egan… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The literature on large‐scale resting‐state functional brain networks across the adult
lifespan was systematically reviewed. Studies published between 1986 and July 2021 were …

[HTML][HTML] Modularity maximization as a flexible and generic framework for brain network exploratory analysis

FZ Esfahlani, Y Jo, MG Puxeddu, H Merritt, JC Tanner… - Neuroimage, 2021 - Elsevier
The modular structure of brain networks supports specialized information processing,
complex dynamics, and cost-efficient spatial embedding. Inter-individual variation in …

Local structure-function relationships in human brain networks across the lifespan

F Zamani Esfahlani, J Faskowitz, J Slack… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
A growing number of studies have used stylized network models of communication to predict
brain function from structure. Most have focused on a small set of models applied globally …

[HTML][HTML] The virtual aging brain: Causal inference supports interhemispheric dedifferentiation in healthy aging

M Lavanga, J Stumme, BH Yalcinkaya, J Fousek… - NeuroImage, 2023 - Elsevier
The mechanisms of cognitive decline and its variability during healthy aging are not fully
understood, but have been associated with reorganization of white matter tracts and …

[HTML][HTML] Network communication models narrow the gap between the modular organization of structural and functional brain networks

C Seguin, O Sporns, A Zalesky, F Calamante - NeuroImage, 2022 - Elsevier
Structural and functional brain networks are modular. Canonical functional systems, such as
the default mode network, are well-known modules of the human brain and have been …

The adaptive stochasticity hypothesis: Modeling equifinality, multifinality, and adaptation to adversity

S Carozza, D Akarca, D Astle - Proceedings of the National …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Neural phenotypes are the result of probabilistic developmental processes. This means that
stochasticity is an intrinsic aspect of the brain as it self-organizes over a protracted period. In …

Relation of connectome topology to brain volume across 103 mammalian species

MG Puxeddu, J Faskowitz, C Seguin, Y Yovel… - Plos …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The brain connectome is an embedded network of anatomically interconnected brain
regions, and the study of its topological organization in mammals has become of paramount …

High-order functional redundancy in ageing explained via alterations in the connectome in a whole-brain model

M Gatica, F E. Rosas, P AM Mediano… - PLoS computational …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The human brain generates a rich repertoire of spatio-temporal activity patterns, which
support a wide variety of motor and cognitive functions. These patterns of activity change …

Simulation-based inference on virtual brain models of disorders

M Hashemi, A Ziaeemehr, MM Woodman… - Machine Learning …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Connectome-based models, also known as virtual brain models (VBMs), have been well
established in network neuroscience to investigate pathophysiological causes underlying a …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-modal and multi-subject modular organization of human brain networks

MG Puxeddu, J Faskowitz, O Sporns, L Astolfi… - NeuroImage, 2022 - Elsevier
The human brain is a complex network of anatomically interconnected brain areas.
Spontaneous neural activity is constrained by this architecture, giving rise to patterns of …