Article ; Online: Microsynt: Exploring the syntax of EEG microstates.
2023 Volume 277, Page(s) 120196
Abstract: ... to be attracted towards "A - B - C" microstate hubs, and most prominently A - B binary loops. Conversely ... with full unconsciousness, sequences of microstates are attracted towards "C - D - E" hubs, and most ... prominently C - E binary loops, confirming the putative relation of microstates A and B to externally-oriented ...
Abstract | Microstates represent electroencephalographic (EEG) activity as a sequence of switching, transient, metastable states. Growing evidence suggests the useful information on brain states is to be found in the higher-order temporal structure of these sequences. Instead of focusing on transition probabilities, here we propose "Microsynt", a method designed to highlight higher-order interactions that form a preliminary step towards understanding the syntax of microstate sequences of any length and complexity. Microsynt extracts an optimal vocabulary of "words" based on the length and complexity of the full sequence of microstates. Words are then sorted into classes of entropy and their representativeness within each class is statistically compared with surrogate and theoretical vocabularies. We applied the method on EEG data previously collected from healthy subjects undergoing propofol anesthesia, and compared their "fully awake" (BASE) and "fully unconscious" (DEEP) conditions. Results show that microstate sequences, even at rest, are not random but tend to behave in a more predictable way, favoring simpler sub-sequences, or "words". Contrary to high-entropy words, lowest-entropy binary microstate loops are prominent and favored on average 10 times more than what is theoretically expected. Progressing from BASE to DEEP, the representation of low-entropy words increases while that of high-entropy words decreases. During the awake state, sequences of microstates tend to be attracted towards "A - B - C" microstate hubs, and most prominently A - B binary loops. Conversely, with full unconsciousness, sequences of microstates are attracted towards "C - D - E" hubs, and most prominently C - E binary loops, confirming the putative relation of microstates A and B to externally-oriented cognitive processes and microstate C and E to internally-generated mental activity. Microsynt can form a syntactic signature of microstate sequences that can be used to reliably differentiate two or more conditions. |
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MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Electroencephalography ; Brain ; Brain Mapping ; Wakefulness ; Propofol |
Chemical Substances | Propofol (YI7VU623SF) |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2023-06-05 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
ZDB-ID | 1147767-2 |
ISSN | 1095-9572 ; 1053-8119 |
ISSN (online) | 1095-9572 |
ISSN | 1053-8119 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120196 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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