Transient spectral events in resting state MEG predict individual task responses

Even in response to simple tasks such as hand movement, human brain activity shows remarkable inter-subject variability. Recently, it has been shown that individual spatial variability in fMRI task responses can be predicted from measurements collected at rest; suggesting that the spatial variabilit...

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Main Authors: R. Becker, D. Vidaurre, A.J. Quinn, R.G. Abeysuriya, O. Parker Jones, S. Jbabdi, M.W. Woolrich
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Published: Elsevier 2020-07-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811920303050
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author R. Becker
D. Vidaurre
A.J. Quinn
R.G. Abeysuriya
O. Parker Jones
S. Jbabdi
M.W. Woolrich
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D. Vidaurre
A.J. Quinn
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M.W. Woolrich
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description Even in response to simple tasks such as hand movement, human brain activity shows remarkable inter-subject variability. Recently, it has been shown that individual spatial variability in fMRI task responses can be predicted from measurements collected at rest; suggesting that the spatial variability is a stable feature, inherent to the individual’s brain. However, it is not clear if this is also true for individual variability in the spatio-spectral content of oscillatory brain activity. Here, we show using MEG (N ​= ​89) that we can predict the spatial and spectral content of an individual’s task response using features estimated from the individual’s resting MEG data. This works by learning when transient spectral ‘bursts’ or events in the resting state tend to reoccur in the task responses. We applied our method to motor, working memory and language comprehension tasks. All task conditions were predicted significantly above chance. Finally, we found a systematic relationship between genetic similarity (e.g. unrelated subjects vs. twins) and predictability. Our approach can predict individual differences in brain activity and suggests a link between transient spectral events in task and rest that can be captured at the level of individuals.
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spelling doaj.art-3ffc6959ce434fb8b11c2f9456721ad22022-12-21T19:35:31ZengElsevierNeuroImage1095-95722020-07-01215116818Transient spectral events in resting state MEG predict individual task responsesR. Becker0D. Vidaurre1A.J. Quinn2R.G. Abeysuriya3O. Parker Jones4S. Jbabdi5M.W. Woolrich6Oxford Center for Human Brain Activity, OHBA, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford, UK; Corresponding author.Oxford Center for Human Brain Activity, OHBA, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford, UKOxford Center for Human Brain Activity, OHBA, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford, UKOxford Center for Human Brain Activity, OHBA, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford, UKFMRIB, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UKFMRIB, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UKOxford Center for Human Brain Activity, OHBA, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford, UKEven in response to simple tasks such as hand movement, human brain activity shows remarkable inter-subject variability. Recently, it has been shown that individual spatial variability in fMRI task responses can be predicted from measurements collected at rest; suggesting that the spatial variability is a stable feature, inherent to the individual’s brain. However, it is not clear if this is also true for individual variability in the spatio-spectral content of oscillatory brain activity. Here, we show using MEG (N ​= ​89) that we can predict the spatial and spectral content of an individual’s task response using features estimated from the individual’s resting MEG data. This works by learning when transient spectral ‘bursts’ or events in the resting state tend to reoccur in the task responses. We applied our method to motor, working memory and language comprehension tasks. All task conditions were predicted significantly above chance. Finally, we found a systematic relationship between genetic similarity (e.g. unrelated subjects vs. twins) and predictability. Our approach can predict individual differences in brain activity and suggests a link between transient spectral events in task and rest that can be captured at the level of individuals.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811920303050Resting stateBurstsTransient eventsBrain oscillationsIndividual variabilityHidden-markov-modelling
spellingShingle R. Becker
D. Vidaurre
A.J. Quinn
R.G. Abeysuriya
O. Parker Jones
S. Jbabdi
M.W. Woolrich
Transient spectral events in resting state MEG predict individual task responses
NeuroImage
Resting state
Bursts
Transient events
Brain oscillations
Individual variability
Hidden-markov-modelling
title Transient spectral events in resting state MEG predict individual task responses
title_full Transient spectral events in resting state MEG predict individual task responses
title_fullStr Transient spectral events in resting state MEG predict individual task responses
title_full_unstemmed Transient spectral events in resting state MEG predict individual task responses
title_short Transient spectral events in resting state MEG predict individual task responses
title_sort transient spectral events in resting state meg predict individual task responses
topic Resting state
Bursts
Transient events
Brain oscillations
Individual variability
Hidden-markov-modelling
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811920303050
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