Do the posterior midline cortices belong to the electrophysiological default-mode network?

Publication date: Available online 22 June 2019Source: NeuroImageAuthor(s): Martin Sjøgård, Xavier De Tiège, Alison Mary, Philippe Peigneux, Serge Goldman, Guy Nagels, Jeroen van Schependom, Andrew J. Quinn, Mark Woolrich, Vincent WensAbstractThe default-mode network (DMN) and its principal core hubs in the posterior midline cortices (PMC), i.e., the precuneus and the posterior cingulate cortex, play a critical role in the human brain structural and functional architecture. Because of their centrality, they are affected by a wide spectrum of brain disorders, e.g., Alzheimer's disease. Non-invasive electrophysiological techniques such as magnetoencephalography (MEG) are crucial to the investigation of the neurophysiology of the DMN and its alteration by brain disorders. However, MEG studies relying on band-limited power envelope correlation diverge in their ability to identify the PMC as a part of the DMN in healthy subjects at rest. Since these works were based on different MEG recording systems and different source reconstruction pipelines, we compared DMN functional connectivity estimated with two distinct MEG systems (Elekta, now MEGIN, and CTF) and two widely used reconstruction algorithms (Minimum Norm Estimation and linearly constrained minimum variance (LCMV) Beamformer). Our results identified the reconstruction method as the critical factor influencing PMC functional connectivity, which was significantly dampened by the LCMV Beamformer. On this basis, we recommend...
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