ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Neurosci.
Sec. Brain Imaging Methods
Volume 19 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fnins.2025.1653007
Exploring functional connectivity at different timescales with Multivariate Mode Decomposition
Provisionally accepted
- Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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This paper explores an alternative way for analyzing static Functional Connectivity (FC) in functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) data across multiple timescales using a class of adaptive frequency-based methods referred to as Multivariate Mode Decomposition (MMD).The proposed method decomposes fMRI into their intrinsic multivariate oscillatory components through a fully data-driven approach, and enables the isolation of intrinsic neurophyisiological activation patterns across multiple frequency bands from other interfering components. Unlike other methods, this approach is inherently equipped to handle the multivariate nature of fMRI data by aligning frequency information across multiple regions of interest. The proposed method was validated using three fMRI experiments: resting-state, motor and gambling experiments.Results demonstrate the capability of the methodology to extract reliable and reproducible FC patterns across individuals while uncovering unique connectivity features at different times scales.In addition, the results evidence the effect of the different task on the spectral organization of FC patterns, highlighting the importance of multiscale analysis for understanding functional interactions.
Keywords: fMRI, functional connectivity (FC), Multiscale, Multivariate Mode Decomposition (MMD), multivariate variational mode decomposition (MVMD)
Received: 24 Jun 2025; Accepted: 14 Jul 2025.
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* Correspondence: Naveed ur Rehman, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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