Abstract
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are neurological disorders that affect cognition, brain function, and memory. Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a neuroimaging technique used to study changes in brain oscillations caused by neural pathologies. However, MEG studies often use fixed frequency bands, assuming a common frequency structure and overlooking both subject-specific variations and the potential influence of pathologies on frequency distribution. To address this issue, a novel methodology called Connectivity-based Meta-Bands (CMB) was applied to obtain a subject-specific functional connectivity-based frequency bands segmentation. Resting-state MEG activity was acquired from 161 participants: 67 healthy controls, 44 MCI patients, and 50 AD patients. The CMB algorithm was used to identify “meta-bands” (i.e., recurrent network topologies across frequencies). The meta-bands were used to extract an individualised frequency band segmentation. The network topology of the meta-bands and their sequencing were analysed to identify alterations associated with MCI and AD in the underlying frequency-dependent connectivity structure. We found that MCI and AD alter the neural network topology, leading to connectivity patterns both more widespread in the frequency spectrum and heterogeneous. Furthermore, the meta-band frequency sequencing was modified, with MCI and AD patients exhibiting sequences with increased complexity, suggesting a progressive dilution of the frequency structure. The study highlights the relevance of considering the impact of neural pathologies on the frequency-dependent connectivity structure and the potential bias introduced by using fixed frequency bands in MEG studies.
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