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ArticleCommunications biology2024

Flexibility of intrinsic neural timescales during distinct behavioral states.

Yasir Çatal, Kaan Keskin, Angelika Wolman, Philipp Klar, David Smith, Georg Northoff

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Article in Communications biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Repeated Viewing of a Film Clip Changes Event Timescales in the Brain.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026
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  8. Criticality and increased intrinsic neural timescales in stroke.NPJ systems biology and applications · 2025
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  10. Intrinsic Neural Timescales Relate to Event-Related Activity-Key Role for Intracolumnar Connections.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Yasir ÇatalMind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics Research Unit, University of Ottawa, Ontario, ON, Canada. catalyasir@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-0942-899X
Kaan Keskin *University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Angelika Wolman *Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics Research Unit, University of Ottawa, Ontario, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-4389-1934
Philipp Klar *Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institute of Experimental Psychology, Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
David SmithUniversity of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Georg NorthoffMind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics Research Unit, University of Ottawa, Ontario, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5236-0951

Funding

EUROPEAN HORIZON 785907
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent neuroimaging studies demonstrate a heterogeneity of timescales prevalent in the brain's ongoing spontaneous activity, labeled intrinsic neural timescales (INT). At the same time, neural timescales also reflect stimulus- or task-related activity. The relationship of the INT during the brain's spontaneous activity with their involvement in task states including behavior remains unclear. To address this question, we combined calcium imaging data of spontaneously behaving mice and human electroencephalography (EEG) during rest and task states with computational modeling. We obtained four primary findings: (i) the distinct behavioral states can be accurately predicted from INT, (ii) INT become longer during behavioral states compared to rest, (iii) INT change from rest to task is correlated negatively with the variability of INT during rest, (iv) neural mass modeling shows a key role of recurrent connections in mediating the rest-task change of INT. Extending current findings, our results show the dynamic nature of the brain's INT in reflecting continuous behavior through their flexible rest-task modulation possibly mediated by recurrent connections.

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BrainElectroencephalographyAnimalsBehavior, AnimalFemaleHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLModels, NeurologicalRestTime Factors

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PMID39702547
PMCPMC11659614

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