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ArticleNetwork neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.)2025

Validating MEG estimated resting-state connectome with intracranial EEG.

Jawata Afnan, Zhengchen Cai, Jean-Marc Lina, Chifaou Abdallah, Giovanni Pellegrino, Giorgio Arcara, Hassan Khajehpour, Birgit Frauscher, Jean Gotman, Christophe Grova

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Article in Network neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Shared spatial and temporal principles govern connectome dynamics across timescales.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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10 authors.

Jawata AfnanMultimodal Functional Imaging Lab, Biomedical Engineering Department, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, H3A 2B4, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3206-9873
Zhengchen CaiMontreal Neurological Institute, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 2B4, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4233-5568
Jean-Marc LinaPhysnum Team, Centre De Recherches Mathématiques, Montréal, Québec, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3600-601X
Chifaou AbdallahMultimodal Functional Imaging Lab, Biomedical Engineering Department, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, H3A 2B4, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7232-6673
Giovanni PellegrinoEpilepsy program, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario N6A 5C1, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1195-1421
Giorgio ArcaraBrain Imaging and Neural Dynamics Research Group, IRCCS San Camillo Hospital, Venice, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6270-6883
Hassan KhajehpourAnalytical Neurophysiology Lab, Department of Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1165-4870
Birgit FrauscherAnalytical Neurophysiology Lab, Department of Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6064-1529
Jean GotmanMontreal Neurological Institute, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 2B4, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9796-5946
Christophe GrovaMultimodal Functional Imaging Lab, Biomedical Engineering Department, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, H3A 2B4, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2775-9968

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is widely used for studying resting-state brain connectivity. However, MEG source imaging is ill posed and has limited spatial resolution. This introduces source-leakage issues, making it challenging to interpret MEG-derived connectivity in resting states. To address this, we validated MEG-derived connectivity from 45 healthy participants using a normative intracranial EEG (iEEG) atlas. The MEG inverse problem was solved using the wavelet-maximum entropy on the mean method. We computed four connectivity metrics: amplitude envelope correlation (AEC), orthogonalized AEC (OAEC), phase locking value (PLV), and weighted-phase lag index (wPLI). We compared spatial correlation between MEG and iEEG connectomes across standard canonical frequency bands. We found moderate spatial correlations between MEG and iEEG connectomes for AEC and PLV. However, when considering metrics that correct/remove zero-lag connectivity (OAEC/wPLI), the spatial correlation between MEG and iEEG connectomes decreased. MEG exhibited higher zero-lag connectivity compared with iEEG. The correlations between MEG and iEEG connectomes suggest that relevant connectivity patterns can be recovered from MEG. However, since these correlations are moderate/low, MEG connectivity results should be interpreted with caution. Metrics that correct for zero-lag connectivity show decreased correlations, highlighting a trade-off; while MEG may capture more connectivity due to source-leakage, removing zero-lag connectivity can eliminate true connections.

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ConnectivityIntracranial EEGMEG source imagingResting state connectomeSource leakage

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PMID40161991
PMCPMC11949576

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