A review of MEG dynamic brain network research

Proc Inst Mech Eng H. 2022 Jun;236(6):763-774. doi: 10.1177/09544119221092503. Epub 2022 Apr 23.

Abstract

The dynamic description of neural networks has attracted the attention of researchers for dynamic networks may carry more information compared with resting-state networks. As a non-invasive electrophysiological data with high temporal and spatial resolution, magnetoencephalogram (MEG) can provide rich information for the analysis of dynamic functional brain networks. In this review, the development of MEG brain network was summarized. Several analysis methods such as sliding window, Hidden Markov model, and time-frequency based methods used in MEG dynamic brain network studies were discussed. Finally, the current research about multi-modal brain network analysis and their applications with MEG neurophysiology, which are prospected to be one of the research directions in the future, were concluded.

Keywords: Hidden Markov model; MEG; dynamic functional brain network; multi-modal brain network; time-frequency analysis methods.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Brain / physiology
  • Electrophysiological Phenomena
  • Magnetoencephalography* / methods
  • Nerve Net* / physiology