Homological scaffolds of brain functional networks

neurology, brain function, topology, homological structure, neuroanatomy, psilocybin, mathematics

Here, we study the characteristics of functional brain networks at the mesoscopic level from a novel perspective that highlights the role of inhomogeneities in the fabric of functional connections. […] The results show that the homological structure of the brain’s functional patterns undergoes a dramatic change post-psilocybin, characterized by the appearance of many transient structures of low stability and of a small number of persistent ones that are not observed in the case of placebo.

http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/11/101/20140873