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Abstract #4326

Virtual brain modelling of the cerebro-cerebellar loop dynamics with region-specific mean field formalism

Roberta Maria Lorenzi1, Fulvia Palesi1,2, Claudia Casellato1,2, Claudia A.M. Gandini Wheeler Kingshott1,2,3, and Egidio D'Angelo1,2
1Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy, 2Digital Neuroscience Centre, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy, 3NMR Research Unit, Queen Square MS Centre, Department of Neuroinflammation, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Synopsis

Keywords: Signal Modeling, fMRI (resting state), Neuro, brain modeling, The Virtual Brain

Motivation: Brain dynamic simulators rely on the same model for each grey matter region.

Goal(s): We embed region-specific mean field models (MFs) into virtual brains by designing a flexible framework linking input/output signals from different MFs.

Approach: We integrate a recently-developed cerebellar MF into “The Virtual Brain” platform. We simulate brain dynamics with cerebellar MF for cerebellar nodes and connect cerebellar MF input/output with MFs previously used for other regions.

Results: The multi-modEl framework is ready to be used with any number of different MFs; moreover, in the cerebellum, using its realistic MF improves 7-folds the correlation between simulated and empirical functional connectivity.

Impact: Simulations of brain dynamics rely on assigning the same model to all brain regions, not capturing cortical microcircuits diversities. We developed a framework to connect region-specific mean field models and demonstrated an improved performance in the cerebellum, towards personalized simulations.

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