EEG microstates as a tool for studying the temporal dynamics of whole-brain neuronal networks: A review

The present review discusses a well-established method for characterizing resting-state activity of the human brain using multichannel electroencephalography (EEG). This method involves the examination of electrical microstates in the brain, which are defined as successive short time periods during which the configuration of the scalp potential field remains semi-stable, suggesting quasi-simultaneity of activity among the nodes of large-scale networks. A few prototypic microstates, which occur in a repetitive sequence across time, can be reliably identified across participants. Researchers have proposed that these microstates represent the basic building blocks of the chain of spontaneous conscious mental…

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  National Science Foundation
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  Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung

  Awards: 320030_159705, 51AU40_125759
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  Center on the Microenvironment and Metastasis, Cornell University
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  nccr – on the move

  Award: 51AU40_125759
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  National Center of Competence in Research Quantum Science and Technology