An optimized pipeline for functional connectivity analysis in the rat brain
Resting state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) is a widespread and powerful tool for investigating functional connectivity and brain disorders. However, functional connectivity analysis can be seriously affected by random and structured noise from non-neural sources such as physiology. Thus, it is essential to first reduce thermal noise and then correctly identify and remove non-neural artefacts from rs-fMRI signals through optimized data processing methods. However, existing tools that correct for these effects have been developed for human brain and are not readily transposable to rat data. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to establish a data processing pipeline that can robustly remove random and structured noise from rat rs-fMRI data. It includes a novel denoising approach based on the Marchenko-Pastur Principle Component Analysis (MP-PCA) method, FMRIB's ICA-based Xnoiseifier (FIX) for automatic artefact classification and cleaning, and global signal regression. Our results show that: I) MP-PCA denoising substantially improves the temporal signal-to-noise ratio; II) the pre-trained FIX classifier achieves a high accuracy in artefact classification; III) both artefact cleaning and global signal regression are essential steps in minimizing the within-group variability in control animals and identifying functional connectivity changes in a rat model of sporadic Alzheimer's disease, as compared to controls.
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