title: Exploring the dynamics of collective synchronizations in large ensembles of brain signals.
abstract: Developing methods characterizing the dynamics of synchronization in large ensemble of electromagnetic brain signals has become an important issue. In this article, we review a recently introduced method for analyzing multivariate phase synchronization in brain signals. The approach is based on the equivalence between phase locking and frequency locking in narrow band signals, which allows tracking multivariate phase synchronization in the time-frequency domain as periods of common frequency among multiple channels. The method is illustrated with simulations of multivariate phase dynamics in coupled oscillators and real multichannel electro- and magnetoencephalographic data recorded prior and during epileptic seizures. The reviewed results support the relevance of this method in the context of brain synchronization, in particular to track transient collective dynamics fluctuating in time, frequency and space.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, et Imagerie Cérébrale, LENA, MEG-EEG Center Pitié Salpêtrière, CNRS UPR 640, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47 Bd de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France. quyen@t-online.de
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Le Van Quyen
authors.forename: Frédérique
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Amor
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rudrauf
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D003344:Cortical Synchronization; D006801:Humans; D015225:Magnetoencephalography; D008959:Models, Neurological