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    Yin, Tao; He, Zhaoxuan; Ma, Peihong; Sun, Ruirui; Xie, Kunnan; Liu, Tianyu; Chen, Li; Chen, Jingwen; Hou, Likai; Teng, Yuke; Guo, Yuyi; Tian, Zilei; Xiong, Jing; Wang, Fumin; Li, Shenghong; Yang, Sha; Zeng, Fang

    Human brain mapping, December 15, 2021, Volume: 42, Issue: 18
    Journal Article

    The aberrant static functional connectivity of brain network has been widely investigated in patients with functional constipation (FCon). However, the dynamics of brain functional connectivity in FCon patients remained unknown. This study aimed to detect the brain dynamics of functional connectivity states and network topological organizations of FCon patients and investigate the correlations of the aberrant brain dynamics with symptom severity. Eighty‐three FCon patients and 80 healthy subjects (HS) were included in data analysis. The spatial group independent component analysis, sliding‐window approach, k‐means clustering, and graph‐theoretic analysis were applied to investigate the dynamic temporal properties and coupling patterns of functional connectivity states, as well as the time‐variation of network topological organizations in FCon patients. Four reoccurring functional connectivity states were identified in k‐means clustering analysis. Compared to HS, FCon patients manifested the lower occurrence rate and mean dwell time in the state with a complex connection between default mode network and cognitive control network, as well as the aberrant anterior insula–cortical coupling patterns in this state, which were significantly correlated with the symptom severity. The graph‐theoretic analysis demonstrated that FCon patients had higher sample entropy at the nodal efficiency of anterior insula than HS. The current findings provided dynamic perspectives for understanding the brain connectome of FCon and laid the foundation for the potential treatment of FCon based on brain connectomics. The current study provided dynamic perspectives for understanding the brain connectome of patients with functional constipation. The results demonstrated the disruptions of dynamic functional connectivity patterns in patients with functional constipation from the respects of the absence of default mode network–cognitive control network connection states, abnormality of anterior insula–cortical coupling patterns, as well as atypical dynamics of regional topological organizations.