Sex Differences in Hierarchical and Modular Organization of Functional Brain Networks: Insights from Hierarchical Entropy and Modularity Analysis

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Chen, Wenyu [1 ]
Zhan, Ling [1 ]
Jia, Tao [1 ]
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[1] Southwest Univ, Coll Comp & Informat Sci, Chongqing 400715, Peoples R China
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sex difference; hierarchical organization; modular organization; hierarchical entropy; functional brain network; GENDER-DIFFERENCES; EMOTION REGULATION; CONNECTIVITY; NEUROSCIENCE; DYNAMICS;
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10.3390/e26100864
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Existing studies have demonstrated significant sex differences in the neural mechanisms of daily life and neuropsychiatric disorders. The hierarchical organization of the functional brain network is a critical feature for assessing these neural mechanisms. But the sex differences in hierarchical organization have not been fully investigated. Here, we explore whether the hierarchical structure of the brain network differs between females and males using resting-state fMRI data. We measure the hierarchical entropy and the maximum modularity of each individual, and identify a significant negative correlation between the complexity of hierarchy and modularity in brain networks. At the mean level, females show higher modularity, whereas males exhibit a more complex hierarchy. At the consensus level, we use a co-classification matrix to perform a detailed investigation of the differences in the hierarchical organization between sexes and observe that the female group and the male group exhibit different interaction patterns of brain regions in the dorsal attention network (DAN) and visual network (VIN). Our findings suggest that the brains of females and males employ different network topologies to carry out brain functions. In addition, the negative correlation between hierarchy and modularity implies a need to balance the complexity in the hierarchical organization of the brain network, which sheds light on future studies of brain functions.
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