arXiv:2605.19324cs.LG2026-05

用数学层结构建模脑区动态,生成更符合真实脑活动的神经信号。

BrainDyn: A Sheaf Neural ODE for Generative Brain Dynamics

论文配图:BrainDyn: A Sheaf Neural ODE for Generative Brain Dynamics
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  • 基于层结构神经微分方程,融合脑区解剖连接与时间记忆机制。
  • 在fMRI、EEG和模拟数据上均实现高精度动态预测,支持虚拟干预分析。
  • 适合脑科学、神经计算及生成模型研究者使用。

能够生成类脑动态活动的高效神经网络模型可为合成数据生成、脑瞬态活动扰动分析及潜在生成机制推断提供支持。然而,大语言模型或标准循环神经网络忽略解剖组织结构,无法产生与脑区对齐的成分;而图神经网络通常采用简单消息传递规则,表达能力不足。为此,我们提出 BrainDyn,一种用于结构化脑图上连续时间动态的层结构神经常微分方程模型。BrainDyn 使用滑动时间窗内的 LSTM 编码每个脑区的近期活动历史,生成隐藏状态(即“茎”),并通过可学习的限制映射投影到边相关的共享空间。邻近节点在这些共享空间中的差异由层拉普拉斯算子刻画,从而促进神经单元间的消息传递。该消息输入神经常微分方程,控制神经活动的连续演化。我们在静息态 fMRI(PNC 数据集)、局灶性癫痫头皮 EEG(TUSZ 数据集)以及 NEST 脉冲网络模拟数据上评估了 BrainDyn。结果表明,该模型在多模态数据上具备强预测能力,其表示还可支持下游任务,如虚拟扰动预测。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Efficient neural network models that generate brain-like dynamic activity can be a valuable resource for generating synthetic data, analyzing differences in brain transients under conditions such as testing perturbation activity or inferring the underlying generative dynamics. However, large language models (LLMs) or standard recurrent neural networks (RNNs) ignore the anatomical organization and therefore do not produce components that align with brain regions. On the other hand, graph-based networks often have very simple message passing rules that are not sufficiently expressive for brain-like dynamics. To address this, we introduce BrainDyn, a sheaf neural ordinary differential equation (neural ODE) model for continuous-time dynamics on structured brain graphs. BrainDyn encodes the recent activity history of each brain region using a long short-term memory (LSTM) model over a sliding temporal window to produce hidden states, or stalks, that are projected through learnable restriction maps into edge-specific shared spaces. Discrepancies between neighboring nodes in these shared spaces are characterized by a sheaf Laplacian that can facilitate message passing between neuronal units. The output of these messages is then fed to a neural ODE that governs the continuous-time evolution of neuronal activity. We evaluated BrainDyn on resting-state fMRI (PNC dataset), scalp EEG with focal epilepsy (TUSZ dataset), and simulated activity from the NEST spiking network simulator. BrainDyn achieves strong forecasting ability across modalities, and the resulting representations support downstream tasks including in silico perturbation prediction.

脑动态建模神经微分方程层结构网络生成模型

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