Fig. 4: Node-metastability within resting state networks.

a Compared to the early follicular phase, node-metastability was significantly increased in the pre-ovulatory and mid-luteal phases in the DMN, limbic, visual, and subcortical networks but lower in the dorsal attention network. Compared to the pre-ovulatory phase, the mid-luteal phase showed lower node-metastability in the visual, salience, and somatomotor networks and increased node-metastability only in the DMN. P-values are based on Monte-Carlo permutation tests and were FDR corrected, * denotes p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 and ***p < 0.001. The box in the boxplot indicates the upper and lower quartiles and the line inside the box indicates the median. b The radar plot represents the average metastability values per resting state network for each menstrual cycle phase.