A resilient, low-frequency, small-world human brain functional network with highly connected association cortical hubs

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-72

  Achard, Sophie ^a   Salvador, Raymond ^a,b   Whitcher, Brandon ^c   Suckling, John ^a   Bullmore, Ed ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Sant Joan de Deu Serveis de Salut Mental ^*  (Spain)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association cortex; fMRI; Functional connectivity; Neuroimaging; Small world; Wavelet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 30744439313     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3874-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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