Disrupted small-world networks in schizophrenia

Brain

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 945-961

  Liu, Yong ^a   Liang, Meng ^a,b   Zhou, Yuan ^a   He, Yong ^a,c   Hao, Yihui ^d   Song, Ming ^a   Yu, Chunshui ^e   Liu, Haihong ^d   Liu, Zhening ^d   Jiang, Tianzi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain functional networks; Efficient small world; Functional connectivity; Resting state fMRI; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 41849126709     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awn018     Document Type: Article

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