Revealing modular architecture of human brain structural networks by using cortical thickness from MRI

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2374-2381

  Chen, Zhang J ^a   He, Yong ^a   Rosa Neto, Pedro ^a   Germann, Jurgen ^a   Evans, Alan C ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Betweenness centrality; Cortical thickness; Modularity; Morphometry; MRI; Network; Small world

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; THICKNESS; VISION; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149184695     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhn003     Document Type: Article

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