Brain anatomical network and intelligence

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Li, Yonghui ^a   Liu, Yong ^a   Li, Jun ^a,b   Qin, Wen ^c   Li, Kuncheng ^c   Yu, Chunshui ^c   Jiang, Tianzi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EFFICIENCY; GRAPH THEORY;

BRAIN NETWORKS; DIFFUSION-TENSOR TRACTOGRAPHY; GLOBAL EFFICIENCY; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; INFORMATION TRANSFERS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION; THEORETICAL METHODS; TOPOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; YOUNG ADULTS;

TENSORS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 67049115651     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000395     Document Type: Article

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