Graph theoretical modeling of brain connectivity

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 341-350

  He, Yong ^a   Evans, Alan ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

fMRI; graph theory; human connectome; modularity; small world; tractography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE NET;

EID: 77954623552     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e32833aa567     Document Type: Review

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