Analyzing the connectivity between regions of interest: An approach based on cluster Granger causality for fMRI data analysis

NeuroImage

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1444-1455

  Sato, João R ^a,c,e   Fujita, André ^b   Cardoso, Elisson F ^c,e   Thomaz, Carlos E ^d   Brammer, Michael J ^e,f   Amaro, Edson ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO DA FEI   (Brazil)

^e The CINAPCE Project   (Brazil)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRIATE CORTEX; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VOLUNTEER;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77954959510     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.05.022     Document Type: Article

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