Hemisphere- and gender-related differences in small-world brain networks: A resting-state functional MRI study

NeuroImage

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 191-202

  Tian, Lixia ^a   Wang, Jinhui ^b   Yan, Chaogan ^b   He, Yong ^b  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Efficiency; Functional connectivity; Graph theory; Resting state fMRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING STATE FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THEORY;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957951535     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.07.066     Document Type: Article

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