Network scaling effects in graph analytic studies of human resting-state fMRI data

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Fornito, Alex ^a,b   Zalesky, Andrew ^b   Bullmore, Edward T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BOLD; Complex; Cortex; Spontaneous

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; REST; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 78149420706     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2010.00022     Document Type: Article

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