Characterization of anatomical and functional connectivity in the brain: A complex networks perspective

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 186-194

  Stam, C J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

'Scale free' networks; 'Small world' networks; Complexity; Graph theory; Resting state; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET;

EID: 78951493634     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2010.06.024     Document Type: Article

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