Graph theoretical analysis of functional brain networks: Test-retest evaluation on short- and long-term resting-state functional MRI data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Jin Hui ^a   Zuo, Xi Nian ^b,c   Gohel, Suril ^d   Milham, Michael P ^c   Biswal, Bharat B ^d   He, Yong ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CHILD STUDY CENTER   (United States)

^d RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL BRAIN NETWORK; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMBIC CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SIMULATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REST; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REST; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960466747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021976     Document Type: Article

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