Granger causality analysis implementation on MATLAB: A graphic user interface toolkit for fMRI data processing

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 418-426

  Zang, Zhen Xiang ^a,b   Yan, Chao Gan ^b   Dong, Zhang Ye ^b   Huang, Jian ^c   Zang, Yu Feng ^b,c,d  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dorsal anterior cingulate cortex; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Granger causality analysis; MATLAB GUI toolkit; Normal distribution; Right frontal insular cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT T TEST; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84055182966     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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