A small world of weak ties provides optimal global integration of self-similar modules in functional brain networks

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2825-2830

  Gallos, Lazaros K ^a   Makse, Hernán A ^a,b   Sigman, Mariano ^b  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL BRAIN NETWORK; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL NETWORK; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

BRAIN; FRACTALS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET;

EID: 84857408156     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1106612109     Document Type: Article

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