The conundrum of functional brain networks: Small-world efficiency or fractal modularity

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 MAY, Issue , 2012, Pages

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

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Brain functional networks; fMRI; Fractal networks; Modularity; Percolation; Small world

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866387546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00123     Document Type: Article

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