Structure out of chaos: Functional brain network analysis with EEG, MEG, and functional MRI

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-18

  van Straaten, Elisabeth C W ^a   Stam, Cornelis J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EEG; FMRI; Functional brain networks; Graph theory; MEG

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN TUMOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84874441867     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: 18737862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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