From brain topography to brain topology: Relevance of graph theory to functional neuroscience

NeuroReport

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 536-543

  Minati, Ludovico ^a,b   Varotto, Giulia ^b   D'Incerti, Ludovico ^b   Panzica, Ferruccio ^b   Chan, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

effective connectivity; electroencephalography; functional connectivity; functional MRI; graph theory; magnetoencephalography; structural connectivity

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANATOMIC MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; CONNECTOME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; THEORY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEUROSCIENCES;

EID: 84879940667     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3283621234     Document Type: Article

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