The human connectome: Origins and challenges

NeuroImage

Volumn 80, Issue , 2013, Pages 53-61

  Sporns, Olaf ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain network; Connectivity; Connectomics; Diffusion imaging; Graph theory; Neuroanatomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CELL INTERACTION; CONNECTOME; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MACACA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRACTOGRAPHY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

BRAIN NETWORK; CONNECTIVITY; CONNECTOMICS; DIFFUSION IMAGING; GRAPH THEORY; NEUROANATOMY;

BRAIN; CONNECTOME; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET;

EID: 84880328906     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.03.023     Document Type: Article

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