Interpreting the effects of altered brain anatomical connectivity on fMRI functional connectivity: A role for computational neural modeling

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Horwitz, Barry ^a   Hwang, Chuhern ^a,b,c   Alstott, Jeff ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING   (United States)

^c University of Virginia   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain disorders; fMRI; Functional connectivity; Human brain; Neural modeling

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIMULATION;

EID: 84888088553     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00649     Document Type: Review

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