Phase transfer entropy: A novel phase-based measure for directed connectivity in networks coupled by oscillatory interactions

NeuroImage

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 853-872

  Lobier, Muriel ^a   Siebenhühner, Felix ^a   Palva, Satu ^a   Palva, J Matias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Connectome; EEG; Functional connectivity; MEG; Neuronal oscillations; Transfer entropy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; ENTROPY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OSCILLATION; PHASE TRANSFER ENTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CONNECTOME; EEG; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; MEG; NEURONAL OSCILLATIONS; TRANSFER ENTROPY;

BRAIN WAVES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFORMATION THEORY; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET;

EID: 84889650928     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.08.056     Document Type: Article

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