Cluster-based statistics for brain connectivity in correlation with behavioral measures

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Han, Cheol E ^a   Yoo, Sang Wook ^b   Seo, Sang Won ^c,d   Na, Duk L ^c,d   Seong, Joon Kyung ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONFERRONI CORRECTION METHOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTREME STATISTICS; FALSE DISCOVERY RATE PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ALGORITHM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84897736481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072332     Document Type: Article

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