Modern network science of neurological disorders

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 683-695

  Stam, Cornelis J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; DEMENTIA; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; NERVE TRACT; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROIMAGING;

EID: 84908609848     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn3801     Document Type: Review

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