Small-worldness and gender differences of large scale brain metabolic covariance networks in young adults: A FDG PET study of 400 subjects

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 204-213

  Hu, Yuxiao ^a   Xu, Qiang ^a   Shen, Junkang ^b   Li, Kai ^b   Zhu, Hong ^a   Zhang, Zhiqiang ^a   Lu, Guangming ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adults; Brain; CNS; Neural networks; PET

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; GRAPH THEORY; NEURAL NETWORKS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

ADULTS; CEREBRAL GLUCOSE METABOLISMS; COVARIANCE NETWORKS; GENDER DIFFERENCES; GENDER-RELATED DIFFERENCES; GRAPH THEORETICAL APPROACH; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERN;

METABOLISM;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANGULAR GYRUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLIC COVARIANCE NETWORK; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; CALCARINE SULCUS; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CUNEUS; FEMALE; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INFERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; INSULA; KERNEL METHOD; LINGUAL GYRUS; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; OLFACTORY CORTEX; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PARIETAL GYRUS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; REGIONAL CEREBRAL GLUCOSE METABOLISM; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL WORLDNESS; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; THALAMUS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CHINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC USE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; CHINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NERVE NET; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925582207     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0284185114529106     Document Type: Article

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