A Resting-State Connectivity Metric Independent of Temporal Signal-to-Noise Ratio and Signal Amplitude

Brain Connectivity

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-167

  Golestani, Ali Mohammad ^a   Goodyear, Bradley G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

brain; brain mapping; correlation of data; magnetic resonance imaging, functional; motor cortex

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977571312     PISSN: 21580014     EISSN: 21580022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/brain.2011.0003     Document Type: Article

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