Human Connectomics across the Life Span

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 32-45

  Zuo, Xi Nian ^a,b   He, Ye ^a,c   Betzel, Richard F ^d   Colcombe, Stan ^e   Sporns, Olaf ^c   Milham, Michael P ^e,f  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b GUANGXI TEACHERS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research   (United States)

^f CHILD MIND INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

brain network; connectomics; data sharing; generative model; life span development; normative trajectory

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

BRAIN NETWORKS; CONNECTOMICS; DATA SHARING; GENERATIVE MODEL; LIFE SPAN;

BIOLOGY;

BRAIN; CONNECTOME; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MODEL; PLASTICITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CONNECTOME; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

EID: 85006758000     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2016.10.005     Document Type: Review

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