Conn: A Functional Connectivity Toolbox for Correlated and Anticorrelated Brain Networks

Brain Connectivity

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 125-141

  Whitfield Gabrieli, Susan ^a   Nieto Castanon, Alfonso ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

brain connectivity; CompCor functional connectivity; intrinsic connectivity; noise; resting state

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016018630     PISSN: 21580014     EISSN: 21580022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/brain.2012.0073     Document Type: Article

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