The human thalamus is an integrative hub for functional brain networks

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 23, 2017, Pages 5594-5607

  Hwang, Kai ^a   Bertolero, Maxwell A ^a   Liu, William B ^a   D’Esposito, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain networks; Diaschisis; Functional connectivity; Graph theory; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; VERY ELDERLY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; THALAMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85020392776     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0067-17.2017     Document Type: Article

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