The Conundrum of Functional Brain Networks: Small-World Efficiency or Fractal Modularity
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The Conundrum of Functional Brain Networks: Small-World Efficiency or Fractal Modularity
The human brain has been studied at multiple scales, from neurons, circuits, areas with well-defined anatomical and functional boundaries, to large-scale functional networks which mediate coherent cognition. In a recent work, we addressed the problem of the hierarchical organization in the brain through network analysis. Our analysis identified functional brain modules of fractal structure that...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Physiology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1664-042X
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00123