Dynamic connectivity regression: Determining state-related changes in brain connectivity

• Published in: NeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.) Vol. 61; no. 4; pp. 907 - 920
• Main Authors: Cribben, Ivor, Haraldsdottir, Ragnheidur, Atlas, Lauren Y., Wager, Tor D., Lindquist, Martin A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 16.07.2012; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Algorithms; Anxiety; Behavior; Brain; Brain - physiology; Brain Mapping - methods; Change point analysis; Computer Simulation; Emotions - physiology; fMRI; Functional connectivity; Graphical lasso; Humans; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - methods; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neural Pathways - physiology; Principal components analysis; Random variables; Regression trees; Studies; Functional connectivity; fMRI; Change point analysis; Graphical lasso; Regression trees

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