title: Structure out of chaos: functional brain network analysis with EEG, MEG, and functional MRI.
abstract: The brain is the characteristic of a complex structure. By representing brain function, measured with EEG, MEG, and fMRI, as an abstract network, methods for the study of complex systems can be applied. These network studies have revealed insights in the complex, yet organized, architecture that is evidently present in brain function. We will discuss some technical aspects of formation and assessment of the functional brain networks. Moreover, the results that have been reported in this respect in the last years, in healthy brains as well as in functional brain networks of subjects with a neurological or psychiatrical disease, will be reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and MEG Centre, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. i.vanstraaten@vumc.nl
authors.forename: Elisabeth C W
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: van Straaten
authors.forename: Cornelis J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Stam
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D059907:Functional Neuroimaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D015225:Magnetoencephalography; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D009434:Neural Pathways