title: BASCO: a toolbox for task-related functional connectivity.
abstract: BASCO (BetA Series COrrelation) is a user-friendly MATLAB toolbox with a graphical user interface (GUI) which allows investigating functional connectivity in event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data. Connectivity analyses extend and compliment univariate activation analyses since the actual interaction between brain regions involved in a task can be explored. BASCO supports seed-based functional connectivity as well as brain network analyses. Although there are a multitude of advanced toolboxes for investigating resting-state functional connectivity, BASCO is the first toolbox for evaluating task-related whole-brain functional connectivity employing a large number of network nodes. Thus, BASCO allows investigating task-specific rather than resting-state networks. Here, we summarize the main features of the toolbox and describe the methods and algorithms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Lübeck Lübeck, Germany.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Göttlich
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Lübeck Lübeck, Germany ; Institute for Psychology II, University of Lübeck Lübeck, Germany.
authors.forename: Frederike
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Beyer
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Lübeck Lübeck, Germany ; Institute for Psychology II, University of Lübeck Lübeck, Germany.
authors.forename: Ulrike M
authors.initials: UM
authors.lastname: Krämer
keywords: beta-series correlation; degree centrality; event-related design; fMRI; functional connectivity; network analysis