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Analyzing effective connectivity with functional magnetic resonance imaging

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Stephan, Klaas Enno, Friston, Karl J.·2010·WIREs Cognitive Science

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Functional neuroimaging techniques are used widely in cognitive neuroscience to investigate aspects of functional specialization and functional integration in the human brain. Functional integration can be characterized in two ways, functional connectivity and effective connectivity. While functional connectivity describes statistical dependencies between data, effective connectivity rests on a mechanistic model of the causal effects that generated the data. This review addresses the conceptual and methodological basis of established techniques for characterizing effective connectivity using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data. In particular, we focus on dynamic causal modeling (DCM) of fMRI data and emphasize the importance of model selection procedures and nonlinear mechanisms for context-dependent changes in connection strengths. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. For further resources related to this article, please visit the WIREs website.

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Authors
Stephan, K. E., & Friston, K. J.
Affiliations
Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging (GB)
Corresponding author
Stephan, Klaas Enno
Venue
WIREs Cognitive Science
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2010-04-02
Volume
1
Issue
3
Pages
446-459
ISSN
  • 1939-5078 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-5086
OpenAlex
W2733346734
Cited by
202
References
75
Citations by year
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FWCI
6.59
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Cognitive Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
Wellcome Trust (056750, 088130)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
Keywords
effective connectivity, functional connectivity, dynamic causal modeling, functional MRI, model selection, nonlinear mechanisms, causal inference, brain network dynamics

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