Spontaneous fluctuations in activity in different parts of the brain can be used to study functional brain networks. We review the use of resting-state functional MRI (rfMRI) for the purpose of mapping the macroscopic functional connectome. After describing MRI acquisition and image-processing methods commonly used to generate data in a form amenable to connectomics network analysis, we discuss different approaches for estimating network structure from that data. Finally, we describe new possibilities resulting from the high-quality rfMRI data being generated by the Human Connectome Project and highlight some upcoming challenges in functional connectomics.
Journal article
Trends Cogn Sci
12/2013
17
666 - 682
connectomics, network modelling, resting-state fMRI, Animals, Brain, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Nerve Net, Neural Pathways, Oxygen, Rest