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A graph representing the connectivity of the brain (henceforth called a ‘brain network’) can be analyzed at various scales.

This requires, first of all, a good knowledge of the network architecture of the entire brain. To understand the mechanisms behind higher-level brain functions, a detailed study of the individual neural cells is clearly insufficient global functional and structural properties of such a complex system need to be considered as well. This capability seems possible due to the combination of an enormous computational capacity given by a huge amount of neurons, and a highly evolved communication network. The sponsors had no role in the design or analysis of the study.Ĭompeting interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.īiological neuronal networks, and in particular the human brain, are remarkable natural systems capable of complicated patterns of behavior. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.įunding: This work was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Professor Pierre Schnyder and Mr Yves Paternot as well as the Center for Biomedical Imaging (CIBM) of the Geneva-Lausanne Universities and the EPFL, the foundations Leenaards and Louis-Jeantet. Received: Accepted: JPublished: July 4, 2007Ĭopyright: © 2007 Hagmann et al.

PLoS ONE 2(7):Īcademic Editor: Olaf Sporns, Indiana University, United States of America (2007) Mapping Human Whole-Brain Structural Networks with Diffusion MRI. Citation: Hagmann P, Kurant M, Gigandet X, Thiran P, Wedeen VJ, Meuli R, et al.

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