Methods for analysis of brain connectivity: An IFCN-sponsored review

•There are a variety of technologies valuable for exploring human brain connectivity.•The main aspects of anatomical, functional and effective connectivity are described.•A multimodality approach can be useful to evaluate the human brain connectome. The goal of this paper is to examine existing meth...

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Published in:Clinical neurophysiology Vol. 130; no. 10; pp. 1833 - 1858
Main Authors: Rossini, P.M., Di Iorio, R., Bentivoglio, M., Bertini, G., Ferreri, F., Gerloff, C., Ilmoniemi, R.J., Miraglia, F., Nitsche, M.A., Pestilli, F., Rosanova, M., Shirota, Y., Tesoriero, C., Ugawa, Y., Vecchio, F., Ziemann, U., Hallett, M.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.10.2019
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ISSN:1388-2457, 1872-8952, 1872-8952
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Summary:•There are a variety of technologies valuable for exploring human brain connectivity.•The main aspects of anatomical, functional and effective connectivity are described.•A multimodality approach can be useful to evaluate the human brain connectome. The goal of this paper is to examine existing methods to study the “Human Brain Connectome” with a specific focus on the neurophysiological ones. In recent years, a new approach has been developed to evaluate the anatomical and functional organization of the human brain: the aim of this promising multimodality effort is to identify and classify neuronal networks with a number of neurobiologically meaningful and easily computable measures to create its connectome. By defining anatomical and functional connections of brain regions on the same map through an integrated approach, comprising both modern neurophysiological and neuroimaging (i.e. flow/metabolic) brain-mapping techniques, network analysis becomes a powerful tool for exploring structural–functional connectivity mechanisms and for revealing etiological relationships that link connectivity abnormalities to neuropsychiatric disorders. Following a recent IFCN-endorsed meeting, a panel of international experts was selected to produce this current state-of-art document, which covers the available knowledge on anatomical and functional connectivity, including the most commonly used structural and functional MRI, EEG, MEG and non-invasive brain stimulation techniques and measures of local and global brain connectivity.
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ISSN:1388-2457
1872-8952
1872-8952
DOI:10.1016/j.clinph.2019.06.006