Brain network connectivity assessed using graph theory in frontotemporal dementia

@article{Agosta2013BrainNC,
  title={Brain network connectivity assessed using graph theory in frontotemporal dementia},
  author={Federica Agosta and Sara Sala and Paola Valsasina and Alessandro Meani and Elisa Canu and Giuseppe Magnani and Stefano F. Cappa and Elisa Scola and Piero Quatto and Mark A. Horsfield and Andrea Falini and Giancarlo Comi and Massimo Filippi},
  journal={Neurology},
  year={2013},
  volume={81},
  pages={134 - 143}
}
Objective: To investigate whether brain functional network connectivity is disrupted in patients with the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD). Methods: Graph theoretical analysis was applied to resting state functional MRI data from 18 patients with probable bvFTD and 50 healthy individuals. Functional connectivity between 90 cortical and subcortical brain regions was estimated using bivariate correlation analysis and thresholded to construct a set of undirected graphs… 
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