From synchronization to network theory: A strategy for MEG data analysis

The functional connectivity of the brain has been studied here using knowledge from two different scientific fields. The methods of Synchronization Likelihood and network theory are applied to magnetoencephalography (MEG) data in an effort to analyze the brain as a complex network. These studies show an interesting small-world phenomenon in functional connectivity. Network and head-map images of the results are presented.

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