Decomposing the brain: components and modes, networks and nodes

Trends Cogn Sci. 2012 May;16(5):255-6. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2012.03.008. Epub 2012 Apr 7.

Abstract

Smith and colleagues recently presented a temporal independent component analysis (tICA) decomposition of resting-state functional MRI data. Compared to the widely used spatial ICA (sICA), tICA better allows for a brain region to engage in multiple, independent interactions with other regions and will potentially offer new insights into brain function.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brain / anatomy & histology*
  • Brain / physiology*
  • Brain Mapping*
  • Humans
  • Nerve Net / physiology*