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Progress of the research on the role of key node of precuneus/posterior cingulated cortex in default brain functional network
SHAO Hui-li  DU Xiao-xia 

DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1674-8034.2011.03.011.


[Abstract] Previous studies have revealed that several regions of the brain constitute the default brain functional network. Many different tasks show that the precuneus/posterior cingulated cortex has a high degree interaction with other nodes than rest of the network. Evidence from the functional connectivity studies suggests that the precuneus/posterior cingulated cortex plays an important role in the default brain functional network. Analysis of the default brain functional network in different tasks shows that the brain functional network is scale-free with the properties of small world. From this point, the precuneus/posterior cingulated cortex maybe one of the key-node of the default brain function network.
[Keywords] Resting-state;Default mode network;Functional connectivity;Precuneus/posterior cingulated cortex

SHAO Hui-li* School of Fundmental studies, Shanghai university of engineering and Science, Shanghai, 201620, China

DU Xiao-xia Shanghai Key Laboratory of fMRI, East China Normal University, 200241, China

*Correspondence to: Shao HL, E-mail: huilishao@sues.edu.cn

Conflicts of interest   None.

Received  2010-06-22
Accepted  2011-01-07
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8034.2011.03.011
DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1674-8034.2011.03.011.

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