Evaluation of the performance of information theory-based methods and cross-correlation to estimate the functional connectivity in cortical networks.

Functional connectivity of in vitro neuronal networks was estimated by applying different statistical algorithms on data collected by Micro-Electrode Arrays (MEAs). First we tested these "connectivity methods" on neuronal network models at an increasing level of complexity and evaluated th...

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Main Authors: Matteo Garofalo, Thierry Nieus, Paolo Massobrio, Sergio Martinoia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-08-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2715865?pdf=render