From correlation to causation: Estimating effective connectivity from zero-lag covariances of brain signals

Jonathan Schiefer; Alexander Niederbühl; Volker Pernice; Carolin Lennartz; Jürgen Hennig; Pierre LeVan; Stefan Rotter

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006056

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From correlation to causation: Estimating effective connectivity from zero-lag covariances of brain signals

Jonathan Schiefer,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Bernstein Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Alexander Niederbühl,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Bernstein Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Volker Pernice,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Bernstein Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7629-1009

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Carolin Lennartz,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Jürgen Hennig,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision

Affiliations Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2273-3497

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Pierre LeVan,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0514-6522

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Stefan Rotter

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: stefan.rotter@biologie.uni-freiburg.de

Affiliations Bernstein Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3534-6530

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From correlation to causation: Estimating effective connectivity from zero-lag covariances of brain signals

Jonathan Schiefer,
Alexander Niederbühl,
Volker Pernice,
Carolin Lennartz,
Jürgen Hennig,
Pierre LeVan,
Stefan Rotter

Published: March 26, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006056

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