International Journal of Biomedical Imaging
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 218519, 14 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/218519
Review Article

Contribution of Exploratory Methods to the Investigation of Extended Large-Scale Brain Networks in Functional MRI: Methodologies, Results, and Challenges

V. Perlbarg1,2 and G. Marrelec1,2

1U678, Inserm, Paris 75013, France
2Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 75013, France

Received 31 August 2007; Accepted 7 December 2007

Academic Editor: Oury Monchi

Copyright © 2008 V. Perlbarg and G. Marrelec. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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