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The human brain is intrinsically organized into dynamic,... 1991 2026 2002 2014 6.5k
  1. The human brain is intrinsically organized into dynamic, anticorrelated functional networks (2005)
    Michael Fox, Abraham Z. Snyder et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  2. Distributed Hierarchical Processing in the Primate Cerebral Cortex (1991)
    D.J. Felleman, David C. Van Essen Cerebral Cortex
  3. The WU-Minn Human Connectome Project: An overview (2013)
    David C. Van Essen, Stephen M. Smith et al. NeuroImage
  4. The minimal preprocessing pipelines for the Human Connectome Project (2013)
    Matthew F. Glasser, Stamatios N. Sotiropoulos et al. NeuroImage
  5. A multi-modal parcellation of human cerebral cortex (2016)
    Matthew F. Glasser, Timothy S. Coalson et al. Nature
  6. Large-scale automated synthesis of human functional neuroimaging data (2011)
    Tal Yarkoni, Russell A. Poldrack et al. Nature Methods
  7. Intrinsic functional architecture in the anaesthetized monkey brain (2007)
    Justin L. Vincent, Gaurav H. Patel et al. Nature
  8. A tension-based theory of morphogenesis and compact wiring in the central nervous system (1997)
    David C. Van Essen Nature
  9. A Common Network of Functional Areas for Attention and Eye Movements (1998)
    Maurizio Corbetta, Erbil Akbudak et al. Neuron
  10. Functional properties of neurons in middle temporal visual area of the macaque monkey. I. Selectivity for stimulus direction, speed, and orientation (1983)
    John H. R. Maunsell, David C. Van Essen Journal of Neurophysiology
  11. An Integrated Software Suite for Surface-based Analyses of Cerebral Cortex (2001)
    David C. Van Essen, Heather A. Drury et al. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
  12. A Population-Average, Landmark- and Surface-based (PALS) atlas of human cerebral cortex (2005)
    David C. Van Essen NeuroImage
  13. Mapping Human Cortical Areas In Vivo Based on Myelin Content as Revealed by T1- and T2-Weighted MRI (2011)
    Matthew F. Glasser, David C. Van Essen Journal of Neuroscience
  14. Function in the human connectome: Task-fMRI and individual differences in behavior (2013)
    Deanna M. Barch, Gregory C. Burgess et al. NeuroImage
  15. Information Processing in the Primate Visual System: An Integrated Systems Perspective (1992)
    David C. Van Essen, Charles H. Anderson et al. Science
  16. Concurrent processing streams in monkey visual cortex (1988)
    Edgar A. DeYoe, David C. Van Essen Trends in Neurosciences
  17. Neuronal responses to static texture patterns in area V1 of the alert macaque monkey (1992)
    James Knierim, David C. Van Essen Journal of Neurophysiology
  18. The visual field representation in striate cortex of the macaque monkey: Asymmetries, anisotropies, and individual variability (1984)
    David C. Van Essen, William T. Newsome et al. Vision Research
  19. Functional connectomics from resting-state fMRI (2013)
    Stephen M. Smith, Diego Vidaurre et al. Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  20. Hierarchical organization and functional streams in the visual cortex (1983)
    David C. Van Essen, John H. R. Maunsell Trends in Neurosciences
  21. Polyneuronal innervation of skeletal muscle in new‐born rats and its elimination during maturation. (1976)
    Michael C. Brown, Jan Jansen et al. The Journal of Physiology
  22. The Human Connectome Project's neuroimaging approach (2016)
    Matthew F. Glasser, Stephen M. Smith et al. Nature Neuroscience
  23. Corticocortical connections of visual, sensorimotor, and multimodal processing areas in the parietal lobe of the macaque monkey (2000)
    James W. Lewis, David C. Van Essen The Journal of Comparative Neurology
  24. Advances in diffusion MRI acquisition and processing in the Human Connectome Project (2013)
    Stamatios N. Sotiropoulos, Saâd Jbabdi et al. NeuroImage
  25. The middle temporal visual area in the macaque: Myeloarchitecture, connections, functional properties and topographic organization (1981)
    David C. Van Essen, John H. R. Maunsell et al. The Journal of Comparative Neurology
  26. Temporally-independent functional modes of spontaneous brain activity (2012)
    Stephen M. Smith, Karla L. Miller et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  27. A positive-negative mode of population covariation links brain connectivity, demographics and behavior (2015)
    Stephen M. Smith, Thomas E. Nichols et al. Nature Neuroscience
  28. Functional Organization of Human Intraparietal and Frontal Cortex for Attending, Looking, and Pointing (2003)
    Serguei V. Astafiev, Gordon L. Shulman et al. Journal of Neuroscience
  29. Functional properties of neurons in middle temporal visual area of the macaque monkey. II. Binocular interactions and sensitivity to binocular disparity (1983)
    John H. R. Maunsell, David C. Van Essen Journal of Neurophysiology
  30. Best practices in data analysis and sharing in neuroimaging using MRI (2017)
    Thomas E. Nichols, Samir Das et al. Nature Neuroscience
  31. MSM: A new flexible framework for Multimodal Surface Matching (2014)
    Emma C. Robinson, Saâd Jbabdi et al. NeuroImage

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Works of David C. Van Essen being referenced

A tension-based theory of morphogenesis and compact wiring in the central nervous system
1997 StandoutNature
Distributed Hierarchical Processing in the Primate Cerebral Cortex
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Author Peers

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David C. Van Essen 52345 17068 7576 221 63.2k
Olaf Sporns 51954 20273 5895 289 63.1k
Timothy E.J. Behrens 42395 31360 5746 189 68.4k
Bruce R. Rosen 28209 25532 6521 483 63.5k
John Ashburner 32845 19709 4444 184 58.5k
Christian F. Beckmann 46729 24968 3957 256 63.9k
Mark Jenkinson 42050 38512 4894 220 77.7k
Randy L. Buckner 64591 19351 5105 245 80.8k
Abraham Z. Snyder 63432 23416 5430 283 79.6k
Karl Zilles 45547 12424 8523 724 65.8k
Peter T. Fox 50626 16977 4917 572 72.7k

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