Replication of Resting State-Task Network Correspondence and Novel Findings on Brain Network Activation During Task fMRI in the Human Connectome Project Study.
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SUBMITTER: Nickerson LD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6277426 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
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