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. 2008 Apr 30;3(4):e2052. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002052

Table 6. The 10 clusters produced by the NCuts algorithm performed on the nearest-neighbor graph from year 2001–2006 (see Materials and Methods).

Cluster ID Size of Cluster Topic Label Most Frequently Used Words
1 16729 Substance Abuse & Addiction BEHAVIOR, LEVEL, COCAINE, DOSE, DRUG, INJECT, TREATMENT
2 22647 Cellular Neuroscience SYNAPTIC, PROTEIN, CURRENT, CHANNEL, POTENTIAL, DENDRITIC, SUBUNIT
3 492 Behavior of Song Birds SONG, HVC, BIRD, VOCAL, AUDITORY, FINCH, SING
4 7210 Pain & Trauma SPINAL, PAIN, RECEPTOR, MUSCLE, INJURIES, DORSAL, MORPHINE
5 19988 Proteins, Gene Expression & Molecular Biology CELL, NEURON, EXPRESS, ACTIVE, BRAIN, GENE, RECEPTOR
6 3609 Alzheimer's Disease AD, AMYLOID, TAU, ALZHEIMER, PEPTIDE, PLAQUE, ABETA
7 736 Education & Informatics STUDENT, DATA, LEARN, PROGRAM, MODEL, SCHOOL, INFORMATICS
8 794 Biological Rhythms CIRCADIAN, SCN, LIGHT, RHYTHM, PHASE, CLOCK, CYCLE
9 14192 Visual & Motor Systems RESPONSE, TASK, VISUAL, SUBJECT, CORTEX, MOVEMENT, STIMULUS
10 1146 Sleep SLEEP, WAKE, REM, EEG, DEPRIVATION, PERIOD, WAVE

Abbreviations: HVC = “High Vocal Center”; AD = “Alzheimer's Disease”; REM = “Rapid Eye Movement”; SCN = Suprachiasmatic Nucleus”.

The third column of the table shows the subjective topic label assigned by domain experts to each cluster. The last column shows the 7 most distinguishing words found in the 20 most frequently used words in each cluster.