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. 2011 Jun 16;7(6):e1002070. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002070

Table 3. Estimated parameters: these are the parameters estimated from synthetic and measured EEG-fMRI data (one example session, all frequencies).

Electrical, vascular and coupling parameters
Synthetic Observed
Type Description Symbol Units Prior True Estimated Estimated
Electrical (Inline graphic)
Synaptic input Inline graphic Inline graphic 1.00 0.80 0.85 0.94
Synaptic input Inline graphic Inline graphic 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Synaptic input Inline graphic Inline graphic 1.00 0.50 0.60 0.60
GABAergic IN synaptic factor Inline graphic Inline graphic 0.30 0.50 0.49 0.53
PC voltage-ampere function Inline graphic Inline graphic 0.60 0.90 0.78 0.42
V PC voltage-ampere function Inline graphic Inline graphic 6.00 4.00 5.62 5.95
Vascular (Inline graphic)
Signal decay Inline graphic Inline graphic 0.65 0.50 0.65 0.59
Autoregulation Inline graphic Inline graphic 0.41 0.28 0.41 0.40
Transit time Inline graphic Inline graphic 0.98 0.78 0.98 0.91
Stiffness Inline graphic no dim. 0.32 0.25 0.32 0.32
Resting O2 extraction fraction Inline graphic no dim. 0.34 0.30 0.34 0.34
Coupling
NO model (Inline graphic) NO concentration baseline Inline graphic no dim. 0.10 0.30 0.29 0.29
NO synaptic current factor (IN) Inline graphic Inline graphic 1.59e03 1.50e03 1.59e03 1.59e03
FR model (Inline graphic) PC voltage-ampere function Inline graphic Inline graphic 0.78 0.90 0.63 0.17
PC voltage-ampere function Inline graphic Inline graphic 5.62 4.00 5.70 7.98
Mixture model (Inline graphic) NO coefficient Inline graphic no dim. 0.50 0.40 0.40 0.29
FR coefficient Inline graphic no dim. 0.50 0.60 0.60 0.71

The parameter Inline graphic for the synaptic input model corresponds to: Inline graphic (see Eq. 6–8 and Table 2 in Text S1).