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. 2015 Aug 31;6:184. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2015.00184

Table 5.

Selected global and nodal network metric features.

NMglobal
NMnodal
t Name t ROI Name
1 0.20 Shortest path length 0.30 Right globus pallidus Clustering coefficient
2 0.15 Assortivity 0.30 Left crus I of cerebellar hemisphere Clustering coefficient
3 0.15 Lambda 0.15 Left middle temporal pole Local efficiency
4 0.30 Small-worldness 0.25 Right cuneus Shortest path length
5 0.25 Shortest path length 0.05 Lobule X of vermis (nodulus) Degree
6 0.10 Clustering coefficient 0.10 Left orbital part of inferior frontal gyrus Shortest path length
7 0.10 Shortest path length 0.25 Left middle frontal gyrus, orbital part Shortest path length
8 0.15 Gamma 0.05 Left hippocampus Shortest path length
9 0.20 Degree 0.10 Right superior occipital Shortest path length
10 0.25 Gamma 0.05 Lobule X of vermis (nodulus) Shortest path length

The metric in bold indicates that it has been identified by group comparison as well.

t is the threshold used for matrix binarization.

Degree: the number of connections linked directly to a node

Neighbour degree: the average degree of the neighbours of a node

Global efficiency: the global efficiency of information propagation in the network

Local efficiency: the efficiency of information propagation through the direct neighbours of a node

Clustering coefficient: the extent of the local density or cliquishness of the network

Shortest path length: the extent of average connectivity or overall routing efficiency of the network

Gamma: the ratio between the extent of local clustering of a network and the surrogate random networks

Lambda: the ratio between the extent of overall routing efficiency of a network and the surrogate random networks

Smallworldness: the extent of a network between randomness and order

Assortativity: a bias in favour of connections between network nodes with similar characteristics

Transivity: the fraction of triple-nodes that have their third edge filled in to complete the triangle.