Chapter 18 The Human Connectome: Linking Structure and Function in the Human Brain
The human brain is a complex and highly dynamic biological network, the physical structure of which is still only partially mapped. This review provides an overview of how the analysis of comprehensive maps of structural brain connectivity, the human connectome, may benefit our understanding of structure function relationships in the human brain. We argue that the extraction of structural connection maps from diffusion imaging, but also possibly from classical tract tracing, histology or novel optical imaging methods, will provide unique insights into the patterning and dynamics of functional connectivity in the normal and diseased brain.