Resting-state fMRI topics

The attached file is the text readme file for REST Normality Test. Thank you for supporting REST and our forum. If you have any questions about Normality Test, pleas let me know.
Zang Zhenxiang

你好，我用SPM做的任务数据分析，我想看下不同任务状态下被试的信号值的变化，可否用REST软件里面的extrct ROI signal 功能来提取任务态下ROI 的信号值

Dear REST authors,

I'm trying to analyze seed-based functional connectivity of the thalamus by using REST and DPARSF.
Here's my simple query: How can I perform FC of the two seeds at the same time (e.g., intrinsic connectivity of both left and right lateral thalamus simutaneously, intead of right and left thalamus, respectively)?

Thank you in advance for your kindness.

Best Wishes
Kim

Dear all,
I have analyzed a group data of 5 individuals using DPARSFA and I got ALFF,fALFF,REHO and PCC-FC maps . After this I want to see the DMN activity by mapping all the maps using structural template, will you please suggest me the procedure that I have to follow for further analysis.

Regards,
Neeraj Upadhyay

Resting-State fMRI Data Analysis Toolkit (REST) is a convenient toolkit to calculate Functional Connectivity (FC), Regional Homogeneity (ReHo), Amplitude of Low-Frequency Fluctuation (ALFF), Fractional ALFF (fALFF), Gragner causality and perform statistical analysis. You also can use REST to view your data, perform Monte Carlo simulation similar to AlphaSim in AFNI, calculate your images, regress out covariates, extract ROI time courses, reslice images, and sort DICOM files. Download a MULTIMEDIA COURSE would be helpful for knowing more about how to use this software. Add REST's directory to MATLAB's path and enter "REST" in the command window of MATLAB to enjoy it. Citation of REST is:  Xiao-Wei Song, Zhang-Ye Dong, Xiang-Yu Long, Su-Fang Li, Xi-Nian Zuo, Chao-Zhe Zhu, Yong He, Chao-Gan Yan, Yu-Feng Zang. (2011) REST: A Toolkit for Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data Processing. PLoS ONE 6(9): e25031. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0025031 The latest release is REST_V1.7_120101. DOWNLOAD  Multimedia Course: Data Processing of Resting-State fMRI

New features of REST V1.7 release 120101:
1. REST now support .nii and .nii.gz 3D or 4D files. (DONG Zhang-Ye and YAN Chao-Gan)
2. New module of Normality Test added at REST->Utilities->REST Normality Test. Please see an application in Zang, Z.X., Yan, C.G., Dong, Z.Y., Huang, J., Zang, Y.F., 2012. Granger causality analysis implementation on MATLAB: A graphic user interface toolkit for fMRI data processing. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 203, 418-426. (ZANG Zhen-Xiang)
3. Surface Map View Mode work with BrainNet Viewer (by Mingrui Xia, http://www.nitrc.org/projects/bnv). REST Slice Viewer->Misc->Surface View with BrainNet Viewer. Command line version: rest_CallBrainNetViewer.m or named to BrainNet_MapVolume.m in BrainNet Viewer. (YAN Chao-Gan)
4. The GUI view in Linux or Mac OS has been optimized. (YAN Chao-Gan)
5. Fixed a bug while frequency start with 0 or up to sampleFreq/2 in alff.m. (YAN Chao-Gan)
6. The coordinates conversion from Talairach space to MNI space has changed from tal2mni.m to tal2icbm_spm.m. The function is developed and validated by Jack Lancaster (Lancaster et al., 2007). The same for icbm_spm2tal.m. (YAN Chao-Gan)