The phrase "a functional connection between" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the relationship or link between two or more entities, concepts, or systems that serve a practical purpose.
Example: "The study aims to explore a functional connection between diet and mental health."
Alternatives: "a practical link between" or "an operational relationship between".
In the case of EEG, network nodes are usually the brain regions underlying the electrodes and the functional connectivity value of each node pair (usually represented in a connectivity matrix) is used as a functional connection between nodes.
Taken together, our results compellingly suggest a functional connection between NucS and known MMR pathways.
This is the first time researchers have been able to make a functional connection between the circadian clock and pathogen resistance, Dr. Dong said.
Importantly, Br-deficient flies phenocopy the developmental and BM defects observed in peroxidasin mutants and indicate a functional connection between Br−, collagen IV, and peroxidasin.
A degradable tube filled with the different matrix analog is attached to each severed end, and nerve axons grow into the matrix, making a functional connection between the cut ends.
Autophagy-associated conversion of the protein LC3-I to LC3-II was greatly enhanced by overexpression of wildtype SIRT1, further suggesting a functional connection between SIRT1, autophagy, and MK differentiation.
The research, published in the April 20 online issue of Science Express, provides the first clear evidence for a functional connection between synthesis of the cell wall and an array of protein fibers, called microtubules, that help to shape growing plant cells from the inside.
An underlying logic defines a functional connection between the differing inventions.
VDAC2 cells resist the mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptosis caused by global O-GlcNAc perturbation, demonstrating a functional connection between O-GlcNAc signaling and mitochondrial physiology through VDAC2.
Could there be a functional connection between the structure of movies, which require exogenous shifts of attention, and psychological laboratory tasks, which require endogenous emissions of attention?
There is also a functional connection between miR-122 and circadian rhythms, because the transcription of miR-122 is rhythmic, and circadian transcripts are enriched in a gene set that is misregulated by miR-122 knock-down in vivo [22].
