110 research outputs found
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Conscious Animals: A New Tool in Behavioural Neuroscience Research
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a unique window to the brain, enabling scientists to follow changes in brain activity in response to hormones, ageing, environment, drugs of abuse and other stimuli. In this review, we present a general background to fMRI and the different imaging modalities that can be used in fMRI studies. Included are examples of the application of fMRI in behavioural neuroscience research, along with discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of this technology
Of Toasters and Molecular Ticker Tapes
Experiments in systems neuroscience can be seen as consisting of three steps: (1) selecting the signals we are interested in, (2) probing the system with carefully chosen stimuli, and (3) getting data out of the brain. Here I discuss how emerging techniques in molecular biology are starting to improve these three steps. To estimate its future impact on experimental neuroscience, I will stress the analogy of ongoing progress with that of microprocessor production techniques. These techniques have allowed computers to simplify countless problems; because they are easier to use than mechanical timers, they are even built into toasters. Molecular biology may advance even faster than computer speeds and has made immense progress in understanding and designing molecules. These advancements may in turn produce impressive improvements to each of the three steps, ultimately shifting the bottleneck from obtaining data to interpreting it
EEG spike source localization before and after surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy: a BOLD EEG-fMRI and independent component analysis study
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Identifies Abnormal Visual Cortical Function in Patients with Occipital Lobe Epilepsy
Role of the mode of sensory stimulation in presurgical brain mapping in which functional magnetic resonance imaging is used
Evaluation of Imaging Parameters for T1 Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI with Fast Spin-echo
Functional image—guided surgery of intracranial tumors located in or near the sensorimotor cortex
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