Making connections in the brain

Alex Tl Leong; Ed X Wu

doi:10.7554/eLife.32064

Making connections in the brain

Elife. 2017 Oct 26:6:e32064. doi: 10.7554/eLife.32064.

Authors

Alex Tl Leong¹, Ed X Wu²

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Biomedical Imaging and Signal Processing, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
² School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Abstract

Simultaneous measurements of neuronal activity and fMRI signals in the rat brain have shed new light on the origins of resting-state fMRI connectivity networks.

Keywords: BOLD fMRI; calcium recordings; neuroscience; rat; resting-state functional connectivity; slow waves.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Brain
Calcium
Calcium Signaling*
Cerebral Cortex
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Rats

Substances

Calcium