The Blushing Brain: Changes in Brain Colour Indicate the Functional State of the Cerebral Cortex

Medical Laser Application

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 206-216

  Obrig, Hellmuth ^a   Steinbrink, Jens ^b   Villringer, Arno ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cortical oxygenation changes; Functional brain activation; Near infrared spectroscopy; Neuro vascular coupling

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DISEASES; HEMOGLOBIN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

EPILEPSY;

NEUROLOGY;

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; COLOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0142026014     PISSN: 16151615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1615-1615-00104     Document Type: Article

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