Illuminating the BOLD signal: combined fMRI-fNIRS studies

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 495-505

  Steinbrink, Jens ^a   Villringer, Arno ^a   Kempf, Florian ^a   Haux, Daniel ^b   Boden, Stefanie ^a   Obrig, Hellmuth ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

BOLD; fMRI; fNIRS; Hemodynamic response function (HRF)

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

BIOPHYSICS; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MODEL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 33646132497     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2005.12.034     Document Type: Review

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