Inability to directly detect magnetic field changes associated with neuronal activity

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 411-416

  Parkes, Laura M ^a,b   De Lange, Floris P ^a   Fries, Pascal ^a   Toni, Ivan ^a   Norris, David G ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Direct detection; fMRI; Neuronal activity; ssVEP; Visual evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NEUROIMAGING; SIGNAL SYSTEMS;

DIRECT DETECTION; FMRI; NEURONAL ACTIVITIES; SSVEP; VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL;

NEURONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEADY STATE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 33846827309     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21129     Document Type: Article

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