Regulation of anterior insular cortex activity using real-time fMRI

NeuroImage

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1238-1246

  Caria, Andrea ^a,b   Veit, Ralf ^a,e   Sitaram, Ranganatha ^a   Lotze, Martin ^a   Weiskopf, Nikolaus ^c   Grodd, Wolfgang ^d   Birbaumer, Niels ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d the CNS   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood oxygen level dependent; Brain computer interface; Insula; Neurofeedback; Physiological regulation; Real time fMRI; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; INSULA; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRAINING; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; VOLITION;

EID: 33947725053     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.01.018     Document Type: Article

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