The fMRI signal, slow cortical potential and consciousness

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 302-309

  He, Biyu J ^a   Raichle, Marcus E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCES; CORTICAL POTENTIALS; DRIVING FORCES; EMPIRICAL TESTING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

SIGNAL SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NERVE CELL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OSCILLATION; PERCEPTION; WAKEFULNESS;

BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; OXYGEN;

EID: 67649664104     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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