Neuronal current detection with low-field magnetic resonance: simulations and methods

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1131-1139

  Cassará, Antonino Mario ^a,b   Maraviglia, Bruno ^b,c   Hartwig, Stefan ^d   Trahms, Lutz ^d   Burghoff, Martin ^d  

^a MUSEO STORICO DELLA FISICA E CENTRO STUDI E RICERCHE ENRICO FERMI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^d PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

DC MEG; Low field magnetic resonance; Neuronal currents; Simulations

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 70249140913     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.01.015     Document Type: Review

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