In contrast to BOLD: Signal enhancement by extravascular water protons as an alternative mechanism of endogenous fMRI signal change

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1234-1243

  Figley, Chase R ^a   Leitch, Jordan K ^a   Stroman, Patrick W ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; BOLD; Brain; Cell swelling; Contrast mechanisms; FMRI; Proton density; SEEP; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

AIR; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD OXYGEN LEVEL DEPENDANT CONTRAST; BONE TISSUE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL SWELLING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; NEUROIMAGING; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE ENHANCEMENT BY EXTRAVASCULAR WATER PROTONS; VALIDITY;

ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTRAST MEDIA; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; OXYGEN; PROTONS; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 77956881276     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2010.01.005     Document Type: Review

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