Optical detection of brain function: Simultaneous imaging of cerebral vascular response, tissue metabolism, and cellular activity in vivo

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 695-709

  Du, Congwu ^a   Pan, Yingtian ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b St Francis Hospital The Heart Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral hemodynamics; Intracellular calcium; Optical imaging

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL ACTIVITY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO CULTURE; MICROANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE HEMOGLOBIN OXYGENATION; TISSUE METABOLISM; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CALCIUM; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FLUORESCENCE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LASERS; NEURONS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 83655181393     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/RNS.2011.053     Document Type: Article

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