Connectivity-based neurofeedback: Dynamic causal modeling for real-time fMRI

NeuroImage

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 422-430

  Koush, Yury ^a,b   Rosa, Maria Joao ^c   Robineau, Fabien ^a,d   Heinen, Klaartje ^e   W Rieger, Sebastian ^a,d   Weiskopf, Nikolaus ^f   Vuilleumier, Patrik ^a,d   Van De Ville, Dimitri ^a,b   Scharnowski, Frank ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Geneva Neuroscience Center   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain connectivity; Dynamic causal modeling (DCM); Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Neurofeedback; Real time fMRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BAYES THEOREM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CAUSAL MODELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEFT PARIETAL CORTEX; LEFT VISUAL CORTEX; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROFEEDBACK; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT PARIETAL CORTEX; RIGHT VISUAL CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROFEEDBACK;

EID: 84879477042     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.05.010     Document Type: Article

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