Memory-related hippocampal activity can be measured robustly using fMRI at 7 Tesla

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 445-451

  Theysohn, Nina ^a,b   Qin, Shaozheng ^c,d   Maderwald, Stefan ^a,b   Poser, Benedikt A ^b,c,e   Theysohn, Jens M ^a,b   Ladd, Mark E ^a,b   Norris, David G ^b   Gizewski, Elke R ^b,f   Fernandez, Guillen ^c,g   Tendolkar, Indira ^a,c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^g RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

7T; FMRI; Hippocampus; Memory; Ultra high field strength MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN REGION; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECALL; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER;

7T; FMRI; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; ULTRA-HIGH FIELD STRENGTH MRI;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE NET; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885839346     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jon.12036     Document Type: Article

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