How to investigate neuro-biochemical relationships on a regional level in humans? Methodological considerations for combining functional with biochemical imaging

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 221, Issue , 2014, Pages 183-188

  Duncan, Niall W ^a,b   Wiebking, Christine ^a,c   Muñoz Torres, Zeidy ^a   Northoff, Georg ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain; EEG; Experimental design; FMRI; Human; Imaging; Methodology; MRS; Multimodal; PET

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INSULA; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PERIGENUAL ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MULTIMODAL IMAGING;

EID: 84887514950     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2013.10.011     Document Type: Review

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