Making sense of real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging (rtfMRI) and rtfMRI neurofeedback

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1-7

  Brühl, Annette B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Psychiatry Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain; Control; Mental disorders; Neuroimaging; Regulation

Indexed keywords

BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NEUROFEEDBACK; NOISE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; BRAIN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MENTAL DISORDERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TIME FACTOR;

BRAIN; BRAIN WAVES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROFEEDBACK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84939214364     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyv020     Document Type: Review

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