Meta-analysis of real-time fMRI neurofeedback studies using individual participant data: How is brain regulation mediated?

NeuroImage

Volumn 124, Issue , 2016, Pages 806-812

  Emmert, Kirsten ^a,b   Kopel, Rotem ^a,b   Sulzer, James ^c   Brühl, Annette B ^d,e   Berman, Brian D ^f   Linden, David E J ^g   Horovitz, Silvina G ^h   Breimhorst, Markus ⁱ   Caria, Andrea ^j   Frank, Sabine ^j   Johnston, Stephen ^k   Long, Zhiying ^l   Paret, Christian ^m   Robineau, Fabien ^a   Veit, Ralf ^j   Bartsch, Andreas ^m,n,o,p   Beckmann, Christian F ^o,q,r   Van De Ville, Dimitri ^a,b   Haller, Sven ^s,t,u,v  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^k SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^l BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^m UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^o UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^p Department of Radiology   (Germany)

^q RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^r RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^s Centre de Diagnostique Radiologique de Carouge   (Switzerland)

^t UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^u UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^v UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Brain regulation; Neurofeedback; Real time fMRI

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUTOREGULATION; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; NEUROFEEDBACK; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VENTROLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROFEEDBACK;

EID: 84943743160     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.09.042     Document Type: Article

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