Functional neuroimaging

Authors
Citation
Gs. Berns, Functional neuroimaging, LIFE SCI, 65(24), 1999, pp. 2531-2540
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Journal title
LIFE SCIENCES
ISSN journal
00243205 → ACNP
Volume
65
Issue
24
Year of publication
1999
Pages
2531 - 2540
Database
ISI
SICI code
0024-3205(19991105)65:24<2531:FN>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Functional neuroimaging represents an area of brain imaging that has underg one tremendous advancements in the last decade. It is now possible to desig n experiments that elucidate the functional interplay between brain regions that give rise to specific human cognitive processes. Positron emission to mography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) form the co re technologies that have allowed such studies. This article reviews the ba sis of these techniques, their strengths and limitations, the underlying ne urophysiology, and the future of functional neuroimaging.