Brain energetics and neuronal activity : applications to fMRI and medicine /
Describes recent contributions of magnetic resonance methods to studies of brain energetics and function. The value of magnetic resonance, particularly MRI, has been evident from its first human applications. High-resolution non-invasive images moved clinical studies into a better-informed era. A li...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, West Sussex, England ; Hoboken, N.J. :
J. Wiley,
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| Summary: | Describes recent contributions of magnetic resonance methods to studies of brain energetics and function. The value of magnetic resonance, particularly MRI, has been evident from its first human applications. High-resolution non-invasive images moved clinical studies into a better-informed era. A little more than a decade after, fMRI made parallel advances in the localization of stimulated brain activity. Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) particularly in measurements by 13C-label flow has provided information relating brain metabolism and neurotransmitter flows. The contributions of 13C MRS to brain studies form the unifying theme underlying this book. The insights into metabolism, provided by MRS and PET have depended to some extent upon the great powers of MRI and fMRI while, in turn, they have led to some re-interpretation of these imaging methods. Together these magnetic resonance methods have opened new understandings of brain function and now offer new directions for research. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 321 pages : : illustrations (some color.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780470020524 (electronic bk.) 0470020520 (electronic bk.) |