Ultra-high field MRI: Advancing systems neuroscience towards mesoscopic human brain function

SO Dumoulin, A Fracasso, W van der Zwaag… - Neuroimage, 2018 - Elsevier
Human MRI scanners at ultra-high magnetic field strengths of 7 T and higher are
increasingly available to the neuroscience community. A key advantage brought by ultra …

A cortical vascular model for examining the specificity of the laminar BOLD signal

I Markuerkiaga, M Barth, DG Norris - Neuroimage, 2016 - Elsevier
Blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) functional MRI has been used for inferring layer
specific activation in humans. However, intracortical veins perpendicular to the cortical …

Exploring structure and function of sensory cortex with 7 T MRI

D Schluppeck, RM Sanchez-Panchuelo, ST Francis - Neuroimage, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present an overview of 7 T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of
the detailed function and anatomy of sensory areas of the human brain. We discuss the …

Sub-millimeter T2 weighted fMRI at 7 T: comparison of 3D-GRASE and 2D SE-EPI

VG Kemper, F De Martino, AT Vu, BA Poser… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) allows studying human brain function non-
invasively up to the spatial resolution of cortical columns and layers. Most fMRI acquisitions …

Resting state fMRI connectivity is sensitive to laminar connectional architecture in the human brain

G Deshpande, Y Wang, J Robinson - Brain Informatics, 2022 - Springer
Previous invasive studies indicate that human neocortical graymatter contains
cytoarchitectonically distinct layers, with notable differences in their structural connectivity …

The psychoactive designer drug and bath salt constituent MDPV causes widespread disruption of brain functional connectivity

LM Colon-Perez, K Tran, K Thompson… - …, 2016 - nature.com
The abuse of 'bath salts' has raised concerns because of their adverse effects, which include
delirium, violent behavior, and suicide ideation in severe cases. The bath salt constituent 3 …

[HTML][HTML] Estimation of laminar BOLD activation profiles using deconvolution with a physiological point spread function

I Markuerkiaga, JP Marques, TE Gallagher… - Journal of neuroscience …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The specificity of gradient echo (GE)-BOLD laminar fMRI activation profiles is
degraded by intracortical veins that drain blood from lower to upper cortical layers …

Towards functional spin-echo BOLD line-scanning in humans at 7T

L Raimondo, J Heij, T Knapen, SO Dumoulin… - … Resonance Materials in …, 2023 - Springer
Objective Neurons cluster into sub-millimeter spatial structures and neural activity occurs at
millisecond resolutions; hence, ultimately, high spatial and high temporal resolutions are …

Characterization of high-resolution Gradient Echo and Spin Echo EPI for fMRI in the human visual cortex at 7 T

C Rua, M Costagli, MR Symms, L Biagi… - Magnetic resonance …, 2017 - Elsevier
The increased signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) offered by functional Magnetic Resonance
Imaging (fMRI) at 7T allows the acquisition of functional data at sub-millimetric spatial …