2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of a new functional neuroimaging technique, neuro-calorimetry, to investigate principle of human brain functions
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22650085
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Fusional brain recording science
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2011
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| Keywords | 脳神経科学 / ニューロカロリメトリー / ニューロインフォマティクス / 磁気共鳴スペクトル法 / 磁気共鳴撮像法 |
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| Research Abstract |
I aimed to develop a new and quantitative neuroimaging technique, neuro-calorimetry, in order to investigate principle of human brain functions. The method is based on a single voxel Magnetic resonance spectroscopy(SV-MRS) and two dimensional chemical shift imaging(CSI). Comparing conventional functional neuroimaging technique using MRI, BOLD-fMRI, and our functional MRS(fMRS), significant effects of autonomic nervous system on the fMRS signals were observed as artifacts. Therefore, I concluded that further investigations are required to establish neuro-calorimetry based on the functional temperature magnetic resonance imaging(FTMRI)
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