fMRI Machine (IMAGE)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

fMRI Machine

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The fMRI machine located in the IDOR imaging suite. fMRI is used to indirectly detect increased neuronal activity in an area of the brain by measuring higher levels of oxygenated to deoxygenated blood.

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Andressa Dias Lemos, IDOR

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