Brain Rendering with fMRI (IMAGE)

California Institute of Technology

Brain Rendering with fMRI

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fMRI is used to highlight select implant sites in the somatosensory cortex. Electrodes implanted in this region were able to stimulate neurons that produced physical sensations, like a squeeze or tap, in the arm of a paralyzed man.

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Courtesy of the Andersen lab

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