Study Challenges fMRI Interpretation: No General Coupling Between Oxygen Measurements and Neuronal Activity
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Summary
A new study published in Nature Neuroscience challenges the fundamental interpretation of fMRI data, finding that there is no generally valid coupling between the oxygen content measured by MRI and neuronal activity. This calls into question nearly three decades of brain research that has relied on fMRI as a primary tool for studying brain function.
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· 3 pulledAccording to the findings, there is no generally valid coupling between the oxygen content measured by MRI and neuronal activity.
For almost three decades, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been one of the main tools in brain research.
A new study published in the renowned journal Nature Neuroscience fundamentally challenges the way fMRI data have so far been interpreted with regard to neuronal activity.
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