This third edition volume expands on the previous edition with updates on the latest methodological aspects of fMRI and achievements made through the applications to the study of central nervous system functioning in the clinical field. The chapters in the book are organized in four parts: Part One talks about the basic knowledge for the understanding of the technical aspects of fMRI. Part Two describes the main findings obtained from the application of fMRI to study brain system function of healthy individuals. Part Three explores clinical findings obtained from the use of fMRI to assess the role of brain plasticity in major neurological and psychiatric conditions. Part Four presents novel approaches for the integration of fMRI data with measures of damage assessed using structural MR techniques and the use of fMRI to image spinal cord function. In the Neuromethods series style, chapters include the kind of detail and key advice from the specialists needed to get successful results in your laboratory.

Cutting-edge and comprehensive, fMRI Techniques and Protocols, Third Edition provides clinicians and researchers with a user-friendly summary of the field, and helps them plan and carry out successful studies.

Includes cutting-edge methods and protocols Provides step-by-step detail essential for reproducible results Contains key notes and implementation advice from the experts

Inhalt

Principles of MRI and Functional MRI.- Introduction to Functional MRI Hardware.- Selection of Optimal Pulse Sequences for fMRI.- High-Field fMRI.- Experimental Design.- Preparing fMRI Data for Statistical Analysis.- Statistical Analysis of fMRI Data.- Dynamic Causal Modelling of Brain Activity.- Brain Atlases: An Updated View.- Graph Theoretic Analysis of Human Brain Networks.- Dynamic Functional Connectivity.- Functional MRI: Applications in Cognitive Neuroscience.- fMRI of Language Systems.- Neuroimaging Approaches to the Study of Visual Attention.- fMRI of Memory.- fMRI of Emotion.- fMRI and Pain.- fMRI of the Sensorimotor System.- Functional Imaging of the Human Visual System.- fMRI of the Central Auditory System.- Application of fMRI to Multiple Sclerosis and Other White Matter Disorders.- fMRI in Cerebrovascular Disorders.- fMRI in Psychiatric Disorders.- fMRI in Neurodegenerative Diseases: From Scientific Insights to Clinical Applications.- fMRI in Epilepsy.- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Neurosurgery.- Pharmacological Applications of fMRI.- Application of fMRI to Monitor Motor Rehabilitation.- Multivariate Approaches for Multimodal Fusion of Structural and Functional Brain Imaging Data.- Functional MRI of the Spinal Cord.- Functional MRI from a Big Data Perspective.