Enhanced sympathetic arousal in response to FMRI scanning correlates with task induced activations and deactivations.

It has been repeatedly shown that functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) triggers distress and neuroendocrine response systems. Prior studies have revealed that sympathetic arousal increases, particularly at the beginning of the examination. Against this background it appears likely that those...

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Main Authors: Markus Muehlhan, Ulrike Lueken, Jens Siegert, Hans-Ulrich Wittchen, Michael N Smolka, Clemens Kirschbaum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23967320/pdf/?tool=EBI