Functional and diffusion MRI reveal the neurophysiological basis of neonates’ noxious-stimulus evoked brain activity

The neurophysiological basis of neonatal responses to noxious stimulation is poorly understood. Using MRI, the authors observe that neonates’ noxious-stimulus evoked brain activity is coupled to both their resting-state network activity and white matter microstructure.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Luke Baxter, Fiona Moultrie, Sean Fitzgibbon, Marianne Aspbury, Roshni Mansfield, Matteo Bastiani, Richard Rogers, Saad Jbabdi, Eugene Duff, Rebeccah Slater
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22960-0