Subcortical evidence for a contribution of arousal to fMRI studies of brain activity

Resting cortical activity fluctuates, but it is unclear what underlies these variations in activity. Here, the authors show that large-scale fluctuations in fMRI cortical activity are associated with momentary decreases in cortical arousal and opposite activity changes in the basal forebrain and tha...

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Main Authors: Xiao Liu, Jacco A. de Zwart, Marieke L. Schölvinck, Catie Chang, Frank Q. Ye, David A. Leopold, Jeff H. Duyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02815-3