A new tool for brain research

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30 Jul 2013 13:50:38.263

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Physicists and neuroscientists from The University of Nottingham and University of Birmingham have unlocked one of the mysteries of the human brain, thanks to new research using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and electroencephalography (EEG).

The work will enable neuroscientists to map a kind of brain function that up to now could not be studied, allowing a more accurate exploration of how both healthy and diseased brains work.

Functional MRI is commonly used to study how the brain works, by providing spatial maps of where in the brain external stimuli, such as pictures and sounds, are processed. The fMRI scan does this by detecting indirect changes in the brain’s blood flow in response to changes in electrical signalling during the stimulus.

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More information is available from Dr Karen Mullinger, Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre, The University of Nottingham on +44 (0)115 846 6881, karen.mullinger@nottingham.ac.uk; or Emma Rayner in the Communications Office , at The University of Nottingham, on +44 (0)115 951 5793, emma.rayner@nottingham.ac.uk

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