Authors
Steven M Rao, JR Binder, PA Bandettini, TA Hammeke, FZ Yetkin, A Jesmanowicz, LM Lisk, GL Morris, WM Mueller, LD Estkowski, EC Wong, VM Haughton, JS Hyde
Publication date
1993/11
Journal
Neurology
Volume
43
Issue
11
Pages
2311-2311
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Description
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI) is a new, noninvasive imaging tool thought to measure changes related to regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF). Previous FMRI studies have demonstrated functional changes within the primary cerebral cortex in response to simple activation tasks, but it is unknown whether FMRI can also detect changes within the nonprimary cortex in response to complex mental activities. We therefore scanned six right-handed healthy subjects while they performed self-paced simple and complex finger movements with the right and left hands. Some subjects also performed the tasks at a fixed rate (2 Hz) or imagined performing the complex task. Functional changes occurred (1) in the contralateral primary motor cortex during simple, self-paced movements; (2) in the contralateral (and occasionally ipsilateral) primary motor cortex, the supplementary motor area (SMA), the premotor …
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