Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1998
Abstract
While functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is now used widely for demonstrating neural activity-related signals associated with perceptual, motor, and cognitive processes in humans, to date this technique has not been developed for use with nonhuman primates. fMRI in monkeys offers a potentially valuable experimental approach for investigating brain function, which will complement and aid existing techniques such as electrophysiology and the behavioral analysis of the effects of brain lesions. There are, however, a number of significant technical challenges involved in using fMRI with monkeys. Here, we describe the procedures by which we have overcome these challenges to carry out successful fMRI experiments in an alert monkey, and we present the first evidence of activity-related fMRI signals from monkey cerebral cortex.
Recommended Citation
Stefanacci, L., Reber, P., Costanza, J., Wong, E., Buxton, R., Zola, S., ... & Albright, T. (1998). fMRI of monkey visual cortex. Neuron, 20(6), 1051-1057. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80485-7
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