CMRR workshop
Time-Resolved fMRI-fMRS measures simultaneous Neurotransmitters and BOLD-fMRI signals in the human brain at 7T
GABA Glutamate UHF Semi-laser
Advanced Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Protocol at 7T
7T hardware (Siemens Scanner and Nova Medical head coil), BaTiO3 dielectric padding
Ip et al., 2017 NeuroImage
Event-Related fMRS A transient break in excitatory-inhibitory balance
Formation of low mass protostars and their circumstellar disks
CMRR workshop in vivo GABA Glutamate and fMRI BOLD imaging Event-Related fMRS
1. Time-Resolved fMRI-fMRS measures
simultaneous Neurotransmitters and
BOLD-fMRI signals in the human brain
at 7T
Uzay E Emir1, Renée S. Koolschijn2, Helen Barron2, Betina Ip2
1Purdue University, 2University of Oxford
2. Neurotransmitters and
Neurovascular coupling
• Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glutamate
(Glu) are the brain's primary inhibitory (I) and
excitatory (E) neurotransmitters.
• They are both strongly implicated in functional
changes in neural circuitry
• Neurotransmitters: Glutamate and GABA cause
neurons and astrocytes to activate a chain of
intracellular events, involving the control of
constriction and dilation of the blood vessels BOLD
response
3. Advanced Magnetic
Resonance
Spectroscopy Protocol
at 7T
• 7T hardware (Siemens
Scanner and Nova
Medical head coil),
BaTiO3 dielectric
padding
• Ip et al., 2017
NeuroImage
7T: 50 participants
Frangou, P., Emir, U.E., Karlaftis, V.M. et
al. Nat Commun 10, 474 (2019).
3T: 293 participants
Zacharopoulos, G, Emir, U, Cohen Kadosh,
R. Hum Brain Mapp. 2021.
7. Conclusion, Acknowledgment, What is Next
• The combined fMRI-MRS method has the
potential to address questions about cortical
function in the living human brain that cannot
be answered by separate application of either
technique alone
Wellcome Centre Integrative Neuroimaging (FMRIB) Radiographers
•Jon Campell
•Michael Sanders
•David Parker
Renée S Koolschijn
Anna Shpektor
William T Clarke
I Betina Ip
David Dupret
Helen C Barron
Claudia Lunghi
Andrew J Parker
Holly Bridge
Aaron Hess
Looking for Postdocs to investigate Inhibitory
brain dynamics for adaptive behavior
Developing Novel Molecular Imaging
Methodologies
Uzay Emir, Purdue University
uemir@purdue.edu
Zoe Kourtzi, University of Cambridge
zk240@cam.ac.uk
Notas del editor
The visual stimulation consisted of
flashign checkerboards of varying contrasts compared to a mid gray baseline
Participants performed simple fixation task to control for attention