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Abstract #2179

How Does Whisker Stimulation Modulate Ongoing Electrophysiological Signal? Implications for Resting State FMRI

Hanbing Lu1, Leiming Wang1, William W. Rea1, Elliot A. Stein1, Yihong Yang1

1National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, Baltimore, MD, United States

Spontaneous fluctuations in the resting state fMRI time course have been shown to exhibit structured spatial and temporal patterns. However, the underlying mechanisms are still poorly understood. The goal of this study is to investigate how tasks modulate ongoing spontaneous fluctuations.

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