title: Functional magnetic resonance imaging of lateral geniculate nucleus at 1.5 tesla.
abstract: Although activation of the lateral geniculate nucleus has been detected by functional magnetic resonance imaging with magnetic field strengths higher than 2.0 Tesla, there have been no reports of functional magnetic resonance imaging of the lateral geniculate nucleus with the more widely available 1.5 Tesla scanner. The authors used functional magnetic resonance imaging techniques at 1.5 Tesla to detect lateral geniculate nucleus activation in five of seven healthy subjects. This study shows that visual activation of the lateral geniculate nucleus can be obtained with functional magnetic resonance imaging using conventional 1.5 Tesla scanners.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology,  Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miki
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Raz
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Haselgrove
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: van Erp
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005829:Geniculate Bodies / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000502:physiology