The physiological and biochemical bases of functional brain imaging.
Functional brain imaging is based on the display of computer-derived images of changes in physiological and/or biochemical functions altered by activation or depression of local functional activities in the brain. This article reviews the physiological and biochemical mechanisms involved.
Sokoloff
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National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Building 49, Room 1B80, 49 Convent Drive MSC 4415, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA, louissokoloff@mail.nih.gov.