Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 388-393 , April 2010

EEG topography-specific BOLD changes: a continuous EEG-fMRI study in a patient with focal epilepsy

  • Mirco Cosottini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. S. Chiara Hospital, 56100 Pisa, Italy. Tel.: +39 050992722; fax: +39 050992127.
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  • Ilaria Pesaresi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy
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  • Patrizia Maritato

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy
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  • Gina Belmonte

      Affiliations

    • Medical Physics University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy
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  • Arianna Taddei

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy
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  • Ferdinando Sartucci

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy
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  • Mario Mascalchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Physiopathology, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy
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  • Luigi Murri

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy

Received 26 June 2009 ,Revised 11 August 2009 ,Accepted 27 November 2009.

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PII: S0730-725X(09)00292-6

doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.11.011

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 388-393 , April 2010

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